Zombie fascination after World War II The recent fascination with the apocalypse and zombie scenarios can be traced back to the advent of nuclear warfare during World War II, as argued by Stanford literary scholar Angela Becerra Vidergar. After the destructive events of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the horrific violence of the Holocaust and World War II, human collective visions of the future were drastically altered and the disturbing realisation of human capacity for mass violence was brought…
developed the nuclear bomb it had secured its place as the most powerful nation in the world. There was no need for deterrence back then because nobody else had acquired nuclear bombs yet. Essentially the United States could get away with nuking anyone without any major consequences and without sending any ground troops. Only a few planes were needed to do the trick. It was only a matter of time before another state pursued the same technology and within a few years, the USSR had succeeded.…
may have died on a battlefield because we are still at war. After all, the permanent mark, we left on Hiroshima and Nagasaki after dropping the first nuclear bomb still remain to this day. Of course, it didn’t stop there because we then ushered into the Nuclear Age with the non-stop involvement of technology. I have no definite solution, but I believe there is a chance, but I am just one person. We are not prepared for…
competing for nuclear weapon to show how powerful is each country. Iran wanted to be in that competition but the United States prevented Iran from having nuclear program. Does that mean Iran is not willing to get it’s own nuclear program? I would like to say NO because Iran is in arms racing with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries. So they want to show they strength to every country. There are many examples of arms racing in history such as naval arms race before and after WWI and nuclear arms…
Andrew Demaris Lan Xang Dynasty Minister of Weapons Development It’s been fifty-two years since the Second War for Empire devastated the world. Obviously a result of democracy, for everyone knows that governments run by the common people are doomed to fail, the only beneficial thing about the wars was the creation of our current Lan Xang Dynasty. Sure the Brazilians were able to join together after being lead by Field Marshal da Cunha, but after decades of elections and a mutual understanding…
The use and possession of nuclear arms have been debated ever since the United States first put them on display in August of 1945. Countless people have debated the ethics of such weapons and whether or not they should be allowed to exist. Erika Gregory debates this topic in the Ted Talk titled: The world doesn't need more nuclear weapons. The Ted talk is given by the nuclear refermer: Erika Gregory. Erika Gregory argues that the world needs to rid itself of its nuclear arms. Erika Gregory’s…
be fought with stick and stones."-Albert Einstein. When Einstein made this statement he assumed that if World War 3 were to happen that it would be on a global scale and may cause massive destruction and most likely and most likely with the use of nuclear warfare which would lead to World War 4 being fought with primitive weapons. Today the way wars or conflicts are fought have come a long way since then, along with technology and weapons. Military robots are autonomous robots or remote…
The former prime minister of Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher, in her eulogy to Ronald Reagan, praises him as she remembers his great influence and presidency. Thatcher’s purpose is to honor Reagan at his funeral. She adopts an intimate tone in order to express all the good that Ronald Reagan had done for the American people. Thatcher begins the eulogy by establishing extraordinary diction. In line 2, she says that she has “lost a dear friend”. The word ‘dear’ gives the audience a sense of how…
NBC (chemical, nuclear and biological warfare) are classified as “unconventional threats” to civilians and soldiers (Baglole). Military personnel are at risk when handling Chemical weapons. They are equipped with chemical protective suits and auto-administered syringes…
the Department of Homeland Security and expanded on the information developed in other initiatives, including the EMP commission reports. The Oak Ridge study concluded that the power grid is unable to handle an EMP attack. That is also true of the nuclear reactors, and renewable energy sources that comprise and feed into the power grid. All these systems that forms the power grid would not necessarily be directly affected by an EMP be it a GMD, HEMP or IEMI in another location. However…