Just Wars for Just Cause Can “good” or “just” wars exist? Throughout history‚ wars have often been called “just”. Can a just cause justify a just war? In Howard Zinn’s personal journey he asks his readers and himself these questions. Although pacifists like Zinn may not support just wars‚ sometimes the option for war for a just cause might be the only way for the world to have peace. I believe that World War II is an example of a just war. I believe this because of the need to stop Hitler and
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The Status Quo In Howard Zinn’s book‚ Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice‚ Chapter 1 entitled‚ “Introduction: American Ideology‚” begins with a discussion of a few instances in history where groups of people believed that other races and social classes were inferior to others (Zinn 1). The end result of these instances was that many‚ if not all‚ of the inferior people were killed (Zinn 1). From these occurrences‚ Zinn concludes that our thinking does not merely spark debates‚ but
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between the masses and big business‚ Zinn believed that these regulations were never enforced and ignored for the sake of the elite. While Zinn acknowledges the philanthropy of some big businessmen‚ he also claims that these men invested their money back into their communities merely to train the masses to continue corporate traditions. Joel Spring claims‚ “The development of the factory-like system in the nineteenth-century classroom was not accidental” (Zinn 61). Zinn wants his audience to believe that
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prospects for something different. He "persuaded ordinary folk to sever their ties with Great Britain" by "systematically stripp[ing] kingship of historical and theological justification" (Divine 144). He also spoke powerfully on rescuing "man from tyranny and false systems of government"‚ of enabling "him to be free" (Divine 144). Paine said elegantly what most colonists could not put into coherent from. "We have it in our power to begin the world over again" said Paine (Divine 144). Words of this
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Maria Daniels POLS497 Mid-Term 01FEB2015 The idea of American exceptionalism is not a new one. Thomas Jefferson spoke of civilizing the Indians many believed they were savages. Surely the Native Americans thought the white newcomers were the savages. The white men forced the Natives off of the “new” land and proceeded to murder them. The United States continues this tradition today‚ going into countries where we are not welcome‚ and trying to change them‚ make them more like us. What I can
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‘War is Health of the State’ Howard Zinn argues that American capitalism‚ through international rivalry caused by the Great War‚ caused big breaches between the power of big business and the voice of the working class to determine the stance of participation in the war. Zinn therefore recollects numerous tactics throughout that time‚ such as the Espionage Act of 1917 which was‚ “used to imprison Americans who spoke or wrote against the war‚” (Zinn‚ p. 67). Since many individuals did not express
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Drawing the Color Line Drawing the Color Line by Howard Zinn the second chapter from A People’s history of the United States. The authors writes this chapter to explain racism and how it started‚ “a continent were we can trace the coming of the first whites and the first blacks-might supply at least a few clues” he wants to use history to try to explain why it started. In this chapter Howard Zinn gives us an insight on Slavery and racism in the early 17th century of America. This chapter does
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2 Summary of Columbus‚ the Indians‚ and Human Progress by: Howard Zinn History is a weapon with a description of the Arawak Native Americans; the article describes them as “naked‚ tawny‚ and full of wonder”. The author quotes a journal from a crew member of the Columbus expedition describing for the reader the cheery‚ and full of hospitality‚ society the Arawak people had‚ and quickly described the opposite society the Europeans had. Zinn tells about how Columbus promptly kidnapped some natives to
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“partial truth”. In the following paragraphs and analysis‚ assumptions and generalizations we have made about our country and it’s “heroes” will be examined in an in-depth interpretation of the standard American textbook‚ The Enduring Vision vs. Howard Zinn’s‚ A People’s History of the United States‚ a strongly worded book meant to offer a different point of view‚ one not of the hero‚ but of men they truly were. Everyone knows who discovered America‚ Christopher Columbus‚ of course! “In 1492‚
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The crime he speaks of was of those suffering from poverty‚ and were forced into those dire conditions by circumstances beyond their control. In the paragraphs to follow I will give examples from various authors such as George‚ Bellamy‚ and Zinn explaining why poverty was a crime. Lastly I will explain how poverty remains even in today’s age an atrocity. In 1839 a man named Henry George
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