The Crimean War started because France and Russia wanted control over the Middle East and surrounding areas. The war lasted from 1856 to 1858‚ just under two years. The more important parts of the war are the causes and events that led up to it‚ the battle of the Alma‚ the naval wars of various seas and Sevastopol‚ the heavily fortified base of the Russian fleet.<br><br>MLV Ffrench Blake states that the main cause of the war was "Russia’s desire for territorial expansion‚ particularly towards a port
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Vietnam War Research Paper and Project Your Mission: Choose a topic of interest on the Vietnam War. I have provided a list of various topics below these instructions. From that list choose one that appeals to you. I will consider other thoughtful topic choices not from the list‚ but any of these must be approved by me! Second: Once you have your topic narrow it down. Avoid having such a broad topic that you are swimming with information. Make sure you have a clear and concise thesis that either
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It all started in wake of the Caribou Gold Rush. But was it really a war or just a confrontation? I believe that the Chilcotin War was not a war at all‚ but a confrontation between members of Tsilhqot’in people and a work party cutting a road through their territory. The Tsilhqot’in people attacked the road workers because they were trying to protect what was theirs. They were trying to protect their land‚ their people and their way of life. The newcomers did not ask the aboriginals’ permission to
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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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rights and wrongs of it for almost as long. The Ethics of War starts by assuming that war is a bad thing‚ and should be avoided if possible‚ but it recognises that there can be situations when war may be the lesser evil of several bad choices. War is a bad thing because it involves deliberately killing or injuring people‚ and this is a fundamental wrong - an abuse of the victims’ human rights. (www.bbc.co.uk) The rationale of ethics in war is to help in making a decision on what is right or wrong
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The Kargil War also known as the Kargil conflict‚ was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC). The conflict is also referred to as Operation Vijay (Victory in Hindi) which was the name of the Indian operation to clear the Kargil sector. The cause of the war was the infiltration of Pakistani soldiers and Kashmiri militants into positions
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The Vietnam War: 1955-1975 The Vietnam War was highly controversial throughout the world it was one of the most recent wars as it occurred between 1955-1975 this was primarily a civil war until the United States got involved this in turn pulled several other countries into the midst of the war. This was one of the major wars that occurred after the two biggest wars in history World War One and World War Two‚ although it is on a much smaller scale for instance there was a significantly smaller playing
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of tools and skills to capture war that do not ensure their safety. While today’s war photography equipment is more light and compact‚ making it easier to carry‚ the job is still very dangerous. Being a photographer does not stop someone from encountering a roadside explosion‚ being shot at‚ or even bombed. Being a non-combat does not guarantee the photographer won’t be a target or that accidents won’t be prevented from happening. However‚ this danger also makes war photography images “more powerful
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The Vietnam War throughout history has been debated as whether or not it was a necessary war. Some say the war is considered necessary because President Truman was simply trying to help stop the increase of communism in Southeast Asia so that communism wouldn’t spread to other nations. While others say the war was unnecessary because it was the first war the United States lost. In the text‚ Major Problems of American History‚ it was stated that people even consider America’s involvement in the Vietnam
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The Sorrow of War Bao Ninh’s The Sorrow of War is a novel that is a personal view of the Vietnam War from the perspective of a Vietnamese soldier. Like the American novel “The things they carried”‚ this novel brings about the effects of war on people‚ and especially how it defeats the human capacity for things such as love and hope. Bao Ninh offers this realistic picture of the Vietnam War’s impact on the individual Vietnamese soldier through use of a series of reminiscences or flashbacks‚ jumping
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