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    The Art of War

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    accordance with the strength of antagonistic forces will be victorious. 3. He whose ranks are united in purpose will be victorious. 4. He who is well prepared and lies in wait for an enemy who is not well prepared will be victorious.Sun Tsu’s Art of War Discussion Thomas Jerry Scott Page 4 of 4 5. He whose generals are able and not interfered with by the sovereign will be victorious. It is in these five matters that the way to victory is known. Sun Tzu’s Famous "Know Thine Enemy Rules" 1. Therefore

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    Protests of Tibet against the republic of China have occurred early as the 1950s. Tibet has once been an independent nation‚ until it was incorporated into the Mongol Empire in 1246 and was under Yuan Dynasty until the 1350s. In 1720‚ the Qing Dynasty Army entered Tibet and defeated the invading forces of Dzungar Khanate; thus starting the Qing rule of Tibet. During the Qing rule of Tibet‚ bad blood between Chinese and Tibet grew with the assassination of the Tibet prince‚ Gyurme Namgyal by two

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    WAR AND AFTERMATH OF WAR IN THE ENGLISH PATIENT BY MICHAEL ONDAATJE Abstract War and aftermath of war is a paper which talks about the various aspects of war and its outcomes as discussed in the novels of Michael Ondaatje. Ondaatje takes war as a major theme in his two most famous novels: The English Patient and Anil’s Ghost. The present paper discusses the treatment of war in the hands of Ondaatje in his Booker winning novel The English Patient. The treatment of the sensitive topics of war gets

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    Afghanistan Opium Production October 1347‚ the Europeans were greeted with the black plague which wiped out about one third of the whole population in Europe nearly 20 million people. (History) Far before that in about 3400 B.C. the cultivation of the new age plague was being planted by the Mesopotamians which is known today as Opium. Present day‚ Afghanistan controls nearly 90% of all opium growth and distribution which is a $65 billion market. (Sites) Opium is a dried condescended form of poppy

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    Children of War

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    of War By Zahra Ismail Thesis Advisors: Zulfiya Tursunova‚ PhD Candidate‚ Ina Curic‚ M.A. February 2008 Table of Contents: Introduction and Motivation…………………………………………………………5 Chapter 1-The Plight of Children Born of War: Societal Responses and International Justice…………………………………………………………………11 1.1 Societal Responses……………………………………………………………..12 1.2 Forced Pregnancy……………………………………………………………….12 1.3 Convention on the Rights of the Child………………………………………16 1.4 Justice for Children Born of War……………………………………………

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    War and Ethics

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    “No war can ever be justified since any war will put innocent civilians in danger”. Evaluate. Indeed‚ there is arguably no human activity more destructive and more detrimental to the global community than the fighting of war. In the context of this discourse I refer to war as a large scale armed conflict between two or more nations or other political entities. While some may argue that war is morally permissible under certain circumstances‚ it is my opinion that the cost of any war is far too high

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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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    The Peloponnesian war arose between 431-404 BC. This confrontation hurled the two most powerful city-states of Greece against each other. The two conflicting sides of Athens and Sparta forced many other city-states of the Hellenic world to align themselves. Each city-state could side with the powerful naval confederacy of the Athenians‚ or the elite Spartan military. The combat supremacy of Athens and Sparta was not the only factor. Athens was a mighty empire and wished to expand its control. The

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    The Crimean war (1854-1856) demonstrates fundamental changes in the nature of warfare. * Identify the ways in which wars were changing with examples (tactical implications of the changes) * Explain root causes of these changes The Crimean war demonstrated the fundamental changes in the nature of warfare. This essay will examine the changes in the nature of warfare. Looking at what caused these changes and how they differed from times before. The Crimean war represents the first major political

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    The Korean war‚ was it really a war to forget? After Korea was free from Japanese colonization on August 15‚ 1945‚ the country was left confused politically‚ hence the country was divided into two political governments: communist and capitalist. The Korean war (1950-1953) was a bloodshed that should not be forgotten because of its destructiveness and because of the effects it had on China‚ North and South Korea and America.

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