re-examines the Cold War with new information from all around the globe‚ creating a “new” cold war history. Gaddis pinpoints the start of the Cold War as 1947 and notes “the regime‚ personality‚ and ideological explanations for the Cold War point to an underlying defensive motivation: the need to expand and assert control to save Stalin and the Soviet Union.” (Lebow‚ p.628) Gaddis also sustains that Stalin’s personality and paranoia influenced events. It seems the “new” cold war history is actually
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World War II While reading “At Home – War Production‚” I learned that horses were used to cart the artillery in 1939. I have a tender heart when it comes to helpless animals. Knowing that some of the horses had to have been injured or killed during World War II breaks my heart. Keeping a plentiful stock of ships and boats is definitely a great example of “supply and demand.” I thought that the idea of selling war bonds to increase military defense funding was an excellent of President
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Once There Was a War Picks up with the invasion of Italy. The author then details the invasion from his perspective. While the Invasion pushes inland the fleet continues to fire on the enemy. The enemy planes are continuously trying to destroy the allied command ship. The author then experiences the different greetings of the liberated Italian people. Afterwards‚ the author recalls a rescue mission of a local bartender’s pregnant daughter from enemy territory. Later on the author describes a PT boats
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There were many events in the world that led to the start of World War 2; however much of it was due to the turmoil left over from the World War 1. The main event of the treaty of Versailles that ended the war between Germany and the allied powers; Germany had lost and the treaty of Versailles held harsh penalties against Germany. Many German people felt what their country owned was too much and much of Germany was poor and hunger stricken. It left the people in dismal conditions and the people sought
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ONE DAY WAR BY JUDITH SOLOWAY KAY The narrative is set in the USA in 2065. It is a momentous time for the American public as it is the bicentenary of the American Civil War. The celebrations have already been the centre of attention for a long while. The celebration is held on the ninth of April‚ the time when the American Civil War ended. The weather is clear and beautiful. It seems perfectly fit for celebrations in a festive atmosphere. The bicentennial celebration is broadcast by an American
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EXPOSITION The justification of war — both in terms of jus in bello and jus ad bellum — is a difficult and complex task. This difficulty is increased immensely when trying to apply just war principles to terrorism‚ a complicated mix of typical and unconventional tactics that can be performed by both established and state governments. In the essay‚ I will critically address the discussion of terrorism by Michael Walzer in chapter 12 of “Just and Unjust Wars” (1977) and advocate for the justification
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contemporary acts of performance violence (Juergensmeyer‚ p 149). The term “cosmic war” according to Mark Juergensmeyer describes social images of war which‚ transcending human experience‚ evoke battles of the legendary past that relate to metaphysical‚ broader conflicts between good and evil‚ right and wrong‚ order and disorder (Juergensmeyer‚ p. 149). Perpetrators of religious violence have placed such images of cosmic war- a divine struggle- within global political battles‚ promoting religious terrorism
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Review of Civil War Experiences I am reviewing Civil War Experiences by Henry C. Meyer. This book is 111 pages and to be honest‚ it is very bland. This is understandable though‚ considering that it was written by a solider. It is interesting to see everything that happened to him but the writing was still very boring. Even though the way he wrote wasn’t interesting‚ some of the things that happened really changed my mind on war. As citizens‚ war it glorified to make us support its cause. We are
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Commentarii de Bello Gallico (Commentaries on the Gallic Wars). This primary source is a series of eight books‚ looking at firsthand account of the Gallic Wars‚ written in a first and third-person narrative. The eighth of these books was written after Caesar’s death by Aulus Hirtius. The search for this primary source was short and sweet due to it being one of the first things to pop up when I Googled “Primary source of the Roman Gallic Wars”. B) In the first book‚ Caesar talks about a conflict
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Although Richard Nixon first declared a “war on drugs” in 1971‚ the war escalated during the Reagan presidency and shifted its focus from treatment toward incarceration and law enforcement. As George Moss and Evan Thomas explain‚ Reagan came to Washington “committed to waging a war on drugs and bringing the international drug trade under control” in 1981. Thanks to the rise of the Medellin Cartel in Colombia and other cartels in Latin America during the 1980s‚ illegal drug trade networks flourished
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