War: Nature, Nature And Character Of War

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”, author cautions neo-liberal approach of 'The Art of War' [BC 445] for the speculation of regional strategic hegemony and inject Global economic superiority by emerging markets in response to Western aggression in Asian mainland. One of the unique work I have struggled with this past year for an honors thesis entitled “BRICS Trade: Possibilities of New Multi-polar World”: paradigm shift of world focus to east. As shown in the title, thesis explores a provocative, but as of yet scarcely narrow down issues of bridging gap between eastern giants and probable

War is a scandalous topic where peoples’ views differ as to what war is. Some people see it as pure evil and wicked while others think that it is brave and noble of what soldiers do. Looking at poems which had been written by people affected by war help show the messages which are portrayed. The two sets of poems which show different views of war as well as some similarities are “the Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Lord Tennyson, “To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars” by Richard Lovelace and “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen, “The Song of the Mud” by Mary Borden. Both these poets use linguistic devices to convince the reader of their view of what the war is. Tennyson and Lovelace show how war is worthy

When is it justifiable to engage in war? This question has plagued humanity for centuries and continues to do so. The theory of just war addresses three important questions when considering and dealing with war. These components are when is it justifiable to go to war, the right ways to conduct proceedings during war, and the justification of terminating war. The first part of the theory, originally written in Latin as jus ad bellum, is an important idea within Pope Urban II’s, “Speech at Clermont.” In the 11th century Pope Urban II gave this speech as a call for crusade with the hope of freeing Jerusalem from Muslim control. They eventually succeeded in this mission and took the city of Jerusalem. The “Speech at Clermont,” is now an important source for understanding the justifications of going to war within the medieval just war theory. Throughout the speech Pope Urban II justified the crusade by claiming it was the responsibility of the Christian people to regain the Holy Land, to protect their fellow Christians in the East, and their duty to stop the “disgraceful” and “demon worshipping” Muslim people.

Carry Don, a veteran living in Texas, raises a American flag every Memorial Day. That action minorly shows the holiday's personal significance. It took her years to get a hold on the day, the month of May, even the month of June.

Hedges argues that war is both a deadly addiction—a drug that offers an unmatchable intoxication, the thrill of being released from the moral strictures of everyday life—and a unifying force that provides a sense of meaning, purpose, and self-sacrifice that can wash away life's trivial concerns. But the meaningfulness of combat, Hedges suggests, depends upon the myth of war. In reality, no matter what grand cause it is supposed to support, war is simply the basest form of aggression: "organized murder." Once war begins, the moral universe collapses and every manner of atrocity can be justified in the eyes of those who wage it, because the cause is just, the enemy is inhuman, and only war can restore balance to the world. Hedges reveals the

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.

News media is supposed to serve the purpose of informing their listeners of current and upcoming events that affect the audience. Very few viewers actually take into account how valid these news reports actually are. More or less, the news is accept. The same could be said about any news releases on war. However, in the documentary, “War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death” the narrator speaks to the audience about how the media such as news reporters and presidential speeches influenced Americans to become advocates for the war. Presidents play a large role in propaganda because they showed means of justification for their immoral military actions during these wars. The film discuss several wars in which America contributed in unethical acts.

In war every combatant, just or unjust, poses a certain type of threat. On the two opposite ends of the spectrum a combatant poses either a culpable threat or an excused threat. If a combatant poses a culpable threat he poses a threat of wrongful harm to others and he is not justified, premised, nor excused in his actions (McMahan 159). If a combatant poses an excused threat, he poses a justified threat of harm and is therefore fully excused for his actions.

To be an effective leader, one must reach the person or people in a way that reflects compassion for their values. The article that I read was titled, Do teachers’ attitudes and behaviors, as well as students’ behaviors, relate to one another?, written by James R. Necessary and Thomas S. Parish. The authors conducted a study that would focus on the relationship between a teachers actions and attitudes towards their students, and the students actions and attitudes in response. According to Parish’s (1991) study, the results reasonably suggest that positiveness promotes positiveness both in individuals’ actions and their attitudes. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X had the same mission, shared the same passion, and fought for the same cause. An individuals’ passion for the cause could result in

There are no universal theories to explain the true nature and character of war, and any war theories are not a fact or absolute truth. All strategic principles are dynamic and contextual, so “every age had its own kind of war, its own limiting conditions, and its own peculiar preconceptions.” The battlefield environment of the 21st century will be the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, and nature of war will be completely different because of the Revolution in Military Affairs. Highly advance communication and information technologies, a dramatic increase in computing capabilities, developed of precision munitions, dominant air and space power ‘war could be waged by the projection of

Tim O’Brien wanted us to understand war by making stories and stating why he made them by talking about it in a video. Tim wanted us to know what war was about back in Vietnam, not just there, but any other war that goes on in everyday life. He told us what war was about in the video, how scary it was to be in a war and how people will kill each other just to win the war. Why does he want us to understand war? Is it how cruel it is? Is it how much money we spend?

War is strongly ingrained into our world today whether we like it or not and while it may seem more prevalent and worse lately considering the advances in technology and the increase in hysteria over security, war is not a recent adjunct to society. That poses the question, where does war come from? As human beings, are we hard-wired biologically to fight each other or is it a behaviour influenced by peers and morals?

War and violence have been present in the world for thousands of years. In today’s modern, ever changing world, combat is constantly evolving. This can pose a challenge for training junior officers as tactics being taught need to be updated almost yearly. The evolution of combat is never ending and as technology continues to advance so too will weaponry. The days of lining up to shoot at each other in volleys due to extremely inaccurate rifles are over. So too are the days of charging across large open expanses at an entrenched enemy. Today there are precision air strikes, nuclear submarines, and stealth bombers. Despite all of these advancements, the infantryman is still the quintessential part of the military. As long as infantry

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.