Veterans of Foreign Wars

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    Senkaku Island Case Study

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    conflict existent between China and Japan forced the United States to end the dispute for Asian peace. The dispute got affiliated with Diaoyu Island, which possess the name Senkaku Island in the Japanese context (Baker, 2012). The U.S. basis for the foreign territorial intervention got fostered by the fact that United States had a stake in the region under conflict. However, its intervention also focused on the demand for peaceful political and regional coexistence between the two parties.…

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    Benedict Carey’s factual article, Stress On Troops Adds to U.S. Hurdles in Iraq, he states how PTSD affects soldiers and veterans who have been put under a lot of stress in the Military. Some soldiers get help from a psychologist. But sometimes they lash out at people. They will also have flashbacks of war that will make them lash out. Odysseus might have had PTSD from the Trojan war. Anyone can get PTSD at any age. Even infants can get this disorder because of maltreatment. Some examples of…

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    What became known as the Cold war was the war that happened really soon after World War II. It occurred because of an issue between the United States of America and the Soviet Union. “In 1945, the United States and the Soviet Union were allies, victorious against Germany and planning the Defeat of Japan. By 1947, they were engaged in a diplomatic and economic confrontation and soon came close to war over the city of Berlin.”1 The United States and the Soviet Union contested many different…

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    Freedom (noun)-the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. Freedom (noun)- absence of subjection to foreign domination or despotic government. Freedom (noun)- the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved. This may be the dictionary definition of freedom, but to most of us, it has a deeper meaning. Equal opportunity, the ability to say and do what we please, and independence. Here in America, equality is written in our Declaration of Independence. It…

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    (Posttraumatic).” What this definition does not inform you about is the thousands of lives that are affected by PTSD and the countless men and women who have taken their life. The war in Vietnam, the Iraq/Afghanistan conflict, and the advancements in modern combat have and are still playing a dominant role in the suffering of thousands of veterans across America. To talk about the effect of PTSD, one must first know what it is and how it affects our behavior. PTSD usually appears in victims…

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    ruined the lives of many young men from being able to pursue their school, careers, and many of which had friends, and or family that were attending school. This caused much of the student body in colleges to begin protesting. Protesting for the Vietnam war started on college campuses Students of a Democratic Society (SDS) because of the number of young adults that wanted to attend school but never got the chance to because of the draft system, which would ruin the chances of the young men with…

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    With war come the ineludible concepts of death and casualties. Who does this war affect? Why does it exist? Surely it must be of some benefit to the insane people who started a war? When two states equally demand power, they resort to a choice that should not even exist- sacrificing manpower for fame and land. Young males, brainwashed by their schoolteachers to join the army and support their fatherland, suffer this bitter torture between life and mostly death.It is clear-cut that Erich Remarque…

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    September 11th an event that would go on to change how voters viewed foreign and domestic affairs for years to come; meanwhile, John Kerry’s campaign ad “Optimists” would have successfully captured the vote of American voters because of his pathos and ethos combination appeal, appeals that were necessary for this election due to recent national events which caused voters to prefer a strong, capable president who can handle national and foreign affairs with powerful grace, assisted in getting…

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    Military Downfall

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    The Slow Downfall of the U.S.A. Imagine that the world has entered into a war with no predictable outcome. Countries fighting against one another with no clear sides or allies. The U.S. is nowhere to be found on the battlefields, in the skies, or even in the sea. What could have happened to the powerhouse with the strongest military in the world? Because of weakening foreign relations, decreases in the protection of America, and the negative effects on the families of those who serve in…

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    The American Red Cross

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    will be discussion the Red Cross in world war 1 what they are and what they do and who started it The American Red Cross was found by Clara Barton was a pioneering nurse She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and patent clerk. Barton is noteworthy for doing humanitarian work at a time when relatively few women worked outside the home she founded it in Washington D.C on May 21,1881 she lead the red cross for 23 years prior to the war the Red Cross introduced the first…

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