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Beginning in 2010, the former administration clearly signaled that rules-based stability in the SCS was important to the national interests of the United States.9 Their goal included a peaceful, non-coercive resolution of disputes over sovereignty and maritime entitlements, using a combination of diplomacy and enhanced military engagement with SCS coastal states.10 “Freedom of navigation” in the SCS, is another important interest that the United States must attempt to preserve. Our focus is the continued

WWI began on July 28th, 1914. This war was between the allies which included Britain, Russia, France, Italy and the United States and the Central Powers which were Germany, Austria, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.  In the beginning of the war when men were beginning to get drafted there were too many job vacancies. Many companies were facing a significant loss of employees due to the fact that men held most of the jobs because the women were at home performing their domestic duties. Many women had

clash of rival armies in Book IV. The preparations for combat by both sides draw attention towards the passionate individuality of the warriors, who by the very nature of the heroic complex, are defined by their participation, or rather success, in battle. As Agamemnon visits the front lines, he calls forth a series of great Achaean heroes: Idomeneus, Nestor, Odysseus, Diomedes, Stehnelus, and Ajax, each of whom is portrayed as the brave, proud, loyal archetypical Homeric hero caught up within this

United States involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last thirteen years has resulted in much debate over the role of the United States military. This debate is encouraged, as it will sustain conversation of how to best employ an important yet dwindling national resource. The publication of Dominic Tierney’s article “Why Has America Stopped Winning Wars” speaks directly to this debate. The article argues that the US military has lost the capability of winning wars since World War II . Tierney

infantry cavalry and artillery. Another important detail that led Napoleon to victory was the large number of soldiers he had under his orders. Horne underlines the important difference between Napoleon’s military over 100,000 people in most of his battles to the 50,000 men in the Augustan army during the previous century (86). Both the division by Napoleon of his troops in smaller corps and the never seen number of soldier helped him to achieve his goals. Those two important innovations promoted the

Allegory for War in "Battle of the Ants" by David Thoreau The reading journal that I chose was "Battle of the Ants" by David Thoreau. I chose this essay because I felt that it was a strongly written piece about a somewhat interesting topic. When I first read it I was taken aback by its seemingly uninteresting nature of topic, but after I read it a couple more times I began to see its true beauty. The story is about government and war and depicted by ants battling to the death. "The legions of

“Today we have naming of parts”. In the poem “Naming of parts” written by Henry Reed, the author uses subtle text to get his message across. The poem could be interpreted two ways; one way is that the poem depicts a group of military recruits receiving a lecture from their head officer on guns and how to use them. Another interpretation of this poem could be about love making, and what young men should be doing with their parts. In the spring they should be learning what to do; and enjoy them selves

to the war so everyone isn't all serious, this would also create a small amount of hatred towards the Germans. There was another film called 'The Battle of the Somme', this was a film brought out to take advantage of the 3,000 cinemas across Britain. The film actually showed dead bodies and casualties from the actual battles. This film was very much aimed at creating hatred towards the enemy

The Pros and Cons of Military Technology Koa Ahgeak University of Alaska Anchorage  The Pros and Cons of Military Technology The growth of military technology and its effects have been a blessing and a curse for the world and it’s wars. A pro for the growth of military technology is that since it keeps growing better and better, researchers won’t stop developing it because “the pluses of technology are too great” (Barnes, 2011). Since the pluses are too great to stop developing it, military technology

The Relevancy of Sun Tzu’s Theory for XXI Century Is the Sun Tzu’s theory of war relevant for the nature and character of XXI century wars, despite the finding that, most probably, the author wrote it more than 2500 years ago in his famous treatise, “The Art of War? This complex question becomes more important if we take into consideration the age of his ideas and difference in character of wars fought in the current century and those fought before that. However, the question becomes less complex