Soviet war in Afghanistan

World War 1 and our Multipolar World: Are we on track for another Great War? Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been able to enjoy being the sole great power within the international community. In a world where multiple states are beginning to increase their power economically and militarily while the United States’ power is beginning to decrease, one could point to the onset of World War 1 to asses the likelihood of war occurring today. While there are slight differences…

Osama bin Laden and his terrorist group al ‘Qaeda could devise and carry out such a devastating attack on the United States was almost unthinkable. However, we know now that the United States severely underestimated bin Laden’s declaration of holy war on the U.S in 1991. Despite the U.S having knowledge about threats made by al ‘Qaeda, they were able to follow through with their plan that fateful day and the U.S learned just how serious and dangerous al ‘Qaeda could be. But how did bin’ Laden…

Drone usage in Military I. Introduction Back in the 1800s, no one would even imagine using an unmanned aerial vehicle in the military. Through the years, however, technology has changed the way we live our life and how we fight our wars. From having to fight only on grounds to killing a target using an aircraft that is being controlled thousand of miles away. This paper will concentrate on the military usage of unmanned aerial vehicle also known as drones. The United States military uses two…

popularity in the larger Islamic world. That is not borne out by this book. In his very first speech, dated to 1994, bin Laden is already sounding the notes that reverberate throughout this collection: the entire Muslim world is under seige, from Afghanistan, to Palestine, to Iraq, to Chechnya and Bosnia; the humiliation (and emasculation) of Islam by the western world is the implicit goal. Now, clearly, one can quarrel with his analysis, but such a message has broad appeal. The editor and…

end of the Vietnam war. Today, the Vietnamese diaspora has become the largest refugee resettlement in American History with an estimated 1.2 million Vietnamese abroad who have brought their culture and lifestyle along with them (Phu). However, with so much influence, this leads to the question of “how did the Vietnam war impact the world on the international level?” Prior to 1954, Vietnam had been at war against French colonial rule for nine years in the indochina war (Vietnam War). With the…

eradicate anyone who would threaten this. Eric Weitz, a history professor at the university of Minnesota, whose previous work focuses mainly on the history of Germany, produces a comparative study of four genocide cases: Cambodia, Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. In his book, 'A century of genocide: Utopias of race and nation', he compares the ideologies of social and political forces and whether they had contributed and how they had done so to each of the four genocides. He…

defense budget, an unmatched research and higher education establishment (ensure a future of excellence), a warrior culture and a humanitarian mission to the world. U.S twice saved Europe from itself and then saved it a third, during the cold war from the Soviet Union.It’s difficult to imagine China, India,Japan,Russia or the E.U as guardians of the larger common interest. The EU comes close, but it has neither the means nor the will toact…

During the Cold War, if there was ever a Soviet attack on European soil, they would have had to go through West Germany. Article V (which states “that and attack against one Ally is considered as an attack against all Allies.” ) protected West Germany through the crisis. During this…

Machiavelli, Kautilya, Clausewitz, and Jomini were all strategic thinkers who presented models for describing the nature and character of war. Each of them could certainly be credited with providing insights in statecraft and military power. Each also had insights limited by the context of the conflicts of their times. Subsequent theorists had the advantages of not only reading the works of their predecessors, but also the perspectives of understanding such areas as geopolitics, economic and…

which lasts to this day. Many people thought that wars are a thing of the past and there is no place for them in the modern society of the 20th society. Were those war necessary? Would the Middle East would resolve their problems on their own, without the interference from the United States and United Nation? When no one knows what it is about, it is probably about money. In the case of the Gulf War, money and oil were main reason behind the war. At that time, Saddam Hussein was the…