The History of the Peloponnesian War is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War‚ which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was written by Thucydides‚ an Athenian historian who also happened to serve as an Athenian general during the war. His account of the conflict is widely considered to be a classic and regarded as one of the earliest scholarly works of history. The Histories are divided into eight books by editors of later
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The Mexican War is often regarded as one of the United State’s most controversial wars. The idea of Manifest Destiny was beginning to consume the minds of many Democratic Americans. They wished for the United States to expand their land to possess a continental control; it was believed that more land would mean furthered economical success. Meanwhile‚ the Whigs felt that the key to expanding the country was embracing the economical endeavors that were already being pursued. In order for the continent
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“The Korean War was essentially regional‚ but the superpowers made it personal and therefore‚ global.” Discuss. The Korean War‚ 1950 can be argued to be a civil war which was and later evolved to become a proxy war. Here‚ “regional” can be defined as the civil war between North and South Korea whereby the two had their own conflicting aims and ideology‚ “personal” can be defined as the proxy war between the two superpowers – USA and USSR where the objective and aims of the civil war between North
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any other in that it is susceptible to its external environment. Today’s situation recalls trends of 153 years ago‚ when the brutality of the civil war conflict spawned a revolution in the design and mass production of artificial limbs. Recognizing the alarming number of amputations resulting from combat‚ the U.S. government unveiled the "Great Civil War Benefaction‚" a commitment to provide prosthetics to all disabled veterans. With the lure of government support‚ entrepreneurs began competing for
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War and Warcraft The religious movement made its manifestation in Europe in the sixteen century. This was the beginning of the Reformation. The Reformation is reforming some doctrines and practices of the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the establishment of the Protestant churches (Reformation 2003). The Reformation resulted in many wars‚ more suspicion of witchcraft and corruption. This paper will discuss social and culture issues relating to wars of religion‚ political issues of religious
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| |7/27/2010 | |CAUSES OF WAR | | | | AKINBAMIRO MICHAEL AKINLABI War is a behavior pattern exhibited by many primate species including humans‚ and also found
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Tristan Thurlow Is War Ever Justified? War is one of the most terrible things the human race has invented. It sends more people to their death than anything else we force upon ourselves. Voltaire once said‚ “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished‚ unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” This portrays the true irony of war‚ so many would say war is never justified. Many‚ perhaps even the majority of wars are not. However‚ never is a very strong
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The Opium War The Opium War‚ directed by Jin Xie‚ paints a rather impartial account of the Opium War‚ starting with the appointment of Lin Zexu to end the opium trade in China to the signing of the Treaty of Nanking. This film seemed to fairly depict the faults of both the Chinese and the British during the 1830’s and up to 1842. That said‚ The Opium War illustrated two important factors that both helped to promote the conflict and eventual military confrontation between China and Britain.
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War can take a toll on the mind‚ body‚ and soul of a man. In “The things they carried” by Tim O’ Brien‚ the author sympathetically describes not only the physical weight a soldier must carry while in combat‚ but also the emotional baggage that also comes along with war. O’ Brien starts out the story by talking about First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross‚ who was the leader of his brigade in the Vietnam war. Cross carried around letters from a girl named Martha who he loved dearly‚ although he didn’t think
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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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