Greco-Persian Wars

War became more innovative, and more deadly, reaching its peak with the Macedonian leaders Philip and Alexander. Learning from the earlier Greek strategies and weapons, they invented better hand weapons such as the long sarissa spear, used better artillery…

Sam is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. Tim Meeker had to grow up faster than he would have needed to if the war had not appeared into his life. He had always looked up to his brother Sam, though he wasn't a good example for Tim. Tim had many responsibilities to fulfill and he acted maturely and knew how to handle hard situations. Sam goes to war, and their father dies, so Tim had to do his chores and help his mother with others that Sam and their father used to do. He…

group of officers “...saw [their] smoke” (201). He facetiously asks whether the boys are having a war, but doesn’t realize that the boys actually are. Also, he comments that he expected that a pack of British boys…would have been able to put up a better show…” (202). His comments about the boys are hypocritical because he expects the boys to be peaceful towards each other, yet participates in a war where he kills many. He assumes the boys have a natural inclination towards good because of the…

Violence in the NHL Violence in sports is a very large controversial topic and both sides have very good supporting facts to back up their choice. Some say violence is used as a strategy and some say it is just too dangerous. Sports have always had an aspect of violence in them and everyone loves a good fight in hockey or a big crunching hit in football; plus, it’s sometimes the only reason people watch. Therefore, it would take too much away from big sports, such as hockey, if there was no…

El Salvador finally has peace after twelve years of civil war. During recent years, violence and poverty have plagued the country due to over-population and class struggles which, caused discontent with social inequalities, a poor economy, and the repressive measures of dictatorship. One of the most violent and bloody chapters of El Salvador’s history has ended in January 16, 1992 that has changed the life for everybody in the country after twelve years of unstoppable wave of murders of…

and Simon Reich, author and publisher of the Foreign Policy website, “Child soldiers are cheap and efficient weapons in war. Accounts from the field tell of soldiers who are near free to recruit, cheap to feed, and quick to follow orders” (1). This states that child soldiers are more efficient and easier to deal with than adult soldiers, and this is important when it comes to war. They also learn simply, when they are being taught to deadly missions. In fact, child soldiers take down targets…

People do not really realise how war can take a toll on people and the environment around it.War and romance are the two main points talked about in the book. You realise how each one takes a turn on everyone and how each person is affected in the story. This story is meant to be about war but you realise that it focuses on other things, like the love between some of the couples in the story; so one sees that the story leaves its main focus a lot which is the war and talks about other things…

His article War, Madness, and Death: The Paradox of Honor in Hobbes’s Leviathan goes in depth about the reflections that Hobbe had toward fear, honor, and how those relate to the human character. The author begins with “The Worst part of life during wartime, which…

Quote Collector Copy evidence from articles that support each topic, you will use these quotes later to create evidence sentences for your essay. Violence: Violence spread across the young nation like wildfire, displacing 413,000 civilians in just the first month of conflict. Tens of thousands of civilians rushed to seek refuge in U.N. bases that were subsequently turned into makeshift displacement camps. The scale of sexual violence is particularly shocking: in five months last year, from…

Introduction Colombia is a country situated in the northwestern part of South America. It is a republic sharing borders with Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru (World Factbook, 2015). Colombia is a diverse country in terms of ethnicity, linguistic differences and geographic features. Colombia has a history of armed conflict since the 19th century which has caused a severe damage to the country in every prospect. However, the armed conflicts had decreased drastically since the government…