Just War

“In war films of the buddy type the deadliness of war is not glossed over. But it is portrayed not in the death of the enemy who are often faceless or even unseen, but in the death of the comrades and buddies” (Tribunella). Mark Simpson says that often times in war films, seeing one’s comrade in the state of death is hard for a person live through, and therefore loses his boyish innocence. In the same way Gene is overcome by sadness when he gazes upon the dead body that once housed the life of…

Research Question: By adopting Weeks’ denominations of non-democratic states, is there variation in the duration of violent conflict between the Boss and the Strongman classifications and why? Theoretical Argument: Our theoretical argument will be based off the assumption of Weeks’ classifications of non-democratic states. These classifications are defined by an autocracy’s constraints and audiences. While Weeks researched the onset of conflict across non-democratic states, we will be…

A hybrid threat is a combination of regular forces, irregular forces, and criminal elements. Hybrid threats may be nation-state actors such as conventional core state armies or non-state actors such as terrorist organizations. These forces and organizations may work together, either purposefully or not, to achieve mutually beneficial effects on the battlefield. Defeating a hybrid threat requires adaptiveness, and the ability to react quickly. Hybrid threats are highly adaptive adversaries…

narrative ‘Break of Day’ depicts the themes of family, bravery and death. The plot of the story is about two brothers named Will and Murray. Will is the oldest of the two. Will went to war to deal with his emotions about the marriage of of his childhood sweetheart and Sid Archer. Murray later followed his older brother to the war because of the pain he was caused from his brother leaving and the death of his dad in a fir and also Sid archer insinuating that theere uncle jack had been a coward in…

Last Monday a trio of men tried to enter Parliament, with one wearing a Ku Klux Klan mask, one wearing a motorcycle helmet and the other wearing a burqa. Before entering Parliament, the men wearing the motorcycle helmet and Ku Klux Klan mask were asked to remove it, but the person in the burqa was allowed to keep it on. Furthermore, when the man wearing the Ku Klux Klan mask took of his mask, he revealed a burqa underneath and stated, “So I guess this is the time to say that I'm now allowed into…

How does Faulks evoke the conditions in the trenches and the relationships of the men? Faulks evokes the conditions in the trenches through his use of imagery and language techniques. We are first introduced to the trenches and the tunnels beneath at the start of part 2, on page 121. We are introduced to a new character, Jack Firebrace, whose very name already brings the connotation of fire that will be explored later. Faulks describes the trenches and the tunnels that Jack works in as cramped…

Did you know that, a kid in Somalia entered a child soldier group to protect himself from bullies, now the kid smokes and uses drugs and does not even remember about his family. Therefore, he now is one of the toughest kids in the area and the organization which recruited does not let him leave.Child soldiers are soldiers, which fight on combat between gangs or countries and they are forced to join. Mostly all end up dead or without one leg, for example a kid in Somalia was shot with an RPG in…

Plate Armor and The Hundred Years War One of the first well known conflicts where chainmail, hauberks, and counter-weaponry clashed is The Hundred Years War from 1337-1453, which pitted the French against the English. With limited protection from the chainmail, the advent of plate armor began during this long series of battles, and the weapon of choice became the crossbow, which by the 15th century was made entirely of steel, increasing its power and range significantly. While historical…

Miles beyond from the village, regions away. A fierce battle rages between two great armies uder the light of dawn. For many years has this quarrel faced a stalemate, in the end, the casualties are always immense, lives are are lost, and souls are left roaming the land of their demise. The lord of the kingdom Kordan. Philippe Salazar ,leads the offensive with his army through the barrage of boulders engulfed by flames, hailing from the sky. His banner represented by an eagle holding a cross…

Syrian Civil War has been a controversial issue for a while now. According to CNN Student News, the war has been going on for almost five years. The article, “Syria: The story of the conflict,” on www.bbc.com, states that more than 250,000 Syrians have been killed in the conflict, “which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a full scale war.” The story of the Syrian Civil War, starts from that point in time. After the protests intensified, and became a full blown civil war,…