Essays on Pacification

Back in late 52 BC came the final pacification of the Aeduis, and then Arvernes expressed humility. Moreover, they returned to 20 thousand prisoners. With regard to the Aeduis, then they even maintained the status allies, who besides them had only loyal Lingones. Arvernes, though, had to give a large number of hostages, also received quite tolerable peace terms on which their independence in dealing with domestic issues was recognized. Now that the danger of united Gaul was eliminated. For Caesar, it was important to find support at least in the two most significant communities. But is there any ...

English: Book Review

“Politics and the English Language” is an essay written by George well in 1946. In the article, Orwell severely criticizes the poor written English language during his era. He observes the political conventions and degradation of the language and highlights the weak areas causing the same. The paper attempts to carry out an analysis and produces a review of the essay. George Orwell discusses the English language used by politicians. The writer highlights that use of English language in politics is meant to cover the lies and portray them as total truth. The language used in politics makes even a ...

Introduction

Michael Doyle is one of the most outstanding scholar international relations. In his famous work on liberalism and international politics, Doyle seeks to re-examine the belief that authorities or government founded on individual liberty formulate and implement foreign policies that are restraint and peaceful (Fearon 577). In efforts to give a theoretical explanation of the world politics, Doyle examines three types of liberalism, that is, liberal pacificism as attributed by Schumpeter, liberal imperialism by Machiavelli and liberal internationalism as developed by Immanuel Kant (Doyle 1152).

Liberalism and International Politics

Liberal pacificism Liberal pacificism lacks a canonical description. Hence, the theory is resembled to a family ...

English colonialism was still in its infancy when William Shakespeare wrote The Tempest in about 1610, while Spain had been engaged in the conquest and exploitation of the New World for over 100 years by that time. Although Shakespeare was familiar with the Virginia Company and its new colony in Jamestown, which were established in 1607, he did not use any of these events as source material for the play. Rather he read accounts of a group of adventurers who had been shipwrecked in Bermuda, which was thought to be a magical or enchanted island. Unlike the Americas, however, it was ...

The American Revolution was fought successfully against the greatest military and economic power of the 18th Century and one that had a longer imperial reach than any other. Yet in the end Great Britain gave up its North American colonies after the defeat at Yorktown in 1781 and the collapse of Lord North’s ministry. Over 200,000 men fought in the Continental Army at one time or another and perhaps even more in the local at state militias, an enormous number in a country with a white population of only about two million. In addition to the conventional battles that have ...