War has occurred in several occasions throughout history. We’ve had several important wars in the twentieth century‚ World War I and World War II‚ and Vietnam. Each and every war has had an effect on those who lived through it‚ and those who fought in it. Poets write about what effects‚ and inspires them. If they were soldiers in war they often times have a strong opinion of war. This comes out in their poetry. Seigfried Sassoon‚ and Rupert Brooke were English poets who both served in
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Currency war From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Currency war involves states competing against each other on the foreign exchange markets to achieve a relatively low exchange rate‚ in order to boost their exports. Currency war‚ also known as Competitive devaluation‚ is a condition in international affairs where countries compete against each other to achieve a relatively low exchange rate for their home currency‚ so as to help their domestic industry. Competitive devaluation has been rare
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The Opium War The Opium War‚ directed by Jin Xie‚ paints a rather impartial account of the Opium War‚ starting with the appointment of Lin Zexu to end the opium trade in China to the signing of the Treaty of Nanking. This film seemed to fairly depict the faults of both the Chinese and the British during the 1830’s and up to 1842. That said‚ The Opium War illustrated two important factors that both helped to promote the conflict and eventual military confrontation between China and Britain.
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WHY AND WITH WHAT CONSEQUENCES DID WAR BREAKOUT IN KOREA IN 1950? The division between North Korea and South Korea forever leaves a mark of the Korean War which happened on the 25th June 1950 and lasted until the armistice agreement signed on 27th July 1953. During the war‚ both antagonists attempted to re-unify the country under their own regimes and ideology. The Korean War has also brought several major powers in the conflict‚ including the United States‚ the UN forces‚ the People’s
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The War on Freedom The Algerian Fight for Independence Patrick Faley Period 2 May 6th 2013 “We kill because we are afraid of our own shadow‚ afraid that if we used a little common sense we’d have to admit that our glorious principles were wrong.” ~Henry Miller The French unfairly kept nagging Algeria to the point that war was a necessity to gain independence! It started in the 1830’s and was a continued problem till the war arose in the 50’s. The French should never have annexed Algeria
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Throughout the Vietnam War‚ the Americans used many tactics to defeat the Vietcong. The reason for the American involvement in the war was to prevent the spread of communism. This spread was known as the Domino theory. Two of the tactics used were ‘Search and destroy’ and ‘defoliation.’ Both of these tactics were used greatly throughout the War. As well as this‚ both tactics were implemented by General Westmoreland. There were two kinds of Search and Destroy and they were search and destroy in
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Civil War Essay Prior to reading the book The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara I must say that I was extremely ignorant to the topic of the Civil War. If someone were to ask me why the Civil War took place I would say plain and simple‚ “slavery.” Although slavery was the main cause for the war‚ I didn’t understand how or why the topic of slavery was ever a debate. There are very few people in today’s society that can say without hesitation that slavery was at all ethical or moral. The mere thought
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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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Cold War Historiography: New Evidence Behind Traditional Typographies Timothy J. White For Americans and many in the world‚ the Cold War dominated international relations from 1945-1991. Only the nuclear balance of terror prevented this uneasy peace from becoming all out war‚ and few if any events could be understood outside of the context of this bipolar rivalry. As the Cold War came to an end‚ some thought we had witnessed "an end to history."(1) Instead‚ we have witnessed a fundamental change
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Vietnam War DBQ The United States attempted to help Ngo Dinh Diem build a new nation in South Vietnam once France withdrew from Vietnam in 1954 by sending military “advisers.” As the United States was helping the south‚ Ho Chi Minh still had the Vietcong in the south that were getting stronger and more militant. In 1959‚ the Vietcong guerillas raided throughout the south and controlled most of the area outside of Saigon. When John F. Kennedy took office‚ the Diem regime was crumbling‚ so JFK
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