War correspondent

needed to be to uncover the truth. During the Vietnam War, Halberstam was reporting from the front lines of Saigon, and while his account repudiated the official press release statements from the White House, he had seen the truth firsthand and was not willing to change his story to fit the narrative of the government. Accompanied by several other war correspondents of the time, Halberstam was part of a growing movement of opposition for the Vietnam War. Even under pressure from President…

they find it difficult to adapt to everyday life. In the talk “A War Reporter: The Real Cause of PTSD,” former war correspondent, Sebastien Junger, states that our lonely society makes it difficult to come home from war. Junger analyses why it is hard for war veterans are unable to adapt to life back home. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Having worked as a reporter for 15 years in Afghanistan, Junger saw the traumatic effects of war on the human psyche. It was only until he came back home…

Usually when the topic of war is mentioned, images of brave men in khaki uniforms, poised with guns and ready for anything. Additionally, when wars are covered in history the curriculum tends to place emphasis on battles, strategy and how wars have initiated through treaties and the greedy intentions of usually a few powerful men. However, in most accounts of war history women are barely mentioned despite their vital contribution. This essay will examine the various roles that women have played…

The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, in Charleston, South Carolina when the Confederate troops attacked Union soldiers at Fort Sumter. The war lasted until April 9, 1865. With the war came hard times on the home front. Women played an important role both on the battlefield and the home front. They cooked, sewed, made uniforms, blankets, and sandbags, wrote letters to soldiers, and served as nurses. I would like you to tell you about a very famous women who served as a nurse on the union…

of drone warfare and its effects, recently started causing uproar, despite years of drone usage in the military. Doyle McManus, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, wrote an opinion piece on the drawbacks of drone warfare. As a Middle Eastern correspondent for the LA Times, McManus’s insight in the drone warfare debate exponentially outweighs many out there. One of McManus’s…

fresh water reserves present an unfavorable picture, with only 1% out of 3% accessible for direct human use. This scarcity, fueled by unequal distribution amongst countries caused by geographical and political obstacles, raises the potential of “water wars”. Such concerns are exacerbated by uncontrollable population growth, pollution due to industrialization and modernization, and climate change. A new approach to the sustainable distribution of water is necessary. International cooperation…

It is rare to have wars based solely on religion, although they make up about 40% of all other wars fought. Religious wars are motivated by a higher power or idol that is said to have commanded radical groups to kill in an unjust manner. Ethnic cleansing, for instance, is one aspect of war against religion. The Holocaust, for example, was a war against millions of Jewish men, women, and children were killed because of their ethnic background. Hitler’s affirmation of dominance of his race was…

The culture violence is visible in ways the student’s explain the persistence and prevalence of violent discipline. They point out how their teachers and principals are “always hitting”, “always scolding” and “always angry”. Prevalence is also visible in terms of the places these punishments are enacted. Youth note that teachers who punish do not consider the place nor who witnesses them. Students are subject to punishment inside and outside classrooms. Although, punishments were mostly enacted…

In this paper I will be assessing Hobbes view of man in a state of nature and why it is not possible to agree with life in the state of nature if one disagrees with the all-powerful sovereign. Due to the many factors associated with the state of nature and the social contract, if one agrees with such it makes it nearly impossible to disagree with the need for a government with limitless powers. I will argue that if one agrees with life in the state of nature, then they must as well agree with…

asking how much of unrecorded human history was peaceful. Since the creation of man, humans have been at war with one another. Our wars have been violent and quiet, however, almost always present. Conflict is observable within every niche of humanity, even within the walls of a classroom it is possible to find evidence of conflict, yet humans have not found a way to deal with it better than war. The history of conflict stretches as far back as the beginning of humanity and can be observed…