that I came upon a manuscript by the great historian Thucydides who cut away any nonsense in his writing. To Thucydides‚ the past was something worthy of being seriously studied. His work the History of the Peloponnesian War is a masterpiece. Unfortunately‚ his account of the war‚ which began in 431‚ has only been completed up to the year 411. He may get a bit further in his old age‚ but it is highly unlikely he makes it all the way to the current day in 403 B.C. where history is surely to be made
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In the following “A Drone War Is Still a War” by Michael Kinsley speaks of the issue that using military drones causes civilian casualty and an unfair advantage. Kinsley addresses that we have already become used to the use of drones and that we treat the fact like a usual tactic of combat. The advantages of using drones is quite obvious. No American lives are put at risk‚ and the precision minimizes collateral damage‚ including the deaths of innocents who happen to be nearby. Kinsley states that
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Civil War Basic Summary The battle of Fort Sumpter was important because it motivated the North to gather an army and begin fighting. It was a big mistake of the South not to allow the Union to bring supplies to the fort. Another important conflict was the ship Alabama‚ made for the Confederacy by Britain. Then Britain bought two battle ships that the South was building‚ to avoid starting a war with the North and having them invade Canada. The battle of Bull run is important because it led to
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End of Cold War Summary 1. Why wasn’t the commie system working? 2. Gorby’s reforms 3. Fall of Soviet Union & Failure of Gorbachev Background info: Soviet Union was made up of 15 satellite states ruled by the Communist Party. Gorbachev: Leader of Soviet Union until 1991. S.U. broke up then‚ into smaller‚ separate republics. Played a part in breaking up USSR. Did not cover up S.U.’s mistakes and problems. Correct intentions but USSR had too many problems piled up since Stalin‚ so he couldn’t
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Initially the United States had been reluctant to enter World War II when it begun‚ but the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th‚ 1941 the catalyst that spurred the nation to enter the war. The main target the US declared war on was not the Nazis of Germany‚ but rather Imperial Japan. The forces of Imperial Japan would ultimately become the principle enemy in the Pacific War. The Pacific Theater would span until 1945‚ the United States was motivated to ensure retribution for the lives lost in Pearl
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known as World War 1 was a massive war that included many of the major powers of the world at the time. It is also the first time that the United States was seen as a major world power. It had more deaths than any other war up to this point and spanned from 1914 to 1918. The tension started with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. This angered a lot of countries in the Balkans that had alliances. The Austria-Hungary leadership was angry with Serbia and began a war. This brought
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6/19/11 Cicero wrote a great extent on his concept of a Just War‚ yet his theory can be summarized into three simple rules. The first condition for a just war as proposed by Cicero is that there must be a valid or just cause. Cicero believed that a just cause includes the defense of honor as well as the restoration or upholding of peace. In other words‚ if ones honor is at stake or being attacked‚ Cicero would deem it just for war to be waged. St Augustine Christians should be pacifists in their
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Just War PHI 208 Dr. David Tredinnick May 5‚ 2014 Just War War is an organized and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states or non-state actors. It is characterized 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
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Civil War Data Questions Looking at the graphs on population and troops‚ why do you think Union states were able to raise a much larger army than the Confederacy? Answer: The Union states were able to raise a larger army than the Confederacy because the union states population was larger than the Confederacy. List at least two ways in which the Union’s large population gave it an advantage in the Civil War. Answer: 1.The Union states larger population allowed them to have a bigger army
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1861: The Civil War Awakening: Book Review Among the events of world history‚ the Civil War in the USA is one of the central places. Due to this sombre and mourning event‚ the current population know the names of Abraham Lincoln‚ John Brown‚ Ulysses S. Grant‚ who stood at the head of armies of the northerners; know the names of General Robert E. Lee‚ who led the armed forces of the slave owners‚ fanatic Lincoln’s assassin named John Wilkes Booth. It is known‚ how the war ended and who won it. This
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