Kristen Finkbiner TA: Nell Streitz Sierra Leone Case Study Between the years 1991 and 2002‚ tens of thousands died and more than two million people were displaced in the Republic of Sierra Leone (BBC News). This paper will be evaluating the conflict of Sierra Leone in the context of general theories of civil conflict. It will define and discuss the actors involved‚ time span‚ deaths‚ causes‚ and other concepts regarding civil war. This paper will discuss how these major concepts relate to the Sierra
Premium Sierra Leone Terrorism War
of the armed actions does not imply greater importance or precedence of military actions over the long-drawn struggle of the vast majority of the people. The significance of freedom movements cannot be comprehended by studying military actions or guerrilla activities alone. To understand the true dimension liberation wars one must be aware of the aspirations of the millions of people; aspirations that span over hundreds of years and are nurtured and passed on from generation to generation. Although
Premium Bangladesh
accordance with the "Treaty of Paris" ending the Spanish-American War. On June 12‚ 1898‚ Filipinos led by Emilio Aguinaldo declared independence. This declaration was opposed by the U.S. who had plans of taking over the colony. And this led to a guerrilla war against the Americans. In 1901‚ Aguinaldo was captured and declared allegiance to the United States. On the same year‚ William Howard Taft was appointed as the first U.S. governor of the Philippines. The U.S.passed the Jones Law in 1916 establishing
Free Philippines United States
Political war The political origin of the armed conflict in Colombia has its origins from the time of indecency. Then with the birth of communist ideology guerrillas‚ drug trafficking as the main factor of founding‚ prolonging and worsening of the conflict. The war between cartels and forced displacement has hit the Colombian society. These factors have forced the Colombian Army to sustain a conflict that no army in the world has ever faced. These narco-insurgency groups base its actions on the
Premium Illegal drug trade United States Drug cartel
British intelligence officer‚ the Jews were meeting these attacks with strictly defensive measures inherited from the Haganah‚ an underground resistance organization. When he left three years later‚ the Jews had learned to defend by preventive guerrilla attack. In bringing about this change Wingate provided a pattern for the creation of a unified Jewish national army. The historical background of the Arab-Jewish conflicts with which this study is concerned may be summarized briefly. After World
Premium Palestine
Aesthetic of Hunger Glauber Rocha Leaving aside the type of informative introduction which characterizes discussions about Latin America‚ I prefer to situate the relation between our culture and civilized culture in term less reduced than those which characterize the European observer’s analysis. While Latin America bemoans its general wretchedness‚ the foreign interlocutor cultivates a taste for this wretchedness not as a tragic symptom‚ but rather as simple formal information for his field
Premium Culture Imperialism Colonialism
By 1973‚ after a decade of brutal armed contact and with nearly 60‚000 Americans dead‚ the once proud and mighty USA had been brought to its knees. Feeling isolated the USA decided to abandon its commitment in Vietnam after rising pressure from years of mistakes. America withdrew from Vietnam due to several main reasons; some were long-term e.g. Protests of the American citizens‚ and others were short-term factors e.g. Morale of American soldiers. In this essay I will discuss the main factors for
Premium Vietnam War
and attack the family looking for Frank; they hang Reuben‚ but don’t kill him‚ and torture Jesse by lashing him. This fuels the boys hatred toward the United States Government. Frank and Jesse James eventually joined in a Confederate guerrilla group led by William "Bloody Bill" Anderson‚ a man notoriously known for massacres. This was Frank’s
Premium
10th President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer‚ member of the Philippine House of Representatives (1949–1959) and a member of the Philippine Senate (1959–1965). He was Senate President from 1963-1965. He claimed to have led a guerrilla force called Ang Maharlika in northern Luzon during the Second World War‚ although this is doubted.[1][2] As Philippine president and strongman‚ his greatest achievement was in the fields of infrastructure development and international diplomacy
Premium Ferdinand Marcos Philippines
country. The rebels sought greater autonomy within Macedonia. In Aug. 2001‚ after six months of fighting‚ the rebels and the Macedonian government signed a peace agreement that allowed a British-led NATO force to enter the country and disarm the guerrillas. In Nov. 2001‚ Macedonia’s parliament agreed to constitutional amendments giving broader
Premium