Today, people do illegal activities which are threatening to society just for the sake to earn profits. The ongoing debate on whistleblowing raises conflicting issues that draw public attention. Although governments and many business leaders have adopted various measures to incriminate the activities of whistleblowers. Whistleblowers contribute a great deal to the society by sanitizing the system. The heroic deeds of whistleblowers exposed unethical and shady deals when some authorities hide…
The Korean War was a war between North and South, the US had a UN force that fought for South Korea, and China fought for North Korea, who was also assisted by the Soviet Union. The Korean War was three different conflicts from the perspective of the disparate groups who fought in it. For North and South Korea, the conflict was a civil war, a struggle with no possible compromise between two competing visions for Korea’s future. To the North was a coalition led by three dictators Josef Stalin,…
The gulf of Tonkin incident helped cause greater involvement in the Vietnam War for the United States. In the Gulf of Tonkin incident, North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin, off of Vietnam coast, in a couple of attacks on August 2 and 4, of 1964. The USS Turner Joy also reported being attacked on August 4, 1964. The Tonkin incident was the source for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which committed major American forces to the war in Vietnam. After time had…
love. This special place. This state of grace.” This gave America hope that even though we had suffered a tragedy the sun will rise again and there is hope. Obama has also faced new challenges with the rise of ISIS. In 2014, Obama ordered an airstrike against ISIS. He later went on to say that “The only language understood by killers like this is the language of force….So the United States of America will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network of…
“…That we here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” These are Abraham Lincoln’s closing words of what is considered one of the most powerful speeches in American history, The Gettysburg Address. At a time of mourning, Lincoln informs the nation that the United States would continue to fight for the survival of a nation…
The Hiding Place written by Corrie Ten Boom in 1971, tells the life story of a young girl and her family living through the Holocaust. The book goes through the life of Corrie as she tells about the experiences she had during Nazi occupied Holland and about hiding the Jews that had escaped. Sadly, she is caught and sent to a concentration camp for her actions. Corrie lived through the Holocaust and believes that it is her responsibility to tell her story as well as keep her sister, Betsie’s,…
Introduction The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill is a trilogy of books written by William Manchester, a renowned biographer and historian. They first volume was Visions of Glory published in 1983, the second volume was Alone published in 1988 and the third volume was Defender of the Realm, co-authored with Paul Reid and published posthumous. The three books feature Winston Churchill, the famous British Prime Minister who led the Empire into the Second World War. Each of the three covers of…
Some people (Joint Chiefs of Staff) demanded an airstrike to destroy the weapons (Office)(Gale). Followed by a U.S. invasion of Cuba; others favored harsh communications to Cuba and the Soviet Union. President Kennedy decided on a middle course action. On October 22, he ordered a naval “quarantine” of Cuba…
THE BATTLE FOR TAKUR GUAR USAACE SSG Patrick M. Roach 15UK1N1 17-002 SFC Maradol “Silent Professional” is a term often used when referencing the Special Operations community. It means do not brag about what you have done or where you have been because secrecy is your only real ally. Every night since the World Trade Center towers fell, there have been Soldiers overseas taking the fight to those responsible. Night after night, these nameless warriors have been planning and…
Task: Which of the following factors-technology, institutional self interest, or national security requirements- exercised the most significant influence on the development of airpower in Europe and the United States before the Second World War? Although technology and institutional self interest had their own role my thesis is that the most significant influence on the development of airpower in Europe and the United states before the second World War was the national security requirements that…