War is never an easy discussion; it is a subject people constantly debate‚ especially in regards to total war. Questioning the morality of total war is an issue due to the elasticity of the definition‚ which is dependent upon the individual. General William T. Sherman’s total war strategy in Georgia and the Carolinas is arguably morally acceptable -even though it included waging war against the civilian population- when taking into account the benefits versus the costs. There were excessive actions
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I believed that the total war lead to the destruction of many nations political‚ economic‚ and civilian populations because anytime you at war it cost money and World War 1 caused so many financial loses‚ combined with the many lives that was taken on the battlefield and physical destruction. when the war began the countries‚ whom is involved organized they whole populations and economic resources to achieve victory. The civilian population came in factor because they were the ones fighting and losing
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military historians have written about the American Civil war as been the first total war ‚ however it is not enough for one to just agree with this view without understanding in details what total war is all about‚ and what are the characteristics of a total war‚ it also imperative to know whether the American civil war was a total war‚ before proceeding to see if it was the first total war by closely examining what Scholars and war historians have said about the topic‚ some Authors and
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The Just War Tradition is a justification for how and why wars are fought. A just cause is clearly the most important rule setting the tone for everything else.1 The two basic rights for a just cause are the rights of the state and those of individual citizens. International law affirms these rights and further identifies legitimate governments (states) to have rights.2 To be legitimate the state must be recognized as legitimate by its people and by the international community. The state avoids
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The Cold War vs. The War on Terrorism In this class we have discussed and studied many historical events that have molded America into a very unique nation. We have followed history through World War I‚ World War II‚ The Cold War‚ and now a War on Terrorism. In this paper I will describe The Cold War and The War on Terrorism in detail and how they differ. The Cole War was a long period of time‚ 1945-1991‚ where tensions were running high between The Western World and Eastern Europe. The United
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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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Why was World War I a total war for Britain? Before we can discuss about the topic "Was the First World War a total war ’ for Britain?" First thing we have to define is‚" what is a total war?" According to‚ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war‚ a total war is " a 20th century term to describe a war in which countries or nations uses all of their resources to destroy another organized country ’s or nation ’s ability to engage in war" The treaty of London in 1839 was the key which led
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ultimately lead to dissension. Throughout the course of this paper‚ I hope to explain the reasoning behind the dissension between Sparta and Athens‚ made war between these former allies inevitable. Whenever there is an argument or war there is always differences between both parties involved. In order to understand the causes of the Peloponnesian War‚ we must look at their differences. One of the main differences that the Athenians and the
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The Trojan War is comparable to the Vietnam War mainly because the allies within each of the wars‚ the strategies used to conduct surprise attacks‚ and the length of each of the wars. Even though the Trojan War and the Vietnam War occurred during time periods‚ both wars lasted for over five years. The reasons for starting the Vietnam War are different from the reasons for starting the Trojan War. The catalyst of the Trojan War was Paris’ embezzlement of Helen from Sparta‚ while the catalysts of
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The war in Vietnam and the war in Iraq differ in many ways such as; the reason for war‚ US support‚ the cost‚ number of deaths‚ and the time and place. In this essay I am going to compare the Vietnam War with the war in Iraq describing three ways in which the war in Vietnam differs from the war in Iraq. Three ways the two wars differ are the reason for war‚ number of deaths‚ and the cost. The Vietnam War was a war over communism that started in 1950‚ when Ho Chi Minh‚ the national leader of
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