War is an organized and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states or non-state actors. It is generally characterised by extreme violence‚ social disruption and economic destruction. War should be understood as an actual‚ intentional and widespread armed conflict between political communities‚ and therefore is defined as a form of political violence or intervention. The set of techniques used by a group to carry out war is known as warfare. An absence of war is usually called peace.
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COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN THE GULF WAR: EXPERIENCE AND LESSONS THOMAS KEANEY The Gulf War of 1991 introduced a new set of issues concerning collateral damage. Although the U.S. military had faced controversy concerning the targeting and effects of aerial bombing in previous wars of the 20th Century‚ the day-by-day reporting and political context of the Gulf War brought increased scrutiny of the air attacks. Ironically‚ attention increased even as the employment of precision weapons decreased the occurrence
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groups. In the Aztecs religion‚ they believed that a human sacrifice was essential to be made so they could keep the gods pleased. They believed that the gods could be satisfied through animals‚ objects‚ and humans. Huitzilopochtli‚ the god of sun and war was mostly offered the human heart‚ which belonged to the Aztecs enemies and prisoners during these sacrifices. So when the Spanish arrived at the land of Tenochtitlan‚ the Aztecs considered that these Spaniards were exceptional for the human sacrifice
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Cola Wars Compare the economics of the concentrate business to that of the bottling business: Why is the profitability so different? The returns received by concentrate producers differ from those received by bottlers for several reasons … Concentrate producers: Capital investment. Concentrate production business is less capital intensive than bottling. It requires less funds to be invested in machinery‚ labor and modernization. "A typical concentrate manufacturing plant cost about $25 million
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After world war two‚ the alliance between the USSR and the West was conflicted. Competition between the Soviet Union and the United States over ideologies‚ through other countries‚ without direct armed conflict arose. Both groups began to doubt each other; the United States did not trust communists and the USSR did not trust capitalists. The blame to this event can probably be debated‚ but from research‚ the Soviets hold most of the blame. There were many different causes of the Cold War. One of them
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Despite the fact that the ’trigger’ to World War 1 was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the war to end all wars or World War 1 was not preventable. Imperialism‚ alliances and militarism were the prime causes for WW1. Imperialism was the fierce competition between industrialized nations for resources. The competition from nations created tension and rivalries to gain colonies. The Alliances were needed to ’keep’ the peace between all nations and ensure protection from each other
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It might seem to be the case that violence could never be more ‘real’ than in a war‚ but even the way in which wars are waged has changed drastically in the last few generations. In comparing the way the first and second World Wars were fought to how they are fought with technology now‚ war is a great deal less personal. Previous generations of soldiers fought in open fields with bunkers‚ trenches‚ and foxholes dug for cover. They shot
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Criminology 101 – The war on drugs. Enforcing drug laws * drug dealers richer * increased drug related violence * corrupted law enforcement * dissuaded drug abusers from seeking medical help. Verses “ to legalize illicit drugs‚ stop arresting drug users and focus entirely on treatment”. * unrealistic thus Goode argues “ the optimal strategy is a program focused largely on…reducing the damage that both drug abuse and the war on drugs illicit on users and society
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IWorld War I (WWI)‚ which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939‚ and the First World War or World War I thereafter‚ was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It involved all the world’s great powers‚[5] which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom‚ France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally centred around the Triple
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The Civil War and Reconstruction had an outstanding amount of potential‚ however the flaws of both events are evident. The end of slavery as a whole created a great disposition. Slavery was an act that was without a question morally unjust. Slaves suffered tremendously‚ being stripped of their identity‚ rights and freedom to simply be a human being. It was very interesting to see the potential‚ however in so many ways it was evident that this new order was flawed and in route to fail. Eric Foner
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