Essays about War Page 57

On August 5th. 1864. Rear Admiral David Farragut led the Union navy into Mobile Bay. Alabama. to confront a smaller Confederate fleet under the bid of Admiral Franklin Buchanan and neutralize three garrisons environing Mobile Bay to finish the Union encirclement of the Gulf of Mexico. The conflict would turn out pivotal in the Union…

Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, a novel set in World War I, centers around the changes wrought by the war on one young German soldier. During his time in the war, Remarque’s protagonist, Paul Baumer, changes from a rather innocent Romantic to a hardened and somewhat caustic veteran. More importantly, during…

After the events at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775, militiamen from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont came together in Cambridge and the surrounding area near Boston. Meanwhile, British General Gage and 6,500 soldiers and marines controlled Boston proper, while the American force consisted of more than 16,000 men. However, sickness…

Do you agree that Charles I was mostly to blame for causing the Civil War of 1642-45? Charles I was mostly to blame for causing the Civil War, but Parliament didn’t help matters when they refused to support the King. Charles’ poor start as king didn’t help gain trust from his people, and other factors…

            Franz Kafka takes his place in the annals of Western literature as an author and unique mind responsible for some of the most surreal, yet socially conscious works in history.  His impact remains so great that in certain situations of severe alienation and social confusion, people often use the term “Kafkaesque” to describe the…

Junger’s view on war is exemplified by the quote “No finer death in all the world than…’ Anything to participate, not to have to stay at home.” Storm of Steel does seem to somewhat promote war compared to other accounts of World War I, like the film “All Quiet on the Western Front.” Junger glorifies…

When evaluating Ken Burns documentary series The Civil War (1990) in terms of establishing a  verdict on the inherent quality of the series, it is important to keep in mind that there two basic perspectives from which the film will ultimately viewed: the perspective of an “average” viewer, and the perspective of an historian.   The…

Freeman’s story The Revolt of Mother is set at a time and place when family and the church were the only socialization environments. This made communication – or lack of it – between the pillars of a family a fundamental issue which influenced and even modeled people’s lives. The story details the gendered nature of…

The Vietnam War can be viewed in two different perspectives.  One of them is a struggle by the local population against a foreign (imperialist) power, assisted by their locally-installed puppet leaders. In its history, Vietnam has been the battleground of conquerors, particularly its powerful to the north, China.  Yet, despite being invaded several times, the…

            The time surrounding the Civil War and reconstruction effort could be described with plenty of adjectives.  Of those, revolutionary might be one that some choose to use. In the time leading up to the Civil War, the United States was a country in flux. Questions of state rights, slavery, and how the nation would…