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    Korean War Memorials The Vietnam War officially ended in April of 1975 for the United States‚ but the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was not constructed and dedicated until March of 1982‚ seven years later. The viewer would notice the memorial is a black granite wall stretching around the Constitutional Gardens in Washington‚ D.C.‚ which display the names of the service men and women who served in the Vietnam War. On the other hand‚ the Korean War officially ended in July of 1953‚ but the Korean War Memorial

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    WAR AND AFTERMATH OF WAR IN THE ENGLISH PATIENT BY MICHAEL ONDAATJE Abstract War and aftermath of war is a paper which talks about the various aspects of war and its outcomes as discussed in the novels of Michael Ondaatje. Ondaatje takes war as a major theme in his two most famous novels: The English Patient and Anil’s Ghost. The present paper discusses the treatment of war in the hands of Ondaatje in his Booker winning novel The English Patient. The treatment of the sensitive topics of war gets

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    The Vietnam War greatly changed America forever. It was the longest war fought in America’s history‚ lasting from 1955 to 1973. The Vietnam War scarred America’s self image by because this was the first time in history the United States failed to accomplish what they planned to do in war. The war also had great effects on the American people. It was the first war ever broadcast on TV. The public was able to see what happened on the battlefield. The Vietnam conflict began long before the U.S. actually

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    War and Ethics

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    “No war can ever be justified since any war will put innocent civilians in danger”. Evaluate. Indeed‚ there is arguably no human activity more destructive and more detrimental to the global community than the fighting of war. In the context of this discourse I refer to war as a large scale armed conflict between two or more nations or other political entities. While some may argue that war is morally permissible under certain circumstances‚ it is my opinion that the cost of any war is far too high

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    The Peloponnesian war arose between 431-404 BC. This confrontation hurled the two most powerful city-states of Greece against each other. The two conflicting sides of Athens and Sparta forced many other city-states of the Hellenic world to align themselves. Each city-state could side with the powerful naval confederacy of the Athenians‚ or the elite Spartan military. The combat supremacy of Athens and Sparta was not the only factor. Athens was a mighty empire and wished to expand its control. The

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    Horrors of War

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    Horrors of War. War to me is like a never-ending plague. The reason I say this‚ is because‚ I have met lots of people‚ who went to war for the sake of defending their country. War is devastating to countries and most individuals. Men and women can be left disturbed mentally‚ physically‚ and socially for the rest of their lives. But first‚ let us look at the causes‚ they are: Culture of violence‚ Globalization‚ Use of environmental resources‚ Colonialism and neo-colonialism‚ Racial‚ ethnic‚ religious

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    Children of War

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    of War By Zahra Ismail Thesis Advisors: Zulfiya Tursunova‚ PhD Candidate‚ Ina Curic‚ M.A. February 2008 Table of Contents: Introduction and Motivation…………………………………………………………5 Chapter 1-The Plight of Children Born of War: Societal Responses and International Justice…………………………………………………………………11 1.1 Societal Responses……………………………………………………………..12 1.2 Forced Pregnancy……………………………………………………………….12 1.3 Convention on the Rights of the Child………………………………………16 1.4 Justice for Children Born of War……………………………………………

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    The Crimean War

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    The Crimean war (1854-1856) demonstrates fundamental changes in the nature of warfare. * Identify the ways in which wars were changing with examples (tactical implications of the changes) * Explain root causes of these changes The Crimean war demonstrated the fundamental changes in the nature of warfare. This essay will examine the changes in the nature of warfare. Looking at what caused these changes and how they differed from times before. The Crimean war represents the first major political

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    Computer Networking Manager

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    Task 1:- Overview:- A detailed analysis was conducted for my company’s I.T. Internet Infrastructure . Limited / Supervised Access was provided to the physical data center rooms and a brief inventory of the infrastructure (networking equipment / servers / etc.) was undertaken in order to acquire an orientation with regards to the Networking Equipment utilized. Internal interviews have been conducted with the company technical & capability leads (networking / design / security) with regards to

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    The Cold War was a long period of tension between the democracies of the Western World and the communist countries of Eastern Europe. The west was led by the United States and Eastern Europe was led by the Soviet Union. These two countries became known as superpowers. Although the two superpowers never officially declared war on each other‚ they both sided with different countries in proxy wars such as the Korean War and the Vietnam War. They also fought each other in the arms race and the space

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