Enemy combatant

centuries before it. Men died in gruesome ways and brought forth new problems like PTSD, known as shell shock in world war I. The men learned fast that war was not a lovely affair as they went over the top bayonets charging locking eyes with their enemy where whom life would be taken first was only a split second away. Or maybe the were to die not knowing whom shot them, and the families ignorantly continued life not knowing their son, husband or father died. Wilfred Owen finishes his poem off…

General Curtis LeMay: “Iron Ass” Grenade The Second World War held the developments as well as progress in technology that came as a result of the lessons learned in the First World War. However, the area with the most improvement was in the effectiveness of airpower. Airpower had previously been used for reconnaissance and photography. It was only towards the end of World War I that the technology to fit planes with guns and artillery was developed so it did not have much strategic effect on…

HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW Generally, International Humanitarian Law is considered as a set of rules which governs the conduct of humanitarian in armed conflicts. It provides the protection to person who are not or no longer participating in the hostilities besides it controls the usage of weapons and methods of warfare. According to Mr. Jean in his work, “Humanitarian law is a branch of public international law which owes its inspiration to a feeling for humanity and which is…

War is something that has been happening since the beginning of human civilization and it is something that will not stop anytime soon. Webster dictionary defines war as “a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations”, but war is much more than that. Every society believes they have an idea of what war is, what causes a war, why wars are fought, and many more seemingly generic answers. War is not just an event. War is an idea, a principle, and a mindset.…

Players not only lost their ability to play during the war, but they also missed out on multiple years of their careers; these years could have been used to achieve records that would make them the greatest of time. Ted Williams went into the war on pace to break Babe Ruth 's home run record, the most sought out record in baseball. But because he missed 5 years due to his service he was unable to concur this feat. Bob Feller would have easily eclipsed the 300 win mark, but he was unable to win…

In recent decades the United States, and the larger world, has faced a new enemy that has required new policies and laws. Terrorism and the rise of violent, non-state actors has forced the world to quickly adapt to new and more violent warfare against actors that do not adhere to the internationally agreed upon laws of armed conflict. Because of the rapid pace that was required to deal with this new threat, actions were taken that do not represent the values of this country and policies were…

state as much as it did any other, England was better able to handle the stresses. In an age that saw more wars ended not because of any decisive victory on one side, but because all of the combatants were broke, the one who went broke the slowest might have been able to create a decisive victory when their enemy was exhausted. Britain was never much of a land power and a Eurocentric view instead of an Anglocentric view of the king and other political leaders always faced opposition. Tories were…

he calls a two-phased explanation. Teveth writes about the shift in Jewish attitude that occurred amidst the war, “before the invasion the Palestinian Arabs were seen, for the most part, as citizens of a future Jewish state; after it, as declared enemies. Accordingly, one may properly speak, in the former period, of an Arab flight, and in the latter of expulsion by Israel” . To Teveth, who offers the best explanation of the Palestinian refugee crisis, the IDF did eventually create a policy of…

Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) is one of the most known poets of World War I, known for writing poems about the hardships of the war and the effects it can have on a soldier/ combatant, both physically and mentally. Owen mainly wrote poems from 1917 until his death in the line of duty in 1918. His poetry showed the negative aspects of the war during a time where the war was initially and naively glorified and celebrated by many. One such poem, “Disabled”, is from the point of view of a man who became…

the military objectives; the violence used should be as efficient as possible, only killing and damaging as little as militarily necessary (Biggar 253). As for discrimination on the battlefield, soldiers should not intentionally kill or harm non-combatants, “and strive to avoid killing them accidentally” (Biggar 104). Soldiers should not want to kill anyone, but rather accept that they will have to kill or injure the opposing side as a consequence of…