To be an effective leader a person must have charisma‚ situational awareness and be adaptable. However a leader must also be creative and clever. Mediocrity does not lead to an effective leader. The military produces extraordinary leaders daily to ensure the safety of citizens everywhere no matter which side they are fighting for. These military leaders have to make quick decision that can affect the lives of millions. Situational awareness is something that is instilled in every member of the
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his job as manager for Mille Collines‚ a luxury Belgian hotel in Kigali‚ the capital of Rwanda. In a country wrought with bribery and corruption‚ the tension between the Hutus and the Tutsis rises‚ and intrastate conflict ensues. Rusesabagina is a Hutu and has powerful connections‚ so he is relatively okay‚ but his wife is Tutsi‚ which puts her and their children in danger. After the tensions and conflict escalate quickly within a few days‚ Rusesabagina takes his wife‚ children‚ and friends from
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That friend you turn to‚ or the sibling you can always confide in‚ those are confidants. A confidant is a common recurring theme in many literary styles‚ and is found in almost all pieces of literature. However‚ no piece of literature has a confidant character as complex as the Phantom in the musical "The Phantom of the Opera". The Phantom is a turn from the traditional confidant‚ who would be a friend of the heroine‚ or Christine in this case‚ and turns from a confidant to the main antagonist. The
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had been done to them. Precisely‚ to prevent a violent disaster such as the genocide‚ there was a law introduced a decade ago that procured perpetrators to ask for forgiveness. Readers of this document can infer that this law wanted to satisfy the Hutu perpetrators because by the time they asked for forgiveness.
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Conflict diamonds & Child soldiers: A Love story By That guy Africa: a land of shadows and light. A continent where the Four Horse Men thrive. Most notably in particular‚ war. War has plagued Africa for ages upon ages; no corner of the mighty content can escape its influence. Hostages taken off the coast of Somalia‚ to blood diamond mine in South Africa. Is there a solution for these conflicts? Should foreign aid be provided? Or should military action be taken imminently? To truly understand
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endanger the continued existence of – the dominant group (2). False fears of pollution are present in many of the most recognized instances of genocide: “Hitler believed this about Jews‚ the Khmer Rouge about Vietnamese and [some] Cambodians [and] the Hutu . . . about Tutsis” (Chirot and McCauley‚ “Why Not” 3). They fear that the other group will pollute the dominant‚ so they seek to destroy the apparent enemy. The fact that the fear or “threat may be imagined‚” based on false information‚ or founded
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genocide but claimed ignorance The callousness of our government is shockingly clear when you look back at the Clinton administration’s position on the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994. For the three-month period starting in April that year‚ Hutu death squads slaughtered an estimated 800‚000 Tutsis and moderate members of their own tribe. A few years later‚ when Clinton visited Rwandan capital of Kigali‚ the president said: "It may seem strange to you here‚ especially the many of you who lost
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Human Geography * Fieldwork- go out in the field and see what people are doing‚ observe how people’s actions and reactions vary across space * Summary of Field Note: Kenya full of fertile farmland but many are hungry. Why don’t they grow food for themselves? Most of Kenya is owned by foreigners and Kenya needs the foreign revenue * Human geography- how people make places‚ how we organize space and society‚ how we interact with each other in places and across
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Position paper on the colonization of Sierra Leone European colonization of Sierra Leone had an overall negative impact on the state of the country‚ both economically and culturally. The first Europeans to discover the land of Sierra Leone were the Portuguese. This contact with the two nations happened in 1462 and was known to be one of the first contacts between Europeans and West Africa. Before the Portuguese discovered this land‚ Sierra Leone had a number of politically independent groups. Various
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Chapter 33: Postcolonialism and Beyond: Latin America‚ Africa‚ Asia‚ and the Middle East 1. Beyond the Postcolonial era i. Postcolonial societies experienced four stages in the relationship to the industrial European and Europeanized nations: the influence of Cold War rivalries on the new states‚ the economic effects of globalization‚ progress in the spread of the ideals of civil society and participatory government‚ resurgence of cultural and religious traditions. 2. Latin America since 1945
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