farms and crowded barrios and inner city ghettos that sing cadence to the causes of this day? Are these new Hodges so unloved‚ unremembered and “uncoffined?” This poem brings to question our ethical responsibilities when we send boys to war‚ and the need for war itself and that is what we will examine in the next few minutes in The Drummer Hodge. Like Hodge‚ in today’s Army‚ Navy‚ Air Force and Marine Corps we see equally naive young men‚ wanting to do their bit for their country. Also like Hodge
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and war are all words men have made to distinguish between types of killing and the varied justifications made for committing the same deed. In carrying out this most grave and final of all endeavors‚ as any other action‚ one sees it is not the actual temporal action itself that matters and defines the moment. The intention with which one sets out is even more important than what is done‚ and determines‚ at least within the actor’s mind‚ the righteousness of the act. G.E.M. Anscombe’s “War and Murder”
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there was a lot of popular unrest. Western influence caused the decline to happen more abruptly. An example of this was the Opium Wars. British merchants began smuggling Opium into China. The opium itself contributed to the fall because some leaders and officials were addicted to it‚ which led to incapable rulers. When China attempted to stop this they ended up in a War with Great Britain and eventually other Western countries. Since China was not match for the military and weaponry advancements of
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General Haig‚ and many did just that. However many people saw him as a highly gifted soldier and leader‚ and there was a good side to Haig‚ for example‚ he did manage to eventually wear down the German army‚ and played a part in the result of World War 1. Therefore this controversial issue will perhaps be continually debated. The Battle of the Somme was a largely Scottish battle‚ with three Scottish divisions participating. This also applied to Douglas Haig‚ who was born in Edinburgh and was commander
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all day. Rome avoided being attacked by beating the enemy to the attack. One example of Roman violence in all three Punic wars‚ Rome declared rome on Carthage and didn’t leave them alone until 3 wars later when most of the Carthaginians were killed‚ and those that were not were sold to slavery. But I am getting ahead of myself‚ back to the beginning of the 1st punic war. War was declared in 264 BC on the day that rome decided it was a good idea to interfere with a clash on western Sicily‚ a Carthaginian
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distribution of food and other resources to the population. It is argued that the main cause of the 1984 famine in Ethiopia was not drought or overpopulation‚ but the fact that the food could not be distributed to the people due to the scale of the war which was going on at the time. Secondly‚ many services such as schools are devastated by conflict which can cause literacy rates to fall; an indicator which is often seen as the key to more widespread development. Also‚ conflict can cause an imbalance
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During the three years of the Opium War‚ Great Britain destroyed much of China’s coastal and river forts. Under the pressure of the superior military tactics and firepower from Britain‚ the Qing dynasty finally surrendered to the British terms. As a result‚ China opened its five coastal ports to Britain‚ limited tariffs on British goods‚ covered the costs of the war‚ and gave extraterritorial rights to British citizens in the Treaty of Nanjing. Due to the increasing British’s presence in China‚ it
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us’ indicates a situation‚ but that ‘we’ have not yet got there. The situation may be overpowering for any single man‚ but because of Churchill’s use of inclusive language it is a situation that can be handled together. The more people who join the war effort the lesser the burden has to be for each man‚ woman and child. ‘Our cause’‚ once again reiterates the feeling of an equally shared burden. Most noticeably in Churchill’s Finest Hour speech he uses an immense amount of inclusive language. The
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Canada in the late 1800s: the South African war‚ the naval crisis and the reciprocity agreements with the United States. The South African war was a conflict the British Empire faced in the 1899‚ when British expansionists clashed with the Boers. Unable to defeat the Boers guerilla warfare techniques‚ Britain was forced to seek support from its dominions. (Francis‚ Jones‚ Smith 116) Imperialists immediately supported Canadian participation in the war‚ seeing it as a way to show devotion to the
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constituencies were made more equal sizes. In 1872 there was also the introduction of the ballet boxes which aimed to keep the electorates vote a secret which along with the 1883 corrupt and illegal practises act reduced briberies. Secondly the Boer War also had an effect on the general election of 1906; Joseph Chamberlains appointment as colonial secretary whose job it was to strengthen the empire. South Africa was important in these plans as it had the most valuable land on the continent not only
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