Mercenary

Gunshots ring through the crowded, dusty streets of Iraq impacting a random target, an innocent nine year old boy, the crime committed by none other than a recognized American soldier. However this particular soldier does not report back to the U.S. military at the end of the day, instead he reports to a black ops corporation called Black Water, who has had these same dramatic instances occur repeatedly while hired by the U.S. army. Nevertheless, do the Iraqi citizens care, do they distinguish…

exchange for arms. The RUF used diamonds in return for arms from government soldiers or neighboring countries like Liberia or Guinea (Adebajo, 2002; Reno, 2003; Alao, 1999). Taylor exploited diamonds to fund his military activities in Liberia. Mercenaries from Liberia or Burkina Faso were equally active in mining and trading diamonds. The diamond mining industry became a convenient source of income for national soldiers collaborating with the RUF who were suffering from low state salaries (Le…

battles the used their oars , which were used like the long axes , to push the enemy away. (Nationalgeographic.com.Heather Pringle.What you don't know about the Vikings.March 2017.Accessed: August 31, 2017.) Due to the voyages , gaining foreign mercenaries and new trade. Vikings were given the label of ‘pirates’ . As they did share some traits of the pirates of the west or England. Some argue they were more vicious , than those of the west . As well as more active in the North and East,…

the reason why the roman empire fell because without money to fund its captured city garrisons the Romans couldn 't hold their lands, and since they couldn 't hold their lands, the people revolted against them. With that Rome would have to hire mercenaries to keep the peace, which would be a further drain on the money Rome had. Some might say it was due to the Barracks emperors, but at that point the dominoes were already falling. Others might say it was due to the adoption of Christianity, but…

initially hard to explore a side of him which may, in fact, make him less likable. Is he a man of honor or a mercenary seeking only to marry into money? Is he domineering and truly worthy of the title "tamer," or does the role he takes with Katherine constitute something less aggressive and ultimately more democratic? To be sure, in the end, it's clear Petruchio is not nearly as mercenary as we might initially think. In fact, when all is said and done, Petruchio is a successful match for the…

Josef Weisehofer. Ancient Persia. London, UK: I.B. Tauris, 1996. This book discusses the progression of Persian culture through three different reigning families. The main point of the book is to address the ways that these periods are currently taught and remembered, and to point out inaccuracies in the popular western descriptions, or to reaffirm the ideas via critical analysis and comparison to primary sources such as relics. Weisehofer accomplishes this by dividing the book into 3 main…

It has been shown that Utopians hate war becuase they don’t belive that it bestows any glory. The only way they would go to war is to protect their own land, their frend’s land and they also go to war to free people from being oppressed. They do not celebrate accomploshments made during war because it is not impressice to them. They never try to win more than they had before the war started, only to return everything to the way it was. They are not in favor of war but they are trained and brave…

The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful empires in the history of humankind. Rome was founded on the potency of its military, its strategic geographic location, strong moral values, and wise leadership. It prospered because of its social, economic, political, military, and religious strengths. In fact, it was the most powerful empire to have ever existed. However, the mighty empire of Rome collapsed and there were many factors, which has lead to the demise of this great empire. One of the…

Niccolò Machiavelli, a prominent figure during the Italian Renaissance, is often referred to as the founder of modern political science. Machiavelli 's cynical approach to ruling and politics even gave birth to a special term used when a ruling parties employ his worldview – Machiavellian-ism. This style of politics is known for being opposing what some refer to as the “ideal” form of ruling and emphasizes a “politics of reality” in which ethics are secondary to results and function (Machiavelli…

Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a film made by Disney in 2001, and it shows the journey of Milo Thatch, a cartographer, linguist and an expert in almost all things Atlantean. He, with a group of mismatched peers, including a expert in engines, and one in demolition, a geologist and a medical officer, set off to find the ruins of Atlantis, a country that to be only a legend since it was swept away by a flood, and they are going to prove it really once existed. Most of the group, unbeknownst to Milo,…