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    is also opportunity,” by Sun Tzu. War, by all means, is the worst kind of cost that any nations could go through. Nations make enemies and some people, eventually, lose their lives because of it. To some, war is just, because nations fight for peace and justice. To others, war is unjust, because nations fight for money, which makes pointless in the first place. We never find a true answer to whether war is just or not, however we can look at the facts about the war. We can look at these facts and figure

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    While realists, liberals and neo-conservatives disagree about what America should do with its unrivalled power, they share the belief that America’s dominance of the post-Cold War system puts it in a category of its own (Walsh, 2015). Unipolarity captures the character of the international order that has been sustained by the economic and military power of the United States and shaped by its liberal mission to extend the reach of capitalism and democracy. The unipolar configuration of power provides

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    by PTSD are war veterans, physical and sexual assault survivors. In this article we are specifically going to discuss about PTSD in war veterans, the risk of violence in war veterans and judge if there is an increased risk of violence in war veterans who are suffering with PTSD. Post-traumatic stress disorder in combat (war) veterans The members of military who are exposed to war or combat are high risk groups developing PTSD. PTSD truly became a factor of public attention because of war veterans.

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    Analysis Of ' O ' Brien

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    the story, O’Brien discusses the conflict between a normal, demilitarized way of living compared to the militarized warzone they were engulfed in, In Vietnam. The memories we carry can sometimes be taken for granted and can either serve as a positive passenger or a negative burden. The following will delve into the logic of what was carried during the Lieutenant Cross and his squad’s tour through Vietnam compared to a seemingly peaceful, way of living. When you consider world history, you’ll discover

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    Vietnam: War Or Conflict? The Vietnam War was perhaps one of the most patriotic wars in American history but many people question whether or not it was a war. Vietnam could be considered a war due to the level of casualties and its length, but there are more reasons, saying it is in all actuality not a full fledged war, for example: initially war had never been formally declared, not only that, but the war was still too contained in one area and could have been considered a part of any war going

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    Abstract This paper will be explaining the similarities, and differences, between the Vietnam War and the War in Afghanistan. There are many topics that bring these two wars together. However, I am only going to be talking about public support, policy objectives, military strategy, weapons, fighting spirit, links to home, and death totals. These topics have a lot of information about them, but there is too much to write about every little detail, so I will cover the broad overview of them. Each paragraph

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    During the Civil War, a cardiologist by the name of Jacob Mendez Da Costa classified soldiers that had PTSD symptoms as having an

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    The Persian Gulf War started in the year of 1990, and continued until its end in the year of 1991 under the presidency of George H.W Bush. According to Kevin M. Schultz, “the Vietnam War was the first televised war, but the Persian Gulf War was the first to be televised live” (p. 538). The Persian Gulf War was mainly in the hands of two countries, them being the Middle Eastern country named Iraq, and the United States. First and foremost, this conflict started due to Saddam Hussein, who was the dictator

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    The Lessons Learned from Vietnam Lorenzo M. Crowell discusses the lessons that Americans have learned from the Vietnam conflict in his article "The Lessons and Ghosts of Vietnam." Crowell analyzes the lessons learned from Vietnam and applies them to the military strategies of today. Crowell does overlook some problems involving the power of Saddam Hussein after Desert Storm and the comparison of two dissimilar wars. Crowell is effective in his arguments with the use of first-hand viewpoints

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    Accounting 5312 February 25, 2017 The Next Economic Crisis: War and Terrorism War Finance “the fiscal and monetary methods that are used in meeting the costs of war” (www.britannica.com). There are 4 ways that the government can finance the war: taxation, borrowing, printing, and/ or increasing the currency source by making new money (Capella 22-24). How the government finance the war depends on the President and the Congress seated during the time of war. They decide accordingly by looking at the political

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