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    Is peace possible without war? There is an average of twenty ongoing wars in the world at any given time. Some are internal civil wars‚ others are between nations. Judging by the opinion of modern day citizen ‚ peace is an ideal and war is a tragedy. Depending on their political orientation‚ war may even be considered inexcusable under any circumstances. But what if rather than being a troublesome force‚ war is actually the father of peace. War is an indispensable part of civilization and

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    War Dance Expository Essay Over 20‚000 kids are orphaned in Northern Uganda. War Dance is a documentary about the Patongo Primary School’s long journey to the Kampala Music Festival and the experiences‚ both good and bad‚ which they go through. In the village of Patongo‚ located deep in Uganda’s war zone‚ a group of students struggles to rise above the violence and desperation that surrounds them with the help of music. Life at camp Patongo for these children were rough and treacherous.

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    explains how handsome‚ energetic‚ and full of life he was before going into the war. He then flashes back on his days of playing football and when he was hurt he was celebrated as a hero. Then towards the end of the third stanza‚ he explains

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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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    The War of the Roses

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    British Studies THE WAR OF THE ROSES • Introduction • Name of The War of the Roses • Famous people in The War of the Roses • Causes of The War of the Roses • The War of the Roses • The result and impact of The War of the Roses • The summary • Bibliography I. INTRODUCTION T he Middle Age considers one of the most exciting periods in English history. One of the most historical events of medieval era is the Wars of the Roses in the fifteenth century

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    Is War Ethical

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    An Unethical War The insurgents’ war is an unethical war. They use tactics of manipulation‚ deceit and media propaganda to brainwash vulnerable and desperate individuals into becoming suicide bombers. Analyzing these three tactics through events in The Sirens of Baghdad” by Yasmina Khadra with “Eros and Thanatos” by Chris Hedges and “Just War Theory” by Alexander Moseley and then comparing these events to real life stories such as “Abandoned in Iraq; We did our job as interpreters; why has the

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    War Crimes

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    War Crimes: Freedom or Justice “No crime without law”‚ is a statement that was agreed upon for every power- wielding country across the globe1. Any discretion would normally result in the United Nations International Court of Justice to bring down the iron fist and resolve the situation in any way that they feel fit. Recently‚ there has been another method to solve disagreements throughout the world‚ not with petty crimes‚ but war crimes. War crimes are offenses that undermine the previously amended

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    Cold War

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    The Cold War was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States with NATO and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in Warsaw Pact). Historians have not fully agreed on the dates‚ but 1947–1991 is common. It was "cold" because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two sides‚ although there were major regional wars in Korea and Vietnam. The Cold War split the temporary wartime alliance against

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    Does Religion Cause War

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    Religion causes war. This is a matter of historical fact. Since time immemorial‚ men have fought each other in wars caused by religion. There are at least three instances by which religion causes war. The first is when people try to compel other people to adopt their religion or religious perspectives. This comes from our innate tendency to want other people to subscribe to our beliefs. That desire can be accompanied with a strong zeal such that if others are impervious to our peaceful approach

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    Vietnam War

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    Vietnam War The war first began in 1959‚ five years after the division of the country by the Geneva Accords. Vietnam had been split into two. The communist government in the north was under Ho Chi Minh and democratic government in the south was under Ngo Dinh Diem. The Vietnam War stated because France tried to make another attempt to takeover Vietnam by having a foreign power to rule. In Vietnam the target of containment was Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam front he had created in 1941. Ho and

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