Essays on War

According to Lecture 16 combat, means productive action. Therefore, during the world wars, Korea or Vietnam wars it meant to fight. According to Kindsvatter (285), after analyzing or the four battles, he concluded that nothing much should be expected from war. According to his book American Soldiers, Kindsvatter starts by...

The World War II was one that left lifetime memories. The Bataan Death March is just but one of the many impacts of this war. Bataan Death March occurred in the year 1942 through to 1994. The fierce war between the Japanese and U.S soldiers began after a surprise air...

World order is the power and authority distribution on the global stage by political players (Duncan et al. 30). The term "world order" may seem strange in the face of conflicting realities. Although it is assumed that states are the same in a formal sense, there are blatant inequalities between...

Nuclear Weapons and the Decline of Inter-State Wars Nuclear arms are volatile devices that stem their damaging force from nuclear energy generated from a combination of fusion and fission reactions (UNODA). Nuclear devices can devastate large areas by fire, blast, and radiation. Because of the destructive nature of nuclear weapons, their...

Terrorism as a Global Issue Terrorism is currently a global issue affecting most nations. Initially, terrorism was thought to be a problem associated with a few nations but has turned out to be a global threat. The terrorists have spread their ideologies to various individuals in different countries. They have made...

Every government has a responsibility of protecting its citizens/country against external aggression. During wartime, the decisions that the presidents make determine the fate of their citizens in the war and periods after the war. In this respect and considering my position as the president of a country in war, my...

The Vietnam War The Vietnam War also known as the second Indochina war was regarded as a resistance battle against the United States of America. The war occurred in the Vietnam, Laos from 1955 up to 1975. Furthermore, it was considered to be Indochina battles and was formally a war between...

Thailand has experienced rapid economic growth since the 1980’s. The country has experienced contractions and troughs in its economic cycle on only three occasions since 1980; in 1998; during the 2010 world, during the Great recession in 2010 and in 2013. Currently, the country is ranked at 26th by the IMF...

The Indian Removal Act and Violations of Just War Principles The Indian Removal Act authorized the US president to discuss treaties which were to facilitate the removal of the native Americans living to the Eastern of Mississippi River. The principles of a just war were violated although the war was called...

War results from the perceived opposition of values, interests, and needs. Both realism and liberal perspectives explain the state of conflict together with its resolution (Mac Ginty and Richmond 2013, p.769). Realism is a view of global politics that emphasizes on conflictual and competitive dimensions of war. Nations are thus...

This logic asserts that the citizens have the power to prevent the cost of war should they reckon it to be too high through the electoral influence over their sovereignty (Rosato 2003, p.587). Democracies have also established systems of “checks and balances” such as political competition, pluralism and executive selection...

The table compares the number of terrorists’ attacks in the worst-hit countries around the world in the year 2015 and 2016. The table offers a quick comparison of shifts in the number of terror attacks as well as arranges the countries according to the order of frequency of attacks. Iraq...