The Cold War was a period of hostility‚ fear‚ and tension between the United States and the Soviet Union from the end of the 1940s to late 1980s. Like what Winston Churchill said‚ the world has been divided by the “Iron Curtain” during the Cold War between the Communists and the capitalists. It was called the Cold War because it was only a psychological warfare with no active wars between the two nations‚ which were due to the fear of nuclear arms. The result of the Cold War affected the world
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All wars result in many tragedies‚ some are known by the whole world‚ but no one knows the stories of all the men who fought. Whenever someone went off to war‚ the families were always affected. If a soldier came back alive‚ they would often be wounded‚ which would change their whole life. Without a doubt‚ the greatest tragedy of war is death of the innocent. The film “All Quiet on the Western Front” demonstrates some of these tragedies. War did not only have an effect on troops lives‚ the families
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“War Photographer” critical essay “War Photographer” by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem that uses features such as word choice‚ imagery and tone to make us feel pity for the main character. The poem is about the emotional struggles that the war photographer faces daily in his job. The author has written the poem to make us question the morality of taking photographs of people suffering in war zones. “War Photographer” makes us feel pity by using effective word choice. “Hands...tremble” The
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The Period of such conflict The techniques and procedures of war Warring parties usually hold territory‚ which they can win or lose. Each has a leading person or organization which can surrender or collapse‚ thus ending the war. Military campaings between two or more opposing sides involving a disupute over‚ amongst other issues‚sovereingty‚territory‚resources‚ religion or ideology. A war to liberate an ocuupied country is called a "war of liberation". Organization and structure has since been
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The book here in discussion is “War Fighting”. The main and over all purpose for this book is to explain and give examples of fighting wars. The book consists of the chapters‚ the first “Nature of War”. In this chapter the writer had many different topics‚ The Evolution of War‚ Violence and Danger‚ The Human Dimension‚ Uncertainty‚ and the definition of war just to name a few. The Definition of war is; War is a violent clash of interests between or among organized groups characterized by the use
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President George Washington and John Adams had as its primary goal the avoidance of war at all costs.” The above statement is a fact. Presidents Washington and Adams did everything in their power to avoid war. This idea is supported by the Jay treaty with Great Briton‚ the farewell address of George Washington‚ and the convention of 1800. The first supporting reason why we know that George Washington avoided war at all costs was the Jay Treaty‚ negotiated by chief justice John Jay‚ and ratified
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The Civil War The American Civil War was a grave turning point in the history of North America. It was a conflict that pitted the Northern states of the American union against the Southern states. The war raged for four years‚ from 1861 to 1865‚ and was marked by some of the fiercest military campaigns in modern history. In this essay‚ you will learn the causes of the American Civil war‚ as well as the after effects of the war. It has been extremely hard for historians to exactly pin-point
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Causes of War War is an openly declared state of organized conflict‚ most often characterized by extreme aggression‚ societal disruption‚ and high mortality. As a sinful world‚ warlike tendencies are found in all species. The set of techniques used by a group to carry out war is known as warfare. When there is an absence of war‚ it is called peace. War generally involves two or more organized groups or parties (often‚ nations). Such a conflict is always an attempt at altering either the
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The cold war I chose to write about the cold war. This is because I think that it is a very interesting theme‚ and I wanted to learn more about it. I will talk about when the cold war happened‚ who was involved‚ about nuclear weapons and why it was never real fighting and about the Cuban missile crisis. My problem statement: What would have happened if the cold war became hot? A hot war is actual warfare. All talks have failed and the armies are fighting. The cold war lasted from 1945
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THE CIVIL WAR:WHY DID TEXANS FIGHT? THE CIVIL WAR WAS A SAD TIME FOR TEXANS AND AMERICANS‚ AS IT DIVIDED THE COUNTRY INTO TWO OPPOSING SIDES.BETWEEN 1861 AND 1865‚ 75‚000 TEXANS WENT TO WAR.WHAT WERE THE REASONS TEXAS FOUGHT FOR THE SOUTH IN THE CIVIL WAR.TEXANS WENT TO WAR STATES’ RIGHTS‚TO DEFEND THE STATE THEY LOVE AND TO PERSERVE SLAVERY. ONE REASON TEXANS FOUGHT FOR THE SOUTH IN THE CIVIL WAR WAS FOR STATES’ RIGHTS.THE TEXAS STATE GASETTE EDITORAIL‚ IT SUPPORTS THE RIGHT OF SECESSION
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