A prisoner of war can be defined as somebody who is captured or imprisoned by the enemy during an act of war. Anybody can be a prisoner of war‚ even an eight year old civilian who is simply caught in the crossfire. Both “Guantanamo Boy”‚ a novel written by Anna Perera‚ and “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”‚ a film directed by Mark Herman‚ revolve around two key issues relating to the main theme of Prisoners of War. The issues are Innocence of Children and Discrimination. All of the three main characters
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Forgotten War Crimes "The holocaust was such an unthinkable horror‚ the Nazi dictatorship so uniquely evil‚ that the calculated firebombing of more than half a Milan defenseless civilians in the dying days of the war had just fallen by the wayside."1 History is defined as all recorded events of the past‚ but with textbooks‚ historical journals‚ and other respected documentaries all denying‚ or refusing to acknowledge and give responsibility‚ the ruthless and criminal bombing of Dresden does not
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principle around by histhe famous saying: War makes the state‚ and the state makes war. Meanwhile‚ I will explain the relationship between the state and its four activities: War Mmaking‚ State Mmaking‚ Protection‚ Extraction. The filiation of state and war will be illustrated later. I will use Palestine region will be used as the main case study to demonstrate this essay and I will try to use this example to explain more clearly with the relationship between war and the state. What kind of Oorganizational
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World War I from 1914-1918 and World War II from 1939-1945. The concept of ‘total war’ is very useful for understanding the history of the two world wars. The definition of total war can be described as military conflict in which the contenders mobilize all their civilian‚ economic and military resources in order to obtain a complete victory over the opposition. World War I and World War II are considered ‘total wars’ as nations
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democracy‚ the rule of law‚ and its people. He emphasises that these objectives outweigh the need of eradicating terrorism and political violence besides‚ it also can weaken democratic ideal. “Any bloody tyrant can solve the problem of political violence if he is prepared to sacrifice all considerations of humanity‚ and to trample down all constitutional and judicial rights.” In countering terrorism‚ there are two recognised methods namely‚ the war and criminal justice models. The war model recommends
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Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror Ian T. Snyder POL 201 Pearl Galano October 20th 2012 Habeas corpus is considered to be one of the most fundamental guarantees of personal liberty we have enjoyed as a country since the inception of our Constitution. However‚ questions have arisen regarding the proper use of habeas corpus and have been brought into focus in the past decade. In the years since the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks‚ hundreds of people have been detained by
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The Secret Weapon in the War on Terror The Geneva conventions are a set of rules that seek to protect those who are not taking part in hostilities‚ this includes prisoners of war. Prisoners of war often suffer from cruel punishment for information. Governments worldwide have went against the Geneva Conventions in order to torture suspected people of interest. The torturing of detainees continues to be a social issue in America because of the failure to define torture‚ the lack of information on
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THE MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN VIETNAM WAR The moral judgement on the vietnam war is relatively simple: all war is forbidden‚ the conflict in vietnam is war‚ therefore the vietnam war is forbidden. From the viewpoint of the “just war” theory‚ the morality or justice of the vietnam war can be determined only by applying the principles of jus ad bellum and details of vietnam war. There are 6 of the principles of the jus ad bellum: 1. Just Cause: ‘War is permissible only to confront “a real and certain danger”
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Just war theory is a set of normative principles that determines when military force is just (jus ad bellum principles) and how war can be executed (jus in bello principle). Although war is generally characterized as aggressive‚ destructive‚ and morbid‚ there are basic principles that ought to guide the conduct during wartime. Under jus ad bellum‚ the most important principle is that war must have a just cause. This means that the causes that resort to military force must be appropriate. For
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Treatment of Revolutionary War POW’s U.S. 1 Treatment of Prisoners of War in the American Revolution The treatment of POW’s has always been a very heated topic all throughout history. It first started with the many wars fought between ancient civilizations. With them many prisoners were sold into slavery‚ from there it progressed to medieval times‚ and then onto the revolutionary war. In this paper I will address three main topics for both sides‚ they will be the treatment of prisoners when
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