George Washington once said: “To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means for preserving peace.” As much of an irony it is‚ war is needed to safeguard our amity and to ensure that the balance of power will not be disturbed. The idea of war has been received with countless different altercations. In history‚ we learned that governments have glorified war to recruit young men to join the army by using propaganda. Soldiers who have died for their country were depicted as heroes‚ fighting
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insignificant nation as Vietnam. Undergoing 1000 years of Chinese dominance‚ 80 years of French colonization and 20 years of division with a second Vietnam created in the South and supported by the US‚ since the US wanted to control the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia . The answer lies in the ideas about the rise of nationalism and national consciousness‚ in addition to the question arises “Why people were ready to die for their nation?” Benedict Anderson’s theory about nationalism in Imagined
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Why Go To College? Why go to college? Why would someone spend thousands of dollars to sit in yet another classroom? My uncle says “people that get a degree make over a million dollars more in a lifetime.” My dad counters that with “the world needs ditch diggers too.” I came to college to start my life‚ to become an independent man who finds his niche among society. I suppose some people can do that outside of school but I find college to be an optimum transition to the adult life as it teaches practical
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TOPIC: WHY DID THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS FAIL? What was the League of Nations? The League of Nations was an organization founded because of the peace conference in Paris which put an end to the World War One. It was the world’s first international organization and its goal was to maintain world peace and was active from 1919 until 1946. Its primary function was to prevent the outbreak of another war amongst the world’s great powers. It was however unable to fulfill this hence the outbreak
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Why Do Some Firms Become Global? 1. Introduction More and more companies all over the world have joined the army of firms that are running globally. Reasons of companies becoming increasingly international can vary‚while the ultimate goal of going global turns out to be growth and expansion of the company. No matter whether a firm employs staff from international labour market or looks for exploration of new markets overseas‚ corresponding strategies can contribute a great deal to diversification
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I have finally reached my destination: Canada. My decision was clear; I could not go to the war. As soon as I received the letter stating that I was drafted into war‚ my mind was made up and I had to leave home as soon as possible. I brought some necessary supplies with me so that I would be able to survive during my journey considering I have nowhere to go and will be traveling through the forest for a majority of the time. The first thing I needed to do was find an open place to set up my tent
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Why did people go on crusades? In 1095‚ Pope Urban II called for an army to go to the Holy Land‚ Jerusalem. This was what was later known as the ‘First Crusade’. A crusade is a religious war or a war mainly motivated by religion. The first crusade consisted of 10’s of thousands of European Christians on a medieval military expedition to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. This doesn’t mean that the first crusade was just motivated by religion. Throughout this essay‚ I will be suggesting the
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in it’s existence‚ there has always been and always will be war. History all throughout the world holds numerous acts of war dating all the way back to the early years of civilization‚ up until even today’s most recent problems. I believe war is a perfectly necessary action‚ especially when a hostile force makes unjustifiable attacks that put the safety of our country at jeopardy. This does not mean that every issue’s solution has to be war. Simply‚ this means you deserve to be able to protect yourself
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The authors further argue that not every nation benefited from the industrial revolution of the1688 for different reasons. Acemoglu et al (2012)‚ argue‚ some groups have intentionally kept their people in poverty to ensure that their grip on power remains unshaken‚ i.e.‚ improving the lives of others might mean distributing their political power‚ or even losing their political and economic privileges that absolutism grants them. Examples of these case include the Communist Party of North Korea‚ and
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In 1963 Malcolm X split from the Nation Of Islam and started a fresh start by going to Mecca to do the pilgrimage. The reason why Malcolm went to Mecca was because he wanted to established his own Muslim organization which stemmed from a desire in him to learn more about the historical origins of islam and the black race. His trip to mecca brought him to the awareness that the enemy was an international power ‚ arrangement which grew out of certain thought pattern. Furthermore‚ Malcolm X had heard
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