No Blood For Oil Summary

Michael Klare's Blood and Oil Michael Klare has written an interesting and very relevant book, dealing as it does with the politics of oil, US foreign policy, the Middle East, and the causes of terrorism. He writes with a clear purpose and that is to argue that America's "securitization" of oil and its willingness to use military force in order to secure its supplies of oil have been a major mistake. His main argument is that ever since the meeting on

An artist's job is to interpret, and express the aspects of life in a creative fashion. War has played a big part in shaping our human history, and many artists have portrayed their feelings about art through paintings, and even monuments. Whether it be to show; the joy of victory, the sorrow of defeat, or to educate the public on the gory realities of war. Art about war can also show us a great amount of history of the kinds of weapons that were used at the time. It is necessary for artists to interpret, and criticize all aspects of life; even ones as tragic as war, It can make the public more aware of what goes on in times of war.

The artist’s overall message portrayed in the poster is ultranationalism. For instance, the poster depicts a clenched fist symbolizing unity, strength and defiance. Furthermore it conveys feelings of bondage to the Germans who are viewing it because of the chain. As a result of these two images which overshadow the factory in the background, a desire to free the Germans from the Dews plan grows within the hearts of the

Walter Dean Myers touches on a subject that give thought to war in general in his book Sunrise Over Fallujah. Sunrise Over Fallujah focuses on the Iraq war after 9/11 and a young man’s experiences while there. The Historical significance of sunrise Over Fallujah is that the young man, Robin “Birdy” Perry, realizes shortly after arriving in Iraq that this war will not end quickly, and that he doesn’t even really understand why he is there, or why his country, for that matter is there. There is a lot from Sunrise Over Fallujah that relates to real life occurrences and thoughts in and about the war in Iraq.

Wars have been apart of this world almost as long as anything else has. Even in the Bible days there are records of wars. There are many reasons that states choose to go to war. Sometimes it is for the expansion of a nation or state, other times it is for financial gains, and it also could be for security or defense purposes. Whatever the case may be, wars have been apart of human life and will always be. There were no differences when it came to the Persian Gulf War. This war involved the United States, Iraq, and Kuwait. When trying to determine the purpose behind this war I chose to view it from a comparison of both the realist and liberalist views on the war.

The Persian Gulf War all started because of one country’s greed for oil. Iraq accused Kuwait of pumping oil and not sharing the benfits, and Kuwait was pumping more oil than allowed under quotas set by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, it decreased the price of oil, Iraq's main export. Iraq's complaints against Kuwait grew more and more harsh, but they were mostly about money. When Iraqi forces began to assemble near the Kuwaiti border in the summer of 1990, several Arab states tried to intervene the dispute. Kuwait didn’t want to look weak so they didn’t ask for any help from the United States or other non-Arab powers for support. Arab mediators convinced Iraq and Kuwait to negotiate their differences in Saudi Arabia, on

n With Every of Blood by James Lincoln and Christopher Collier is a historicallLife is hard to change with the surroundings in a harsh environment for example iy accurate but fictional novel of a fourteen year old boy named Johnny who is from the South. Johnny isn’t from any regular Southern period in time. Johnny lives in the confederacy during the Civil War . This war lead to many deaths including Johnny’s father Pa which fueled Johnny to fight in the war but Pa asked Johnny if he would promise him he wouldn’t fight in the war, but out of dishonesty to his father’s word Johnny joined the war by teamstering as an impulsive action. Johnny really didn’t know what the real reason was behind the war. Then while carrying a load to Richmond Johnny was captured by black Union troops and Johnny doesn’t want to take orders from Cush a black soldier. Also Johnny grows a bond with Cush even though he hates negros but he learns to have feelings for Cush and they become loving friends.

“There Was Blood” by Caleb Crain made light of the mining situation in the United States in late 19th century and early 20th century. Crain started with a description of the tragic event at Ludlow, Colorado where a fight between the Colorado National Guards and several miners. He then described the events leading up to the incident. When the people of Colorado was suffering from “an energy crisis”, they turned to the coals. Coals was used to power everything ranging from “bak[ing] bread” to “powered engines that pumped water.” The mining of coals became immensely popular due to this. However, mining coals was dangerous and hard work. The workers were expendable to companies since they could just hired more men for the work. Companies tried to prevent strikes by building open camps, later concrete and wood house, hospitals, schools, and company stores. The workers felt this was a company’s monopoly and those who spoke out got beaten up. Mining deaths were often in Colorado. When John D. Rockefeller took over the company in Colorado, he assigned LaMont M. Bowers to supervise. Bowers made the conditions worse for the workers. Later, the workers

The problem with the topic of NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem is that there are feelings involved. Feelings that drive ineffective arguments. Charles M. Blow, the writer of the news article “‘The Flag Is Drenched With Our Blood’”, doesn’t know how to effectively argue compared to Heather Mac Donald, the writer of the news article “Hard Data, Hollow Protests”. Blow argues that there is injustice towards African American, yet to argue why that is, he states what happened OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Were you born one hundred years ago? No! Slavery happened because their own people sold them to “whites,” yet somehow it’s only the white person’s fault. And, I’m not saying that slavery wasn’t awful, it was, but you can’t use

Pride of Baghdad unravels implicit arguments in relation to its historical context considering the Iraq war. This graphic comic contains a vast amount of significant and relevant arguments spread-out through the entirety of the novel. Yet, a specific page within the graphic novel provides a valid and noteworthy argument concerning the historical time period. One specific page includes many important elements to help validate its implicit message and argument. Through the use of a significant rhetorical appeal and kairos, this specific and particular page is justified as being the most important page in the entire book.

The Gulf War in 1990 and the invasion of Iraq in 2003 both had a profound impact not just on the countries directly involved - primarily Iraq and the United States (US) - but also on the geo-politics of the world. Arguably, the War ended in a stalemate because the Iraqi regime that had started the War by invading Kuwait remained in power. Perhaps inevitably then, in March 2003 the US and its allies invaded Iraq with the stated aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein and destroying that regime's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Some similarities between both Wars are immediately obvious: for example, the same country, the

“One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you 'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans” (George H. W. Bush). President Bush stated that the Persian Gulf War was not fully supported by the soldiers who fought in the war. Gulf War veterans marched like Vietnam veterans because they also viewed the war as unjustified. Persian Gulf War veterans would say, “American soldiers lost their lives’ for oil.” The first Persian Gulf War started from August 2, 1990 and ended on February 28, 1991. This war began by the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. During this invasion some of the oil fields of Kuwait were set on fire and some of the oil spilled to the Persian Gulf. The Persian Gulf was the oil supplier for western countries. So anything happened to the Persian Gulf, the western countries will naturally react. The factors that led to The United States’ involvement in the first Persian Gulf War included Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, his control over a sizable share of the world’s oil reserves and his power over the economies of the world. Many Americans believe that the first Persian Gulf War was not necessary for the United States.

No blood for oil is a short story about the story of the clash of a mother and daughter over something that the daughter is passionate about but the mother also knows a lot about the trouble associated with the issue of war. Is war just an international issue? The purpose of Peter Mcfarlane’s text was to make the question the purpose of war. Also the influence one person on another, comparisons of one historical event to another and how perspectives changed.

In this dissertation, I will write about how the artist response to war by talking about the century of war, the art movements that came about, how the artist made work around that and the ongoing war in Syria. (expanding on it)

Persian Gulf War, also called Gulf War, (1990–91), international conflict that was triggered by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990. Iraq’s leader, Saddam Hussein, ordered the invasion and occupation of Kuwait with the apparent aim of acquiring that nation’s large oil reserves, canceling a large debt Iraq owed Kuwait, and expanding Iraqi power in the region1. The Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein claimed as a reason for the invasion a territorial dispute over the Shatt al-Arab, the waterway which forms the boundary between the two countries2. Saddam Hussein believed that Iran was in turmoil and that his forces could achieve quick victory3.