Essays on War and Peace

INTRODUCTION

The formation of the foreign aid kitties to assist countries in turmoil is due to the continuous aspects or war and peace especially in the late twentieth century. Most countries in Africa were and are still experiencing these effects. Such a country is Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone is a country on the West side of the African continent. The Sierra Leone civil war can be traced back to the late twentieth century and most specifically 1991 and came to an end in 2002. The cause of the war was an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government. The Revolutionary ...

Alcibiades, a young man who wants to enter politics, enters a dialogue with Socrates about the qualities of a good political leader. While he believes that his education and experiential knowledge are enough to make him a good politician, Socrates proves to him that he needs to learn about the true meaning of abstract and controversial concepts, such as justice or goodness before being able to counsel others about it. In particular, Socrates shows young Alcibiades that he does not have self-knowledge and persuades Alcibiades that a man who wants to enter politics first needs sufficient self- knowledge in ...

The value of literature in human life cannot be overestimated. This kind of art is one of the most ancient and important for humankind. Though this type of art has a connection with such term as fiction, it still has quite a real basis. Literature has arisen much earlier than it was given a definition and typology. The man, who existed before the literature, had already used its main elements even earlier than ten thousand years ago, which played a very important role in the life of the whole humankind. Using the words that were written on stones, people ...

1a. “We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained,” said Marie Curie, physicist, chemist, Nobel Prize winner in physics. 1b. Everyone should have such important qualities as persistence and self-confidence so that he or she may believe in the main destination and be able to achieve it (Marie Curie). 2a. According to Kristina Wolff’s article Anti-War and Peace Movements, “Anti-war and peace movements are social movements that concentrate on many issues related to war, armed conflict, and violence. Often, they ...

The biggest challenge facing the world today has certainly been war and peace. War and peace have eloped many economies to the point of becoming a worldwide issue. There have been continuous wars in various nations like Syria as the problem escalates every preceding month. Other countries that are faced with an endless war crisis include the likes of Yemen, Libya, South Sudan, countries in the Chad basin the issue that has led to war among several faction has had massive consequences and ripple effects leading to a refugee crisis and leaving the nations in tatters. The issue is ...

Question 1: Globalization is the movement towards a global interconnectedness from an economic, political, and social standpoint. Many consider the process of globalization to be a modernization or Westernization of nations throughout the world (Power Point, “Globalization”). There are advantages to globalization which include benefits to undeveloped nations, such as the economic opportunities, transaction between nations that also increase global GDP (Power Point, “Globalization”). The disadvantages include the economic decline of certain nations that has weakened the nation-states, and in turn the citizens of the region; Westernization of non-Western nations is another disadvantage because of the loss of culture ...

Jeffrey Zacks and Rebecca Treiman’s article, published in The New York Times magazine, as of April 2016, is an argumentative piece about how people will not be able to develop the skill of speed-reading effectively. Speed-reading is defined firstly as “to absorb text several times faster than normal, without any significant loss of comprehension,” (Zacks and Treiman). The message is that several companies that promise to improve the customer’s ability to speed-read are deceptive. Scientific research is not able to support the claims that those companies make. The writers are actually both professors of psychological and brain ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/opinion/sunday/sorry-you-cant-speed-read.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Jeffrey Zacks and Rebecca Treiman’s article is an argumentative piece about how people will not be able to effectively develop the skill of speed-reading. Speed-reading is defined firstly as “to absorb text several times faster than normal, without any significant loss of comprehension,” (Zacks and Treiman). The message is that several companies that promise to improve the customer’s ability to speed-read are deceptive. Scientific research is not able to support the claims that those companies make. The writers are actually both professors of psychological and brain sciences. One of the scientific articles that they refer to ...

Purpose of the Research

The objective of this paper is to give a comprehensive synthesis on the analysis of War or Conflict, drawn from the perspective of the ‘Just War’ theory. This research also aims to specify the core values and points of a just war; it tackles further the theory’s bounds, especially the justification of the use of armed forces, the principles of a humane and reasonable warfare and the three categories directly central to the so-called just war. This will also focus on the possible arguments that arise in this specific case, inquiries that most likely occur when stumbling upon ...

“Bismarckian Strategic Policy, 1871-1890,” in Williamson Murray and Richard Hart Sinnreich, eds. Successful Strategies: Triumphing in War and Peace from Antiquity to the Present (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014), 214-240. In this essay, I will argue the legacy and the leadership qualities of Otto Von Bismarck, the German ruler who was an influential and successful statesman in the modern nation-state system era. In the watch of Otto Von Bismarck, the Prussia expanded in the power and influence. He was also involved in the creation of Germany through a series of sharp and limited battles but the country remained ...

The Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid in the Philippines

In the past, peace and war have shown the diverse effect on the distribution of foreign aids to the recipient nations which have been affected by war. The effects of war and peace on the foreign aids are either positive or negative and also with different magnitude. Foreign aids given to the affected countries which are usually the third world countries is usually technical aid, military aid, financial aid and humanitarian aid (Callaway & Matthews, 2008). The intention of the donor country is usually to help the poor in the country get their basic wants which at the same time ...

Having studied in British system school (Cambridge IGCSE) up to Grade 11 (till aged 16) and in American system school for Grade 12, I finally graduated when I was 17 and understood that now I would like to try a different type of education system. I want to understand the differences and to obtain new knowledge.

My choice fell to Australia because it is well-known for its high standards of education and quality of the obtained knowledge. This is the Motherland of such famous historians as Suzanne Baker and Arthur Basham. Australia also invites by being a ...

The state of war and peace in Afghanistan has had a significant impact on the distribution of the foreign aid. Afghanistan is among the developing countries, according to the ISI (International Statistical Institute). It is classified as a developing country on the criterion that it has a GNI (Gross National Income) of less than US $11, 905 per capita a year (ISI, 2014). In order to help Afghanistan (and other developing countries) get through the development process, developed countries and international organizations, channel funds to this country, in the form of foreign. However, given the state of war and peace within the country a ...

PSYC101 Journal Article ReviewAssignment - Part 2Article Analysis, Connection, and ReflectionDue: 11:55pm ETSunday at the end ofWeek 6of the 8-week course termYou may work on this assignment ahead of its deadline but may not submit it prior to Week 6.Points Possible: 140 OVERVIEW: For Part I of this two-part assignment you identified and summarized elements of a published scholarly article selected from the classroom Resources Folder. For Part 2, which is due by the end of Week 6, you will analyze, connect, and reflect on aspects of your selected article. Note that the words “succinct” and “thorough” repeat regularly ...

Epic war films are genres focusing on battles either on land, water, or air. Their themes may be military operations, undercover operations, prisoner rescues, or even personal revenges. Hence, the genre may be based on a true story, fictional, historical, or a docudrama. Caldwell (106) narrates four elements listed by John Belton that are crucial in identifying a successful war film in Hollywood. They are: focus on collective goals, as opposed to individual ones, absence of human morality during war times, recuperation of veterans shown, and either rivalry between groups of men or objectification of women. Also, Caldwell (123) asserts that in ...

Literature is a way that to learn about the rhythms of cycles of life. Fiction with a good plot and interesting characters is entertaining but even in fiction the author is sharing the topics that he or she thinks is important. The ideas that are presented through the characters and settings may be universal such as love is good and hate is bad. But most often literature addresses complex and even controversial issues as one or more of the themes.

The thesis of this paper is that fiction entertains us while giving us an opportunity to explore important issues in life. ...

9th May, 2011 Revision is very important in helping the reader understand what exactly the writer wanted to say in the first place. The writer is able to tackle all the concerns that he or she forgot to highlight or deal with in the first place.

Revision in any kind of writing is important for it gives the writer a second chance to convince the reader that indeed what he or she did in the first place was not a true reflection of his or her actual knowledge of the subject. In the first place, the writer did not ...