Conscription

In every war, there is a winner and there is a loser. The final result of the war is a mix of successes by one side and failures by the other side. The Civil War follows the same trend as the South failed to withstand the Northern attacks. The South never had to conquer Washington or win the war, in reality, they only had to not lose. If the South could last long enough for the North to get tired of fighting, they would win the war. The Civil War could be interpreted as a race against time,…

Room 1 The World War 1 which began in July 28, 1914 was one of the greatest wars in history. World War 1 did not occur due to one event, but a variety of long-term and short-term causes led to this war. Some of the long-term causes were: imperialism, the Alliance System and militarism. Also, one of the short-term causes that led to this war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Before the war, France increased its defence expenditure by 10%, Britain by 13%, Russia by 39%, and…

“By the 1960s, the first teenage generation free from conscription emerged in Britain. Young people were finally given a voice and freedom to do what they wanted. The parents of the Sixties teenage generation had spent their youth fighting for their lives in the Second World War and wanted their own children to enjoy their youth and be able to have more fun and freedom. By the early 1960s, teenagers were already significantly different to those of a decade ago.” This quote, from the article The…

The Cold War is a difficult era to understand. The entire conflict between the US and the USSR never can to fruition in direct battle, though many lives were still lost in multiple international crises. One of the most important was the fight over Korea. With much of the Western world terrified of communism, many swore to do anything to stop its advance. This was the main priority for the United States after the end of World War II and the US and USSR quickly turned against each other now that…

“Naked use of force has accomplished more for the human race than other endeavor.” Societies wage wars for any number of reason but the scale and scope of conflict is determined by ultimate end state of the conflict. This endstate is tied to development of instrument ( the army), national will, and resources mobilization. Limited war is characterized by the restrained use of weapons and military options while Total war is a conflict of unlimited scope in which a belligerent engages in a…

After all that had happened in Germany, there was now a new leader in charge. In 1933, Hitler and the Nazi party were able to take over Germany and change it drastically. Many thought that with Hitler in charge there would be drastic change for the country. Hitler did change things in Germany, but the things he changed were not at all helping the people, rather Hitler having complete power. Eventually Hitler was able to eliminate democracy, create a totalitarian dictatorship, eliminate civil…

In 1903, British philosopher G.E. Moore wrote the groundbreaking work Principia Ethica. Moore applied logic to ethics and promoted the ideals of friendship and love towards others, as well as aesthetic enjoyments. Moore’s work and philosophy was believed to have inspired members of the Bloomsbury Group. This philosophy freed them from the materialistic, utilitarian, and morality of the Victorian era to their more desired, idealistic and logical philosophy. John Maynard Keynes stated, "It was…

After the Civil War, the U.S. was a nation in need of rebuilding. Though in the rural south this proved difficult, the urban north found it easier to recover. With several patents and technological advancements during the war, a new domestic market was in the making. Several new products were introduced, increasing the need for factory workers to make them, trains to ship them in, and businessmen to sell them. These, along with several others, were all needs that America met with ease, giving…

Yellow Peril in Canada: “The Swamps Come Back” as an Anti-Asian Allegory Published in the August 1941 issue of Uncanny Tales, Nadine Booth Brumell’s short story “The Swamps Come Back” features a group of white men seeking to save the world from an alien race. Throughout the story, the alien race never explicitly harms anyone and never talks of a plan to take over the world. It is only the race’s intelligence, reproduction, and being yellow that are implied to be the issue at hand. This paper…

A.)Descartes becomes discontent with his entire education because he is still questioning things after he has reached the “ranks of the learned” (3). He believed that through education he could achieve a sound and affirmed intelligence of everything that is useful in life, but despite going through the process of “teaching myself” (3), he was still confused on certain things. “I have been nourished on letters since my childhood, and because I was convinced that by means of them one could acquire…