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    encountered anyone which shows that there was no point of trying to kill the sniper because it did not advance anybody. The man and woman who planned to kill the sniper did not affect the plot, their plan did not solve any of the problems causing the war. Violence is not the solution, it just causes more issues and chaos in the world.…

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    fighting in a war in which it was impossible to tell who the allies were and the enemies were. For many soldiers, a war like this was a reality and it was called the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was fought for 20 years from 1955 to 1975 between the Communist and Anti-communist forces to prevent the spread of communism. Since the war was not fought for land or religion, it was commonly thought as a waste of American lives. As a result of the lack of American support, soldier who fought in the…

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    In the book “War” by Sebastian Junger, people experienced combat for the first time in similar ways. When they got to the Korengal Valley many of the men like O'Byrne had never been shot at before. O’Byrne when he first got into a situation where he was being shot at “The first thing he did was stand up and look around -Pg 11”. He later says to Vandenberge “Fuck, I can't believe they just shot at me -Pg 11” because he was shocked that someone was actually shooting at him and trying to kill him.…

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    represents the family is dying, because the connection between the two brothers are gone since they are on two different sides, and they have to fight each other. The theme of the story is about the separation of family, and all these are caused by wars. Behind the tree, there is a long bandage that is untied, coloured mostly in red. This represents that in order to be alive, the snipers cannot give up, no matter how painful it is for them, they have to get over it. It shows that without…

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    Mesopotamian Empire

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    conquests to eastward. He took the control the control of Egypt, Mesopotamia but after his death, the unity of land fell down. In less than a century, the Rome tried to expand its land through the Carthigian territories. This caused the series of wars called Punic Wars lasted from 264 BCE to 146 BCE. In 146 BCE, The Rome conquered the Carthage Empire and became the dominant power in the Mediterranean. In 100 BCE, the Republican Rome controlled south east and north east of Spain, South France,…

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    with an army about a hundred thousand me and including 37 war elephants. Caesar and other Roman leaders went through the Alps often during empire’s expansion. However, the list of armies that crossed the Alps is almost endless and not limited to antiquity. In the Middle Ages, migration through the Alps of entire…

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    Multilateral Negotiations

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    For war to occur at least one of the two parties must see a net potential gain from war under certain circumstances and second, there must be a barrier to make negotiation so difficult that a “credible agreement cannot be reached.” Multilateral settings, consisting of three or more states, must try to come to an agreement with the possibility of alleviating a common problem, however, the outcome is not always successful. The outcome depends on the specifications of the negotiation process and…

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    Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Business Lessons from Sun Tzu’s The Art of War 2 Lesson 1 He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. 2 Lesson 2 Strategic Leadership 2 Lesson 3: Know Yourself, Know the Enemy 3 Lesson 4 He will win whose armed force is vivified by a similar soul all through every one of its positions. 4 Lesson 5 He will win who, set himself up, holds up to take the adversary ill-equipped. 4 Lesson 6 He will win who has military limit and isn't meddled with…

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    Syrian Refugees

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    11.3 million people have been displaced by the civil war in Syria and, despite a lack of coverage recently in the media, the number is only growing (World Vision). When asked, people guessed the number of refugees to be in the thousands and one even responded “is that still going on?” (Mason). We, as people of the world, should help out the refugees by all able-countries working together to assist diplomatically, socially, and economically. In addition, informing the masses about this ongoing…

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    idea of the story is war changes people. War changes people because at the beginning of the story “he finished the sandwich taking a flask of whiskey from his pocket”(O’Flaherty 1). When a person is in the military using a high powered weapon for example; sniper, machine gun,assault rifle, etc. You would expect that person to be 100% sober and not under the influence of anything.To show how war changes people at the end, the sniper had shot someone from the other side of the war that was not on…

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