"The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept." -Thucydides In the modern-day United States‚ we live in a culture of self-expression‚ prosperity‚ and freedom. But these ideas of universal entitlement and inalienable humans rights have become so ingrained in our society‚ that we often forget that the rest of the world doesn ’t necessarily think the same way. The development of our social values and beliefs was a process‚ and we cannot force them onto any
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relations is an academic and a public policy field‚ and so can be positive and normative‚ because it analyzes and formulates the foreign policy of a given State. As political activity‚ international relations dates from the time of the Greek historian Thucydides (ca. 460–395 BC)‚ and‚ in the early 20th century‚ became a discrete academic field (No. 5901 in the 4-digit UNESCO Nomenclature) within political science. However‚ International Relations is an interdisciplinary field of study.[2] Besides political
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the Athenian “war objectives”‚ but because of the damage inflicted on Attica by the Spartan Army‚ the Athenian leaders rejected the offer to pursue greater “war objectives”. This shift in objectives led Athens to ultimate humiliation and ruin. (Thucydides p 549) Clausewitz’s thoughts on conflict termination should be in the forefront of all strategic planners when considering the use of war to achieve political ends. Without a clear vision of victory or peace a nation may amass a collection of
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Pericles’ Funeral Oration Why do we fight wars if they just cause death and sorrow? This famous speech was written by Thucydides‚ but given by Pericles sometime during Athens’ Pelponnesian War. This kind of speech was generally given at a mass funeral‚ to honor many who had died fighting in the war. Typically‚ funeral speeches at that time were very somber and mournful‚ but Pericles changed that. In this speech‚ he created this idea of national pride and faith in society‚ by using many hopeful
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Thucydides viewed an evolution of the Delian League from an “alliance under Athenian leadership to an Empire under Athenian domination” (Rawlings‚ 1997‚ p. 6). This was brought to a head when the Athenians moved the treasury from Delos to Athens. Plutarch
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Delos in the Aegean Sea where they were sold into Slavery. A few of the slaves sold at these markets had been kidnapped‚ and several of them were even sold into slavery if their parents were poor. Some slaves originated from other Greek states‚ Thucydides writes that when the Athenians captured the Greek island of Melos‚ they enslaved all the women and children on the island. Athenians obtained their slaves by buying them from slave markets and they were chosen based on their strength‚ skill and
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—Inga Clendinnen‚ The History Question "Who owns the past? In a free society‚ everyone. It is a magic pudding belonging to anyone who wants to cut themselves a slice‚ from legend manufacturers through novelists looking for ready-made plots‚ to interest groups out to extend their influence." K. Jenkins – postmodernist * The historian’s purpose is to possible impose pattern on history. * Relativism… is a fact of life. * History is one of a series of discourses about the world. H. White –
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He was such a profound influence on Athenian society that Thucydides‚ an admirer and contemporary historian‚ acclaimed him as "the first citizen of Athens". Pericles turned the Delian League into an Athenian empire and led his countrymen during the first two years of the Peloponnesian War. During the Peloponnesian
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Building Warriors: Tough Leadership is not Hazing One of the biggest contemporary issues affecting leadership in the Army today is the misconception that hazing and tough leadership are one in the same. Hazing as stated by AR 600-20 (2014) Hazing is Any conduct whereby a Servicemember or members regardless of service‚ rank‚ or position‚ and without proper authority‚ recklessly or intentionally causes a Servicemember to suffer or be exposed to any activity that is cruel‚ abusive‚ humiliating‚ oppressive
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relations is an academic and a public policy field‚ and so can be positive and normative‚ because it analyzes and formulates the foreign policy of a given State. As political activity‚ international relations dates from the time of the Greek historian Thucydides (ca. 460–395 BC)‚ and‚ in the early 20th century‚ became a discrete academic field (No. 5901 in the 4-digit UNESCO Nomenclature) within political science. However‚ international relations is an interdisciplinary field of study.[3] Besides political
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