The Vietnam War is truly one of the most unique wars ever fought by the Unites States of by any country. It was never officially declared a war (Knowll‚ 3). It had no official beginning nor an official end. It was fought over 10‚000 miles away in a virtually unknown country. The enemy and the allies looked exactly the alike‚ and may by day be a friend but by night become an enemy (Aaseng 113). It matched the tried and true tactics of World War Two against a hide‚ run‚ and shoot technique known as
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Cold War My first inclination would be to answer the first question with a clear "YES". But come to think of it‚ the causes of war really have not changed at all‚ or at least very little. Rather than changes‚ there has been a shift in the causes. The cause of war which has dominated the last 50 years was the cause of ideology. However‚ due to the recent end of the Cold War‚ this cause of war‚ has significantly declined and is almost trivial. The causes of war have shifted from mainly ideological
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The French and Indian war is considered the war that made America for a few big reasons. For one‚ it left England with a huge dept; to fix this‚ England put heavier taxes on the colonies. It also created The Proclamation Line of 1763 ‚ which forced settlers to move back east‚ giving the Indians the land west of the line. This made New England even more crowded and brought many English troops‚ ultimately igniting the American Revolution. After fighting in the French and Indian war‚ England was in
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Iraq War (Persian Gulf War and the present day Iraq War.) The Persian Gulf Wars took place in the country of Iraq‚ located in the Middle East between Iran and Saudi Arabia. It is also bordered by Jordan and Syria to the west‚ Kuwait to the south‚ and Turkey to the north. Only thirty-six miles of Iraq’s borders touch the Persian Gulf. During that period‚ Saddam Hussein was president of the Republic of Iraq‚ secretary general of the Ba’ath Party‚ chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC)
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In 480 and the years prior the Athenians and Spartans‚ banned together to defeat the Persian Army. The Spartans stand at Thermopylae‚ allowed the Athenians time to prepare‚ and ultimately allowed the victory. With both of these great city-states located so close together in Hellas‚ there differences would ultimately lead to dissension. Throughout the course of this paper‚ I hope to explain the reasoning behind the dissension between Sparta and Athens‚ made war between these former allies inevitable
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The Coldest of Wars The exact definition of a cold war is a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats‚ propaganda and other measures short of open warfare‚ in particular. Many historians believe that the Cold War officially started at the end of World War 2 but others will argue that it began with the October Revolution in Russia in 1917.With many primary sources like‚ The Marshall Plan‚ The George Kennan’s famous long telegram‚ the Nonproliferation Treaty‚ the Cuban
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The Trojan War is comparable to the Vietnam War mainly because the allies within each of the wars‚ the strategies used to conduct surprise attacks‚ and the length of each of the wars. Even though the Trojan War and the Vietnam War occurred during time periods‚ both wars lasted for over five years. The reasons for starting the Vietnam War are different from the reasons for starting the Trojan War. The catalyst of the Trojan War was Paris’ embezzlement of Helen from Sparta‚ while the catalysts of
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ENG102 The Great War The time was 1914. Europe was a thermometer with skyrocketing temperatures of tension. As countries began declaring war on each other in Europe‚ troops began to mobilize for what they thought would be a traditionally fought war: the British cavalry leading the Entente to a decisive victory. How were the European powers to know that this massive war would be fought entirely in the ground with surprise attacks and innovative technology that changed the meaning of “war” forever? World
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War is an organized and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states or non-state actors. It is generally characterised by extreme violence‚ social disruption and economic destruction. War should be understood as an actual‚ intentional and widespread armed conflict between political communities‚ and therefore is defined as a form of political violence or intervention. The set of techniques used by a group to carry out war is known as warfare. An absence of war is usually called peace.
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The Peloponnesian war arose between 431-404 BC. This confrontation hurled the two most powerful city-states of Greece against each other. The two conflicting sides of Athens and Sparta forced many other city-states of the Hellenic world to align themselves. Each city-state could side with the powerful naval confederacy of the Athenians‚ or the elite Spartan military. The combat supremacy of Athens and Sparta was not the only factor. Athens was a mighty empire and wished to expand its control. The
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