Civilian control of the military

Secretary of State while serving for two Presidential Administrations from 2006-2011. This Paper will analyze former Secretary of Defense, Robert M. Gates, as a strategic leader in two specific areas: his ability to build consensus and unite the Military and Congress with a unifying strategic approach to the war in Iraq during his first year (2006-2007) under President George H. Bush and his approach to rebuilding the 2010 defense budget under President Obama. I contend that Sec. Gates was an…

The protection and human security of civilians is one of the primary purposes of the UN department of peacekeeping, yet evidence for whether or not they are actually effective in prevention of civilian deaths is a topic that has been controversially debated since the end of the cold war when peacekeeping interventions escalated. While the UN has been criticized for it’s failures, there is no doubt that some of their peacekeeping missions have been highly effective in the protection of citizen…

thousands of innocent Japanese people. This fatal event could have been prevented with a single decision from our American Government in 1945. Our American government and President Truman decided that it would be better to take the lives of Japanese civilians, than to use a different plan that could have saved their lives. Michael Barnes is correct when he argues about atomic bombs being unnecessary to use in World War Two, because it took the lives of innocent people, it may have been racially…

As such, recognizing the police’s perception of the dual nature of physical structure that MOVE members occupied as both a house in a civilian neighborhood and as a compound of suspects, the understanding of the situation as an eviction that warranted bringing military tools and strategy makes sense. Since the police would be entering a war zone, they had to bring effectively superior tools and strategies to the fight. Understanding Osage Avenue as…

in World War II killed a large number of civilians in an area that was not a strategic military target –it didn’t have a major…

Thesis Statement IB History of the Americas Period 6 Cesar Medrano Ms. Karyl Haden Thesis:It is unbelievable to think that one person can have an affect on a whole country. Mussolini inspired hitler and person to run their country in very different ways. Both of them had different mindsets making them each run their country in their own way Germany - Hitler Argentina - Peron Origins Rise to power In september 1919 Hitler joined DAP (Deutsche…

militarization of police. The main concern for the increasing militarization of law enforcement is the increasing spending towards these agencies. Since September 11th 2001, the Federal Government have spent billions of dollars in the modern and more military-grade equipment for state and local police departments(Ackerman).…

and Nagasaki (75,000) are over conservative” (Hiroshima and Nagasaki Death Toll). There were also many causalities due to Japanese atrocities, but the point is that innocents shouldn’t be killed for revenge or for anything that is outside of their control. The United States government shouldn’t defend their actions by comparing death tolls, because killing those who did nothing to deserve it has no…

draconian control measures on the Arab population, and forcibly relocated hostile populations—a tactic which the British also used to great effect in Malaya and Kenya. Beyond forced relocation, Britain’s post-1945 counterinsurgency campaigns involved a heavy dose of repression designed to establish security. British forces upheld the rule of law, but this “rule of law” included the implementation of harsh repressive legislation to isolate the population from the insurgency by controlling…

who deserves the right to own guns. Gun control has been the most heated debates in recent years due to the mass shootings happening more and more often. When a shooting occurs the media and politicians are quick to point the finger at anything else that may be a problem besides guns. While innocent lives are lost, people still dance around an obvious solution to end these blood baths. The following points will address the proper way to approach gun control, reduce the likelihood of mass…