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    Political Warfare Blame, it’s a commonly used word used to explain why many of our expectations go wrong in communities, but the most common group of people oftenly blamed for causing troubles is politicians. Blaming politicians for a majority of problems often leads to a divided opinion, some may believe their problems were solved thanks to the politician while others blame politicians for making their problems worse. Eventually the conflict between opinions leads to violence among a community

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    The Greatest War, also known as World War I began on 28 July 1914. At the time, warfare was not very sophisticated and very rudimentary, but with the advent of several key pieces of technology ended up causing most battlefields to use trench warfare and constant stalemates of just a few yards of precious land. The invention of the airplane, which is widely credit to the Wright brothers in 1903, gave the military a glimpse of what could be. The tank under development by the British during 1914

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    The invention of the handgun changed modern warfare. The handguns developed dramatically over the Industrial Revolution. The way they were made has changed a lot since they first started making them. Handguns were affected by the Industrial Revolution in many ways, they were made in different ways, more durable, and a lot better accuracy and recoil. (House, Serra "The Clayman Institute for gender search." Own making and the origins of the Industrial Revolution. Web. 11. Feb. 2016.)

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    Current militaries have benefitted from the principles of ancient Greek and Roman warfare by studying the ancient battles, tactics, and use of supplies to develop effective military plans. Current militaries study and debate historical turning points of the ancient battles to understand how the leaders planned and executed battles. The empires’ growth was due in part to the might and successes of their military. The strength of their militaries came from many factors including their use of armor

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    Call of Duty is the most popular game series in the world. It’s reputation was gained when the 4th installation of the series, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, was released. This was the game that had revolutionized the first person shooter genre. Ever since then, the popularity of the series keeps growing and growing. However, the series would not be where it is today without the support from its community. A community that is unique and diverse that, at the same time, is very toxic. They all hate

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    Many military historians and theorists postulate that Napoleon invented modern warfare. This belief is not true. Although there are aspects of how Napoleon fought that are used by many modern armies today, and his tactics and philosophy of fighting should continue to be studied, Napoleonic warfare is not fundamentally similar to modern warfare. Napoleon implemented ideas that modern armies use today; however the Revolutions in Military Affairs (RMAs) of the Franco-Prussian Wars and American Civil

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    Annotated Bibliography Boyne, W. J. (2011). How the Helicopter Changed Modern Warfare. Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company. Walter J. Boyne, is a retired air force Colonel who was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame and was awarded the lifetime Achievement Medal by the Air Force Association. He is a New York Times best-selling author, and the author of over fifty books. He also co-founded of the cable channels Wingspan, and Air and Space Channel. In this book Walter Boyne explains

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    a new engine to help with multiplayer but ever since then Call of Duty feels like it is the same game every year Activision is preparing to fix this problem with Sledgehammer games creating the next Call of Duty for 2014, they helped with the Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer back in 2011. Activision feels that this move will give the developers enough time to create better ideas for DLC, (which stands for Downloadable Content) and for the game as a whole. DLC has been out since 2008 and it is an extension

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    As an avid video game enthusiast it is always fascinating to witness the gaming world evolve as modern technology seems to continually outpace expectations of what can be reproduced in a virtual medium. Gone are the days when a fraction of the entertainment world included lazily playing pong or pac-man on a cumbersome arcade console. Today, with the technological boom, the video game industry has evolved to include a plethora of gaming genres, bent on maximizing entertainment and profit. However

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    “Government’s targeted killing of three U.S. citizens in two drone strikes, both in Yemen, far from any armed conflict zone.” (“Targeted Killings”). Drones or unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is the technology that has taken war and fighting to a brand new level. The technology is believed to lower the use of troops and life loss in the wars that are happening today. Can that same technology be considered dangerous? Or are the side effects something that can simply be considered a small cost for something

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