From 2003 to 2008‚ Sony and Toshiba waged a high-stakes war for control over the next generation video format. Sony’s Blu-Ray technology was backed by a consortium that included Philips‚ Matsushita‚ Hitachi‚ and others. Toshiba’s HD-DVD had the backing of the DVD Forum‚ making it the “official” successor to the DVD format. Both companies lined up major movie studios and video game consoles to promote their standards (Sony’s Playstation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360). In January 2008‚ Time Warner’s
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“Is The War On Terrorism A War?” The Global War on Terrorism is a military campaign that began shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001. First used by George W. Bush‚ the phrase ‘war on terror’ has become to be conceptualized as a term used to signify ‘global military‚ political‚ lawful‚ and conceptual struggle targeting both organizations designated as terrorists and regimes accused of supporting them.” The war on terror main focus has been with Islamist militants and Al-Qaeda
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The prisoners of war were not treated in accordance with the international agreements. They were complaining about starvation and malnutrition and there were some Japanese who were claiming that the Japanese Army had tried to do their best to service the foods to the Prisoners of War while they were in the camp. What is it like to be a prisoner of war? When you are a Prisoner of War you have to do everything that you are told to do. Often times the Prisoners of War were treated poorly by their captors
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The Art of War by Sun Tzu in Business “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu is one of the most influential books worldwide and is considered the most important work on military theory. It was written by Sun Tzu‚ more than 2500 years ago‚ possibly in the 6th Century BC. Along with the Terra Cotta army and the works of Confucius‚ The Art of War is one of the best pieces of work in any field to come out of thousands of years of innovative Chinese history. The strategic and philosophical ideas descried within
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War is necessary in human society Introduction War‚ in the broadest sense‚ is a violent contact of distinct but similar entities (Wright 3-6). Different people may have very different opinions towards war. To some people‚ war is a plague which ought to be eliminated or a mistake which should be avoided; to others‚ it is an anachronism which no longer servers any purpose. However‚ there are some who take a more receptive attitude toward war and regard it as an instrument which may be useful‚ and
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How the Weak Win Wars: A Theory of Asymmetric Conflict Author(s): Ivan Arreguín-Toft Source: International Security‚ Vol. 26‚ No. 1 (Summer‚ 2001)‚ pp. 93-128 Published by: The MIT Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3092079 . Accessed: 08/08/2013 11:12 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers‚ and
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War is a fact of life. As long as there are humans‚ there will be war. In past times‚ for a man to go to war‚ it was viewed as romantic and heroic. But‚ these ideas have faded and vanished throughout the course of the 20th century. War can be horrific‚ like a bad nightmare‚ and can easily break the human spirit‚ which is not a t all fragile. In his novel‚ "The Wars"‚ Timothy Findley develops the idea that war‚ in and of itself‚ is meaningless‚ unjustified‚ and irrational. PART I "The Wars" is
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The Wars by Timothy Findley “Prior to the writing of The Wars‚ it was unheard of for any writer who had not experienced it first hand to write about "The War to End All Wars". However‚ Findley‚ with his direct and shocking style‚ was able to surpass this barrier and create one of the most acclaimed novels about World War I.” (Acadia) “The Wars remains Findley’s most-discussed book. Based partly on the wartime correspondence of his uncle‚ Thomas Irving Findley‚ and on family photos‚ he wrote
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In a society in the midst of war‚ when faced with an issue related to the battlefields‚ people often need to decide whether they should pursue their own personal desires or choose to conform. The difficult decisions of whether or not a loved one should be sent off to join the war is an issue that the majority of civilians came across during WWI. Perhaps joining the army is something that some people were proud of but yet again many others wanted to keep family members away from the life threatening
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Essay on Wars – Destructive for Humanity. War is‚ without argument the worst collective experience of humanity. It has created new nations on the rubbles of destroyed cities and humans dead. It involves mass killing without humane feelings even if short and swift. Our recent experience with Kargil‚ which was not even not even a full-fledged war‚ reopened the sordidness of military action. Wars‚ when prolonged like the World Wars‚ result in human brutality‚ mass extermination of races and
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