On War

The Dangers of War Many know of the dangers of war, soldiers come back injured, civilians are hurt, and much is lost. In “The Sniper”, Liam O’Flaherty tells a story of these very threats in which a young sniper is eager to participate in a civil war in Dublin, Ireland. The soldier constantly encounters danger wherever he goes. As he faces the battle, he gets hurt and experiences the effect of the war because in the end, it turned him against his own brother. This short story illustrates the…

Women In War The coming of the Civil War challenged women to take a step out of their comfort zone in their homes to the outside world. The war pushed women to take over men 's jobs when they had to leave for war. Women were a huge part of history in war even though they were restricted from combat; some disguised themselves as men. They no longer need to disguise themselves in order to fight because of the 1994 DOD Combat Exclusion Policy was lifted. Women 's roles changed dramatically…

The development and ongoing conflict between the United States and Russia in the 20th century ushered in a new era of foreign policy propaganda tactics and a global battle between economic ideologies that greatly affected U.S relations with Central America. The culmination of infiltration of the F.B.I in the political process of multiple countries in Central America as well as the spread of Marxist-Leninist-Maoist revolutionary ideas among the people of these countries has greatly impacted what…

Many countries thought the war saw it as national glory. France and Germany for example each had their own benefits for their countries. Some had vast armies and others had a very connected railroad system. There was a new weapon that would change the face of the war and many thought, that it was a quick victory and that was the machine gun that shot 600 bullets per minute and would annihilate anyone that came into its path. Another development in war was trench warfare. It was not a pleasant…

the unambiguous strife and chaos derived from civil war as shown by Tacitus in Histories leads him to believe that the intervention of Vespasian a necessity. Tacitus’ view that civil war has on a society is a clear and negative one. It not only splits the people of a nation into two factions, but also has the opposite effect of a foreign war, which can bring two factions together and unite them for one common cause. Tacitus sees the civil wars occurring as an uncontrollable and lustful need for…

Part II: Nihilism and its Relation to War, Modernism, Religion, Socialism, Marxism and Communism War and Nihilism While war can be profitable to those in power as a way of strengthening their power and auhority, but its outcomes is nothing but misery and poverty for the people. The loss of lands, the establishment of new territories, displacement, depopulation, separation of the family members, death and devastation, the destruction of economic and social structures of the country, famine,…

Treitschke argues that war is what has made progress in a nation without no change would occur. It brings out the best in individuals, encouraging them to what is better for the nation as a whole. Individual’s selfish is a pushed a side and people start to think as one. In the tone of Treitschke passage readers can get an understanding of his strong belief of the benefits of war in his writing. He states, “the bliss of sharing with all his fellow citizens.” He describes uniting a nation is a…

have seen may wars waged. However, a vast amount of these wars have varying principles on which war had begun.War is defined as the state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country ( Oxford Dictionary); Some debate on whether the root cause of warfare is deeper than just misconceptions, or the overall security of citizens. Experts as well as journalist have come to think of something much more complex. Could Religion be the cause of so many wars? Delving…

Liberia is a country often overlooked on the long list of countries adversely affected by the Cold War. Despite over a century of relative peace and prosperity, the small nation in West Africa would feel the chill of the war between the United States and the Soviet Union. What is interesting is that the Cold War’s effects on Liberia were very indirect. Rather than hosting a proxy war, the effects were much more indirect. Liberia was home to growing internal strife, which built up to a military…

have tried to capture the true essence of a soldier's experience during the war. In “How to Tell a True War Story” by Tim O’Brien, O’Brien expounds upon what constitutes a truthful account of war. There is a multitude of factors that go into creating a true war story. Based on O’Brien’s prerequisites, Kurt Vonnegut has succeeded. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut is a true war story because of the lack of clarity that war brings both the author and the protagonist along with the blur between…