INTRODUCTION The British opium trade in China started the world’s very first drug war‚ in the 19th century. Known as the Opium War‚ many people also refer to it as the Anglo-Chinese War. Opium is a preparation made from the juice of poppy seedpods‚ and used to produce heroin. The drug was mainly produced in and shipped from the East Indies to China by British merchants. This addictive drug had gotten many Chinese badly hooked by the early 1800s. In the 15th century‚ when opium was first introduced
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The War in Uganda “We make war that we may live in peace.” This is a quote that the famous Aristotle said but is this always true? The civil war that is currently going on in Uganda is a case that the war being made is not so the people can live in peace‚ but rather live in a country that is completely divided. The war in Uganda is driving the people of this country to vast extremes and far away from peace. Throughout this war‚ it has always been the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) against the government
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Use of elephants as war animals has been dated back to as early as 331 BC by the Persians. King Darius the 111 of Persia was the first to use elephants in the battle of Guagamela‚ against Alexander the Great of Mecedon. Kind Darius’ army consisted of 15 well trained Indian elephants which was used to frighten the opposition. War elephants were used in elephantry which involves a parade of elephants with military troops mounted on top. These elephants were used to charge at the enemy‚ separate their
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Heroes of the Trojan War: What is a hero really? Everyone has their own beliefs about what a hero is‚ but the beliefs greatly vary from each other. In the movie Troy for example‚ lots of people think that Achilles is a hero because he is such a great warrior. In reality though‚ someone needs to be a lot more than a great weapon-handler to be a hero. A hero is a man of distinguished courage or ability‚ admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities. A hero is a person who is regarded as a model
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The start of the Persian Wars is mostly due to Persia. The Persian Empire was very ambitious‚ and it became well-known for being the largest empire of its time‚ as it occupied the entire Middle East‚ parts of Egypt and Libya‚ and some areas around the Mediterranean. This ambition was what led the Persians into conflict with the Greeks‚ initially with the Greek cities on the Anatolian seacoast‚ after the conquest of Libya in 546 B.C.E. At first‚ the Greek cities allowed Persian rule‚ but in 499
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people of South Vietnam and the troops under his command‚ to lead them to an honorable victory. Instead‚ General Westmoreland failed to come up with an original strategy to fight the opposing forces and their effective guerrilla warfare. I will be analyzing General Westmoreland’s poor decision to use an ineffective attrition strategy in the Vietnam War and how some people consider him‚ “the General that lost Vietnam.”(Thompson 2011) In 1964‚ General Westmoreland was sent to Vietnam and placed in charge
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Wars are fought for the freedom of a country‚ the land it desires‚ or even the religion it foretakes. Most wars are fought for a worthy reason‚ but some are just mistakes that never should have happened. The war in Iraq is a significant American mistake that has been ignored for years as a result of Iraq always being portrayed as the “bad guys.” When American troops were sent to Iraq‚ they took control over the people and their way of life. Unfortunately‚ the United States troops had mostly gone
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The Mexican War marked a major turning point for the fledgling American nation and its military – not only did it redefine the Southern border with Mexico‚ but it demonstrated the capabilities of the U.S. Army during an offensive engagement following a prolonged period of peace. The Mexican War is not a commonly cited conflict in U.S. history‚ but the lessons learned from it are relevant even today‚ as it combined conventional warfare with the struggle of being a small‚ occupying force in both rural
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The Vietnam war was a troubling war that lasted from 1955 to 1975. It was located in North and South Vietnam and was fought by the U.S.‚ South Vietnam‚ and North Vietnam. There was bloodshed from both sides and many innocent lives lost. The Vietnam war was not only a troubling time for Vietnam‚ but also the United States. Richard Nixon was the United States president at the time of the war and was the one that pushed America into joining the war‚ but later failed. Nixon half-way towards the end
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Peloponnesian War • The Peloponnesian War paved the way for the Macedonian takeover of Greece and Alexander the Great’s empire. Thucydides on the Causes of the Peloponnesian War “I think that the truest explanation (prophasis)‚ but the one that was least made public‚ was the growth of Athens’ power and the fear that this caused among the Spartans made war inevitable” “But the grounds of complaint (aitiai)‚ which where openly stated by each side and led them to break the peace and go to war were
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