Guatemala And Vietnam : Analyzing Civil Conflicts

As the American nation grew and worked to define who, what, and how America was going to function. The growing pains lead to many internal conflicts between States. Just like a parent trying to negotiate between rival siblings the new Federal government tried to make compromises that would make each state happy. However the nature of a compromise is that neither side gets what they want and so the turmoil brews until there is a full out conflict and thus the Civil War erupted. For America the Civil War was one of the bloodiest and divisive conflicts in U.S. history. It caused the country and its people to question themselves and their beliefs. The novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara depicts these struggles and shows the internal conflict of those men from the North and South as they tried to resolve the questions of why they were fighting, whom they should be fighting for, and is it possible to again become one nation after all the bloodshed.

The causes of most wars are often very complex, but in the America civil war it came down to two major issues, slavery and the protection of the Union. In the North, they were growing richer all the time as industry developed fast. The workers were mostly immigrants with low wages. The South didn’t have these resources, and the slaves were essential for them. The Northern politicians insisted that the Slavery should be abolished and that this was an evil system that should be stamped out. Only the rich wool farmers and other wealthy

The modern concept of the word “war”, refers to a state of armed conflict and is often the physical response to an irreconcilable dispute between two or more groups. Differentiating opinions have provoked many men to take up arms and fight their adversary. However, the motives behind taking up arms to fight, usually depended upon which side one was fighting on. As a result, the debate over the question, “Why was there a Civil War” is very complicated, but it can best be explained by considering the cultural differences between the Northern and the Southern States and examining their unwillingness to find acceptable solutions to settle their differences.

When a researcher studies the causes of most wars, the causes for nearly any war are usually innumerable. However, there are a select few wars that even in the presence of several different motives, one underlying object or ideal seems to always be the root of the problem. One prime example of this idea is the American Civil War wherein almost every individual soldier had a different reason for being on the battlefront. One nation whose people had grown into a melting pot had slowly been torn down the center for several decades before the inevitable war came. Slavery seemed to affect everything in the United States during the time leading up to, during, and even after the Civil War. Thus, the issue was unavoidable, and whatsoever conflict

The Civil War between the North and South was the result of two cultures that economically, morally, and legally clashed on almost all levels. The steadily growing conflict between the two parts of the union makes it hard to pinpoint the origin or the cause of the resulting war. The conflict arose from a nation thats geographical areas had slowly grown apart in their ideals and also their source of income, which is often the cause of strife between battling regions. This rift driven between the two areas gradually increased from one state disagreeing with the other in policy to an imaginary line drawn, dividing the nation into the North and the South. Measures were taken in order to try and close this divide but were unsuccessful because

Brother against Brother, Father against son, why were they even still fighting. War is an appalling place, weapons of ruination, taking lives of ones we love. The civil war was a place of Technological advancements in the field of weapons, medicines, and many other types of technology. These advancements in technology changed the tides of war. The new weapons able to shred apart the human body, medicine to help your sick brothers, and conveyance of getting around. Throughout the time of war, people all around were looking for advancements in technology to get ahead.

Countries have gone to war against themselves many times because of internal conflicts amongst the citizens or government. Civil wars do not erupt out of nothingness, but rather controversial issues manifest into something that becomes impossible to resolve in a domestic manner. The great divide between the northern and southern states turned into the controversy between the free and not free states. One either lived in the populated cities up north, most likely working in the manufacturing industry, or lived in the rural plantations of the south, dominated by an agricultural economy. Each side of

The Spanish civil war is often seen as a fundamental divide between right and left- the first major struggle between Fascism and Communism. The Spanish civil war started distinctly as a Spanish civil war born out of Spanish disputes, but it was soon to take on an international character. The military situations were practically equal to both sides before the foreign intervention. However, after Germany, Italy, and USSR intervened the situation changed dramatically.

Throughout history, our world has constantly been bruised and battered by civil turmoil. Today, the civil war in Syria decimates the country; the Israeli and Palestinian conflict rages on; tens of thousands of people have been killed in South Sudan's ongoing civil war. It is not always easy to isolate what exactly ignites the flames of war, but, whenever possible, finding a workable, calm and satisfying solution to a potential uprising is preferable.

Looking back with hindsight and the knowledge of warfare of the 21st century it is easy to say that the American Civil War was simply put, a very traditional war. Thinking of modern tactics and a course of numbers and deployment one might come to the conclusion that the Civil War was fought centuries ago; nevertheless, it only occurred 152 years ago. This hard fought national struggle was in fact a very modern war for many simple reasons, including the emergence of a new form of large national government with centralized authority, new state run economies, groundbreaking technologies, the development of rank based on merit rather than birth or relationship status, as well as many others.

    America has fought in numerous wars, two world wars even, but the deadliest one was the war against itself. America’s first and only civil war was a brutal campaign of Americans versus Americans, brothers versus brothers, and resulted in over 600,000 deaths (White).  Looking past at America’s history this war was seemingly inevitable. Some say the start of the civil war was when Confederate troops attacked Union soldiers at Fort Sumter. While this officially started the war, what is more important are the events causing the tension that lead up to this breaking point. One reason for the civil war was because the North and the South had strikingly different cultures, cultures that clashed against each other. The North was a more liberal, abolitionist, industrial culture while the south was a conservative agrarian based area. The second reason for the outbreak of civil war was due to the increasing political tension within the union. Southern states who feared the removal of slavery threatened to secede if the republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln. was elected. Although there were many events that contributed to the civil war, the differing cultures of the North and South, and the political tension between the North and the South, were the two main events that caused the deadliest conflict in American history.

The history of Vietnam is one of great struggle and conflict. For centuries the vietnamese people have had no choice but to change their society by force in order to gain their own freedom and independence. Pivitol events in Vietnamese history such as the Battle of Bach Dang in 939 and the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 are examples of how the conflict theory brought change to Vietnamese society and culture.

The American Civil war is one of the most studied topics in American history. Yet still, a definitive answer cannot be found as to why the war broke out. Many of the interpretations can be grouped into two major schools of thought: the irrepressible conflict or the Blundering Generation. It was certainly true that the North and South were becoming increasingly different during this period. Slavery being the most fundamental of these, however there was also variances in the economies and culture. This would support the idea that the war was inevitable as the differences were too great. However, it can be argued that radically different societies can co-exist without

Since the establishment of states and republics, there has always been conflict between groups inhabiting said states, which is a layman’s definition of civil war. The scholarly definition of a Civil war is a war between organized groups within a state. Since the end of WWII, there has been a total of 122 Civil wars ranging from the Greek Civil war in 1946 to the Syrian civil war that is happening as of today. A civil war is not an entity seen only in the underdeveloped countries of the world, and superpowers like the United States and Russia have experienced civil wars in their past. Due to the fact that conflicts do happen in states, there are some criteria’s a conflict in a state has to meet to be considered a civil war. According to Peacekeeping and the peace kept by Professor Page Fortna, she states that for a conflict to be considered a civil war, it must have “a) caused more than 1,000 battle deaths, b) the war represented a challenge to the sovereignty of an internationally recognized state, c) the war occurred within the recognized boundary of that state, d) the war involved the state as one of the principal combatants, e) the rebels were able to mount an organized military opposition to the state and to inflict significant casualties on the state.” (Fortna). In addition, since the end of WWII, civil wars have lasted on average over four years and can bring tremendous economic collapse as seen in Somalia, Uganda, Angola, and more currently Syria. Since the end of

Destruction, death, and havoc, mixed with brothers fighting against brothers and fathers fighting against sons, make up what is known as a civil war. However, the similarities in civil wars most likely end there as, although categorized under one name, civil wars can be unique and drastically different from all others of their kind. Nevertheless there are certain similarities that every civil war shares. Two perfectly comparable civil wars are the Papua Civil War and the American Civil War. Although they share common features such as the want for resources and money, and the fear of succession as well as a common pride shared between members of each side, they have very clear differences. Among some of these differences are the contrasts in the original relationship between the two sides of each war before the civil wars, the obvious difference in the period in history during which the wars took place, as well as the difference in the interactions between the two sides in each war. Although the Papua Civil War and the American Civil War bear a few important similarities, the differences among the Papua Civil War and the American Civil War are clear.