The invention of gunpowder, the steam engine, the telegraph, railways, the aeroplane, the internal combustion engine, the aircraft carrier and the atomic bomb are some of the most obvious innovations, which has brought radical changes [...]
Thus, despite regular invocations of the threat of a 'terrorist international' from Manila to Sarajevo that does exist, the threat to Russia is and was less than it publicly stated."Since Russia's foreign policy, like that [...]
The primacy of armed conflict in the evolution of the Western world is the essential tragedy of modern history. South Korea, the USA, Great Britain, and the Philippines participated from the side of the South.
Therefore, the clutch for the Jewish people and the condition of Israel has been due to the concentrations of oil and to guarantee an ally is there in the area.
This war has caused great suffering and death, is costing the U.S.the respect of the world's nations, continues to incite and encourage terrorism and has costs ranging in the hundreds of billion of dollars.
Despite how the children are recruited into the armed force, child soldiers are victims, and their taking part in conflicts brings serious implications to their physical as well as emotional welfare. The signatories thus have [...]
The Somali National Movement gained control of the north, while in the capital of Mogadishu and most of southern Somalia the United Somali Congress achieved control.
With regard to the case of humanitarian assistance to the people of Somalia, it is important to consider the factor of the effectiveness of the measures taken in terms of their impact on the domestic [...]
The goal of this paper is to demonstrate that the American Government did not appreciate the magnitude of the ethical implications of the war in regards to the state, world politics, world economy and the [...]
So, the way images affect our understanding of the immorality of the war is one of the key questions, which should be answered.
I guess that the main objective of the book was to show people that they were not marionettes in the arms of the government and that war was not the way to solve the conflict.
The United States' involvement in the military conflict in Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s occurred because of the confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, two massively powerful states that were [...]
Considering the initiatives and strategies that various parties and organizations have taken to ensure a peaceful environment in the framework of the war in Liberia, it becomes clear that they are insufficient. The security approach [...]
In their analysis of applying the negotiation theory to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Kteily, Saguy, Sidanius, and Taylor note that the role of such an arbitrator should be allocated to an international community.
Articles included in the analysis are "Offense, Defense, and Causes of War" by Van Evera, "Domestic Politics and War" by Levy, and "The Causes of War and the Conditions of Peace" by Levy; all present [...]
The 20th century is considered one of the worst centuries in human history in terms of human-made atrocities that resulted in the deaths of millions of people.
After the fall of the USSR in 1991, the source of ideological tension between the East and the West disappeared. The mass slaughter of people in Rwanda in 1994 is used as a staple example [...]
For example, as it was initially coined up by Frank Hoffman in the mid-2000s, the definition of "hybrid warfare" implies that resorting to the "hybrid" instruments of waging war is a prerogative of the specifically [...]
It is important to realize that even if the threat of a full-scale conflict between the United States and Russia that could result in a nuclear winter was somehow eliminated, the danger of nuclear war [...]
In this paper, the effects of the invasion of the Bay of Pigs has been discussed and the role of the United States of America.
The presence of the US troops and the lack of a stabilizing-force in Iraq led to the Iraqi troop's demise, and the rise of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
The nature of the conflict altered with the course of time so that the focus was made not on all Arab countries but on Palestine, in particular, in the 1980s.
It has been argued that the withdrawal of US from Iraq and the shutdown of Sunni protest camps in Iraq led to entry of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which is linked to [...]
The starting point for the War on Terror is considered to be the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and other locations which led to the deaths of thousands.
The paper covers the issue of rights in the context of war in Islam. Finally, the problem of human rights in Islam and those of Islam enemies is analysed.
Yet, in the course of the evolution of society and the development of diplomacy, the causes of war have become more complex.
The neo-orthodox perspective on the war in Vietnam consisted of criticism towards United States policies in the sense that civilian and military leaders of the country were unsuccessful in developing achievable and realistic plans with [...]
Saddam was killed during the war and the US pressurized the new regime to revise the existing legislation to accommodate western oil companies in the running of the oil business in the country.
As the War of Independence gained momentum, the liberators realized that although the military played the main role in fighting the colonial masters, it was important to maintain civilian control over them because of the [...]
The Chinese Civil War was one of the key conflicts in the 20th century and had a lasting impact on the development of the country and the lives of future generations of Chinese.
Therefore, for the interest of peace in the region, the US should not have engaged Mexico in this bloody war. However, the US should not have engaged in the war.
The book "The Accidental Guerilla" indicates that the conflicts experienced in different parts of the globe are associated with various complexities and trends. The author has presented adequate arguments to describe the nature of the [...]
The ethnic and linguistic composition of the population of this region probably makes the range of the Caucasus the most varied area in the world.
The Arab Spring was a series of revolutions and mass protests against governments that took place in 2010-2012; it started at the end of 2010 in Tunisia, and then spread to the rest of the [...]
Finally, Saddam stated that Kuwait illegally located oil facilities on the land of Iraq taking advantage of the fact that the country was involved in the Iran-Iraq war at that time.
In the recent years some of the West African states faced a number of armed conflicts and rebellions caused by various ideological differences and growing dissatisfaction of the citizens with the work of their governments.
Besides, it suggests the application of the liberal peace theory in the peace building process. The liberal peace building process in South Sudan has failed to tackle the internal certainties.
Breaking out in the city of Deraa, the uprising preaching the ideals of nonviolence and social justice and democracy in Syria has evolved to spread across the territory of the country and become an organized [...]
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the clashes in the Middle East that has continued to exist despite several attempts to resolve it. The conflict owes its origin to the relocation of the Jews to [...]
When the war progressed, it was clearer to the soldiers who the civilians were and how to identify them in a group of Vietnamese people as the civilians were not armed.
For war to be justifiable, it needs to promise good intentions, such as establishing peace and justice in a region where violence is the order of the day.
Considering negotiation as the way forward to end the Vietnam War in 1973, intervening from an implied diplomatic position without an indication of the intent of application of force by the mighty nation had a [...]
Though the Korean War had disastrous consequences for the country, it was still the next phase of the development of the independence state of the South Korea and the North Korea.
It was evident that there were many attacks on the civilian population, and the presence of the foreign fighters only angered the local people and insurgents.
A lot of questions were raised about the interests of the United States in initiating a blockade off the coast of Cuba in 1962 and the subsequent events that took place between two countries.
The paper will begin by providing an overview of the Cold War in order to highlight the conditions that led to the space race between the US and the USSR.
However, after the invention of these weapons the techniques of war have been changing from decade to decade. As a result, nations have been discouraged from starting wars that might trigger the use of nuclear [...]
The column and line tactics became suicidal to the level of ushering in the second-generation warfare. In the case of Afghanistan, the war began in 2001 and has persisted to the present.
The Cold War involved the United States and the Soviet Union due to their different ideologies on ways of managing the economy of a country. The beginning of the Cold War was marked by the [...]
Stone estimates the principles of McCarthyism, which identifies the era of the Cold War regime and stems from the conspiracy games of the American senator Joe McCarthy.
The event selected for this paper is the current conflict on the territory of Ukraine. The portal demonstrates how the conflict appeared and escalated, how it moved from the center, to the West, to the [...]
In the meantime, the war continues and innocent civilians, especially women and children continue to pay the price for the war.
The Vietnam War caused unintended consequences for the civil rights movements of the 1960s as it awakened the African-Americans' consciousness on the racism and despotism that they experienced in the United States.
The greatest imperfection of the humans is the thirst for power. The conflict dates back to the 1800s when a group of Jewish extremists called the Zionists, wanted to colonize and convert the Palestine to [...]
The question of who were responsible for the atrocities committed to the people and the role of America and Nato are some of the big questions that remain unanswered. To be in Kosovo during this [...]
This outcome contradicts with the Isandlwana battle where the British troops succumbed to a massive defeat from the Zulu warriors leaving the world in awe.
Kosovo finally announced her independence in February 2008, a decision that was promptly accepted and recognized by the U.S.and by most members of the EU.
To understand the notion of just war in Islam, one has to first understand the origin and development of Islam as a religion, as well as comprehend the meaning of the term Islam.
The factor argues that the benefits to be derived from the use of war must almost be of the same amount in relation to the expected evils.
Origin of the Conflict in the Land of Israel Role of the British Government The defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War led to the establishment of British rule in Palestine.
'No Man's Land' is a war time movie that satirizes the War of the Balkans. The movie depicts the complexities that are likely to rise in a conflict situation especially with with regards to international [...]
This paper therefore, provides an historical overview of the conflict witnessed in Bosnia between the Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks, the role of women in this conflict, and an analysis of the role of both national [...]
In the end, the destruction of the Algeria meant that both the natives and the European colonizers won nothing of value.
This war has been the largest and the longest that the US military has ever engaged in since the Vietnam War.
It should be noted that the Quran only allows the Muslim to engage in war if their faith is threatened and there is need to protect it but abhors war if the Muslim will engage [...]
In various cases, it has from time to time been obligatory for higher-ranking officials of chief executives, envoys and governments to live inside a complex with secured boundaries, and to journey out of it only [...]
The Vietnam War was a conflict that was military in nature, occurred between the years 1954 and 1975, and was between the communists and the non-communists.
The second part of the discussion looks at whether the principles of war were adhered to and examines whether these deaths would have been prevented had the rules of engagement been followed The US troops [...]
Iraq has faced challenges like the long history of authoritarian rule and the crushing of democracy, the rivalry between Sunni and Shia, separatist claims of the Kurds and the demands of the Turkmen coupled with [...]
The origins and developments of the war will be examined, before and after the NATO intervention, the consequences of the war will be outlined, and the opposing opinions will be considered to produce a comprehensive [...]
This therefore implies that when the war is examined from a legal perspective, the use of force in the invasion was as a matter of principle, in breach of international law and therefore was unjustified.
In accessing the social health implications of the Vietnam population following the release of Agent Orange, it is important to identify the variety of victims, since solutions to the episode have been tailored by the [...]
The war in Afghanistan started with the conflicts between the British army and the Al-Qaeda and the Taliban group as the supporters of Al-Qaeda squad.
The American intelligence operation in Afghanistan can be described as the biggest of all due to the amount of interest the USA has in the war.
The appeal to what would cause outrage in the general sentiments of humanity is a common way to think about the elements of normal moral perception of which each person is thought to be capable.
Accordingly, it is worthwhile to address the ethical concerns regarding the application of nuclear weapons in wars. The ethical concern in the use of nuclear weapons and medicine is a very significant area to be [...]
The world is moving forward, and it is currently changing from the industrial age to the age of information technology. The United States of America is the leader in technological advancement in relation to military [...]
Washington Post started to give coverage to the Iraq war since the inception of the debate on Iraq in the US Congress.
The book focuses on the Battle of Kapyong, a minor group of hills in the northeastern part of Seoul and Bjarnason as well uses most of his story to explain the incidents which resulted to [...]
The Tamil and Sinhalese communities which are the two major communities in Sri Lanka started disagreeing on major national issues during the process of preparing the first constitution of the country after the country gained [...]
The term coined to refer to the war is Yugoslav war which refers to a sequence of campaigns carried out by military between the years 1991 and 1995 in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
The attack of Kuwait by Iraq can also be referred to as "the Iraq Kuwait War". Accumulated War Debts Before the "Iraq-Iran war", Kuwait had a mutual relationship with Iraq and Kuwait even served as [...]
1990s The formation of the Russian Federation Republic of Chechnya and beginning of the independence movement. A major demand of Chechen separatist is to establish the independence of Chechnya and in so-called Muslim region.
However, with the development of the digital age and improved command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and common operating picture, the ability of the commander staff to have real time visualization of every [...]
In India, the prevalent religion is Hindu, and the majority of the representatives in the Congress and the executive profess the Hindu faith.
The zaibatsu emerged from the policies of entrepreneurism of the Meiji government, which typified modernization of economy during the period. Effects of the war The Korean War had economic effects in both North and South [...]
This paper will argue that the UAE contributed to the lengthy duration of the war due to the monetary support offered to the Iraqis and the Iranians.
Sexual violence continued in the Congo throughout the peace process and the national elections in 2006. The war in the Democratic Republic of Congo led to a serious economic crisis.
Therefore, the United States need to pull out its troops from Afghanistan because the cost of retaining them is unsustainable, Al-Qaeda organization is no longer a threat, and that Afghanistan requires independence to fight terrorism.
The paper addresses the motivation behind the attacks, the methods of attack, and the responses of the defenders to these attacks.
With the help of the most realistic descriptions and the vivid pictures of woes that soldiers had to take in the course of the battles, the author makes the people sink into the mind of [...]
The war in Iraq resulted to the ousting of Saddam Husain, the then president, and caused a major destabilization in the country.
The Korean War was fought in Korean Peninsula between armies from North and those from South Korea. The only and main cause of the Korean War was the invasion of South Korea by North Korea [...]
This highlights the causes of the war and Justifies the United States Action to invade Iraq on the argument of self-defense based on the UN Charter.
As of the time of the war, the capital city of South Vietnam was Saigon while that of the North was Hanoi.
The collapse of the bilateral relationship between China and USSR also contributed to the strained relationship between China and Vietnam in 1979.
The first myth is that the intervention of the US in the Vietnam War was devoid of any political interests and colonial based ambition contrary to that of the French.
Over the centuries the laws of war have experienced significant developments which include the following: To consider the plea of combatants during surrender and the treatment of prisoners captured during war in a humane manner [...]
S embassies in Kenya, Tanzania and the terror attacks on the U. The living legacy of Osama should send fears in the nerves of the U.
The other states that were involved in this war were the United States of America, The Peoples Republic of China, France, and the Soviet Union.
The pro-government forces on the other hand are opposed to the perceived involvement of the international community and the Western countries to impose regime change in their country.
The actual thesis was that the Viet Cong's underestimation of the United States military forces' ability to rapidly and effectively deploy and fight, pretty much lost the North Vietnamese the battle, despite the fact that [...]
The Korean War was devastating to both the North and the South and it is deemed to be one of the world's most destructive wars in terms of the proportion of the population that was [...]
Inflamed by the ideas of the patriotic behavior and the mission of protecting the interests of the native land, the American soldiers were eager to start the battle.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that occurred in August 7, 1964, was one of the major turning points in the United States military involvement into the flow of the Vietnam War.
On the surface, the Korean War seemed like a normal war between North and South Korea; however, there was more to it than what met the eye.
As everybody in the United States now knows, among the aforementioned objectives, none was fulfilled and the enemy in the objectives is the one who profited from the intervention of the U.S.in the Iraq war.
This showed that Iraq rejected its own religion and doctrines which in the long run affected the political state of the country hence the decline of the Monarchy.
Though United States did not involve itself into the war in order to break the dominance of Soviet Union, it wanted to gain politically and economically.
In the dissonance of opinions on the Vietnam War, it appears reasonable to turn to the first-hand experiences of the veterans and to draw real-life information from their stories.
The fear to go to Vietnam and participate in a war that many believed America will inevitably lose, continued to engulf their life even more.
The theory deals with the right to resort to war and proper conduct of war. A had gone to war and the outcome was positive.
The paper will also analyse importance of the Gulf region as a major world supplier of oil and the role played by the US in guiding the UN in making the resolutions for Iraq's withdrawal [...]
As the public absorbed the announcement, and the truth behind the war, they were angered by the fact that many American lives had been lost in the war, and the fact that the government was [...]
The main causes of prejudice are explained and how they can be used to resolve and be used for the benefit of fighting discrimination and stereotyping.
The Vietnam War was and is still considered the longest deployment of the U. In conclusion, both the U.S.and the Vietnam governments have a lot to ponder regarding the outcome of the Vietnam War.
At the time, Nixon was concerned by the sudden surge of drug related arrests among young people and the relation that the trend had on the high rate of street crime at the time.
The crisis started at the time when Slobodan Milosevic ascended to the presidency of Serbia, in 1989 when the country held its first democratic elections since the aftermath of the First World War.