The Vietnam War: The Four Generations Of War

He feels Yanagi’s pain through the connection but he does not draw attention to it. To be in the heat of a powerplay game such as the one boiling over in Konoha right now is a moment of extreme delicacy and ruthlessness; attachments are withheld, persons numbed down. The rampant mentality is this: eliminate those who are likely to get in one’s way, even if they are friends, or valuable allies. Nobody who lived through the Warring States Era would be unfamiliar with this tenet: do what must be done. And if Tobirama was forced to choose among the Yamanaka twins, he would keep Yanagi alive, simply because she is now the more valuable of the two, even though Yanagi herself and most definitely, not Osamu, would admit it. For to dabble in politics is to know who has value, worth and utility, and who do not.

Some say that war never changes. That in the end, it is always the same, a time where conflict took the better of humanity. They take a look at the big picture, but never take the time to look at the pieces that compose it. War is a constantly evolving puzzle, where new pieces are constantly being added, making the puzzle more complicated every time. With every new era comes new tools. In the American Civil War, a country divided against itself will see warfare like never before, from repeating rifles, different type cannons and ammunition, submarines, grenades, and many more. (Weaver)

In these recent days of research, i have learned a lot about the different wars. The Civil War, The Vietnam War, and modern wars, all share similarities and differences. What was different was the location that they fight in. It’s all located in different countries around the world. Another difference is the time period, which leads to different technologies used in the war.

1) Choose one of the wars and explain what type of war it was and why it is categorised as such? (10 marks)

Set-up - Warfare is constantly changing, for the tools of war are always evolving, as do the societies that wage war. Between 1400 and 1918, western warfare went through four periods that saw such profound change that it can fairly be said that a "military revolution" occurred. According to historians MacGregor Knox and Williamson Murray, military revolutions "fundamentally change the framework of war" and "recast society and the state as well as military organizations." While all of the military revolutions studied in H100 were important in the evolution of warfare, one clearly stimulated greater change than the others.

War: a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state. War is inevitable. Especially in the cases in which one country has a desire to break free from another country and/or its influences. This, at least, was the basic reason as to why the Vietnam war and the Revolutionary war started. As a matter of fact, these two wars are strangely similar. The Revolutionary war and the Vietnam war are alike because, they had similar war strategies, they had similar characteristics, and most importantly, they had the same reasons for going to war. Moreover, these two wars are strangely alike.

War can be defined as “an active struggle between competing entities. It’s truly hard to tell who is right or wrong during a war. Both sides are fighting for what they believe in and what is true to their heart. In the end there is always two things promised – destruction and death. These two objects can explain the result in every facet of war from the physical to emotional.

Nature of war which usually remains unchanged irrespective of changes in environment or war. Four elements of nature of war are; ‘greater political nature’, ‘human dimension’, ‘uncertainty’, and final one is ‘contest of wills.’ The trinity of war, Clausewitz 's famous theory, comprises three basic elements of warfare are ‘people; the second commander and his army; and the third the government, ' essential basis for successful military operations. He describes these three tendencies are must be balanced to

The Vietnam War was certainly controversial. There were many protests that erupted across college campuses and throughout numerous town and cities. Many individuals viewed the war as unnecessary and unwinnable. The draft was also very widely criticized and seen as a negative point in the war. The draft was forcing young college students to go fight in dangerous territory. The most controversial aspect of the Vietnam War is certainly that it was deemed unwinnable by the US government, but they still chose to remain in Vietnam and fight. Why was the Vietnam War unwinnable though? Was it actually unwinnable or did the US government

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The still night was interrupted by the screeching tyres of Detective Micky Fausten’s wailing squad car. A moment later he hit the siren and bolted through the air as he came to the top of Harrison Hill. His car landed smoothly back on the road and shot through the small residential area, weaving in and out of each street in the neighbourhood.

Many of the young souls were young men, such as my grandfather who felt that they were helping their country. Like my grandpa, many of the soldiers have not served in a war before, and were recruited into the war. The troops of the United States knew who they were fighting, which was the North Vietnam, however, they had no idea of what kind of enemy they

The Vietnam War is widely regarded as the lowest point in the history of U.S. foreign affairs. It mercilessly dragged an unwilling country on a fatal ride for twenty years, all while receiving low approval ratings and high funding. The Vietnam conflict served as an optimum environment for the virus of controversy. No one has more experience with controversy than Heinz Alfred Kissinger. He is the ultimate pragmatist, as embodying his philosophy of realpolitik, a diplomatic ideology based on utilitarianism rather than international ethical standards. When one’s political calling card downplays the role of ethics in diplomacy, that individual is bound to garner a high profile reputation. Kissinger himself has lamented the national predicament during this conflict—squeezed between the ultimate rock, his duty to keep peace, and hard place, his duty to act with the approval of the American people. This predicament was rooted in an omnipresent opposition to Communism, as was America’s role in the entire Cold War. Cold War politics were politics of fear. That fear drove competition, which bred a certain variety of leader – a logical, calculating politician with regard for nothing but his country’s success. To avoid an uncontrollable spread of Communism through the westernized world, some moral casualties were strewn about the wayside. However, the American public had no trouble rolling up their collective sleeves to back this forward-thinking activist. In more recent years, some

‘War’ as defined by Webster’s Dictionary is a state of open and declared, hostile armed conflict between states or nations. Voltaire—the human personification of the Enlightenment period—says the following: “Famine, plague, and war are the three most famous ingredients of this wretched world…All animals are perpetually at war with each other…Air, earth and water are arenas of destruction. Defining war has been a political issue for centuries, and it poses a philosophical problem. Most philosophers will agree on war being a clash of arms, or a state of mutual tension between nations or states, distinguishing it from open rebellions, riots, and personal violence.

Imagine waking up and not remembering a single thing. You’re digging in the past, but the past doesn’t want to be exposed. Daniel, also known as “Hank”, is a lost boy who woke up in Penn station knowing nothing. Not his name, where he’s from, why he’s where is is. Nothing. All he has is a “walden” book as his guide and the memory of a tragic accident that happened with him and his little sister Rosie. Along the way from running, he runs into these two other teenagers. Nessa and Jack. They work for Magpie who is a drug distributor. Their mission was to bring Henry to him. Once he got taken to Magpie, he ran away from him because he didn’t want to be in that situation. While running from Magpie, he was exploring the streets and came across a cabin in the woods that was named after Thoreau. He met a tourist named Thomas and they became closer, seeing as Thomas took Henry in and helped him do research on his background to find out who he really was and what his real name was. Henry then came across the high school and a girl named Hailey. They hung out for a while and participated in the battle of the bands at school. Henry ran away shortly after that to the summit of Mount Katahdin. At the top of the mountain, stood Thomas and what looks like to be Henry's dad.