War is a dangerous game‚ many people would likely agree to this‚ however‚ very few have ever seen a battlefront. The truth is that war‚ no matter how awful we can imagine it‚ is always exponentially worse. In Timothy Findley’s The Wars‚ Robert Ross‚ the protagonist‚ faces a situation that he finds difficult to come to terms with‚ and when faced with a similar situation later on in the novel‚ he must take drastic measures to reconcile the uncertainties of the past situation. Timothy Findley suggests
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WAS THE KOREAN WAR AN EPISODE OF THE COLD WAR? The Korean war that was fought between the Northerners and Southerners of Korean with the support of the USSR and the United states of America; in the name of United Nations was one of the major events of the cold which increased the tension and contributed so much to the development of the cold war. The involvement of the super powers triggered the extent to which the Korean War can be referred to as one of the episodes of the cold war. In addition
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The second voyage was in 1407; Zheng He went as far as Calicut‚ but he did visit Siam and Java. However‚ he stayed in Java because he was called by the King of Calicut to settle a local power struggle (Peterson 44). After Zheng He stopped in Calicut to give the King gifts‚ the king saw Zheng as an important precedent which contributed to the idea that China was the Middle Kingdom. Zheng had organized the expedition‚ but he was not actively involved in the expedition (Gronewald). Returning to Nanjing
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RE I think war is unacceptable for a number of different reasons. My first reason is the amount of civilians killed‚ such as when the two nuclear bombs were dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in world war 2 and killed 350‚000 innocent lives. The Just War theory states that ‘civilians should not be targeted’ during a war. Most wars go against the just war theory statements and the two nuclear bombs in Nagasaki and Hiroshima is a prime example. This example also disobeys the just war theory rule
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Introduction The notion of war has always been the subject of moral debate throughout history. World War II is no different in this particular regard. In order for wars to be morally justified‚ the Just War Theory was developed. The Just War Theory has two specific criteria which must be followed in order for the act of war to be considered morally justified – the jus ad bellum (right to go to war) and jus in bello (rightful conduct within war) criterions. Jus ad bellum dictates that war must be justified
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destruction. According to the Just War Theory‚ war is permissible only to confront “a real and certain danger‚" to protect innocent life‚ to preserve conditions necessary for decent human existence and to secure basic human rights. • Competent authority: Just War Theory states that “War must be declared by those with responsibility for public order‚ not by private groups or individuals.” The War in Iraq was • Comparative justice. In the case of the Iraq War‚ the negatives far outweigh any positives
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The competition between George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison to supply electricity to cities in the late 1880s is often called the ’War of Currents ’‚ as this battle ultimately decided which type of current became the standard for the generation of electricity today. Due to different advantages and disadvantages‚ Edison promoted direct current (DC) for electric power distribution‚ whereas Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla both advocated alternating current (AC). Edison ’s direct current was initially
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Religion and the Cold War Between 1910 and 1969 church membership in the United States increased from including 43% of the population to 69%. During these decades the United States faced many issues a whole‚ most notably the Cold War. In the chapter four of the Culture of the Cold War‚ Stephen J. Townsend portrays the significance Communism played in the incredibly fast spread of religion during the Cold War‚ creating a country united through belief in a higher power. This unity was shown through
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Tristan Thurlow Is War Ever Justified? War is one of the most terrible things the human race has invented. It sends more people to their death than anything else we force upon ourselves. Voltaire once said‚ “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished‚ unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” This portrays the true irony of war‚ so many would say war is never justified. Many‚ perhaps even the majority of wars are not. However‚ never is a very strong
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Why did the US enter the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War was fought during the cold war on 1 November 1955 - 30 April 1975. The Vietnam War was a war fought between the North and South Vietnam mainly‚ but in later year the US would join in to help South Vietnam ward off the communist mind of Ho Chi Minh and North Vietnam. The Vietnam today is no longer called a war in fact no war since World War I and II have been wars. Instances like Vietnam have merely been police interference or police actions
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