Essays on Perspectives on the Cold War, Decolonization and the Vietnam War

The importance of the Spanish American war went beyond America's simply gaining a victory over Imperial Spain, but also served to expand and unite the United States of America in the wake of a terrible civil war, and to develop the modern American sense of nationalism.... The war took place in the Spanish imperial possessions of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam and Cuba.... ?? Just 25 years earlier, the country had been torn in two with its great civil war....

America, initially, did not want to enter the war because the US had immigrants from varied nationalities such as Britain, France, Germany and many parts of the Europe.... In such circumstances, it was quite obvious that most progressive leaders were against going into the war.... The most crucial event that forced the US to enter into the war was the message sent by World war I America, initially, did not want to enter the war because the US had immigrants from varied nationalities such as Britain, France, Germany and many parts of the Europe....

In the paper 'The Impact of the First World war' the author explains the extent to which each of the three leaders, Clemenceau, Lloyd-George, and Wilson were satisfied with the final terms of the Treaty of Versailles.... 2 This question is about the impact of the First World war.... ne of the more important outcomes was the "war Guilt Clause" that required Germany to take on full responsibility for starting the war.... This was important as it would show the world France's reason for participation in the war was only to defend against the German attacks....

One thing that can be noted, however, is that this war is disrupting the normalcy of the Iraqi people because they are being constantly war against Terrorism war against Terrorism The United s of America is currently engaged in a war in which the country or nation it is warring with is not fighting back.... One thing that can be noted, however, is that this war is disrupting the normalcy of the Iraqi people because they are being constantly threatened by the presence of American troops on their soil (Nabeel, Howell & Shryock, 2011)....

This research paper talks about the reasons as to why the United States of America won in the Gulf war by analyzing the resistance capability and the economic impact on the Gulf war.... The paper also talks about how the war influenced the soldiers' psychological state.... succeeded in the war because of the small resistance it received in getting its high-tech military equipment into place.... succeeded in the war because of the small resistance it received in getting its high-tech military equipmentinto place....

urthermore, Goertzel criticized Mills belief on military control over the political environment with reference to the vietnam war and Reagan regime.... To this end, Goertzel claimed that ideological and political factors instigated by Lyndon Johnson are what precipitated the vietnam war.... the vietnam war was thus fuelled by the political class as opposed to the military.... Perhaps, Mill's theory on the preparation of war was fulfilled through the manifestation of the vietnam war....

The major weaknesses of this study are concentrated on the World war I propaganda posters.... These posters included messages for recruitment to the various armed services, along with the means to raise war funds, to save food for the soldiers at the front.... According to the research findings, propaganda posters were inspiring for the civilians and have filled the civilians with the feeling of patriotism and inculcated the spirits of belongingness which is highly imperative to win any war....

in Twenty Years of Crises: the cold war Era.... Here, one should remember the fact that this highly confidential policy had its birth even before the Korean war.... First of all, the war budget made a hole in the US pocket, and hence, the sanity of the war became a matter of dispute in the domestic front.... ?The Fifty Years war: The United States and the Soviet Union in World Politics, 1941-1991.... Admittedly, in order to understand the America-vietnam relation, a mere state level theory will be gravely insufficient....

This essay "World History: Arab-Israeli war" presents the division of Germany as it was done by the victorious allies or the partition of India and Pakistan which has left the Kashmir flashpoint but nothing has generated as many questions and different ideas as the Arab Israeli conflict.... World History In modern history, there are several issues that have lingered on since World war II that still cause sporadic violence and contention.... The history of this conflict begins with the 1948 Arab-Israeli war which in and of itself has been given several different colors depending on who is giving an opinion on it. ...

This term paper "The Alien Body for Debating Post-war Anxieties" focuses on understanding the operation of alien bodies in the cinemas and the formation of anxiety in the minds of the viewers, which they started accepting and enjoying gradually, and formation of the genre.... During the 1950s and 1960s, when soldiers, fathers, sons, lovers and brothers returned from the war front, the craze of cinema watching reached its heights....

This essay describes the terror of war.... This paper outlines the consequences of war, military targets, criticism of the US government for actions in Afganistan and other parts of the world, and the role of Afganistan, difficult relations in the world.... No one would be able to stop its social, economic, geographic implications after the end of a war.... war would not only bring massacre but also put the entire humanity back to centuries....

The principal economic placement for migrants from Italy following World war 1 to the 1930s and after the World war 2 was the sugar industry in North Queensland.... For instance, it is indicated that pre-World war II migrants were particularly entrepreneurial whereby in 1933, 52....

The Psychology of war Psychology has been a multidiscipline field, which has extended throughout other disciplines.... war has opened many new fields in psychology, such as military psychology, and expanded already pre-existing fields, such as traumatology.... Originally, when soldier's would suffer from the psychological ailments of war, counselors would simply dismiss it as trivial and being “shell-shocked”.... As more and more veterans began returning to society after war, problems linked with PTSD such as domestic violence, drug/alcohol abuse, depression, suicide, etc....

In the North, there were efforts to limit the spread of slavery by abolishing it, while in the South, people wanted to maintain and expand the institution, hence making slavery a focal point of political crisis, in fact, during 1800-1860, the Southern economy History and Political Science Civil war and Reconstruction There was a significant crisis faced by United s, whereby the Northern and Southern states had become less social, economical and political.... Therefore, the paper will focus on explaining the reason why the system failed and the reason behind the North winning the war, and it will explain the extent of the war and the reconstruction that followed in order to resolve the issues that created the breakdown....

Zinn Howard in his article “The Other Civil war” argues that the period before and after the Civil war was full of politics, elections, slavery and race questions and class struggles.... Violent and non-violent riots and strikes were against wage cuts, Topic: Lecturer: Presentation: Summary Zinn Howard in his article “The Other Civil war” argues that the periodbefore and after the Civil war was full of politics, elections, slavery and race questions and class struggles....

LED TRAINING AND ITS EFFECT ON THE MILITARY CULTURE The beginning of the cold war led to the introduction of new concepts of national security to the Third World nations, including those of Latin America.... However, the true scope of these repressions cannot be understood out of context of the 1970s “Dirty war” in Chile and Southern Cone.... 25 April Pinochet's Dictatorship: The Context of the ‘‘Dirty war'' in Chile The dictatorship of GeneralAugusto Pinochet led to the deaths of up to 3,000 people, with up to 30,000 having been tortured....

After many hours of going through and listening to compositions, I had to choose Beethoven who is also my favorite composer from the classical era to arrange a birthday song.... I would like a song composed to honor the birthday of my uncle by Ludwig van Beethoven since he loves classical music among other types....

Hart further writes, “Collin's takeover of Intelligence allowed him to start his war against the police without having to seek permission, and thereby helped launch the guerrilla war as a whole.... o what extent was the conflict, a British or Irish civil war?... The conflict cannot be termed as British/Irish Civil war.... The serious differences ultimately led to Civil war, and resulted in the death of Michael Collins in an ambush laid by the I....

the cold war taking place between the two Great Powers also led to arm races and technological development.... This essay "The Roots of war by Barbara Ehrenreich" discusses Barbara Ehrenreich's essay The Roots of war is the author's search for the possible ways of uprooting this phenomenon from human society.... They remark that war can never be stopped until it is discussed and fought against.... That is why she would have never gone to the meeting against war, but that for peace....

The present term paper"The Humanitarian Response to Rape in war" analyzes the fact that children and women are susceptible to sexual violence in the tomes of conflicts.... Reportedly, the impact of rape in war used to far beyond the instantaneous effects of the particular physical attack.... However, sexual violence can be considered as long seemed predictable consequences of several civil upheaval and war.... The humanitarian response to rape in war ...

The elder Assad's relationship with the Russian leadership saw him being invited to Russia by Leonid Brezhnev and firmly installed Syria's position as a defender of the USSR during the cold war, a tradition that continued with the Russian republic after the breakup of the Soviet Republics.... The countries also have a lot of trade links and have over the years established very strong bonds, based especially on the supply of arms and cold war and post-cold war anti-American stance....

Selim himself had gone to war with major neighbors, but in toppling the Mamluks in Egypt, he was destroying a dynasty who were already unstable in power.... Analyze and Discuss the Wars Between Charles V and the Ottoman Empire 19 January 2010 In order to understand the extraordinary tension that arose in the sixteenth century, as the Ottoman Empire expanded across Eastern Europe and projected its power across the Mediterranean basin, we must look at the legacy left by Suleiman I's father, Selim I, who had ruled from 1512 to 1520....

He was a shrewd leader who played with both the United States and the Soviet Union during the cold war and obtained financial assistance from both sides as a result.... This resarch paper "Muslim-Croat Alliance and war" discusses Bosnia and Herzegovina as one of the most conflict-ridden regions in the latter half of the 20th century.... The war in Bosnia killed more than a hundred thousand people in the span of just four years between 1992 and 1995....

One recent example of this can be seen in several aspects of today's war on Terrorism.... A more prominent instance of a Holy war is the Crusades of the 11th Century.... The Just war Theory details conditions in which declaring or fighting in a war is a just and righteous action (Becker, 926).... Essentially, proponents for Just Wars often oppose wars for lands, money, or greed reasons; but if the act of war can be justified, they will follow the call to arms....

Chinese military general and strategist Sun Tzu's “The Art of war” is a well-known literary classic that has widely influenced not only the leaders of military studies all over the world but politicians, business people and athletes as well.... “The Art of war” enumerates several strategic principles that one can apply to different situations in order to achieve success in both anticipated and foreseen challenges, relationships, and in war or conflict....

Member states of the United Nations redefined the organs' agenda to create a relation between the sovereignty of the state and legitimate international intervention at the close of the cold war.... Wars have erupted within the borders of armed sovereign states since the cold war era.... MILITARY INTERVENTION IN AFRICA AFTER the cold war.... The UN later became more active in peacekeeping keeping missions during the post-cold war period....

There are many documentaries and other films which are dedicated to such significant period of American history as the Civil war.... The political and social changes and transformations took place during the Civil war period made fundamentals of our contemporary political, economical and social system, and we should properly understand the significance and importance of the Civil war.... The authors of documentaries try to show us the Civil war as one of the most significant events of American history....

The paper "The Jews, World war 1, and World war 2" argues that, as recent documentary evidence shows, there was actually a connection between the Jews wanting Palestine and both World Wars, with the Jewish elite willing to provoke wars just to get Palestine (Freedman n.... When history mentions the Jews and their part in the World Wars, especially in World war 2, it is always taught that the Jews were one of the greatest victims of these wars: that their race was a subject of brutal extermination by the insane Nazi regime in Germany, and that they were simply victims of a long history of racial prejudice and discrimination....

The paper "Civil war Battles" tells us about The war Between the States, the Civil war.... The conflict was the costliest and deadliest war ever fought on American soil, with some 620,000 of 2.... Although over 10,500 military engagements occurred during the Civil war, it is generally accepted that there were 50 major battles of the Civil war, with about 100 other significant battles.... The Civil war Battles were fought between April 12 1861 and May 12 1865 in 23 states....

This essay "America's Post-Civil war Growing Pains" discusses the freedom of slaves that has been guaranteed in the Constitution, but freedom goes with the responsibility of obeying the laws of the land, and disobedience means pain, which is caused in the modern setting of punishment.... Essay America's Post-Civil war Growing Pains History and Political Science October 20, America's Post Civil war Growing Pains Introduction The Post-Civil war era was a period that took a lot of readjustments and transformation of the society....

istory of the cold war ... ecision by United States to drop nuclear bombs in Japan in 1945 signalled the starting of the cold war.... This move also triggered main aspects of the cold war.... These missiles were regarded as more advanced platform of nuclear weapons and that they were more effective system to deliver in comparison to strategic bombers that was initially used at the starting of the cold war.... lthough the obvious feature that characterized the cold war was stockpiling of nuclear warheads, new types of weapons and also delivery system plays a great role in the war....

The author of "the cold war: The Soviet Union Explodes an Atomic Bomb and The Second Red Scare" paper tells how the Soviet Union had effectively launched its first atomic bomb, thus ending America's monopoly of atomic weaponry and this event started the cold war.... the cold war The Soviet Union Explodes an Atomic Bomb In 1945, the United s' atomic bomb, d 'Trinity', was first tested at Alamogordo in New Mexico.... The creation of the US atomic bomb had two purposes: (1) to force Japan to surrender and immediately end World War II and (2) to monopolize atomic weaponry worldwide, particularly against the USSR, that would enable the US to control the power of foreign policy ('the cold war')....

"The Civil war and Reconstruction" paper states that lynching and race riots were rampant in some States, and the Redeemer Government and Klu Klux Klan were determined to re-establish white supremacy.... He allowed Edward Stanton, a Radical, to be appointed as Secretary of war and so appeased their sentiments as well.... The Civil war and Reconstruction of the of the The Civil war and Reconstruction Introduction The American Civil war wasa pivotal point in American history....

They took to interring the Japanese and Italians in war-time internment camps for this very purpose.... he Italian-American Interment During World war II The battles of World war II that centered around the German war created a situation of distrust and alienation for most citizens across the world.... They took to interring the Japanese and Italians in war-time internment camps for this very purpose.... These inhumanities were but the tip of the iceberg when it came to the atrocities of war against the Italians residing in America without any legal status, though....

strategy for winding down the unpopular war by the end of 2014.... Americans truly understand that the question concerning Afghanistan is not about winning the war but whether it leads to national security.... Americans truly understand that the question concerning Afghanistan is not about winning the war but whether it leads to national security.... Americans truly understand that the question concerning Afghanistan is not about winning the war but whether it leads to national security....

Civil war Railroads Name: Course: Professor: Date: Civil war Railroads Introduction The Civil war in America saw the exploitation of the advantages attributed to a railroad infrastructure.... To a greater scale, the Civil war marked the first and successful militarization by utilizing the railroads and resulted in a continental scale conflict.... In addition, the Civil war contributed to the invention and use of conventional weaponry that included machine guns and artillery and to top up, railroad weapons1....

My grandfather is particularly happy with America's success in the space race but both of my grandparents are however critical negative aspects of this period such as the vietnam war.... My grandparents believes that while some of the changes that the country underwent during the 1960s and 1970s were particularly beneficial, most of the changes such as increased drug usage, the vietnam war and high prevalence of sexual diseases caused the overall result of the changes to be particularly negative....

This essay "Judging war Criminals" discusses the recognition of the universality of human rights as perhaps the strongest force that underlies initiatives made towards the struggle for justice after a period of mass atrocity.... Its premise is that war and conflict have brought about a slew of human rights and international humanitarian law violations which demand accountability from its perpetrators and reparation for its victims.... This is a dilemma because it articulates a conflict between the desire to prosecute individual perpetrators for war crimes and crimes against humanity, and the realization that the mass atrocities were taking place amid extraordinary conditions and assigning individual criminal responsibility to the perpetrators – even if they were the leaders or the heads of the military – does not capture the depth and breadth and magnitude of the phenomenon at hand....

This thesis "The Time of the Spanish American War" discusses the time of the Spanish American War until the beginning of the cold war, the US went from relative isolation to increased global involvement because of the industrial revolution, war crimes, and technological development.... From The Period Of The Spanish American War To The Beginning Of the cold war, Why Does The United s Move From Relative Isolation Into An International Role And What Are The Consequences For U....

In opinion of Keen, the financial situation of England in the period of 1436-45 was marked by the further dwindling of available revenue and the increasing unwillingness of the commons to provide new grants for the continuation of English war effort in France (334).... Unlike his illustrious father, Henry V, the king had never had a chance to test his military prowess on the battlefields of the Hundred Years' war, and this lack of military experience did not allow him to command genuine respect of the military nobility....

Consequently, the focus has been divided into periods that firstly cover effects experienced in the interwar period followed by the next period which is after the Second World War through to the cold war era and the present European world.... The ideological confrontations between the US and USSR led to the cold war which led to the split of European countries based on support for either communism or capitalism19. ... This strategic locations of the weapons were to arm the western European countries in case they were to be attacked by the soviet union during the cold war era, however, there have been arguments against continued nuclear proliferation based on the line of thought that such threat does not exist currently since the disintegration of the soviet union....

The researcher of this paper aims to analyze work of German expressionist, Otto Dix, called "The war".... Otto Dix, "The war'' expresses the devastations of war and its destructive tendencies during the traditional days.... This paper analyzes Otto Dix's painting "The war".... The German paintings reveal the extensive effects and impacts of war that affected people directly and indirectly.... The paintings are a manifestation of the occurrences of war in the 20th century and how they negatively impacted on the well-being of the society....

This essay "International Volunteers in the Spanish Civil war" attempts to answer the question as to 'whether it is justified to describe the international volunteers who fought for the Republic during the Spanish Civil war as the 'dupes' of Moscow.... There are several views on what the war was about.... Rather than expound in such a short paper the wide range of perspectives depending on which side of the political and social spectrum lies each viewer and opinion giver, it may be sufficient for our purposes to identify two of the extremist views about the Spanish civil war....

This research paper "Cold War- Arms Race between US and USSR which Lead to the Fall of USSR" discusses the cold war, when the world was left with only one superpower.... History of the cold war The relations gap between United States and Soviet Union were widened up by differences in economic and political ideologies.... Arms race Decision by United States to drop nuclear bombs in Japan in 1945 signalled the starting of the cold war.... This move also triggered main aspects of the cold war....

Civil war general William Tecumseh Sherman pioneered total war in 1846.... This method is a sadistic form of genocide, a method widespread among numerous countries, more dangerous and probably more damaging than a bullet through your body.... Yet little is made to....

The essay "war in Iraq: Reasons and Causes" focuses on the critical analysis of the reasons and causes for the war in Iraq.... In 2003, the Iraq war took place and ended within the first three weeks, with the US being victorious.... The war took off during the daylight of March 30th.... Nine days later US and allied forces had made their way into the city of Baghdad and after fifteen days Saddam Hussein went off the grid on that very day the allied forces announced the end of the war....

Your Name Subject/Course April 19, 2011 Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Wall the vietnam war is probably the war that has had a large impact on many an Americans lives.... April 19, Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Wall the vietnam war is probably the war that has had a large impact on many an Americans lives.... This memorial is dedicated to all the people who lost their lives fighting for liberty in the vietnam war.... The Wall (the vietnam war Wall Memorial)....

This literature review "Just war or Just Peace" discusses the morality of humanitarian intervention.... It was not a situation of chaos or civil war, but the realities of exercising dictatorial control over a population with ethnic distinctions and diverse religious agendas motivated a policy of physical repression and arbitrary execution which itself constituted an ongoing crisis for the population.... ntervention – chaos in Cozumel accompanied by intentional ethnic cleansing and the general state of multi-factional Civil war....

cold war strategist.... "Negative Impacts of war in Human Society" paper argues that wars should only be supported against terrorist activities or during limited options.... This essay highlights the negative impacts of war in human society along with arguments provided by important people in favour of war. ... ost of the people in the world do-not appreciate war and they are against the violence that arises in the society due to emergence of war....

The paper 'The Ethical Justification of war' presents war that refers to the theory that deals with the justification of war.... The just war theory gives the criteria for justifying the war; the criteria for the justification of war can be either ethical or historical.... The historical justification of war refers to the use of the conventional historical methods in justifying wars, the conventional historical methods of justifying war include the use of laid down rules and agreements on war justification....