Soviet war in Afghanistan

instability and hostility. Afghanistan had been locked in war between the Soviets and the Mujahideen. Israel and Palestine continue to fight each other after Israel was established in 1948. OPEC raised oil prices after the United States sent aid to Israel causing the oil embargo of 1973. Among these conflicts, a little-known president, Saddam Hussein, would grow to become one of the worst leaders since World War II, and cause a seven year war between Iraq and other nations. The Iraq War was a…

attempts on leaders around the world. One of the most famous assassinations that occurred was that of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was the Austro-Hungarian Empire heir to the throne. This event actually “put into motion the events that lead to World War I.” (Stilter, L…

it’s debatable how much there is to learn from an economic situation a century ago. Since the United States has not effectively demilitarized since World War One, the country has been steadily raising its military spending to the point where it easily…

The strategic objectives for the United States during Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom compare and contrast widely when viewed through the three strategic lenses of suitability, feasibility, and acceptability. To consider the success or failure of national strategy as it pertains to warfare, the strategist must assess the nature of the conflict. Art Lykke presents an appropriate theory for national strategy that asks central questions for the national strategist based on…

be viewed as suspects to the United States. “The CIA has been hiding and interrogating some of its most important Ai Qaeda captives at a Soviet-era compound in eastern Grope, according to United States and foreign officials familiar with the arrangement” (Priest Para 1). “The hidden global internment network is a central element in the CIA unconventional war on terrorism” (Priest Para 3). These captured suspects can be held in this secret prison legally for as long as possible without being…

The 1980s, for most Americans, started at a troubled time. Iran hostage crisis, energy crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the late 1970s were just a few things added fueling the Cold War paranoia. The crime surge from the 1960s not only continued, but the crime rate even reached at its peak during the 1980s. Besides of typical violent and property crimes, white-collar crime began to increase by the 1980s as a new type of professional crime with frauds including healthcare,…

traded with one country and later had to fight against those weapons that were traded. One example of this was the Soviet Afghan war in the 70s. Where the United States supplied the Afghans with the new FIM-92 Stinger. This portable anti-aircraft missile system was highly effective on the battlefield, Operation Cyclone(Kraszkiewicz). Along with other supplies, the Afghans…

For many people, the word terrorist was heard before, but Americans never would have expected that this would ever happen to us. We were caught off guard and severely damaged. After the attack, our foreign policy was changed to help us fight the war on terror. The Bush administration began creating laws and regulations to prevent this tragic event from happening again. Thus, the Bush doctrine was made. The Bush Doctrine was the approach of being preventive instead of…

Although prerogative power is fundamental to the survival of the nation under particular circumstances, as evidenced by President Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus at the beginning of the Civil War, unwarranted and exorbitant utilization of prerogative power is dangerous and may presumably lead to a presidential failure. President George W. Bush’s unabated desire for a regime change in Iraq, before and after the attacks on September 11, 2001,…

1. Until the War in Afghanistan, The Vietnam War was the longest war in American history. For Americans, the war spanned over a time period of 15 years, however for the Vietnamese people the struggle for independence and self-determination lasted much longer than that. A small American involvement that started with a group of key advisors eventually escalated into a large scaled war that had an army of over half a million American soldiers. The American involvement in Vietnam started slowly.…