misdeeds and is willing to do anything to corrupt it. Big Brother controls he population and limits rebellion by using surveillance and mind control, instilling fear, and making a common enemy to distract the citizens. One example of Big Brothers use of mind control is the Two Minutes Hate, a film showing the Parties enemies. Everyone joins in to yell obscenities at the screen But Winston claims, “The…
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they’re willingly putting their lives on the line to defend our country. It takes a lot of courage to volunteer to put your own life at risk, and for that many people deeply appreciate them. Yet very few people know of or acknowledge the cruel military tactics that are used in secrecy. There’s a hot topic of debate regarding the U.S. Military, which is the “enhanced” interrogation techniques that are being utilized. These techniques have been established as permissible by our government. It’s been argued…
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Conflict in Indochina Assessment Assess the strategies and tactics used during the second Indochinese war. To focus solely on the military strategies of the second Indochinese war is to limit one’s understanding of the complicated and unconventional nature of a war not open to purely military solutions. As discussed below, it seems apparent that it was the ability of the Communists, under consistent and unified leadership, to effectively combine their strategic and tactical efforts in the…
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Assess the impact of suicide terrorism as a tactic for forcing political change. Terrorist and terror groups promote the use of violence in order to pressure political change. Suicide terrorist attackers pose more lethality due to their increased ability to reach an intended target, leave a greater psychological impact and ultimately intimidate a government into reforms. Hoffman (2003) describes suicide terrorist as the “ultimate smart bomb” (para. 3). They are inexpensive, lethal and always…
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fiction is often just fiction in a different time period, and sometimes incorrect. In Sophia’s War, Avi closely follows real life events and people to create an accurate story of revolutionary spying. The book takes place during the initial stages of the Revolution, and focuses on a young patriot girl recruited as a spy. Avi’s depiction of the war, including the coffee shop and revolutionary spying tactics were historically accurate in terms of events, people, and places. The first example is that…
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The First World War was one of the bloodiest wars that ever happened in human history. This War started in 1914 and ended in 1918. In this war, a lot of horrifying battles took place, for example, the Battle of the Somme. A lot of the decisions the Generals made were then criticized because a lot of people believed the Generals were no good at leading the army, and that the soldiers were really brave and compared them to lions. Using the some primary and secondary sources, several areas will be assessed…
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I chose to work with the essay, "The Long War" by Rebbeca Solnit. The problem the author describes in her essay is the issue of violence against women in our country. Solnit shines light on similar incidents that have occurred across the globe and uses them to cross reference and compare. After having read her essay I was captivated by her idea of “a pattern of violence” (Solnit 522) pointing fingers pre dominantly towards highly aggressive men. She uses statistics and research from others to come…
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#82: Describe how motor vehicle and airplane technology changed warfare. The constant change with technology has greatly impacted America in many ways, especially in warfare. The earlier American warfare was very old fashioned due to the lack of technology, but with time technology evolved and warfare changed dramatically and has also greatly improved. With newer and more advanced technology, it helped push for stronger and well equipped machinery. The introduction of motor vehicles and airplane…
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the Vietnam War and the radicalization of the youth of the United States. The United States’ involvement in the war in Vietnam began in 1965 when the first US ground troops were sent in. Each following year the amount of troops drastically increased. During this time, there were many factors of the war that made people protest the war effort. For example, there was mass media coverage of the war and at the time; television was a huge factor in what shaped many people’s view of the war. The violence…
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something of a Burkean provenance. As Christopher Hitchens observes (see Reader) the term was notably revived in the course of the Cold War by US governmental agencies and widely deployed by academics seeking to carve out a field of inquiry (as well as government grant aid and high profile careers). Hutchens is notably sceptical of the term and its definition as ‘the use of violence for political ends’ he considers tautological (actually he is wrong, the definition may be problematic, but it is not a…
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