On War

The Cold War—a continuation of the struggles of World War II—brought even more challenges regarding racism and anti-immigrant sentiments. Americans who lived through the Great Depression were afraid of the American economy retreating back to the same level, and wanted the world to remain democratic for free trade and prosperity. Thus one of their greatest concerns was to contain communism and repress the growth of the USSR and China due to their communist regimes. As argued by Ngai, it seems…

The war that I have decided to focus on for the purposes of my paper is the India-Pakistan war, more specifically the war of 1971. India and Pakistan have always been confronting each other due to their opposing ethnic, religious and political differences. The war of 1971 was the third war between India and Pakistan and the origins of this war were different from previous wars. Since the partition of British India and Pakistan in 1947 there have always been constant conflict and tension. The…

military conflicts have been present and have shaped Vietnam into the country that it is now. Consequently, it would use that in order to combat American forces in Vietnam during the height of the Cold War. This paper will analyze and explain how the United States could not have won during the Vietnam War. In order to understand how the United States could not have won, one…

top of my list. The United States war in Vietnam was a lost cause. The American’s did not even gain anything from it, but lost lives both American and Vietnamese. Truman decided to let France its claim in colonizing Vietnam in the hands of France, (727) instead of giving Vietnam the independence they sought since Roosevelt’s administration. That decision of Truman was motivated by two reasons. First, Truman hoped to get support from France in America’s cold war with the Communist East, as what…

THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME: IS IT REALLY EFFICACIOUS OR IS IT TIME FOR RETOOLING? “Wars, undertaken to maintain national honor, should be conducted upon the principles of moderation” – Hugo Grotius The history pertaining to the prisoner of war is as old as the history of warfare and throughout the course of such history we have always worshipped the victor and the loser is often erased from our memories. As the search for legal protection…

Modern historical analysis is bases its existence off of one crucial element; evidence. The First and Second World Wars provide historians with in depth hard evidence from still-existing battlefields as well as thousands of written accounts of the events of a day’s fighting. The further back in history one goes, however, the more scant this history becomes. Amongst the most difficult time periods to analyze can be found in the Classical era; with limited surviving written resources as well as…

post-war period, countries were either peacebuilders or warriors. If they were peacebuilders they would help other countries maintain peace, order, and a ceasefire. If they were a warrior they would help other countries fight. In the post-war period, Canada was a warrior. The Korean War, Persian Gulf War, and the War in Afghanistan are three examples of Canada being a warrior in the post-war period. The Korean War lasted from 1950-1953. The Persian Gulf War took place in 1991-2001. The War in…

US’s history is partaking in the Vietnam War. With the use of new warfare and an unknown terrain, the US was vulnerable for the first time. The United States soldiers were seen as monsters, baby killers, and other horrible names, along with the fact that the government was lying to the citizens didn’t help their cause. Art during this era was very important especially for the soldiers, they were able to paint or draw their experience in Vietnam. During this war the United States was extremely…

The Effects Of The Vietnam War On The US The Vietnam War had a big effect on the US both at the time of war and afterwards due to the US not thinking carefully enough in thinking about joining The Vietnam War even with the public’s outcry against the government and the war having been an unwise choice. Interestingly, Vietnam was under Chinese rule for about a thousand years until 938 A.D. and the war started because of countries wanting to take the other half of Vietnam for either side. Since…

• The crew lands on the island of Aiolia, ruled by Aiolos Hippotadês, the king of the winds. Aiolos welcomes the crew to his palace and offers the to stay a full month to listen to their account of the Trojan War. • As the crew leaves the island, Aiolos gives Odysseus a bull’s hide bag filled with storm winds, hoping it would help blow them straight back home. • For nine days they sailed and on the tenth day they see men building fires on the shore and land. Odysseus hadn’t told his men what…