Invasion of Normandy

In the eyes of the government the Vietnam war was a worthy endeavour, at the time. The people however, were less than please that more of their young men were being shipped off to an unknown battle front. Protests were common throughout the country, even in the nation's own capital, Washington D.C. One More subtle example is Dorothy Day’s Union Square Speech. Dorothy Day, a journalist, activist and catholic convert, stressed that action should be taken against war, in the name of god. Even…

Geneva Convention Iraq Reevaluating the Geneva Convention The Geneva Convention originated in the year 1864, designing the main principals of the committee, and only 16 states were represented. That was only the first successful conference as the quickly gained reorganization. They hosted many well-known conferences like the convention in 1907, which talked about adapting the principles of the convention on the wounded and sick, and the convention of 1929 that discussed the rights of prisoners…

Stereotypes regarding public opinion of wars are often disputed throughout many facets of society. Edward Luttwak makes the argument that the primary factor affecting public opinion is the loss of American lives. Recent polling data makes the opposing argument; that public opinion is reliant on several factors. This essay will look at each perspective and then analyze how the arguments align themselves, if at all, in regards to the same issue; drone warfare. In “Toward Post-Heroic Warfare”,…

The film, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, by Don Siegel is a classic science fiction horror film, published in 1956. The film shocked the world, and made a huge impression on audiences. The shocks from the audiences created a slang word, “pod person,” which means a person who pretends to be someone else. In Siegel’s film, Invasions of the Body Snatchers, took place in a small village in California. One day, the mysterious alien creature pods appeared in the village. The pods abducted the…

America During World War 2 Americans were out fighting in Europe and the Pacific, but where did they get their supplies? The supplies came from the Americans that stayed behind. But their lives were more than just supplying the war. They had to deal with ration books and victory bonds as well. People who stayed behind were in what was called the home front (Home Front). The home front was the foundation of food, arms, and other needed supplies that were produced behind the lines. Home fronts…

Judging by the name, one may see the Bay of Pigs as a seaside town filled with pork delicacies. Unfortunately this is not the case. Instead, the Bay of Pigs is the name of an infamous invasion of Cuba, supported by the United States. The repercussions from this operation continue to be seen in the world today. While some may see the Bay of Pigs simply as a failed operation, the ideals in foreign interests and international relationships formed due to the failure have developed into many 21st…

desensitized to the cost of wars. The United States has quickly started and joined military conflicts across the globe, often without truly evaluating the need or cost of the conflicts. A sad and major example of this was the justification of the invasion of Iraq. The Bush administration was adamant in its belief that Saddam Hussein was in possession…

“Majid Khan's ‘lunch tray,’ consisting of hummus, pasta with sauce, nuts, and raisins was ‘pureed’ and rectally infused,” (Senate Intelligence Committee). This is but one of the atrocities performed upon the prisoners of the CIA at one of numerous black site prisons. In discussion of modern American foreign policy, one controversial issue has been torture. On the one hand, some people argue that torture is a necessary practice that proactively saves American lives. On the other hand, other…

Background The Standard Obstacle Course or SOC in short, is an assessment on the combat fitness of soldiers, it is a requirement for combat fit soldiers below age 40 to undergo this assessment. The SOC had been redesigned since 2010 to suit the evolving operation environment the soldiers had to go through. The 12 obstacles, each designed with fitness training science considerations to meet the challenges of the increase on operations in an urbanised operational environment, are shown in the…

The Iraq War was a conflict fought between a United States led coalition and Iraq. While the exact causes and motives are somewhat unclear, it is certain that the war was motivated by past events, such as 9/11 and the 1991 Gulf War, threats of weapons of mass destruction, and contrasts between the dictatorship of Iraq and the republic of America (Hanson). With the initial conflict over, debates have spread across the world, questioning whether the United States was justified in starting the…