Unconventional warfare

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In its defense, the institution of war is supported by the need to protect the freedoms of individuals, and uphold their safety. However, war is not something to be taken lightly; war is not merely just an institution that births valiant heroes and stories of bravery, it can also be oppressive and violent. Contrary to popular belief, war in itself is not a beautiful existence it is gruesome and bloody. When heroic war stories are told, there is little consideration for what actually happens…

around the world where fascinated by these unseen monsters, but they would not fully step into the light until The Great War. When looking back at history, most will agree that The Great War changed the art of war. Airplanes, firebombing, automated weaponry, and trenches changed the way humanity saw war. It was only fitting that during this time of upheaval that chemical weapons to have their moment. Though it is often thought that the Germans were the first to use chemical weapons during…

In Pat Frank’s Alas, Babylon, the theme is survival and isolation because can you imagine one’s town being cut off from the rest of the world? In Alas Babylon, the town of Fort Repose is isolated from the rest of the world and they have to learn to survive after a nuclear weapon hits. People have to change who they are because if they do not change, survival is not possible. A good way of putting the situation is, “So the struggle was not against a human enemy, or for victory. The struggle, for…

Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, otherwise known as the Geneva Protocol. However, the Geneva Protocol is one of the most comprehensive and arguably successful agreements to come from the time period despite being short in comparison to similar documents. The Geneva Protocol aimed to prohibit the use of “of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and of all analogous liquids, materials or devices [in warfare ... as well as] bacteriological…

Apartheid is one of the most prominent examples in modern history of virulent tribalism overriding basic moral decency. Built on racial discrimination and segregation, apartheid developed a distorting effect on society by encouraging and promoting the worst of human behaviors. Violence and brutality defined apartheid over its 47 years of operation. Even with these effects and many others in full view of South African citizens and the world, the underbelly of apartheid, marked by deceit, paranoia…

V-E Day had come and gone. Two atomic bombs had been dropped on Japan. The Cold War had sprung up out of the Soviet Union’s paranoia of the spread of capitalism. Spain had just barely escaped developing into an autocracy. Needless to say, the world was changing in 1949, and, in some eyes, it was taking a turn for the worse. Many nations either chose to turn a blind eye to the resurgence of totalitarianism in Eastern Europe and Asia or merely succumbed to its wrath, becoming just an…

While there is the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) on mutually assured destruction (MAD) weapon as the result of international community to work on world peace and humanity justice, there is also a counter-argument on the necessary of MAD weapon such as nuclear weapon, which believes owning a nuclear weapon not only could protect one state itself, it also can promote peace, as no state could risk the possibility of destruction from the nuclear weapon. The justification of owning a nuclear weapon…

The book “The Things They Carried”, by Tim O’Brien is based on multiple short stories all referring to his time during the Vietnam War. The author wanted the reader to perceive his memories from the war and to feel all the emotions that was associated with the word “war”. He described it as: death, love, mystery, adventure, terror, pity, despair, discovery, and longing; All of which I felt and detected while reading the authors short stories. The author also goes on about his stories and makes…

Peter H. Brothers in the article, “Japan’s Nuclear Nightmare: How the Bomb Became a Beast Called Godzilla,” asserts that Godzilla, the dramatic, King-Kong like, sci-fi movie, was a result of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The author supports his claim by adding history of WWII, information about Toho Studios and about the life of the director, Ishirȏ Honda. Brothers also includes books and films that influenced the making of Godzilla. The purpose of this piece is to explain the…