Essays on Lessons Learned from WWI, WWII and Vietnam War

"The Causes and Effects of the First World war" paper examines the first world war from the perspective of the main alliances in the war, individual nations and smaller components of the communities.... World war 1 was prompted by some elements of imperialism and international trade conflicts....

This paper "Is the Clausewitz Theory on war Still Worth Studying?... As a soldier at a time when Prussian army was engaged in battles with France, von Clausewitz gained experience which enabled him to write the book 'On war' arguably one of the most studied books on war.... His theory was mostly strategist and his contentions have continued to inform military chiefs and decision-makers on the course of the war....

"Evolution of Terrorism since the End of the Cold war" paper evaluates and explains how the practice of terrorism has evolved since the end of the Cold war.... The objectives of terror attacks have evolved from attracting the attention of the government to killing a large number of people....

As the paper "US Foreign Policy towards war in Bosnia and Kosovo" outlines, the USA foreign policies are guidelines that it uses when interacting with other international communities.... These guidelines are set to be used when companies, firms, and citizens are transacting within and beyond borders....

This paper "Religious Wars Are a Facet of Civilization - The First Crusade" focuses on the fact that as Europeans began the first crusade, there was already widespread persecution and terrorism throughout Europe.... In France, as in Spain, there was much hostility against Jews.... .... ... ... The conversion of the Saxons resulted in the convening of a Diet at Lippe, and 782 of 783 chieftains attended....

This monetary regime was developed in the early years after World war II and it continued to prevail till 1970s.... n contrast to this John Maynard Keynes presented his plan in 1941 after observing the economic condition and deflation ever since the end of World war II.... he key elements of International Monetary Regime presented in the Bretton Woods Institution in the post World war II era are significantly different from Keynes's Plan.... This helps the economy in moving away from the equilibrium position in the long-period exemplified by the unemployment (Dickens, 2011)....

For Machiavelli the greatest moral good is that of a stable and virtuous state, and any action should be directed toward that end, while for Hobbes the need for the utilization of power derives from the inherent desire to elevate man out of the state of nature.... The state is inseparable from its prince and vice-versa....

This solution provides a win-win scenario, where businesses get free or cheap work from people who are overly qualified for low pay scales, whilst students are able to get real world experience outside of the classroom, helping them land jobs once they graduate by giving them the ability to demonstrate practical experience in the real world....

France would pay dearly for the war in Algeria or would Daru pay for thinking he was acting out of religious kindness.... Tolstoy's quest for spiritual peace went from emotional self doubting returning to intellectual reasoning then returning back to the emotional understanding that the "search for God had no reasoning, as it was a feeling.... "Search proceeded not from the course of my thought.... ut proceeded from the heart....

Result: yet another war.... As per the characterization, ethnocentrism is the penchant to look at the world largely from the perspective of one's own culture.... If one tracks human evolution from ancient to modern times one can see that the process has been rife with instances of violence that has culminated into major wars due to ethnic intolerance.... Our ethnocentrism blocks our mind from reading the good things of other cultures....

Due to the closer location to Arctic Ocean, the livelihood of the Sea Sámi mainly depended on resources from the ocean.... This means that the main economic activity that was associated with this category was fishing from the ocean.... According to Resource Centre for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Sámi people descended from people who inhabited the Northern Fennoscandia after the ice age period (1)....

Her extensive travels through the war-torn countries, and her firsthand experience of those who extensively suffered due to wars, and how people were torn apart, shaped her thinking.... An individual will find it difficult to continue with the religious/spiritual pursuits on a hungry stomach—when curry for the night is a worry for the morning and when tomorrow's bread is not assured from today's labour!... An individual will find it difficult to continue with the religious/spiritual pursuits on hungry stomach—when curry for the night is worry for the morning and when tomorrow's bread is not assured from today's labor!...

On January 26, 1920, after the World war I, wherein the women played an active role, the right of women to suffrage was finally recognized and amended to the United States Constitution.... According to research findings of the paper 'Women's Reform Movement in Early American History', women's rights have gone a long way, a woman, from just being second fiddle to man and to the husband; has now gained both civil and human rights.... Thus from slavery, they have shifted to the idealism of morals, to social and political rights for the people and got courageous to speak against “ the injustices of their day”....

Leadership has been defined from different perspectives.... Leadership has been defined in numerous ways by different people, and from different perspectives.... Title A critical view on leadership effectiveness in organisational setup: impact of various perspectives of management and leadership on leadership effectiveness in two different organisations....

Consumers have ample income availability after emerging from the 2008-2010 recession, domestic travel is on the increase, and this travel is expected to maintain this growth through 2018.... Consumers have ample income availability after emerging from the 2008-2010 recession, domestic travel is on the increase, and this travel is expected to maintain this growth through 2018.... Funding for this museum comes from the organisation's own endowment funds, corporate donations, private donations, concession services, licensing and federal funding (Smithsonian 2013)....

61), students taught and learned from each other in colonial and frontier America.... ne of the most important and reliable findings from the social loafing literature is that people put forth effort when they see it to be necessary and idle when they perceive their labours as superfluous.... However, ranging from teacher a teacher centred approach to self-study; cooperative learning symbolized a major leap from reliance on teachers and toward better dependence on self and peers....

Culture is generally defined as the shared and learned behaviors of individual members of society that different them from the others (Damen, 1987; Keesing, 1974; Kroeber & Kluckhohn, 1952; Linton, 1945; Useem & Useem, 1963).... Apart from that, the challenge that Farahani (1996) pointed out is how both culture and technology can satisfy their conditions to each other in such a way that technology can be integrated into culture without devastating culture. ... Second, it plans to compare both culture and technology of two different countries in which this distinction comes from technology....

Due to the inherent nature of multinational corporations (MCNs) of transcending borders, operational facilities and administrative offices of these conglomerates.... ... ... However, the sending off of expatriates have been considered as a business undertaking that may be too costly to endeavor as a specialized system to measure the returns on investment is yet to be Furthermore, the ever increasing clamor to mind the working conditions of the expatriates living outside their home countries and in the protection of host countries has been especially resonant with the preponderance of dissatisfaction and failure of MNCs to penetrate local markets....

The prevailing transactions whose extension is beyond member states and even borders require proper harmonization to eliminate rivalry, war and even fraud.... The roles of the code relate to transactions involving movable or personal property, chief among them being modernizing the contract laws and creating exceptions from common law....

The main endeavor of this is to give the company greater freedom from currency and market fluctuations.... When secondary tasks are initiated, the driver should be required to anticipate the associated demand and hence match it with the demand that is expected from the driving task.... References Annual report 2011, Retrieved from http://www.... Retrieved from http://evaneaston.... Eckstein, L, 2008, Automotive HMI- Current status and future challenges, Retrieved from http://www....

Branding and Brand Identity A brand, as defined by the American Marketing Association (AMA), is either a term, symbol or a combination of both which distinguishes a seller from the others, practically a foundational piece in the marketing communication of a business, therefore, it is essential to realize what branding is really all about; that is, to be seen by the target market as the only one having exactly what they need.... (brandXpress blog, 2007) Porter's 5 Forces Michael Porter's 5 forces, namely: (1) new competitors, (2) intensity of competitive rivalry, (3) substitutes, (4) customers' bargaining power, and (5) suppliers' bargaining power, which were derived from Industrial Organization (IO) economics, evaluate the market's attractiveness (where one approaching “pure competition” considered as very unattractive) via SWOT analysis, therefore establishing the overall industry profitability of a firm....

Easterly, W & Levine, R 2001, ‘What have we learned from a decade of empirical research on growth?... Added to this is the role which market size plays in attracting FDI to host countries, whereas technology-absorptive abilities predetermine host returns from FDI (Li & Liu 2005; Blalock & Gertner 2008).... Again, these findings have far-reaching implications for policymaking, since understanding causality between FDI and economic growth is crucial for the creation of policies that encourage the inflow of investments from abroad in the developing world....

The worksite wellness program is reviewed by the author who further provides lessons learnt from the same.... With the said lessons, individuals can learn and apply the acquired knowledge in combating obesity.... In addition, the article also highlights a number of significant lessons in relation to obesity prevention programs relevant in worksite programs.... Such lessons are related to the promotion of health education among the public and are pertinent in the fight against obesity....

This essay "Identity and Conflict in Bosnia and Macedonia" talks about the civil war in the Balkans which exacerbated long-held ethnic tensions and fragmented communities, for which the end of socialism meant freedom and the promise of democracy region.... Name 1 Name Class Instructor Date The Perception of Nationhood: Identity and Conflict in Bosnia and Macedonia Historical actualities - Civil war in the Balkans exacerbated long-held ethnic tensions and fragmented communities, for which the end of socialism meant freedom and the promise of democracy....

The Zapatista movement taught the world that winning a war does not have to involve solely armed conflict.... This “war of the fleas” model of warfare was transformed when the transnational NGOs came and changed the methods of the insurgency from the traditional armed conflict engagement to an informational warfare which is dubbed as Netwar.... During the early part of the insurgency, the engagement was more of an armed conflict with the “war of the fleas” and fighting on open areas which was consistent with Mao's ideological engagement (Ronfeldt and Arquilla, ____)....

When Britain was at war with Russia, Florence together with a group of thirty eight nurses arrived in turkey.... At the time of the war she was a health consultant to the United States government.... She is best known for her work at Scutari hospital, Turkey, during the Crimean war and as well as her role in developing nursing as a profession.... It is essential to state that William Nightingale a wealthy landowner from Embly Park had a daughter on May 12th, 1820, and named her Florence Nightingale....

However, after World war II, the variety of products increased and hard selling no longer could be relied upon to generate sales.... from the time of the industrial revolution until the early 1920's, production concept was the idea that an organistion should focus on those products that it could produce most efficiently and that the creation of a supply of low-cost products would in and of itself create the demand for the products.... The philosophy of marketing needs to be owned by everyone from within the organisation. ...

Particularly, it revolves around the journey of this hero and his challenges in the Trojan war.... They can also derive important values and virtues to govern their wellbeing from the documented evidence.... To accredit his study, Most draws important evidence from both primary as well as secondary sources.... Seemingly, most of the evidence is drawn from the primary text, The Odyssey.... At this point in time, it is worth appreciating that history derives its evidences from both documented and non documented evidence....

The shark attacked him twice: first by biting off a piece of flesh from his right calf, and then secondly, biting off his whole right foot.... Usually, the subjects for historical paintings are biblical events and situations that preach morality and lessons.... He was born in Boston in 1738 but went to London to improve his craft....

The data was collected from high school through observation and interviews.... The information was gathered from people's personal experience.... The flow of the book is excellent, but it is extremely complicated to get certain information from the book since there are no subheadings.... Values in sex education: from principle to practice.... Understanding lesbians and gays youth lessons for counselors, administrators, and straight school teachers....

Since epics are stories that revolve more on war, fighting and situations of victory and defeat, the main characters are usually male.... From this, we can deduce that there will be a topic of friendship somewhere within the story as war and fighting usually create a strong bond between comrades.... Apart from the theme of romance and love, friendship has been one of the focal points of classical stories and myths....

Lincoln keeps his eye firmly on the prize and that means winning the war to maintain the Union.... Once he determines that emancipation was critical to win the war, he concentrated on the proclamation with a single mind.... His success as an orator stem from his demeanor, voice, delivery, ideology, words, and presence.... Kennedy benefit from Lincoln's poise, good looks, presence, and the use of a strong voice. ... We all can learn from his example. ...

The paper "The Jazz Age in South America" states that the influx of World war II helped in the export of jazz music plus musicians to Europe, but very few European musicians came up to the standards of jazz music and were not comparable in achievements to the American jazz musicians.... Prior to the World war I, the Creole band which was a band of New Orlean black musicians toured many parts of the country and therefore, jazz music was introduced to many cities like this....

The bombing was done by the Italian and the German air forces during the civil war of the Spanish.... The other reason for the increase in innovation includes the fast growth of towns and cities and the problems arising from World war 1.... The most memorable quotes from her work entail that any woman with a passion for writing must have her place and money ... Even though, she suffered from severe mental problems throughout her life her heroic attributes remain unforgotten....

As history has shown, nothing binds people together like war. ... Retrospectively, this means that Bush's decision to link the war effort in Iraq to 9/11 was a completely shameful and potentially criminal one.... And it is an indictment of the way our democracy is currently operating that more than 40 percent of Americans were so easily convinced that Iraq did in fact have nuclear weapons, even after the most important evidence presented – classified documents that depicted an attempt by Saddam Hussein's regime to purchase yellowcake uranium from the country of Niger – was revealed to have been forged....

June 2006, lessons learned from Case Studies of Six High-Performance Buildings - Technical Report, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, available online at: http://www.... The same way to take care of the risk due to a war or a war like area, where there is a possibility of a bomb getting dropped in the vicinity, it is always felt that a bunker is the safest bet to escape.... The other method is to augment energy from alternate sources that are renewable and come in almost free but for the initial investment and maintenance....

Secondly, an additional aspect learned from Arenas' mariconin life is his condemnation of the rule of Fidel Castro when he arrived in United States in 1980 (Arena, 2001, p.... The government declared war on passive homosexuality, to ensure that morality prevailed in the nation.... The government declared war on this type of homosexuality to retain cohesion, and guarantee morality within the nation (Arena, 2001, p.... The film was debarred from the University of Havana for what is termed as 'dubious morality'....

That is, in the form of lessons learned from its previous mistakes.... Before disaster strikes, when possible as in the case of typhoons and hurricanes, and its resultant flooding, the government is there to issue warning and evacuate people from the danger zones....

"Civil Liberties Habeas Corpus and The war on Terror" paper focuses on the habeas corpus law that is based on the Anglo-Saxon laws which favor the individual.... The war on terror raises the question of how far the rights of individuals can be violated to protect the public....

Bearing receives is from the primary nurse, the only one who actually cares for Vivian in any real sense especially when the physical and emotional pain and agony become unbearable.... 43) This is one of two meaningful interactions Vivian had – the other one being a visit from her former professor and mentor, E.... Monahan has to block him from the body and remind him of Vivian's wish....

We have cell phones for fast communication, the Internet for quick worldwide information access and fast means of transport too all of which have made the world a.... ... ... It is the fast changing technology that brings about the notion that education too can be made entertaining.... Unfortunately, subtle things in life as education tend to take a different form when treated as part of entertainment....

The use of digital technology has been used in diverse activities that range from painting, collage, drawing, films, animation, digital photography, graphics and making 3D creations (Romans, 2005).... Digital imaging has impacted various disciplines within the fields of art and design that range from painting, photography and the making of prints (Heller & Womack, 2007).... The other risks that could arise from digital technologies result from the attribution of aesthetic elements to the artists and designers utilizing them (Friesinge, Grenzfurthner & Ballhausen, 2012)....

Strategic alliances can range from short-term contractual arrangements in which two companies agree to cooperate on a particular task or project, such as developing a new product, to formal joint ventures in which two or more firms have equity stakes.... Another reason is the need or desire to obtain technology or establish technological standards, from which it can derive benefit, or to acquire manufacturing capabilities, allowing firms to share in the fixed costs as well as the associated risks of developing new products and processes, as the required investment and the level of risk may be too huge for one company to undertake....

The essay reflects the author's concern for world peace in the post – World war II scenario (Bertand Russel, 1997).... in time or space', the mention of ‘Communist or anti-Communist', the notion of ‘war without [.... As most people were during the post-World war II and the Cold war periods, Russell was apprehensive about the developments in science and politics and their possible evil implications on ‘the survival of the good things that we wish to preserve' and that becomes the central idea of the essay....

The article contains researches and articles of various newspapers like from 'the rocky mountain news' which make the information in the article credible.... The technological advancements on one hand provide an easier means of communication to the people living away from their homes and homelands....

I need to understand who I truly am based upon where I come from and my beliefs.... Only when I truly understand myself will I be able to help my teachers understand who I am, what they can expect from me, and what I expect of them.... hen there is Follet Theory which explains that orders must be given to workers from the “top-down”.... That way I will leave myself open to all types of reviews from my teachers which will help enhance my work ethic....

He received various honors and awards such as he achieved gold medal from Japanese Pastry Chef Association as well as at French Championship of Desserts (Torres, “Jacques' Early Years”). ... It was always an assurance to offer sweet surprises from him.... At present, the entrepreneur produces confections from chocolate crunch puffs to Champagne truffles.... Nowadays, he makes both chocolate delicacies and produced chocolate from cocoa beans....

The specific direction of the motives and drives is learned from definitions of the legal codes as favorable or unfavorable.... degree from Grand Island College, and after that, he taught Latin, Greek, history, and shorthand for two years at Sioux Falls College in South Dakota.... In 1906 he left Sioux Falls College and entered graduate school at the University of Chicago from which he received his doctorate.... (Gaylord, 1988:7-12) There, he changed his major from history to Sociology....

Those workers are so contented with life, and the kind of earnings they get from their employers.... The fact of the matter is that employers are the one who get more from the workers and without those workers the survival of the capitalists is at risk (Wright 4).... As the working class people gained more influence in the society this resulted to the emergence of classes in the society ranging from working class, employers and unemployed.... The laws of the nation do not prohibit poor people from sharing their ideologies, but financial constraints influences the extent to which their influence can reach....

from the foregoing, and in relation with the case in issue, his assumption on the one hand will be that the source of Jimmy's trouble is association; peer influence.... Strain emerges from negative relationships with others.... Thus, Robert Agnew assumption in this case will be that the source of Jimmy's troubles are as a result of strain in the form of Anger accumulated due to incidents that occurred in his home from when he was 7 years old, strain developed because of negative relationship with his mother, and neglect his mother....