Rebel Alliance

The Second Kashmir War broke out in April of 1965 and lasted until September of that year. Ironically, the root of the conflict was not in Kashmir, it was farther south in the modern Indian state of Gujrat. After the First Kashmir War, the UN created a ceasefire line which was religiously observed by both nations in Kashmir, but in many other areas of the border, it was vague. The border in the Rann of Kutch along the Indian Ocean was highly disputed, and it led to many small skirmishes in the…

From the mid 1800’s to the early 1900’s, many nations were trying to expand their influence across the globe. Seeing how Europe and Japan had success with acquiring new colonies, The United States started withdrawing from isolationism and began to consider the benefits of imperialism, a policy by which strong nations extend their political, military, and economic control over weaker territories. Industrialists wanted raw materials for industries in their home countries and entrepreneurs wanted…

Ethnic Cleansing Pain, suffering, murder, and hate are the catalysts that formulate genocide; in Rwanda, this was the case. 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the Rwandan genocide that began in 1959. Although the genocide seemed to happen out of nowhere, previous conflicts helped contribute to death of thousands of Rwandans. Ultimately, the colonization of Rwanda by Belgians, led to the separation of Hutus and Tutsis identifying them as two separate racial groups, which sparked the tribes to fight…

peaked in the early 1960s because of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Castro’s growing relationship with Khrushchev started to really instill fear into not only the American public, but to the entire world as a whole. Not only was the Soviet Union forming an alliance with an unpredictable dictator, their nuclear weapons were now considerably closer to United States land. This meant that the United States would now have very little time to react if they were attacked. Now, despite the fact…

(Rousseau, 1) The freedom of the individual is curtailed by socially imposed moral boundaries. Morality has become a convenient camouflage for strangulating the desires and aspirations of the individuals who try to live life on their own terms. The rebels of the society are silenced by branding them immoral. In his book On the Genealogy of Morals, Nietzsche traces the birth of morality to the herding together of the weak and proclaiming their opponents, the strong, as “bad” or “evil”, and…

A Powerful Government and Its Hopeless Citizens The struggling people of a country reflects the role of a totalitarian government. Syria has become a divided country because the president, Bashar al-Assad, has done little to nothing to unify and help his people. There has been an emergence of an ethnical divide to overthrow the government because the majority of the country—Sunnis—wants a democracy, while the opposing side—Shiites—is staying loyal to Bashar and the government. The downfall of…

was used as propaganda for Caesar as a military leader, but also gives readers insight into Roman culture. The Gallic War chronicles Julius Caesar’s campaigns from 58-51 BCE. He was later assassinated by his alleged friends in 44 BCE. He had an alliance with Pompey and Crassus called the First Triumvirate, which controlled Roman government over the span of numerous years. His military victories expanded Rome’s territory and helped trigger the transition of Rome being a republic to an empire.…

farmers also were hurt in this age, paralleled to the industrial workers; they formed their movement against businesses as well. Farmers were mainly troubled from crop-lien system and were cheated by merchants, and so together they formed the Farmers’ Alliance, later known as the Populists. Although the People’s Party ended, the Socialist Party and Democratic Party came to replace…

the American and African continents of today and we see this concretely with spoken language and religious beliefs. The influence of European states on Africa continued until the middle of the 21st century, when the oppressed African peoples had to rebel and gain independence from this situation. These societies, which have long been under pressure from Europe, engaged in bloody struggles with the colonial powers, in the past gained independence and stopped the colonial activities of the…

They are constantly adapting and it is upon the US and UN to return the groups to thirty years ago when they were incapable of any mass attacks. One sure way is for US to foster alliances with nations that can help them fight back the threat and ensure that these allies are strong enough to do so. Along with these allies returning the majority of the Muslim world to a semblance of peace is the next most important thing. Teenagers…