Why War? Is war inevitable? It appears that the answer to this question is yes. However‚ war is unpredictable and must be studied based on individual circumstances‚ actions taken‚ and reactions. States disagree with each other on many subjects and conflicts arise often. To answer this question‚ we must first examine the causes of a conflict‚ evaluate the outcome and determine any alternatives that may exist. Then we can analyze some alternative theoretical outcomes compared to the actual
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Ryan McManus Vietnam Film 2/29/12 The Fog of War In the opening scenes of the documentary‚ The Fog of War‚ Robert McNamara states‚ “Any military commander who is honest admits that he has made mistakes‚ errors of judgment.” Throughout the documentary‚ I got the sense that McNamara is asking for forgiveness from the American public and is telling them that he wishes things went differently. There are many times throughout the film that McNamara is a sympathetic figure‚ but they are mainly towards
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Cold War In history‚ there is a disagreement among historians regarding to when the Cold War began. While most historians dated its origins to the period immediately following World War II‚ others dispute that it began towards the end of World War I‚ when tensions between the Russian Empire‚ the United States and other European countries had already demonstrated the mutual distrust and suspicion between the Western powers and the Soviet Union as a result of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. With these
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The Purpose of war Every war brings with it disagreement. With every related event come mixed opinions and emotions. Controversy is a natural part of war. As such it shows its ugly face in the light of our country’s most recent war with Iraq. More so than some wars in that we are fighting a it preemptively in hopes to avoid one in the future. If war is eminent‚ then why not push the hands of fate and run the show our way some may say. But others feel that by assuming danger is in the
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War seems to be the most destructive and horrific type of human interaction. No other venue allows people to kill each other in such massive numbers or to cause such incredible and widespread suffering. Wars often take years to develop‚ can last for years longer‚ and the effects reverberate for decades if not centuries. If war is so awful‚ why do people continue to allow it to happen? Why don’t we simply eliminate it? Curiously‚ some people actually seem to like war. Armed combat is glorified
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the venomous Portuguese man-of-war would likely mistake it for a jellyfish. Not only is it not a jellyfish‚ it’s not even an "it‚" but a "they." The Portuguese man-of-war is a siphonophore‚ an animal made up of a colony of organisms working together. The man-of-war comprises four separate polyps. It gets its name from the uppermost polyp‚ a gas-filled bladder‚ or pneumatophore‚ which sits above the water and somewhat resembles an old warship at full sail. Man-of-wars are also known as bluebottles
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In 1930‚ the Castellammarese War was a bloody was between two major factions in New York of the Castellammarese branch of the mafia (Abadinsky‚ 2010). Salvatore Maranzano (held in Midtown Manhattan) headed one and Giuseppe Masseria (Little Italy of East Harlem) headed the other (Abadinsky‚ 2010). The war would determine the future of the Mafia in America. Prohibition enabled the Mafia gangs to break out of the bounds of Little Italy and operate in the wider society (Abadinsky‚ 2010). The struggle
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Draft: Civil War The Civil War was unavoidable through political and territorial disputes. The main issue of the Civil War was slavery. The Civil War was fought between two sides over a conflict‚ dealing with abolishing slavery. The Civil War left six hundred twenty five thousand casualties. Both sides wanted to absorb one another to form their idea of the correct United States. The Civil War could have
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War (Attracting the reader)Do you think there is a” just war” in the history of world? Do you think it is the only way to solve problem by war? (Providing background) Different people have different opinion. Herbert hover‚ who is the 31st President of the United States have ever said:” Whether you have to fight for justice or not‚ war is a crime! “In his opinion‚ whether the war is just or unjust‚ it is cruel‚ and the death is inevitable. Marxist thought‚ making clear the nature of war is the necessary
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Star Wars: A New Hope Though Star Wars has always been around for me to watch‚ I never took the initiative to watch it until now. It was fairly easy for me to realize that it was et "a long time ago‚ in a galaxy far‚ far away‚" where we learn of the adventures of Luke Skywalker‚ a lowly who finds himself stranded in the middle of an intergalactic civil war after encountering R2D2 and C3P0‚ which were two droids that had the secret and covert plans to help develop an engine of destruction known as
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