Quasi-War

The Power of Shame As the old saying goes, “war is hell.” It is a horrifically life-changing experience that inflicts irreparable trauma, both physiological and psychological. Of those who emerge intact from the battlefield, few are able to ever fully adjust back to civilian life and to reconcile the violence and bloodshed of war with the security and tranquility of life at home. In addition, these soldiers lack the emotional support they require, as fellow veterans are the only ones who can…

book, History of the Peloponnesian War. Together, these two works teach modern society that neither a pure democracy nor a pure dictatorship can be a successful political system due to inherent fatal flaws in each system. In the Athenian democracy, where every male citizen over 18 years of age received an equal vote in making decisions, the system failed since powerful speakers easily persuaded the Athenian assembly into rashly…

“You never know what 's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you 've climbed a mountain.” ― Tom Hiddleston. This relates to Kathryn Bigelow’s 2012 film Zero Dark Thirty because the characters in the film are determined, in the end they look back at their decisions and realizing what they have been through. The main character Maya played by Jessica Chastain is a fiercely driven,…

It has went from being a silent business trader, to an involved in faction in a World War, and is now part of a global committee. This is not what Washington and the founding fathers would have wanted, they would have wanted the country to grow and not be so involved so much in the strife of another country. All we can do is wait and watch…

new existential threat. The military regime led by Saddam Hussein was seeking to seize al-Ahwaz swath, the southern part of Iran which the overwhelming majority were Sunnis, and which contained most of Iranian’s oil resources. Therefore, protracted war between Iraq and Iran was held for nine years, with casualties that exceeded one-million people from both…

“Vom Kriege” (On War) was published posthumously in 1832 from the writings of Carl Von Clausewitz by his wife. The book was compiled from his writings following his experiences and lessons learned during the Napoleonic Wars. [1] From the opening lines, Clausewitz cleverly sets the tone and prepares the reader for what they are about to read by stating “We shall not enter into any of the abstruse definitions of war used by publicists. We shall keep to the element of the thing itself, to a duel.”…

Kennedy viewed the war differently than Eisenhower, "To the Kennedy team, the Vietcong attacks on South Vietnam did not represent a traditional war so much as a quasi-civil conflict characterized by the relatively new phenomenon of guerrilla warfare" (Kissinger 644). This led to the Kennedy administration supporting the idea that in order for…

so charming, so cunning, and so false.”(Berkin 185) France was known for hassling novices like these three when dealing with foreign relations. The XYZ affair created the Quasi War which was never a real war. It was purely the drama that France had created and subjected the American diplomats to try and solve before real war became…

may ask themselves these questions concerning life or death during war. There are many emotions involved when discussing any war. There are many states who have benefited from wars, and some who have suffered from wars. There are people who have lost their lives on the battlefield and honored as heroes. Some people see this as a senseless death versus being victorious or a hero. There are different views among people concerning wars, one in which we feel devoted to both sides, the victorious…

Adams and their opinions on foreign affairs. It is now evident that Washington strove to remain neutral amidst the chaos and fighting between Britain and France. He felt that the United States was too young and fragile to become involved in foreign wars. Therefore, when Washington was asked to choose a side to support, he simply decided to stay neutral to prevent any unnecessary conflicts. However, he did sign a treaty, named Jay’s Treaty, with the British to make us their number one trading…