On War

Strickland Mr. Grosse US History May 3, 2017 WWII Prisoner of War World War II was a global war that began in 1939 and lasted to 1945. Over 30 different countries were involved in the war including over 100 million people. During the war there were two formal opposing militaries that were known as the Allies and the Axis. This was a massive war as it impacted so much of the daily life of all people in their ways of living. During this war the Holocaust also happened which resulted in the…

the Vietnam War, the mental state of soldiers and when they returned from the war had a big impact on how U.S. citizens viewed the Vietnam War. It had a role that changed the outcome of the war so that America would eventually lose. The broadcasts were one of the main causes of the antiwar counterculture that formed in the United States during this time. Every day it showed the horrors of war in almost every home, causing some of the American citizens at home to lose support for the war and…

administrations, discusses the political and ethical lessons he learned during his career. Of the eleven lessons he cites in the video, “The Fog of War”, two lessons will be examined as they apply to the war in Afghanistan. Lesson #1: Empathize with the enemy and Lesson #8: Be prepared to re-examine your reasoning, are lessons that if applied, to the war in Afghanistan, would positively influence the outcome intended by the allied forces. As McNamara states in the video, there will be no…

Southern Colorado describes the Vietnam War to be “a wild and terrible work of fiction written by some dangerous and frightening storytellers” (Kaplan). The fictional work of storytellers can be drawn back to the Vietnam War itself and its association with many unknowns, and this leads people around the world to question exactly what is certain and what is uncertain about the Vietnam War. The truth of Kaplan’s statement that “the only certain thing during the Vietnam War was that nothing was…

governments need to look at both the costs and benefits that will come if they decide to enter into the war. The two planes took out the twin towers on September 11th, 2001 and the United States launched operation enduring freedom on October 7th, 2001. After just 26 days of weighing both the costs and benefits the United States decided to enter the war. The short term and long term benefits gained from the War on Terror have not justified the monetary, social, and political price we have and…

Perception and War War is a difficult subject to think about. Images of it are hard to look at and described as gruesome or gory. It seems strange that disagreements between countries are solved by sending people from each state involved in the dispute to fight each other and “die for their country.” Huge amounts of money have been spent to find new and better ways to kill people – maybe a single person, as is often the aim of an unmanned drone strike, or a large number of people, with more…

Responses at home? Use the documents and your knowledge of american history in the period between 1945 and 1961 to address the prompt. The United States and Soviet Union became well known rivals following World War II, this antagonism between the two superpowers develops as the Cold War. Obviously this directly affected US foreign policy, but also our country’s domestic policy at home. The justification by international events of American responses at home between 1945 and 1961 is a…

Causes of War “On the individual level of analysis, theories about war center on rationality. One theory, consistent with realism, holds that the use of war and other violent means of leverage in international conflicts is normal and reflects rational decisions of national leaders” (Goldstein & Pevenhouse). World War II wreaked havoc on the world due to the devastation caused by Adolf Hitler national leader of Germany whose intent was bent on destroying a race population whom he thought…

significant role in the fight for independence; however, through various accounts of determination and bravery, women were able to contribute to the war any way possible. During the War for Independence, British rule over the colonies fed the increasing need for rebellion among the colonists. The numerous acts issued by Britain led the colonies to declare war and this changed colonial life for many wives and women in general. In the textbook The Americans, the author states, "...many wives had…

argued that American involvement in the Vietnam War is not justifiable; they were engaged in the wrong war, at the wrong time in the wrong place. I consider this assessment to be fair and the arguments of Carl N. Degler, Jon Roper and Nigel Cawthrone and others will be discussed in support of this argument. This essay will also elaborate on why I understand this assessment to be fair together with reasons why the involvement of the Americans in the Vietnam War was unjustifiable. America’s…