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    Is War Ethical

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    An Unethical War The insurgents’ war is an unethical war. They use tactics of manipulation‚ deceit and media propaganda to brainwash vulnerable and desperate individuals into becoming suicide bombers. Analyzing these three tactics through events in The Sirens of Baghdad” by Yasmina Khadra with “Eros and Thanatos” by Chris Hedges and “Just War Theory” by Alexander Moseley and then comparing these events to real life stories such as “Abandoned in Iraq; We did our job as interpreters; why has the

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    Cold War

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    The Cold War was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States with NATO and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in Warsaw Pact). Historians have not fully agreed on the dates‚ but 1947–1991 is common. It was "cold" because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two sides‚ although there were major regional wars in Korea and Vietnam. The Cold War split the temporary wartime alliance against

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    Vietnam War

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    Vietnam War The war first began in 1959‚ five years after the division of the country by the Geneva Accords. Vietnam had been split into two. The communist government in the north was under Ho Chi Minh and democratic government in the south was under Ngo Dinh Diem. The Vietnam War stated because France tried to make another attempt to takeover Vietnam by having a foreign power to rule. In Vietnam the target of containment was Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam front he had created in 1941. Ho and

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    Is War Cool?

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    you think American children‚ in general‚ think war is cool? Explain." Some people want what they can’t have‚ but do not think of the reality of it. Ishmael’s friends think it is so “cool” that “he saw people running around with guns and shooting each other” but do not understand how dangerous and traumatic it actually is. They probably found the fact that he saw fighting firsthand mind-boggling. War is just a fantasy in their minds. For Ishmael‚ war is an unpleasant truth to be avoided at all costs

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    Vietnam war

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    From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam) Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War Clockwise‚ from top left: US combat operations in Ia Drang‚ ARVN Rangers defending Saigon during the 1968 Tet Offensive‚ two Douglas A-4C Skyhawks enroute for airstrikes against North Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin incident‚ ARVN recapture Quảng Trị during the 1972 Easter Offensive‚ civilians fleeing the 1972 Battle of Quảng Trị‚ burial of 300 victims of the 1968 Huế Massacre

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    Morality of War

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    Morality of War There are nine conditions under which fighting a war can be moral. Although‚ that does not mean that wars are moral‚ especially not any of the wars this country has engaged itself in. War seems to be the most destructive type of human interaction. No other medium allows people to kill each other in such massive numbers or to cause immense suffering. Wars often take years to develop and can last for an undetermined amount of years. The effects can reverberate for decades if

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    The Trojan War

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    Most wars take years and years to get into full motion that is why the Trojan War is so different from all the other wars. On January 1st is when the wedding took place‚ the 2nd Paris place judgement‚ the 3rd Paris went to visit the king of Sparta and while he is there he steal Helen and by the 5th of January the king of Sparta realizes that his wife is missing so he starts to search for her. When he found out on the 6th he had a army put together the next day. On January 7th Greeks declared war on

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    The War on Terror

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    War on terror refers to the ongoing military campaign led by U.S and U.K against organizations identified as terrorists. Terrorism can be defined as an unlawful violence or war deliberately targeted to civilians. It can also be defined as a systematic use of terror to coerce or violent acts intended to create fear. This threat is normally perpetrated for religious‚ political or ideological goals. The conflict as also called by other names. They include World War III‚ The Long WarWar on Terrorism

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    and “The Wars” Timothy Findley was a Canadian novelist and playwright. He has written many novels such as The Last of the Crazy People and The Butterfly Plague. Findley also writes an extraordinary novel titled The Wars. This novel is about a young man whose name is Robert Ross and is on his way to war because he feels guilty about the death of his sister. Mentally and physically he is not ready for war because he feels much violated of his privacy. As Robert is in the war to end all wars‚ his family

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    The Peloponnesian War

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    The Peloponnesian War What were Athens’ and Sparta’s political objectives at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War? To what extent did Athens and Sparta pursue strategies compatible with their political objectives? The Peloponnesian War was fought in three phases between the Athenians and Spartans. In order to determine the political objectives of Athens and Sparta a review of the time periods is required. The Peloponnesian War between the Athenian Empire‚ formerly the Delian League‚ and

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