Asymmetric warfare

battles, despite large Confederate losses, were signs of superiority to the populous and heightened hopes of foreign intervention over the North. As the Northern Navy’s blockade began to effect supplies, Lee himself answered the question of guerrilla warfare. This type war would have caused the lawlessness within in the Confederacy and the forfeiture of property “slaves” in order for it to survive, thus giving illegitimacy to a country once based on lofty goals (Gallagher…

Capulet is now forcing Juliet to marry Paris and even though Juliet disagrees to the wedding Capulet will not take no for an answer. The wedding is set on Thursday. Juliet been desperate and unwilling to marry any other than Romeo seeks out the Friar for counselling. A potion is given to Juliet and she is to take it Wednesday night. Yet again fate puts a twist in the story as Capulet exclaims excitedly, "I'll have this knot knit up tomorrow morning." (IV.2.24) Thus moving the wedding day forward…

However, with no dominant threat the nuclear powers such as the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, and China are defensive of their continued use of nuclear weapons as a means to bully in international politics. Since the powers refuse to disarm, it has been the work of smaller nations, as well as citizen groups, who have the most progress towards a nuclear free tomorrow. Many smaller nations are making strides towards disarmament with the extreme example being South Africa who…

Paul Baumer, a man who enlists with the German army with his fellow classmates in the time of World War I, and is the narrator of this story. The name of this story is called All Quiet On The Western Front and the authors name is Erich Maria Remarque. The German recruits all think that they could acquire metals and honor quickly; on the other hand though they figure out that it is not the case at all. The team has a terrible experience all together being a part of the war. The first enduring…

Yusef Komunyakaa is a creative writer who specialized in poetry, he was born Bogalusa, Louisiana in 1947. Once Yusef graduated from high school he entered the army and served in the Vietnam War. Once he returned from the war he was awarded a bronze star and continued to get more degrees involved in writing. Yusef wrote several books of poetry. In one of the books about the Vietnam War, the final poem is titled facing it. In the poem the narrator is Yusef himself, and his state of mind is sad…

Paul Fussell, a renowned modern historian, reported the perspectives that people had on nuclear warfare in his 1981 article titled “Thank God for the Atomic Bomb.” The result of dropping two nuclear warheads into Japan was a casualty rate close to…

World War One was a time where violence, terror, and heavy bloodshed were the only words fit enough to describe the destruction happening in those years. One German painter, Otto Dix, witnessed all of these things, first hand, during his volunteered service in the German Army from 1915 until being discharged in 1918 due to a neck injury (“Otto Dix”). From his experience in the war, watching many soldiers be physically destroyed, and others, including himself, be mentally broken down into tiny,…

considered by many to be one of humanity’s central traits as an advancing species and as such it holds a heavy influence on our past, present and future. From warring tribes in Africa during the dawn of man to the great Empires of Greece and Persia warfare has always been present, whether this war is for defense of a homeland and families, to conquest for more power and wealth or freedom from persecution and oppression. These forces drive mankind and have pushed us technologically and socially.…

drastically altered international politics by changing the scope and consequences of international warfare, as well as causing a widespread hysteria over the use of nuclear warfare that led to conflicts such as the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. On August 6, 1945, the world was changed forever. On that fateful day the United States plunged the world into the chaos of nuclear warfare by dropping the first nuclear bomb in world history. The bomb brought with it an…

War has become a natural part of life that every generation will have to deal with. The way people will view war will be dependent upon society. Society during World War I sold young boys a dream about what war was going to be like. They would be able to prove their masculinity, women would love them and that they would be heroes to their country. In reality war was going to be tougher than they ever imagined. With technology being introduced into the war it made it harder for soldiers to become…