Texian Army

themselves for their country. “With diminished ranks, thinned by those thirty guns, which the Russians had laid with the most deadliest accuracy”, were the British light Brigade up against the Russian (Russell 89). They were totally outnumbered in both army men and weapons. An estimation of about 278 of the British Brigade men were killed or wounded. Even though bravery is a good characteristic, war is still…

Willard “I’m an American” illustrates the emphasis Coppola had on showcasing the dominance and impact media had on the war which consequently formed the anti-war protest against U.S. Militant troops in Vietnam. To illustrate irony inherit by the U.S. army as well as the power of darkness , Coppola uses a shot – reverse – shot of Colby (an American soldier who succumbed to the temptation of darkness) and Willard to showcase a this sense of connection between them, that the same brainwashed…

lieve is that sometimes it is necessary. Those who tend to believe such commonly agree on the thought that one side of the battlefront deserves it. This thought is often reflected in films, media, and other social mediums. While films claim to be anti-war, they subliminally invoke emotions that promote war. Kurt Vonnegut in Slaughterhouse Five gives his take on war being represented through a secondary medium. Vonnegut believes that war, despite its purpose should not be revered as the effects…

With the vast amount of history in the entire world, history has to be broken into different categories and be analyzed by different historians. Who are these different historians? Some examples include political historians, economic historians, cultural historians, psychohistory historians, and many more. Personally, I see myself as an intellectual historian because I find interpreting ideas to be very interesting. Norman J. Wilson claimed that it is the idea that “historical changes happen…

The Mujahideen were a fierce guerrilla army that was created by tribes in Afghanistan to defend against the Soviet Invasion force and the Soviet backed DRA army. The entire force was composed of unpaid volunteers and less than 15% of the Mujahideen commanders had previous military experience, but the impact of those who were trained played a major role in providing military planning, issues, logistics, continuity, and gave the men minimal but vital training. The Mujahideen volunteers were…

Gottfried von Clausewitz wrote one of the most influential works of military philosophy called On War. Clausewitz’s family was in the middle class but in 1827 King Friedrich Wilhelm III confirmed the family’s nobility. Clausewitz was in the Prussian army and first starting fighting when he was thirteen. Prussia ended up withdrawing from the French Revolution which left Clausewitz bored. Because Clausewitz was bored, he picked up an interest for art, science, and education which had an impact on…

In challenging times, relationships become essential for survival; however it is those very same relationships that create hardship and torment. Tim O’Brien manipulates tone in his novel, The Things They Carried, in order to demonstrate the distress that arises due to his fixation on his relationships. In the chapter Ghost Soldiers, O’Brien is shot in combat and moved away from his companions, causing him to feel alone and act out in desperation to belong. When reunited with his fellow soldiers…

Although majority of Harrison’s narration of trench warfare is described in chronological order, the description is given a sense of depth when the writing deviates from the sequence. For example, the writer describes a flashback to an event when he talks to veterans and reads newspaper reports. This gives depth because it gives insight to the characters current motivation and emotional state. Sense imagery paints a vivid portrait of a scene to develop the narrative with the use of words and in…

the killer walking around, free to do whatever he or she pleases and punishment-free? I don’t think I would treat them differently just because they were at one time forced into combat, or because they are younger. Since they aren't enlisted in the army, shouldn't they be charged with the same punishment as a juvenile delinquent who kills someone? Why should they be granted amnesty? So I have tweaked my statement to this: A child soldier should not be granted amnesty unless the prosecutor is…

The Terrible Beauty of the Forgotten War In The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien’s, use of words to describe his memories of the Vietnam war transform the stories in his novel. O’Brien is able to take images of disturbing horror and turns them into a romanticized vision, that the reader can understand. Because this is a war story, it’s obvious there will be horrible images that O’Brien and his platoon had to experience, but he able to transforms them into beautiful narratives. Throughout the…