Analysis Of Never-Ending War The Good Soldier By James S. Parish

Many people say that the metal of a man is found in his ability to keep his ideals in spite of anything that life can through at you. If a man is found to have done these things he can be called a hero. Through a lifelong need to accept responsibility for all living things, Robert Ross defines his heroism by keeping faith with his ideals despite the betrayal, despair and tragedy he suffers throughout the course of The Wars by Timothy Findley.

The article The Ending the War: The Push for National Reconciliation by David Blight, explains how they reunite their differences through avoiding the hard work to change the Union, to actually reconstruct the social order that was needed against the confederate hostility, but only continues to embrace their white Southern remembrance, for example songs like, A Southern Song Opposes Reconstruction and war memorials. The evolution of Memorial Day during its first twenty years was even a show of differences from the Northern and Southern perspective, Northerners result was the freedom of African-Americans and the preservation of the Union and the Southern version of Memorial Day were rooted in the resistance to the reconstruction. Nonexistence

Remembering a Forgotten war by Donald R. Hickey 2012, an academic journal, talks about the military history where by people were subjected to a difficult and different lifestyle than the one they were used too at that time.

War is a terrible, but dark truth of the world we live in today and throughout most of history. After the 9/11 attacks, America declared war and soon after started to deploy soldiers to attack. To cover the war in a new aspect, many reports were sent to war zones to get a story for the people of America. One of these reporters was Dexter Filkins. After his horrendous time in the war zone, Filkins made a book titled “The Forever War”. In one of the chapters, it discusses suicide bombings during the war. Filkins, was an inside eye to the war, was not a soldier, but just a citizen trying to get a story for the rest of America. I believe Filkins wrote this chapter to show America about the continuous fear the soldiers and the civilians in the war zone.

James Axtell’s “ The Invasion Within” and Jill Lepore’s “ The Name Of War” share the same realm as they both are excellent resources when it comes to the topic of Native American History. Though there subject matter is the same, there are stark differences between the two books that each give a unique perspective on the Native Americans and their involvement with the Europeans. Axtell uses “ The Invasion Within” to tell the sorrowful tale of the Indians. The trials and tribulations they went through are flushed out on each page as Axtell tells the story of the early beginning of colonial life, the naivety of the Indians as they met the Europeans, and the destructive path the Europeans eventually led the Indians on. Lepore tells a much different narrative in “ The Name Of War” where she examines the lives, actions, and thoughts of both the Indians and Europeans and eventually comes to a very educated conclusion. Life for both of them really sucked. The Indians were no better than the Europeans, and the Europeans were not mightier nor more pious than the Indians. In an essence, Lepore used her book not to show the contrasting differences between the Indians and Europeans (which is typically seen in most history books) but instead the similarities between the two that not many see. These authors approached the same topic but in such distinct ways which leads one to beg the question, how exactly are these books different?

Most people can say that they have been affected by war in some way; this chapter shows a few examples of negative effects of war on one girl. This chapter, “Style” by Tim O’Brien is about war. More specifically it is about an American war against Vietnam. In this chapter the Americans actually burned down a village and left a little girl homeless and without a family. War can have a giant negative impact on the lives of innocent people.

First, I would like to mention how a veteran who is now a pacifist, Benjamin Peters, has also impacted me. Awhile back I came across a video series that Mennonite Central Committee has on YouTube of him speaking at the youth convention in Kansas City. I was curious to see how soldiers dealt with their faith and these videos helpful for me to start to understand through one person’s journey of reconciling with what it meant to be a Christian in the military. Ben’s story was a great resource that helped me understand Ken’s experience, so I’ve referenced him a few times.

American veteran and novelist, Kurt Vonnegut uses his wartime experiences as a basis for his thought-provoking, antiwar novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. The novel follows Billy Pilgrim, an American chaplain’s assistant who serves near the end of World War II, through the horrific fire bombings of Dresden and his life after the war. In his novel, Vonnegut presents twentieth century war as traumatic and destructive, however; it is something that cannot be avoided so humans need to develop a means to cope with its effects.

This poem “The War After War,” by Debora Greger has two meanings within it. One is that throughout the poem it talks about how the author grows up watching his father and his neighbors. He never really understands what is going on when he is younger but as he grows older he seems to understand it more. Also, it shows history and how day to day life was in America in times of war.

The concept that all men are continuously in a state of war amongst each other, forwarded by British philosopher Thomas Hobbs, is based on his opinions regarding mankind being reduced to their natural state. In reaching this pessimistic judgement regarding human nature, Hobbs is able to rationalise his assertions by evaluating how Humans would hypothetically operate within a society that is not governed by a sovereign uniting power.

Twenty years ago, all the races were in unison. They would all have council meetings on how to treat their own worlds, and they were all in peace. Each race respected each other and helped each other when they were needed. They were all friends.

Alternative lifeworld fictions often have a strong grounding in the social and historical context to when they were written. Often they reflect or comment on the world around them based on the author’s own opinions and experiences. When an author creates a social or historic commentary in their novel, they are critiquing or offering an opinion about a past event or time. A reflection is less a comment, but more mirroring a past event in order to encourage consideration.

Total war is a government’s mobilisation of all its resources to support the efforts of its own troops and undermine those of its opponents. The British empire was in a state of total war after the euphoric atmosphere of going to war to fight for King and Country had died down. This resulted in the Defence of the Realm Act, known as DORA where all civilians were expected to contribute to the war effort. A historians studying the impact of the war on the homefront, would find sources 12.10 and 12.14 of use, because these sources demonstrate how Britain was in a state of total war, how desperate the government was to keep the soldiers at the front lines and how WWI ultimately altered the lives of many civilians. Source 12.10 demonstrates total

War is a phenomenon that has always been, it is, and will be an essential part of human existence. It is all about exercising control, and/or imposing own will on the others. War can be described through its nature and character. There is an indispensable relationship between war, policy, and strategy. For better understanding of the war, its nature, characteristics, causes, and how the war can be waged, we need to understand the influence of policy, and the importance of strategy. Strategy is formulated to support the policies; it represents the alignment of ends, ways, and means, all of which is considered against risk, to achieve goals.

War. A word that best describes two combatants fighting, clawing, trying to get the upper hand over one another. War is what has ravaged my land for years now. My country was once rich in resources; never short of money. But then terrorism struck, leaving the United Nations devastated after a single bombing run in 2042. It killed three to four thousand men, women, and children. This started World War III, countries took sides, nations where split, riots broke out in the streets and nuclear bombs ravaged lands leaving craters of ash and radiation. In 2052, ten years later, the war ended, people in the streets celebrated that after ten long years of fighting it all just stopped. In 2053 the king of England declared the new world