Wartime

are more likely to be exposed to peer-pressure. An important, yet untouched, issue in the military is “wartime rape,” particularly in civil war times, which is usually caused by the influence of others. Dana Kay Cohen, author of “Explaining Rape during Civil War: Cross-National Evidence (1980-2009)” explains that,” [w]ithout a clear comparative understanding of where and to what extent wartime rape occurs, it is difficult to draw defensible conclusions.” Thus, it is not certain why rape occurs so

fund, were aimed at giving school children “...a sense of involvement and responsibility...” in the war effort that all persons contributed to. (Children in wartime: WW11) Children were given the daily task of sifting through rubbish dumps to find scrap aluminum, lead, brass, copper, bones, bottles, old rags and scrap paper. (Children in wartime: WW11) The metal they collected would be a direct contribution to Australia’s air force. (Aussie Kids View: WW11) The scrap metal would be re-melted and refined

The wartime events are apparent in the way the men on horseback are dressed. They are all in the same clothing, which looks to be a gray uniform. They have swords and pistols on their hips. Their fists are raised in an enthusiastic camaraderie, and the shout

In this essay, Lakoff states that having a different language during wartime is beneficial, but at the same time it can cause trouble. The wartime language makes it easier for the soldier who has to go through all the hardships during war, and overcome the killings of other human beings. She states that, “Human beings are social animals, genetically hard-wired

Perilous times: free speech in wartime: from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism. New York: Norton, 2005.     “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”(thefreedictionary.com) Geoffrey R. Stone in “Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of

immune to any of these changes, particularly those that affected the nation during wartime. Despite the notion of the entire nation gathering under one banner to defeat the Germans in both wars the country was not united; people were interned for the potential threat they may cause in the future and other citizens were not even treated as citizens. World War I and World War II did not unite the nation rather during wartime it caused more divisions among citizens. World War I had brought about much change

Black). Examine the theme of unity in the wartime cinema of TWO of the following nations: Britain, the United States, Germany, the Soviet Union. Clayton R. Koppes asserts that “in the OWI/Hollywood vision, the [Second World] war produced unity”. While many focus on the immense rifts of the Second World War, it is clear that cinema of the period took a different approach due to the pressure for national unity. The film industry played a pivotal role in wartime propaganda, and as a result shaped hearts

difference between the intelligence doctrines of Sherman Kent and Willmoore Kendall can be found in the way they viewed peacetime and wartime intelligence. In his review of Strategic Intelligence in the journal World Politics, Kendall criticized Kent’s assertion that the needs of wartime and peacetime intelligence were essentially the same. In Kendall’s eyes, commanders used wartime intelligence to gain a tactical advantage over an adversary. Peacetime intelligence, on the other hand, was necessary to “carve

has only relatively recently become an area of focus for analyzation and deconstruction, much less in how it was employed during the Armenian genocide. The occurrence of rape during these events have chiefly been of finding and establishing that wartime rape as it occurs in the Armenian genocide was directive of attempting to eradicate the group as a whole due in part to the establishment of women as propogrators of their specific groups; the Ottoman Armenians. In order to achieve this, the weapon

against Australian mines. The novel is conveyed through the innocent 15-year-old eyes of Matilda, a local girl, featuring the mysterious character, Mr. Watts; the last white man on the island. The wartime setting of Bougainville was central to understanding the writer's purpose of conveying the