War

Afghanistan War has triggered an immense increase in the number of academic literature regarding asymmetrical warfare. It is generally assumed that the power disparity between a strong state and a weaker non-state opponent would permit the stronger adversary to win. However, history illustrates a different picture, since weak non-state actors have been the side reaping victory. This paper will limit its scope by examining why strong counterinsurgent state actors lose in asymmetrical wars, which…

look at the surface. We are familiar with waging war. What we ignore is when we wage war, although what we are expressing…

The Anti-war movement started during the 1960s and shaped America’s public opinion on conflicts for years to come. As in all its conflicts, the support of the people on the homefront influences America’s military commitment.. Without Homefront support, the American war machine dies. American pop culture during the 60s and 70s, sought to change public opinion against the Vietnam War. Through blatant anti-war lyrics to their actions, the popular artists and musicians of the era influenced the…

Persian Wars, fought between Greece and Persia, were one of the most significant wars fought in the Middle East/Mediterranean. Greece and Persia had similar, yet different, techniques of fighting the war, which could have been why all of the wars were dominated by Greece. Greece used a complex formation called the Phalanx, whom used cohesion and strength to dominate the Persians. While the Persians were innovative and well-led, they still did not beat the Greeks and lost the war. The Persian…

The Korean War is known as the ‘Forgotten War’, but to the countries that were impacted by this war it was anything but forgotten. The Korean War took place on June 25, 1950 and did not end until July, 1953 (History, 2015). There were twenty-one members of the United Nations, commonly known as UN, that sent military forces and aid to South Korea. This war is a ‘world war’ because it included several countries around the world help either North or South Korea. North Korea was under the influence…

In the Just War Theory, there is a list of reasons when and why it is okay to go to war, and kill in war. I believe that it is okay to kill in war due to the fighting for your own survival, fighting for the protection of others and what is stated in the Bible. When in your home country, you are forced to see you people living in harmony and peace, or see them perish due to the fact that you cannot protect them. George Orwell has stated that, "Those who “abjure” violence can only do so because…

The most important war of the 17th Century would take place in Germany. The Thirty Years War began as a result of the failure of the Peace of Augsburg. This was due mostly to the foundation of new sects of Protestantism including Calvinism. Since these religions were not recognized, they were not allowed to be practiced. This takes us into the first phase of the Thirty Years war which has become known as the Bohemian phase. The Bohemian Phase began when a Calvinist noble threw two Holy Roman…

be very detrimental. The United States funded the Afghan Mujahideen in their war against the Soviet Union because we wanted to harm the Soviet Union. This eventually backfired because after the Soviets left Afghanistan, the Taliban (who were primarily an outgrowth of the Mujahideen) took control of Afghanistan in 1996. 2). I do believe that our current war on terror is so extreme it can have effects similar to The Cold War. We have armed rebels in Syria which could cause more instability in the…

Mr. Joriman History 10A 24 November 2015 The Media War The Spanish American War was an easy victory for the United States. This war occurred in 1898 and left 3,289 Americans dead as well as 55,000 Spanish men. Sparks flew as the fuse was lit for the Spanish American War; the Spanish occupying Cuba, the de Lome Letter, the sinking of the USS Main, and yellow journalism were all precursors; war with the Spanish was inevitable. The Spanish American War happened for many reasons. The first was…

The War On War Author Haruki Murakami once said “Listen up- there’s no war to end all wars.” For as long as people have lived on earth there has been war, whether it is over food, land, or supplies. Every human has greed and eventually it will come out. Ever since the invention of chemical weapons and automatic weapons, war and terror has become much more of a evident problem with World War Two causing around 60 million deaths. In the book Interface Text by Joan Green she asks the…