War Essay

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held in custody by the opponent during or immediately after an armed conflict. There were a total of 22,000 Australians that became prisoners of war of the Japanese in south-east Asia, only a total of 14.000 had survived. Captured prisoners of war were treated poorly by captors, but the treatment improved as the years passed, though it never met Geneva Convention standards. Camps were rife with diseases caused by…

History The War on Poverty During his State of the Union address on January 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson presented the idea of the War on Poverty. The War on Poverty was made in order to counteract the nationwide poverty rate of over twenty percent. Johnson said in his speech, “This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America… Our aim is not only to relieve the symptoms of poverty, but to cure it and, above all, to prevent it.” The War on…

in the ancient Greek time period. Concepts of war are seen throughout the poem and are practically the main topic of the whole story. In comparison to today’s view of war we can see many differences. Even modern Americans have mixed perceptions of war and soldiers. Despite the fact that ancient Greece and modern America have very different views of war, they both see some sense of glory in the battlefield. The Iliad is about the Trojan war. This war is thought to have taken place around 1200…

to see America as the “Merchants of Death”, bringing war and strife everywhere they put boots on the ground. This is a troubling image of an America few citizens could imagine. The War on Terror is a war against attack from anyone. While supplying the world with weapons, they ultimately end up with boots on the ground; somewhere. An entire region has been demonized and the US has contributed to the de-stabilization of their governments. The War on Terror is an effort to contain the conflict…

can most definitely say that researching all about the war in Vietnam was very informative. I felt that being able to assess the war from both American and Vietnamese perspectives was a very big factor in understanding the full magnitude of it. Unlike any war before, each side had completely different strategies, strengths, and weakness that leveled out the playing field. In the end, both America and Vietnam paid hefty consequences for a war whose outcome was not particularly favored by either…

13 colonies, went from a newly independent country to a transcontinental nation with the help of, economic improvements, the war of 1812, and westward expansion. Economic improvements were substantial in American history with the establishment of the national bank, American system and even the First Industrial revolution. The American System was also…

Peloponnesian War was a long battle between the two greatest city-states of Greece, Athens and Sparta. The war took nearly thirty years until its final end; it was from 431-404 B.C. In the beginning of the war Athens controlled one of the strongest empires, at the end of the war Athens could barely maintain itself. Why? Thucydides, an Athenian general at the time left us with an excessive amount of knowledge on this war, as he wrote a textbook on the war called “History of the Peloponnesian…

After the Persian wars where Athens and Sparta defeated the Persian empire in 479 BC the golden age of Greece was born an age of great military, political and philosophical advancement. The Peloponnesian Wars were caused by Sparta’s fear of the spread of democracy, coupled with Athenian expansion goals, these great ambitions led to the loss of the Peloponnesian war and brought about the collapse of the Athenian empire. The approach that will be used to examine this is by examining the…

Conflict or War Analysis Warmongering, power, conflict and war balance the view concept that is involved in the history of a country. Among many another concepts, democracy peace theory is used as a way to which the nations use it to solve their conflict most purposely for political gain. War is defined as an act of violence that is used by one group so as to compel their opponent to fulfill their will; this indicates that at this time the nation has no option other than engaging in war in order…

The Warfare of the Greek Dark Ages and Classical Era The act of war is one that is very complex in nature, due to its attachment to mortal human desires and politics. The reasons for which humanity, specifically the Greeks, engaged in warfare evolved throughout time. As the Greeks transitioned from the Dark Ages to the Classical Era distinct differences can be found in their method of going to war, and fighting during it. The transition of command moving from the hands of private individuals…