The History of the Peloponnesian War is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War‚ which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was written by Thucydides‚ an Athenian historian who also happened to serve as an Athenian general during the war. His account of the conflict is widely considered to be a classic and regarded as one of the earliest scholarly works of history. The Histories are divided into eight books by editors of later
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War Is For Pigs War in general is a term that’s generally looked down upon in society. People see that in the end it’s the death of many‚ just to get the an end result that can be achieved with various other methods. This can be related to our current War on Terror‚ to World War I and II‚ and even the Vietnam War‚ where anti-war feelings were really well known. A big way that these anti-feelings were expressed were through the sound of music‚ from notable artists and bands such as The Beatles‚
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Business of War It seems to be in this day and age that there is a general conclusion that war actually benefits the economy. Through decreasing unemployment by creating jobs as well as allowing those now employed to spend in the retail sector‚ it may seem as though war is an economic necessity to bring countries out of economic depression. This economic cycle of employment and spending may seem to benefit the economy as a whole‚ however in reality there is a much different truth to how war effects
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The Vietnam War greatly changed America forever. It was the longest war fought in America’s history‚ lasting from 1955 to 1973. The Vietnam War tarnished America’s self image by becoming the first time in history the United States failed to accomplish its stated war aims‚ to preserve a separate‚ independent‚ noncommunist government. It was the first war ever broadcast on television. The public was able to see what happened on the battlefield. One of the chief effects of the war was the division it
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two accounts about World War II. The author of the article ’When I Arrived The War Was Over’ is a young pilot during World War II. This is one of the major differences between him and the author of ’St. Lo’‚ who is a foot soldier in the war. They each play very different wars in the same war‚ and their stories reflect that. Their different positions during affect the amount of danger they experience‚ the amount and type of violence they witnessed‚ and their view of the war. Cawthon (the author
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The Watershed War World War 2 is the deadliest war in human history‚ with over 60 million killed‚ including the systematic genocide of over 6 million Jews. The war in Europe began in on September 1‚ 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany. Following this‚ Great Britian and its colonies as well as France declared war on Germany. The United States would join the war following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour. This formed The Allies consisting of Great Britain and its colonies‚ the U.S
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THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE-1857 • During the War of Independence the Governor General was Lord Canning. He had assumed the charge of his office in 1856. • Wajid Ali Shah was the Nawab of Awadh. He was sent on exile to Calcutta and his state was annexed by the British in April 1856. • Three-fourth of the infantry and nearly two-third of the whole Bengal Army was composed of the people from Awadh. • Maulvi Ahmadullah devised the distribution of chapatti scheme during his travels in
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The Cold War began because of a clash between two world superpowers‚ the United States and the USSR. These two countries were in a battle for superiority but this battle never once led to a ’hot’ war as the United States and the USSR never actually fired at each other. The main reason there was such an initial clash between these superpowers is that each country had completely different ideologies. The USSR functioned in a Communist fashion and the United States operated with Capitalism. The
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The Cold War‚ 1949-1963 25.1 American Commitment to Cold War: National Security Council Document 68 1. How NSC-68 influenced America’s response to Communist North Korea’s invasion of South Korea in June 1950 and to Communist expansion in Southeast Asia in the 1960s. The NSC-68 called for military assistance programs that would meet the requirements of our allies. Since South Korea was an ally‚ we assisted them in repelling the invasion of another communist nation. This help for South Korea
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The Art of War - a brief analysis The Art of War is one of the oldest and most successful books on military strategy. It composed of 13 chapters‚ each of which is based on philosophy‚ used the idea of philosophy to observe the war‚ discussed and find out the general rule of war. Though it is very short‚ it devoted to one aspect of warfare. The Art of War has a perfect logic system. These 13 chapters‚ no matter more or less will influence the main idea. Just like the first chapter is Laying Plans
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