Anti-War Essays and Term Papers
World War 1Timothy Wagner
Noll/Henderson
History/English
16 February 2010
Why Did the United States Enter the First World War?
There are a wide variety of theories as to why the United States entered the so-called Great War, and many have intriguing background information, making them believable. ...
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Scars of War?Jeremy Rivera
Dr. Hunte
ENC-1102
2/16/21
The Scars of War
Introduction
Napalms flying left and right. The Vietnam War came to be among the most critical and longest wars in American history. It proposed a question, what drives the necessity for the purpose of engaging in war? Tim O' ...
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Analysis Of Stephen Crane's "War Is Kind"My first impression of the poem "War Is Kind" by Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was that this young man had experienced the ferocity of war in all of its intensity. Published in the year of 1899 at the same time when America was rejoicing with the conclusion of its victorious foreign involvement, The ...
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The Atomic Bomb And Its Effects On Post-World War IIThen a tremendous flash of light cut across the sky . Mr. Tanimoto has a distinct recollection that it traveled from east to west, from the city toward the hills. It seemed like a sheet of sun.
John Hersey, from Hiroshima, pp.8
On August 6, 1945, the world changed forever. On that day the ...
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Hitler in World War IIn the muddy, lice infested, smelly trenches of World War I, Adolf Hitler found a new home fighting for the German Fatherland. After years of poverty, alone and uncertain, he now had a sense of belonging and purpose.
The "war to end all wars" began after the heir to the Austrian throne, Archduke ...
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Vietnam WarI started the research about the choice of USA entering the Vietnam War during the Cold War Period with great interest, Vietnam is geologically a remote and underdeveloped Asian country by then, with neither abundant mines nor rich natural recourses, and the government was corrupted and poor. On ...
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Slaughterhouse Five: War Transforms the MindKurt Vonnegut was there - he was at the Slaughterhouse. Although felt his experiences weren’t extraordinary, he chose to write one that was. He merged time travel and mental escapism. Vonnegut’s imprisonment in war experiences is then translated into Slaughterhouse-five. The novel, ...
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Vietnam War - The Vietnam WarThe Vietnam War is truly one of the most unique wars ever fought by the Unites States of by any country. It was never officially declared a war (Knowll, 3). It had no official beginning nor an official end. It was fought over 10,000 miles away in a virtually unknown country. The enemy and the ...
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World War I, the supposed "war to end all wars" was anything but that. Previously actively involved in foreign disputes, the United States reversed its role as mediator and refused to get involved in the international war until the last possible minute. In fact, Wilson's first response to the outbreak of the ...
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Saddam, Iraq, And The Gulf Warjustifiable or not, is complete madness. It is hell. No matter what the
or what the reason is, war remains mankind’s greatest source of
tragedy,
the plague of mankind, and the plague of this country. Our country
has
existed for only 200 years, a relatively short time, and already we ...
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The Vietnam Anti-War MovementThe antiwar movement against Vietnam in the US from 1965-1971 was the most significant movement of its kind in the nation's history. The United States first became directly involved in Vietnam in 1950 when President Harry Truman started to underwrite the costs of France's war against the Viet ...
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The Vietnam Waris truly one of the most unique wars ever fought by the Unites States of by any country. It was never officially declared a war (Knowll, 3). It had no official beginning nor an official end. It was fought over 10,000 miles away in a virtually unknown country. The enemy and the allies looked ...
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“All Quiet On The Western Front”: Effects Of WarAll Quiet on the Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque, is a considered a great war novel in that it describes, in amazing detail, the experience of a German Soldier at front lines of World War I. As it describes the effects of war, we can also consider this book one of the greatest ...
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How The Decision To Declare War Was InfluencedThe decision to declare war on Germany was greatly influenced by allied propaganda, American economic interests, and German naval policies. Although most Americans were against involvement in a European war these influences increased its position in the war. The loss of money and the demand for ...
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Hollywood and the Vietnam War - Alibi, Not ActualityHollywood and the Vietnam War- Alibi, not Actuality
About two decades ago, film critics and observers lamented Hollywood’s avoidance of the Vietnam War. However, in recent years, Hollywood has produced Vietnam War films at a rapid rate and, the focus has shifted from the lack of Hollywood films ...
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SOCRATIC DIALOGUE (Protest against War in Afghanistan)SOCRATIC DIALOGUE (Protest against War in Afghanistan)
It was with disbelief and shock that people around the world saw footage of the terrorist attacks in the US on on September 11, 2001 when the planes-turned-missiles slammed into the World Trade Center towers and damaged the Pentagon. The ...
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A Rumor of War ReviewIn A Rumor of War, Philip Caputo tells of his battle experience in the Vietnam War and how it changed him from an idealistic young man fresh out of officer's school, to a ruthless killer, to a disillusioned soldier sick with the waste of war. He arrives in Danang sure of a quick and certain ...
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War and The African American CommunityThe importance (and lack of importance) of war in the African American Community
In the lived, non-fictional reality of today's present, many individuals such as the African-American politician Representative Charles Rangle of New York City have called for the reinstatement of the draft policy. ...
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