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    Inevitability of War

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    An Exigency of Caliber “All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.” (Steinbeck) On March 20th‚ 2003 I took this picture as my convoy crossed the breach into Iraq.  We were the first Marines to lead the march up to Baghdad. I returned with a heavy conscience and apprehension for our future causing me to bury most feelings involving this subject. But current events in our country’s global affairs have given me the courage to revisit my past experiences and explore the foundations

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    The War on Terror

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    Iraq and Iran; Cold War Tension is War on Terror’s Motive Particular events that took place during the Cold War would later foreshadow and affect the events during the War on Terror‚ specifically regarding Iran and Iraq. During the Cold War Iraq invaded Iran and thus began the Iran-Iraq War in 1980‚ which would later involve the United States. This would just be the beginning of the affairs the United States would face when providing support for Iraq through this time. To completely understand the

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    Why War

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    Why War? For many years‚ wars have been in the world. War in any large scale‚ causes violence and conflict. Although nowadays the meaning of the war is changing‚ the importance of war is the same. Samuel indicates in his article ‘WAR’ that “War is a state of conflict involving two or more groups of creatures attacking each other in an attempt to destroy the opposing force ‚ to capture the resources of the other side‚ or to defend resources of their own from capture”. (Samuel. J). It is

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    A Brief History of American Veterans Affairs By: D.J. Schaefer Plato once put it‚ “only the dead have seen the end of war” and veterans will follow where war is. After every war the fighting and killing switch is suddenly shut off for the soldiers accustomed to battle. The war is over‚ they either won or lost‚ and “home” is the only place left to march. They often return home to what is a changed country with changed people‚ who will either love them or hate them. They then try to adjust to

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    Cold War

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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 Meaning Of War

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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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    Horrors of War

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    Horrors of War. War to me is like a never-ending plague. The reason I say this‚ is because‚ I have met lots of people‚ who went to war for the sake of defending their country. War is devastating to countries and most individuals. Men and women can be left disturbed mentally‚ physically‚ and socially for the rest of their lives. But first‚ let us look at the causes‚ they are: Culture of violence‚ Globalization‚ Use of environmental resources‚ Colonialism and neo-colonialism‚ Racial‚ ethnic‚ religious

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    War to End All Wars

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    Lewcock/Filice World Core 3/4 11 March 2013 War to End All Wars In history‚ World War I was one of the most important wars; it has historically been referred to as the “War to end all Wars.” It exposed the good and bad a war can create. Gandhi’s quote about violence says‚ “the good is only temporary‚” but “the evil it does is permanent.” Historically‚ the “good” is shown throughout World War I‚ as when people initially believed the war was beneficial‚ enabling people to demonstrate

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    The Syrian war

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    The Syrian war has been raging on for a year now and the number of dead has risen to almost 80000‚ the Syrian people desperately need the help of the U.S and other allies they have to intervene and help them fight the dictatorship that has been ruling with an iron fist. The Syrian civil war started in 2011 when other middle eastern countries started uprising against the authoritarian dictatorships that occupied the region. The people of Egypt and Libya performed a successful uprising against their

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    The Korean War also referred to as the “Forgotten War‚” set an unforeseen reconstruction into the Air Defense Artillery branch of the modern Army. This bloody war was an important event in the world or the Air Defense Artillery branch. The contingency missions of today’s Army were solidified during the Korean War and it helped cement the Air Defense Artillery motto of “First to Fire.” There were many important events that occurred for ADA during this war. From the first air defense unit arriving

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