Trench warfare

Ebola can have a fatality rate of up to ninety percent. In his novel, The Hot Zone, Richard Preston describes Ebola as, “a kind of obscenity you see only in nature, an obscenity so extreme that it dissolves imperceptibly into beauty.” The virus spreads through all bodily fluids, including blood, vomit, feces, saliva and sweat. Male patients who have recovered from the virus can even pass it on through their semen up to seven weeks after recovery (Elliot). The current outbreak in West Africa has…

I know your cabinet is extremely busy with other issues going on in the world and even own country, but I believe with the recent activity occurring in North Korea that it should be a higher priority for the United States to consider. I understand that we have tried to negotiate with Kim Jong-un multiple times, but he has kept his country isolated for multiple generations, which is very identical to Oceania in 1984. North Korea just like Oceania wipes out all outside communication from the…

Bethesda Softworks, a subsidiary of ZeniMax Media company, released their video game Fallout 4 in November 2015 resulting in over $750 million of sales within days of its release (Bethesda Softworks, 2015). The title is the latest installment of their successful anthology that explores an alternate reality where humans commercialized nuclear technology ushering in an atomic age. The player, cryogenically frozen in a fallout shelter as bombs drop on the United States, awakens 200 years later to a…

Introduction Alfred Thayer Mahan recognized the existence of the intermediate field of study and practice between naval policy, strategy and tactics. His theories created a foundation for modern operational art and operational warfare while analyzing contributing factors of politics, social and economic conditions while keeping maritime interests at the forefront of his beliefs. As classical naval theoretician, he shaped the service culture and military doctrine for a multiplicity of navies on a…

We learn about the horrors of Holocaust and World War II so that we can ensure that the mistakes and the prejudice of the past are not repeated. We learn about the causes leading to the war and the Holocaust so that we know what led to the deaths of thousands of people and the fear behind the victims of the Holocaust, thus bringing us one step closer to being able to prevent it from ever happening again, which makes learning about these events essential to peace amongst many countries. The…

No other nation prospered during the cold war more that Japan. When all other countries were in political tension with each other the Japan focused all their time and effort to an impossible the reinvention of their nation. There is no other state which could have pulled that off and for the second time in the history reinvent themselves from the scratch. Nd with both reinventions did so much impact to the global world. But with the help and funding of The United States the current Japan is…

power seeking countries. They are often used as weapons of terror more so than weapons of justice (Patricia). The U.S. and many other countries do not seem to be backing down on the production of these weapons anytime soon. Chemical and Biological Warfare should be banned from use and production because it costs countries billions of dollars thus creating debt, can have potential to destroy humanity, and can be too influential in…

strategic bombing , as a revolutionary advance in warfare and a weapon that would push the boundary and create new principles and policies of war. While some scholars see this advance as a positive and advocate strategic bombing for it reduction of cost, manpower and causalities, other question it effectiveness and the morality of the campaigns. World War II would witness the first and fullest application of strategic bombing as a weapon of warfare. During World War II allied forces dropped…

The infected bioterrorist, could check into a resort hotel and await the onset of the fever that would indicate that their Zaire ebolavirus is now contagious. The next phase of the attack would begin with the infected, and contagious, terrorist making visits to Walt Disney World, restaurants, or other areas with crowds of people. The Florida heat and humidity would provide perfect cover for the feverish and sweating terrorist as they make physical contact by way of casual brushing up against…

be just as challenging as Vietnam, where our enemies resorted to irregular warfare. Irregular warfare is defined as a violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over a specific population. Irregular threats include actors who employ methods such as guerrilla warfare, terrorism, sabotage, subversion, criminal activities, and insurgency. In Iraq, we faced insurgents using irregular warfare tactics such as using IED as roadside bombs. Years of war gaming and…