THE COLD WAR BY: Rosalia Salinas History V04B Final Fall 2014 Immediately in the aftermath of WWII‚ the world was split into two opposing camps‚ the Western Bloc which consists of the U.S.‚ its NATO allies and some others and Eastern Bloc consist of the Soviet Union and their allies from the Warsaw Pact. Though they did not fight directly‚ there were major regional wars in Korea‚ Vietnam and Afghanistan that both sides supported; they were actively engaged in the Cold War. This war did not
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War Is Pointless Wouldn’t it be horrific‚ to awake at dawn in your hajib‚ to hear those Air Force Jets scream past your neighbourhood? Wouldn’t it be horrific‚ to smell the burning shrapnel detonated from those who have torn your country apart. Wouldn’t it be horrific to think of the 99‚700 human beings‚ including your friends and family‚ now a bunch of bodies piled high? Wouldn’t it be horrific to look at fear on your sons’ pain-stricken face‚ after his mother is one of five-hundred daily civilian
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Style Wars Style wars is a film that documents a number of young graffiti artists who were transforming the city with their unique art. They used the city’s subway system as a canvas and let their work be seen in all five boroughs of New York. This film is a great film that documents that time in history. It is difficult for me to side with them or be against them. I am also an artist and I know how it feels when you have to feed that hunger and the only way to do it is to perform it. I
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The Korean War Senna Albunni HIS 135 July-16‚ 2012 Gregory Taylor The Korean War Two of the immediate effects of The Korean War are that it was one of the most destructive of the 20th century‚ and The Korean War also brought social damage to Korea‚ especially in the North. North Korea remained a communist nation and South Korea became a free republic. This social difference still brings conflict even today. . However‚ the Korean War was able to boost the economy of both Japan and the US
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Apocalypse Now‚ war is illustrated as being a chaotic battlefield‚ where people have no remorse for one another as men constantly die right in front of them. The idea of war being cruel is seen as a truth of war among these three works. In addition‚ the concept of isolation exists throughout these works‚ to show that being out in a war can truly change someone. These two truths of war are demonstrated ultimately to emphasize the conflicts that exist out in the war‚ and also to prove that a war can seriously
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THE JUST WAR Amoral realism- The realist part of this is the exercise of power- the realise of power- while the amoral part of it is that it is exercised without reference to a moral language. Instead it is a question of desire‚ glory‚ non moral motivations. Moral Realism- The realist part is‚ once again‚ the view that power can be exercised without any priori restraints on the basis of rights- so that it is consequentialist theory- but the ends to which power is exercised must themselves
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Vietnam War‚ every one of those soldiers fought the same war‚ but for different reasons. The actions took by the United States during the Vietnam War created major controversy throughout the people of the U.S. As a navy soldier in the Vietnam War‚ Ed Shottenbauer told his story on what he thought about the war and how the war changed his life after coming back to the U.S. The process of becoming a soldier can be difficult and can affect one’s life during and after war. The nature of war causes a
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The Cold War The Cold War was the period after the World War II of political conflict and military tension between the USSR and the United States of America. It lasted from 1945 to 1991‚ with the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). As the name indicates‚ it was a “cold” war; this means that no actual bullets (or any other kind of weapon) were fired between these two factions‚ although many conflicts during the war were propitiated and supported by them. Some of the biggest
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The period of the Cold war began in 1945 following World War II after the defeat of Hitler‚ Germany and Japan. The Cold War wasn’t a one time event‚ rather it was a long period of fighting between the leadership of the Western World and Eastern Europe. The two countries known as superpowers led the charge with the Western side led by the USA and Eastern Europe led by the Soviet Union. Although once allies during World War II‚ mistrust with the leadership of Joseph Stalin and his leadership caused
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considered to be a modern day issue. However‚ if we look to the archeological records‚ we would find that our ancestors used drugs such as‚ alcohol‚ opium‚ cocoa‚ magic mushrooms among others for both medical and spiritual purposes. Throughout the years many policies have been created in order to minimize the use of drugs. For example‚ the first anti-opium laws were directed at the Chinese immigrants in the 1870’s. In the 1900’s‚ an anti-cocaine laws were directed in the South at the black men. But it
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