Boshin War

the painting, there was an execution of civilians which was carried out by French soldiers before dawn. The execution was a retaliation attack following a guerrilla attack that took place on the previous day. Goya meant to capture the effect of the war atrocities on both the Spanish and French side. The artwork was intended to vocalize the need to have peace (Onoja, 2016). Goya advised the provincial…

Sex, Survival and Samurai By Kirby Winslow War changes people and not just the those involved with the fight itself. War has a rippling effect on everyone, even the friends and family left behind at home. In the 1964 film entitled Onibaba translated as “Demon Hag”, writer and director Kaneto Shindo tackles the hardships of wartime on the homefront in this iconic japanese horror drama. It can easily be considered as an antiwar film, but after a closer gander and a deep dive, one can see that…

blatantly ignore it: “Hey, Mr. Othello, why do people start wars?” “Venerable Vladek! Late again I see!” boomed Othello, who has clearly started the party already. “Tardiness is never tolerated in true men!” he remarked, taking another gulp of his prized wine. “Ack! As if you know barbarzyńca!” scuffed…

bickering between two people at a swap meet. While there are a million prospective directions of where a settlement can go, one thing is certain that in politics and warfare is that there will either be peace or there will be war due to the nature of politics. The politics of peace and war…

The theme of violence to rule over a society has been explored in literature throughout history. Violence can take various forms including physical and psychological violence. Two such examples depicting the use of violence to control others are examined in Macbeth by William Shakespeare and 1984 by George Orwell. Responsibility for violence depends on the context, and the influences on the inflictor. The form of despotism is a factor in this responsibility: an autocracy or oligarchy.…

Imagine a young child being abducted and forced into war before they even hit puberty. Imagine the war zone; the screaming, crying, the blood. The little one being hurt, lost, and alone. If someone could bring them home, would it really matter how they did it? Sam Childers, the main character in the film Machine Gun Preacher, was a drug dealing, gun wielding criminal who left his old ways when he found God. Sam focused all of the energy and anger he had into helping the lost, scared, and abused…

Introduction of Immediate Action Drills A Basic Infantry movement is the immediate action drill. We will discuss the basic strategy, movement and tactic of IAD’s. IAD’s are used by reconnaissance, infantry and any dismounted patrols in combat. Any patrol can make contact with the enemy at any time. Contact also can happen through ground contact, overhead aircraft, any air attack, or ambush. Contact may be a visual contact only when the patrol sees the enemy but the patrol is not detected.…

The physical sacrifices of war lead to inner and outer turmoil within men impacted by the cruel intentions of military battle. Bloodshed leads to victory. However, this bloodshed arrives at the mercy of millions of men who war kills and wounds. These wounds are most often mental, yet physical wounds directly correlate with the inhumanity of war. Physical wounds of war strip man of his confidence in personal image and force him to place prior ideals of body composition above the reality of his…

Governments around the world today are using child soldiers as expendable, Frontline combatants in armed conflicts around the world. Every day in countries around the world, vicious warlords and military generals kidnap children from their homes and use them to further their own goals of national conquest. These children are made to kill hundreds of people and are manipulated into thinking that what they are doing is righteous. The use of child soldiers can be mitigated by supporting the…

How would you feel as a parent if your children were convinced to join the military through deception? This is what is happening throughout the United States where representatives from the armed forces come to talk to students about joining the armed forces. While this can be a positive thing, many parents including peace groups are against this because of the pure pressure it puts on the students among other things. In order to keep students from making a decision that they don’t truly believe…