Treatise On The War Machine

In WW1 and WW2, the weapons and tactics of war were very important towards the different countries and sides. They each had a certain way of fighting and defending. In World War One, it was harder for people because it was earlier in the 1900s. But, it was a little easier during World War One because the weapons and tactics were amped up.

The short stories “The Machine that Won the War” by Isaac Asimov and “The Interlopers” by Saki are both fictional stories. “The Machine that Won the War” is set in the distant future where a war has just ended. “The Interlopers” is set in what is presumably a close to or present time. These two stories are not very similar in the respect of the style of the writers. The two short stories have plenty of contrasts, but not many resemblances.

In “War is a Racket” General Butler laments the use of propaganda in World War 1, and he notes

Many wars have happened through out our history. From the B.C to the 21st century. But some people believe some of these war should be forgotten or not learned about. To be specific, the War of 1812 and this is major issue. The issue on this is that some believe that it should be taken out of history books. This is because the ink prices have sky rocketed and not putting this in would save them money.Others believe that keeping it would be better. This is because many great accomplishments came out of this war. My opinion is that the War of 1812 should be left in the history books.

​War takes a toll on those who fight, or are affected by it, this is undeniable. Over the course of the 20th Century, within the U.S. Military and Psychiatric Community the way that this effect is identified and treated has changed many times based on the conflict and the mindset of the American public. The purpose of this report is to discuss the history of the mental effect of the trauma created by US involvement in wars within the 20th Century and the steps that were taken in those eras to predict, prepare and treat for those effects.

General George S. Patton was born on November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel California. He was raised in a military family and throughout his early life, he was constantly hearing stories about the Civil War. He started his military journey at the Virginia Military Institute and a year later, on June 11, 1909 he was transferred to West Point. While attending West Point, he met Beatrice Ayer which later became his wife on May 26th 1910. After graduation, he was assigned to the 15th Cavalry Regiment. Lieutenant Patton represented US at the 1912 Olympics and finished 5th on Modern Pentathlon after a mediocre shooting event. The year later he was awarded Master of Sword at the French Cavalry School.

This is one evidence of how much Canada cares about national security and is willing to go to any extent. The October Crisis case seems like nothing compared to the acts of domestic terrorism that have occurred in other countries, and I think that to achieve the level of national security that Canada has acquired these countries should practice policies like the war measures act to solidify their national security. A country that I know will benefit from such a law is India.

I do think that the United States getting into World War 1 was worth the outcome. We accomplished many tasks during the war and were on the winning side in the end. Even though we didn’t gain much, we still went into war and succeeded. But what I do disagree with would be the mobilization for war. A United States government agency created the War Industries Board. This board was created to coordinate the production of war supplies, they also encouraged manufacturers to use the system of mass production to make the output quantity larger and also quicker during mobilization. To mobilize for war the United States started making machinery and weapons to fight with mass production, they also started to train men entering the army on how to use

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Short stories have been around since the 19th century and have become a great art form of the 20th and 21st century. These short stories are well known for their use of figurative language, foreshadowing, irony, and themes. Two of the greatest short stories would be “The Story of the Hour” by Kate Chopin published in 1895 and “The Machine that Won the War” by Isaac Asimov published in 1961. They have been praised by many for their use of irony in these short stories. Therefore, I will be comparing and contrasting “The Story of the Hour” and “The Machine that Won the War” in types of irony, foreshadowing, and themes used for the short stories.

Since the very first war on record, each belligerent has attempted to find more advanced ways to defeat the other. Usually wars have been fought traditionally: “In terms of conventional, classic war, definitions are almost identical around the world: type of war where weapons of mass destruction are not used, only classical combat means, the fight is fought only by regular armed forces” (Frunzet), called conventional warfare. As populations around the globe grew, another type of warfare came about. This other warfare can be classified as, “activities taken to enable a resistance movement or insurgency to coerce, undermine or overthrow a government or occupying power by operations conducted through or with illegal auxiliary or guerrilla power, in a restricted area” (Frunzet), this is known as unconventional warfare. Most adversaries that the United States has faced can be classified as either a conventional or unconventional force. Since moving into the information revolution, there is another type of battle tactic that has come into existence: cyber warfare. This involves attacking enemies via the Internet, targeting anything that requires Internet access, such as power plants. Recently, U.S. forces and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies have noticed a new type of war and given a name to this different style of war: hybrid warfare. Hybrid warfare is not new; it has been around for some time, but it was not until recently that it has been studied.

Prior to the VII Corps ground offensive, the 1st Calvary Division “conducted aggressive feints, demonstrations, and artillery raids in the direction of the Iraqi defense nearest the Wadi Al-Batin. ” In addition, simulated convoys, logistic sites, reconnaissance, command posts, and training operations all showed a buildup of corps forces and reinforced the deception that the main attack would be launched directly north into Western Kuwait.

Martin van Creveld wrote The Transformation of War book in 1991 when he detailed a predictive hypothesis about the changing character of war into what he called ?Nontrinitarian War. There were conflicts arise as intrastate wars and were not based on the simplified version of Clausewitz?s ?remarkable trinity? of government, people and military forces (Van Creveld, 1991, pg. 49). In his book, Van Creveld offers an account of warfare in the previous millennium and suggests what the future might hold. The drive was that major war was draining and the emergence of forms of war ?that are simultaneously old and new? now threatened to create havoc.

In the time period of last ten years, many changes have been observed in the nature of Warfare from being aggressive towards more argumentative. There are various views and debates among the nature and character of the wars and the debate continues to grow with time. The several reasons of changes can be attributed to the technological advances and other situational changes. This essay is going to shed light upon whether the nature and character of war has been changed in the course of recent years or it continues to be the same as it was years ago.

The “Art of War” and “De Re Militari” two military treatises were written one continent and around five centuries apart by authors that came from two vastly different backgrounds and cultures. Both authors penned treatises intended to inform and educate commanders about war yet the underlying theme is not victory but to ensure the survivability of their soldiers in battle. Sun Tzu and Vegetius differ on their ideas of this specifically on the relationship the military holds between the governing body as well as relations with the civilian population. However, what they do come together on ideas of efficient battle that minimizes Soldier loss as much as possible.