Aerial warfare

The statement that The Vietnam War was unwinnable is true to some extent. The Vietnam War was a 20 year long war which lasted from 1955 to 1975. There were multiple factors that attributed to the conflict being unwinnable, these include the nature of the Vietcong fighters, the strong protest movement and the role of the media in shaping public opinion. A factor that made the Vietnam War unwinnable was the nature of the Vietcong fighters. The American and Australian forces found it difficult to…

Family, Love, and War The photograph “Wait For Me Daddy” was taken by Claude P. Dettloff on October 1, 1940 in Westminster, Canada. The photo was taken around the time of World War 2 where many men were sent to fight in the war leaving behind their grieving families. Most war photos come off as sad or violent to most people but this particular photo gave me the feeling of happiness more than anything, showing the love between a father and his child instead. It is a black and white photograph…

Your majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am very humble for such a prestigious award. I feel very honored to be standing in same place as Mr. Carter, DR. King Jr, and Mr. Nelson once stood. Compared to them, my achievements are slim. This award stands as the testimony to our greatest encouragement that we are not simply the fuel for such…

Biological and Chemical weapons if in the wrong hands can be just as destructive as nuclear weapons. Biological warfare is the use of any organism to harm or kill any population or area. Chemical warfare is the use of any chemical produced by organism to harm people. These weapon could be explained as high risk, no reward. The creation and use of chemical and biological weapons should be banned due to the fact that they are hard to trace and are uncontrollable.With the advances of science these…

Cold War The United States was by far the world’s greatest power after the World War II and the country was boasting the world’s most powerful navy and air force as well as owning atomic bomb. The only power that could rival the US was the communist Soviet Union. The tension between the two nations created fear in the US and altered the American lives dramatically. This silent tension was fought through ideology and proxy wars, like the Korean War and the Vietnam War. In Europe at the time was…

Anthrax, smallpox and plague potential bioterrorism agents and are caused by microbial pathogens. Bioterrorism is the deliberate release of viruses, bacteria, or other germs (agents) used to cause illness or death in people, animals, or plants. These agents are typically found in nature, but it is possible that they could be changed to increase their ability to cause disease, make them resistant to current medicines, or to increase their ability to be spread into the environment. These…

One of the important themes that I have witnessed this semester while doing the statecraft simulation was Arms Racing. Here are some examples of how this happened in our Statecraft world. Since the beginning of the game each country built military forces to secure their borders expect Cortarro. The Empire was the first country that started to use their resources to get Army divisions. Then, countries felt unsecured to let the Empire to have army divisions and don’t secure their borders. When the…

Charles Maland, a University of Tennessee professor of American film studies, has written a great deal of books that evolve around the history of film. Books like Time and The Nation, which talked about James Agee life as a movie critic during the 1940’s. His article, Dr. Strangelove (1964): Nightmare Comedy and the Ideology of Liberal Consensus discussed how he examined the Ideology of Liberal Consensus. It also discussed how the culture of America responded to the Liberal Consensus’ radical…

Hello, I am Jeremy Romondo and here is the story of my death. The date is January 7th, 1945. I am fighting the genocidal maniacs also known as the Nazis. We were fighting outside of the small town of Rudesheim when we saw a monstrous Sherman Tank on our right flank just over a small hedge of bushes. My battalion leaped under the cover of the foliage to stay out of the vision of the destructive vehicle. We stayed until we knew for sure the tank was clear of our location. My soldiers and I camped…

The Bombs Shouldn’t Have Been Dropped Fat Man and Little Boy, the two bombs used to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Americans weren’t justified to drop the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Atomic bomb explosions were so big it completely leveled out Hiroshima and Nagasaki there were about 9 buildings still standing after Little Boy hit Hiroshima and about 7 buildings standing after Fat Man hit Nagasaki. The Americans knew the bombs would completely wipe out the whole cities of…