Just War

and take control of the country. During his reign he conquered much of Europe and helped to settle the unhappy French citizens who just got done revolting against the old system of government. Helping France in many ways came with a great amount of collateral damage and this was the reasoning for being accused of being a war criminal. Napoleon was not a vicious war criminal, but rather an enlightened leader of France. He was an enlightened leader for a few reasons; first, he created a system…

family have barely survived the civil war in syria and are trying to get to any place that is safer than here. This is a reality for many families living in syria they never wanted to leave their home but now they have to to protect their families. It all started when the syrian people were protesting “after the arrest and torture of some teenagers who painted revolutionary slogans on a school wall”(BBC). The government tried to stop this with force but that just lead to more syrians protesting.…

and inhumane events that took place in the Vietnam War. People involved in the war were having to fight in a completely foreign land. Being somewhere unknown and with a lack of leadership for a cause some did not fully believe in caused damage to soldiers mental health. In Vietnam soldiers involuntary lead under bad leadership, which added to O'Brien's hate of the Vietnam War. O’Brien shows readers the disturbing but very real situations of the war, some soldiers were treated poorly by…

how society waged war on other national states. This new ideology reformed the balance of power between nations and citizens and used the shared beliefs in a nation’s societal pride…

But James is not always praised and his criticism is often based on two of his policies: the Irish plantation and the reformation of the Scottish Kirk both, some believe, being major factors in the explosion of the Civil War in the 1640s. It is true that if James was a flexible monarch who favored stability he did tried to pass more revolutionary policies. Notably towards James’s other major source of dislike: the Scottish Kirk. If James did not like the English Parliament he was on the other…

How is every person a unique individual? While some believe that DNA is the largest contributing factor in how a person will turn out, Rufus in Kindred proves that environment is more influential. Written by Octavia E.Butler, Kindred, takes place in both 1800s and 1970s. A black woman, Dana, travels back and forth through the times when her great-great-grandfather, Rufus, gets in danger. Since Rufus was raised by slave-owning environment, Dana attempts to prevent Rufus from being like his…

warfare in which civilians are increasingly targeted, and women continue to be excluded from participation in peace processes. Most people view women as simply victims of civil war in their countries. However, that is not always the case for majority women. Women are critical actors in peace building. The end of the Cold War era of international politics was detrimental within the Third World. Conflicts would arise where regional stability was threatened immensely and are accompanied by…

persist. Despite these challenges, Ghana’s post-independence era evolved peacefully without a civil war or large scale conflict. In the past three decades, Ghana develops the enhanced capability to manage conflicting and competing social interests, allowing the country to pursue a peaceful economic development trajectory and a deliberative political discourse. In spite of Ghana’s ability to avoid civil wars or large-scale violence, in the past decade, the rate at which the local media report…

Minnesota Duluth Police Department: DPD states that only peace officers who have successfully finished the determined training may be able to use the CEW. They are set to be put in the opposite side of the firearm with marked differences from it. Officers are also responsible for them to be in good working conditions, and they should never hold both the firearm and CEW at the same time. When using a CEW, the peace officer must give the suspect enough time to comply as well as let other officers…

The idea for Arena centered on humanity facing a hostile species. At that time, World War II was nearing the end and Germany was the species being fought. Second Variety had a theme of mankind and their ability to destroy themselves. It was an apt theme, as the development of the hydrogen bomb was underway during the time the story was published…