Why Nations Go To War In John Stoessinger’s work on “Why Nations go to War” he examines ten wars that have occurred since 1914 and the one currently taking place today. These wars include World War One‚ World War Two‚ Korean War‚ Vietnam War‚ Yugoslavian War‚ Indo-Pakistani War‚ Arab-Israel War‚ Iran-Iraq and Iraq-Kuwait War‚ War on Terror‚ and Wars in Rwanda and Darfur. Each of these wars have many things in common‚ but the one thing that sticks out above many of the other statistics and reasons
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WHY NATIONS GO TO WAR By John G. Stoessinger BOOK REVIEW: WHY NATIONS GO TO WAR is a unique book and a product of reflection by author‚ Dr. John G. Stoessinger. First published in 1978‚ its Eleventh Edition with additions came out in 2010. It is built around ten case studies‚ culminating in the new wars that ushered in the twenty-first century: Iraq‚ Afghanistan‚ and the wars between Arabs and Israelis in Gaza and in Lebanon. In the book he analyses the most important military conflicts
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conflict with the Romans was like poking a bear with a stick. How could that possibly end well? Upon receiving news of a Jewish revolt‚ the Romans were enraged and mobilized 60‚000 professionally trained troops to take down the Galilee‚ where 100‚000 were slain or became slaves. This demoralizing loss resulted in the realization of the Jewish leaders that the revolt was unwinnable‚ but this realization was long overdue. The Jews losing the war in 66-70 can be blamed on many things‚ however the retreat
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Civil War Medicine By: Julia Ljubicich 8-1 Medicine played a very important role in the civil war. Though‚ some people believe the field hospitals were able to keep themselves clean‚ this was not always the case. In reality‚ the hospitals could have been as dangerous to the soldiers as the front lines. For a Civil War soldier‚ the field hospital could have been worse‚ to them‚ than the battle itself. The temporary hospitals were quickly set up near battlefields and doctors usually
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The end of the Cold war‚ with the fall of the Berlin Wall and then the dissolution of the USSR defined a new world order. This new world order saw the emergence of “new” wars that started with the first Gulf war and accelerated from the 9/11. As the global geopolitics was evolving‚ journalism was progressing with new technological devices and new ways of reporting (from 24h news channels to the advent of social media today). In this evolving context‚ there are some correlations between the new world
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why Peter decided to go to war with Sweden. Peter declared war on Sweden in August 1700 with the most important aim of expansion and regaining lost territories. He had also hoped to weaken the power and might of the Swedish empire and in doing this‚ create a more powerful and prestigious image for Russia as he has tried to do throughout his reign so far. Despite the fact that Peter had not yet completed his conquest of the Ottoman empire in the south‚ he decided to impose war on Sweden perhaps
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demands to Greece. Athens and Sparta were very hesitant when obeying the demands‚ most of the other city-states were quick to obey. While the Greeks saw what Athens and Sparta did as an act of defiance and it showed pride‚ Darius was obviously not happy. This lead to the Persian Wars‚ which would eventually lead to the Peloponnesian War. Both of these wars had a major impact on Greece in very different ways. In 499 B.C.E. Persia wanted to expand their empire to the Ionian Greek city states and in return
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Margaret was the first woman to hold that position. When she became prime minister‚ she was very focused on reforming Britain’s economy. Thatcher played a major role in ending the Cold War. Thatcher’s relationship with Ronald Reagan was very important because they both played a role in ending the Cold War. She gave him European support for his determined stance against the USSR threat. She cut social welfare programs‚ reduced trade union power and privatized certain industries. The prime minister
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Not all decisions that are made are black and white or blatantly laid out in terms of good and bad. Often‚ the most important decisions are choices between the better of two options. The decision to go to war in Iraq was not an easy conclusion but it was one that was made with best intentions. It is my opinion that even though there were some mistakes made in the determination to invade Iraq‚ it was a just decision on both a security and a moral basis. This paper will briefly look at the background
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direct war with each other (source 11). This meant that the USSR was only able to support North Vietnam through supplying China with arms who in turn would arm the North Vietnamese (source 11). Nevertheless‚ the Vietnam war was still composed of the “classic Cold War” scenario (source 11)‚ as there was support from the Capitalist west as well as support from the communist East in conflict against each other. In addition‚ the opposing ideologies of the Cold War further influenced the Vietnam war. The
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