United States Secretary of Defense

Private owners are now using drones for hobbies, while governments are utilizing their weaponized drones for surveillance and warfare. Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), are considered a relatively new piece of technology, and the United States is having trouble assigning laws to this new technology. Drones are an astonishing piece of machinery; the pilot has complete control of the machine from around the world while being capable to do great destruction. The use of unmanned…

Spandana Shankara Ms. Murphy APUSH 20 March 2018 United States Foreign Policy Between 1920-1941 June 28, 1919 marked the remarkable end to World War I with the Treaty of Versailles. Germany, deemed responsible for the start of the war that killed millions, was faced with Article 231, also known as the War Guilt Clause. The clause stated that Germany was responsible to pay for the damages caused by the war, leaving their country in an economic disaster. With rising debt, Adolf Hitler gained…

leads and lags in an arm race against a background of a hegemonic struggle characterize the cold war as well. Also the arm race, arm control, and the history of cold war, by Patrick Glynn. Then do to the arm race with each improvement in the prey defense, such as better armor or speed. They may also be assuming a tight coevolutionary link between predator and prey. Then the whelk could be locked in an arm race with an enemy, and thus evolve to grow larger or…

During the Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet union escalated because of the political ideologies of democracy and communism. In the case of the Vietnam war the US government backed south vietnam ed by the nationalist Ngo Dinh Diem and the communist led north vietnam, two halves which claimed to be the rightful leaders. In the midst of the Vietnam war the Sixties became the essential period in both revolutionizing social norms and ending the Vietnam war. The…

of it. United State Army has shown its presence in several countries like Japan, Korea, Germany, Afghanistan and Iraq, etc. in this way, this army has taken advantage of geographical location. Customer based services are provided by the United States Army including preserving land, defending people of country and fighting to resist actions of enemies (U.S. Army, 2016). United States Army is having its own structure like other organizations. Among all the branches of military, United States Army…

Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States of America, he served two terms as a Democratic Republican from 1829-1837. The entire Jackson campaign not only started up revolutionary political election tactics such as rallies, parades, and lavish dinners that supporters paid for, but it also sparked up a whole new era of mass democracy, and gave birth to the political party that we now know as the “Democrats”. Mr. Jackson considered himself, a president for the people, with a…

To better understand the significance of intelligence provided by Oleg Penkovsky during the Cuban missile crisis, it is of utmost important to examine the climate of the intelligence community in the United States leading up to the crisis. On September 19th, 1962, about a month before the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a Special National Intelligence Estimate (SNIE) on “The military Buildup in Cuba” considered the possibility of the Soviet’s deployment of medium and intermediate-range…

A transition from one administration at the end of an election prompts changes within the sphere of public administration. These changes are significantly amplified with the transition of the prevailing political ideology. President Trump’s Secretary of Defense, James Mattis is challenging the norms of foreign relations. In some instances, Mattis is denouncing these standard practices, and is ushering in a new wave for the Trump Administration’s actions globally. The Trump Administration has…

drones are highly dangerous and are a breach of public privacy, it has also saved the United States a lot of time, resources, and prevented a lot of civilians being killed with their high tech technology and precise aiming. Drones may be just a machine that is able to kill people from afar but it decreases the risk of being connected to the person of interest unlike a soldier.…

The United States of America was founded with the help of many people but the most credit is given to the aptly named Founding Fathers. One of the most overlooked and underappreciated Founding Father is Alexander Hamilton, who is known for defending the U.S Constitution during its ratification, serving as the first U.S. secretary of treasury and being involved with the first sex scandal of the country. Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11th, 1755, although historians disagree on this…