Bosnian War

Syrian Civil War has been a controversial issue for a while now. According to CNN Student News, the war has been going on for almost five years. The article, “Syria: The story of the conflict,” on www.bbc.com, states that more than 250,000 Syrians have been killed in the conflict, “which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a full scale war.” The story of the Syrian Civil War, starts from that point in time. After the protests intensified, and became a full blown civil war,…

Since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in March of 2011, it has claimed nearly 470,000 lives, 12,000 or more were children (Sinha 1). Within a span of five years since the war began, nearly 3.7 million children have been born in Syria, meaning, 3.7 million children grew up only knowing war and violence (Rasha 1). They weren’t given the opportunity to a good life or a happy childhood. These children are starving and in dire need of outside help. They are going through and seeing things…

(Why Is American Sniper Banned?) The ALA bans books for bad language, sexual themes, and so much more. Some are reasonable and some are not. Religion is a big part of banning also, people go crazy over religious things too. The “American Sniper” is banned for many different reasons, mostly violence and foul language. Violence, foul language, and religious beliefs are the top reasons of banning this novel. Violence is the main reason for banning this book. “I pushed my finger against the trigger…

encountered anyone which shows that there was no point of trying to kill the sniper because it did not advance anybody. The man and woman who planned to kill the sniper did not affect the plot, their plan did not solve any of the problems causing the war. Violence is not the solution, it just causes more issues and chaos in the world.…

fighting in a war in which it was impossible to tell who the allies were and the enemies were. For many soldiers, a war like this was a reality and it was called the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was fought for 20 years from 1955 to 1975 between the Communist and Anti-communist forces to prevent the spread of communism. Since the war was not fought for land or religion, it was commonly thought as a waste of American lives. As a result of the lack of American support, soldier who fought in the…

In the book “War” by Sebastian Junger, people experienced combat for the first time in similar ways. When they got to the Korengal Valley many of the men like O'Byrne had never been shot at before. O’Byrne when he first got into a situation where he was being shot at “The first thing he did was stand up and look around -Pg 11”. He later says to Vandenberge “Fuck, I can't believe they just shot at me -Pg 11” because he was shocked that someone was actually shooting at him and trying to kill him.…

represents the family is dying, because the connection between the two brothers are gone since they are on two different sides, and they have to fight each other. The theme of the story is about the separation of family, and all these are caused by wars. Behind the tree, there is a long bandage that is untied, coloured mostly in red. This represents that in order to be alive, the snipers cannot give up, no matter how painful it is for them, they have to get over it. It shows that without…

causes of World War 1 (DBQ) World War 1 is an important war, we learned some great lessons from it. The thing is, how did the war start. The war started from three main things that triggered and counteracted with each other. Those three things are the alliance systems, nationalism, and militarism also imperialism played a little part as well. The war sparked in the Austria-Hungary empire, when the heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb…

actively avoided becoming embroiled in Rwandan affairs because of its lack of direct connection to US affairs. To a degree, says Anthony Lake, one of Clinton’s National Security Advisors, the US didn’t care about Africa (Power 107). In comparison, the Bosnian genocide was viewed with higher importance because of its strategic location and the possibility of…

He was the heir to Austria’s throne but killed by Bosnian Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip, who disagreed with Ferdinand’s dynastic centralism, Catholic conservatism, and little nationalist political views (Lind.). Austria- Hungary declares war on Serbia for the wrongful murder of Franz Ferdinand but at this time, only a conflict between these two countries arises. Alliances and other personal issues of various countries caused the world war. The acronym M.A.N.I.A., where the m stands for…