Incendiary

and the impact physical destruction has on one’s mind and culture: “The bloodshed and physical destruction have devastating material consequences, and the emotional and cultural damage can be just as severe” (Watson). Although the protagonist of Incendiary does not encounter war, the aftermath from the terrorist attack is similar. The “emotional and cultural change” London endures after the bombing compares to the same change the South endures after the Civil War. After facing the physical destruction

Summary of the Incident On February 20, 2003, at 23:10 hours, the West Warwick, Rhode Island fire department was dispatched to a structure fire at 211 Cowesett Avenue (Grosshandler, Bryner, Madrzykowski, & Kuntz, 2005). The structure was the location of “The Station” nightclub, which contained an estimated 458 occupants, which was above the maximum allowed occupancy of 404 which was established by the City of West Warwick (Grosshandler et al., 2005). The fire resulted in a massive loss of life as

In the article “In Defense of Prejudice: Why Incendiary Speech Must Be Protected” Jonathan Rauch says that regardless of the amount of times people try, its almost impossible to stop prejudice. Rauch believes that everyone has the right to express themselves freely, whether their opinion maybe good or bad people still have the right to express themselves. Where there’s freedom of expression, there will also be negative racial comments. In this article Rauch talks about how schools banned prejudice

unlike chemical weapons. Without an enforced world wide ban, the expansion of this inhuman substance will continue to capture the lives of innocent civilians. Napalm, a jelly-like substance, was first introduced into modern day warfare in WWII. This incendiary gel resembles a firework in the fact that

Introduction The issue had significant importance at the time of its happening for the fact that it was the largest sustained attack on cities with high civilian populations, because the end of the war was charged very emotionally, and because the number of questionable morally right actions in the war often times overshadowed such firebombings. The Holocaust took the center stage often, trying countless war criminals, while the bombings considered to be possible war crimes by those involved went

Strategic bombing is a military strategy used in a total war with the goal of defeating the enemy by destroying its morale or its economic ability to produce and transport materiel to the theatres of military operations. This tactic was used by the United States and Britain against the Germans and Japanese in World War II. Strategic bombing is debated on whether the United States and Britain were justified in using it. The United States and Britain used strategic bombing to protect their people from

In Chris Cleave’s Little Bee and Incendiary, the characters Little Bee and the unnamed narrator respectively, undergo a traumatic experience in the early stages of the books. Little Bee is confined in an immigration detention center upon her arrival in England for not having legal documents to prove her age. Meanwhile, the unnamed narrator has her life blown apart by a terrorist attack that kills her husband and four year old son. Both characters lose the hope and faith in their world and adjust

Payne for the DDoS attack, a search warrant was obtained by the FBI to search Payne’s vehicle. FBI agents located a glass container containing a flammable liquid mix of gasoline, water and ethanol, which was later determined to be an improvised incendiary device, commonly known as a Molotov cocktail.  Digital forensics were obtained by FBI agents, who was provided with web logs detailing the IP addresses used in the attack.  A review of the logs determined the times of the attack coincided with the

From the time the Graham Fire and Rescue crew got the call, it took them three minutes to arrive on scene at the Powell residence fire. Upon arrival, the department’s assistant chief stated that the fire was “burning hot” and already through the roof (Reavy, 2012). Based upon statements made by the social worker and the short amount of time in which it took first responders to arrive on scene, the incipient stage of the fire could not have lasted more than a minute. The social worker claimed to

Gunpowder was one of the most revolutionary inventions in warfare. It shifted many different aspects of war including weapons, battlefield tactics and fortifications. Even though gunpowder and gunpowder weaponry originated from China it was the Europeans who utilized and invested the most into gunpowder technology. This investment in weaponry is what made Europeans more powerful than the rest of the world. By the 15th, 16th and 17th century the Europeans had surpassed the Chinese in the construction