In his novel In the Lake of the Woods Tim O’Brien paints a vivid image of the horrors of the Vietnam War‚ particular the savagery of the Thuan Yen massacre. While prior to reading the novel readers instinctively blame the soldiers themselves for their immoral actions‚ as the novel progresses‚ O’Brien shows that while the soldiers may have physically committed the brutal acts of murder‚ blame cannot solely be placed on them. O’Brien depicts the Vietnam landscape as one that‚ due its elusive and chaotic
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During any war‚ many acts of brutality were committed by soldiers on both sides; and most people seem to realize this. Nevertheless‚ when we look at photographs of the dead women and children from any massacre‚ it seems impossible to understand how soldiers could participate in such an atrocity. However‚ in psychological views‚ we can easily explain their behavior by using conformity and obedience. Conformity within a group entails members changing their attitudes and beliefs because of real or
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Udham Singh Udham Singh (December 26‚ 1899 - July 31‚ 1940) was an Indian Sikh independence activist‚ best known for assassinating Michael O’Dwyer in March 1940 in what has been described as an avenging of the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre.[1] Udham Singh changed his name to Ram Mohammad Singh Azad and was also known as Ram Mohammed Singh Azad‚ symbolizing the unification of the three major religions of India: Hinduism‚ Islam and Sikhism. Singh is considered one of the best-known of the more heroic
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disarm the Indians a shot rang out then the gun fire began leaving about 200 Indians dead in the snow. Thirty soldiers were also killed in the massacre. The soldiers that lost there lives were most likely killed by their own men in friendly fire. Wounded Knee is said to have been the last battle of the war but it was not so much a battle as it was a massacre. It was in fact the last exchange of fire between the army and the Sioux. There are not many positive things that came out of the war. Only
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On the morning of Sunday 21st April 1996‚ a young Hobart man‚ Martin Bryant armed himself with three high powered automatic firearms and a large quantity of ammunition and then drove to Port Arthur. North of Port Arthur‚ he entered the home of a couple he briefly met as a child. Inside he started his rampage‚ shooting them both. Once he arrived at the Historical Site Port Arthur he ate a meal at the Broad Arrow Café. He then waited till his meal was finished to take his rifle from his bag and began
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Movement & Rowlatt Act (1919) Rowlatt committee Committee members War Ends‚ Emergency Powers Continue Events In Delhi In the presidency of Bombay In the Punjab Anti-Rowlatt Satyagrha intended to mobilize public opinion against the act Jallianwala bagh massacre Reaction In Lahore The hunter commission Assassination of Michael O’ Dwyer Some facts about Rowlatt act Conclusion References ANTI ROWLATT AGITATION Introduction In 1919 Justice Rowlatt looked at the situation and recommended tough new
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everyone. In 1902‚ several hundred thousand acres were cleared out for white settlers. In 1907‚ the Indian Nations ceased to exist‚ and when Oklahoma became a state‚ all Native American territory was assimilated into the Union. The Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890 is known as the event that ended the last of the Indian wars in America. As the year came to a close‚ the Seventh Cavalry brought an end to the century-long U.S. government-Indian
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on the 28th of April 1996‚ just three weeks after John Howard came into office‚ 35 people were murdered and 23 wounded in the Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania. The shooter‚ Martin Bryant ‚ who used various firearms‚ was given 35 life sentences without the possibility of parole. Bryant had major intellectual disabilities. All the fire arms used in the massacre were purchased without a fire arms licence.
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happened in My Lai. This is because the American public saw him as a victim‚ not as a criminal‚ and opposed the court that punished him. This is a strange phenomenon‚ considering the feeling of horror many people get when reading about the My Lai massacre. In March 1968 Charlie Company was commanded by their Captain‚ Ernest Medina‚ to destroy a village called My Lai in South Vietnam‚ whose inhabitants were considered Viet Cong guerrillas or sympathizers. In reality the village consisted mostly
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Cited: Bateman‚ Robert. “Wounded Knee: Who Spoke the Truth?” Military History 24.4 (2007): 62-69. History Study Center. Wed. 12 Sept. 2011. Black‚ Elk‚ and John Gneisenau Niehardt. “Accounts of the Wounded Knee Massacre.” Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux. Lincoln: University of Nebraska‚ 1988. MyHistoryLab | Person. Person‚2009. Wed. 12 Sept. 2011. Charles. Phillips. “A Day To Remember: December 29‚ 1890.” American History
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