Military history

going to the same elementary school, middle school, high school and now college. Over the years I’ve grown closer and closer to her family which made the interview much more interesting. Both her grandfather, Vincent, and cousin, Mark, were in the military which affected their mental health. While fighting for their country they were traumatised leaving them with the mental illness of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Important at every stage of life, mental health includes our emotional,…

Sorrows of Empire by political scientist Chalmers Johnson takes a cynical yet statistically backed view of American imperialism. Johnson backs his research with heavy statistics and examples from various military and governmental outlets. His focus throughout the book is on American imperialism through militarism, secrecy, and the fall of the empire. Chalmers Johnson’s thesis is clearly laid out in the first paragraph of the prologue. He comments on the notion that American’s are…

Dick Couch writes a thought-provoking book, A Tactical Ethic: Moral Conduct in the Insurgent Battlespace, which details a growing problem in the United States military, i.e. maintaining ethical and moral behavior on and off-duty. His supporting arguments are society emphasizes behavior not conducive to promoting positive ethical behavior, malignant personalities in the ranks spreading negative behavior, and the ambiguity of the asymmetric warfare fought today. He provides anecdotal evidence…

bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. After this women began to take a role in helpping the war effort after men enlisted in the military and rushed off to war. Many women started to loose their homemaker image and work outside the home. By 1945 one out of every four married women worked outside of the home. These women changed everyday women 's roles by working in industry, military, and the community around them. World War II changed the image of women 's roles in many areas; a major part of that…

For the last fifteen years there has been an increasing need to mental health service among combat veterans from all branches of the military. This is due to deployments for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) which have related combat stressors and potentially traumatic events. These combat stressors such as killing an enemy, incoming fire, and seeing human remains have led to mental health problems such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), in fact roughly…

dead Russian and Turkish soldiers wait to be treated at the overcrowded medical tents that were constructed to accommodate 500 men, yet 8000 wounded were brought in to be treated. Vereshchagin unmistakably is criticising the failure of the Russian military to provide basic care for the men who sacrificed themselves for the Tsar’s war. The striking realism of the scene reflected Vereshchagin’s own experience after the battle where he sketched the casualties, was forced to assist in surgery, and…

So when King Richard spurred his horse and galloped toward the broken line, calling out to his soldiers to turn back to the battle and fight. He was barely halfway across the field when the unsecured horse's shoe flew off. The horse stumbled and fell, and King Richard was thrown to the ground in front of the enemy. King Richard looked around him and saw that his soldiers were turning and running and the enemy's troops were closing in to him. His army had fallen to pieces, his troops were busy…

A Homecoming of War Children often have no fear of the unknown, they are fearless, and can relate through their innocence and purity to overcome a situation. What is it about war that allows us to forget the boldness and courageous characteristics that we were once capable of as children? Harold Krebs is a soldier still fighting in a war, but it is not being fought in a far- away place, it’s at home. Hemingway coveys the struggles of a soldier’s life returning to a normal life after fighting…

The Power of compassion and ruthlessness Power is something many people try to obtain, whether it be an election or competition some people want to be in control. Power can be obtained by using by using compassion, ruthlessness, and manipulation. In Ender’s Game By Orson Scott Card the story is about children getting put into training camps to fight in the war, as they are awaiting the third invasion from “The Buggers”. There is boy named Ender, who is a mixture between his compassionate sister…

There has always been a battles between right and wrong, good versus evil, and God versus the devil. In all battles faith is a key element used in order to win. In Nathaniel Hawthorne story, “ Young Goodman Brown” there were various occasion that show those battles. In this story the setting, the old man who is devil, and the believers of God had a tremendous impact on the battles Goodman Brown was going to face. When Goodman Brown goes into the forest it causes him to forever distrust the…