Why War? Is war inevitable? It appears that the answer to this question is yes. However‚ war is unpredictable and must be studied based on individual circumstances‚ actions taken‚ and reactions. States disagree with each other on many subjects and conflicts arise often. To answer this question‚ we must first examine the causes of a conflict‚ evaluate the outcome and determine any alternatives that may exist. Then we can analyze some alternative theoretical outcomes compared to the actual
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everyone is equal. We were then going through a great war which would determine if this nation can last with liberty and equality. We are here on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a piece of it as a cemetery for the soldiers who gave their lives defending our nation. It was wise to dedicate Cemetery Hill to the soldiers‚ and yet it really wasn’t in their to do that to set apart that section as sacred. The brave soldiers who fought in the battle had already done that more than
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Child Soldiers Need To Be Saved Imagine being being taken away from your family and everything you have ever known to become a soldier. You see people get killed everyday people force you to take drugs to make your performance better you are treated like an animal and you are forced to fight. Oh yeah and you are a child maybe as young as 11 years old. Child soldiers are the victims and this needs to stop! My first reason this selfish horrible crime should stop is that the children are sometimes
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James Polk who was president at the time pushed for us to get land from the Mexicans. When Polk sent someone to offer 25 million max to buy it they refused‚ so he later sent troops under Zachary Taylor to the disputed border of Texas and Mexico. The Mexicans were angered by this and fighting broke out which led Polk to declare war on Mexico. All of the fighting could have been prevented had James Polk and his need of Manifest Destiny taken over. Most Americans supported the war but some in the north
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children should become soldiers. In essence children should not be child soldiers because they can risk their lives and can die from being sexually abused and they are forced to so they
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dealing with issues they didn’t have as children. Many look back and remember all the good times they had growing up. However‚ this isn’t always the case. For some kids growing up in times of war‚ they completely lose out on their precious childhood. Not everyone is familiar about the issue of child soldier and whether or not they should be prosecuted. In countries in the Middle East and Africa‚ such as Sierra Leone‚ governments and rebel groups are recruiting and using children in battles. Due
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The life of a soldier during the Civil War was tedious and horrendous. They had to get accustomed to awful conditions. Soldiers during the Civil War had to endure so much and take the risks of getting killed. The life of a soldier was bad‚ but it was worse to be held as a prisoner. Most soldiers‚ after the Civil War‚ went back home with missing limbs‚ wounds and infections. Unfortunately‚ they will have a hard time getting back into their lives. Most soldiers at home have someone to prepare their
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History Essay: Explain the impacts the Vietnam War had on soldiers. The Vietnam was a war like no other and the nature of the fighting in this war had great impacts on the soldiers. At this time‚ communism was seen as a great threat‚ especially by Western countries‚ and so extreme emphasis was placed on the domino theory that when one country falls to communism‚ others would follow and that forward defence would be the only solution to this issue. Also during this time‚ Vietnam was artificially
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Not just soldiers Strong‚ young‚ and proud what many men and women want to be but only some get to achieve. The Buffalo Soldiers had all those qualities they were not only soldiers but heroes. However‚ they were originally members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army‚ formed on 1866 at Fort Leavenworth‚ Kansas. All the regiments formed in 1866 were 9th Cavalry Regiment‚ 10th Cavalry Regiment‚ 24th Infantry Regiment and 25th Infantry Regiment. There were 25‚000 men and only
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Why did soldiers fight in WW1? There are many reasons why soldiers fought in ww1 firstly; most men were pushed into by peer pressure. But there lack of knowledge of war just seemed like an adventure to them when actually it was one of the worst things that could ever happen to them.Furhermore some soldiers fought their country e.g. patriotism and glory also in those days people thought that men who didn’t fight were cowards‚ when infact they just didn’t believe in war like some men were part of
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