Essays about War Page 7

WarBy Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi Pakistan had a unique geographical feature. It consisted of two distinct blocks of territory. East Pakistan was not only separated geographically from West Pakistan by one thousand miles, but the departing land was India – a hostile neighbour, who from the day one did not recognise Pakistan’s existence. Hindu leaders…

The aftermath of World War 1 in Europe was very much in turmoil and it was because the peacemakers weren’t able to see the scale of the damage of that WW1 causes. The empires of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia were nonexistent. Russia had undergone two revolutions, the states that were left behind were struggling economically…

The Bloody Lincoln County War was effectively over by the autumn of 1878. It had climaxed in the savage five-day siege of the McSween house in Lincoln, New Mexico, where Billy the Kid and his companions held off the gunmen of the Murphy-Dolan faction until the house was fired by treachery around them. Their employer…

What is patriotism? In today’s society, when hearing the word patriotism most people first think of the United States flag waving high in the air, the colors red, white, and blue, or the fireworks and parades on the fourth of July. There is more to patriotism than Just these symbols and events. According to the…

Since the United Nations partition of Palestine in 1947 and the subsequent establishment of Israel in 1948, there have been four major Arab-Israeli wars (1947-49, 1956, 1967, and 1973) along with numerous smaller battles. Despite the signing of a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in 1979, the animosity between Israel and its Arab neighbors…

Second Opium War also known as the Arrow War or the Second Anglo-Chinese War was a war that took place between one of the China’s dynasties known as Qing dynasty and the Britain Empire. This war took place for a period of fours beginning the year 1856 to the year 1860. One may wonder where…

Somebody screamed at me, “Vedran, lay down, lay down!” When something flew over my head, it was that bee sound that I had heard so many times before, only this time, much, much louder. Somebody was shooting at me and my sister while we were on the way to the well to get water for…

Philip Hotchkiss Intro to Literature Short Story Analysis Paper October 5, 2009 “How to Tell a True War Story” I found “How to Tell a True War Story” the most interesting short story we have read so far. Why? Because the story is true and so very real. The story paints such a vivid picture…

“The War Between the Classes” by Gloria D. Miklowitz is an extraordinary book that delves into a high-school class participating in the “Color Game”. This game establishes four social classes, each distinguished by armbands: Blues (the highest and wealthiest), Dark Greens (upper-middle class and moderately well-off), Light Greens (lower-middle class and somewhat impoverished), and Oranges…

In the article “The Causes of the Vietnam War” Andrew Rotter talks about all kinds of reasons why America went to war with Vietnam along with things that promoted America to get involved with Vietnam. One reason America went to war was because President Harry Truman authorized a military aid to the French. Also the…