Essays about War Page 3

In Apostles of Disunion, Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil war, Charles B. Dew explains the reasons why the South wanted to secede and points out what caused the civil war. Dew inserted a series of speeches and letters into the Apostles of Disunion. The Apostles of Disunion were men that provided…

The Korean War was a result of the division of Korea after World War 2. Japan controlled Korea prior to 1945 when the United States and the Soviet Union divided Korea at the 38th parallel. The US did this in the fear that the Soviet Union would take over Korea. This was the beginning of…

The ongoing war crisis in Yemen has cost over 100,000 innocent people their lives, and has displaced over 24 million people. “The missiles, the airstrikes, the snipers, (that) hit people going about their daily business, often without warning and in places where there’s no active conflict, it gives the impression that there’s nowhere in Yemen…

“Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” (Oppenheimer) This sentence, quoted by J Robert Oppenheimer from the Bhagavad Gita, became all too relevant on July 16th, 1945. It was on that warm, summer’s day when the scientists working on The Manhattan Project successfully tested a weapon more powerful than ever before. This weapon,…

Thomas Hiram Jones, a soldier from the British army born on March 20, 1894 in Clapham, London. He was the son of Edward George Jones and Isolda Blaine Jones. His father was a silversmith and they lived in Clapham, London. He had 3 brothers and 2 sisters. All the family were white British, and their…

The Vietnam War was one of the longest and most costly wars fought and over 45,000 people had died. “The Vietnam War lasted from 1954-1975 and it took place in South and North Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos” (Vietnam War). War literature is important to people because it tells them what happened in war if it…

World War I, also known as The Great War, began in July 28, 1914 and ended in 1918 by entering the history as the First World War. The war was caused by five major factors which are known by “MANIA”; militarism, alliance system, nationalism, imperialism, and assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdenand. While there are many…

August 6, 1945. This was the day that changed the world. On this day, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later they dropped another bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. These bombings took place during World War II, thus causing the Japanese to surrender, and causing the Allied Powers (the United…

Communication methods have changed exponentially in the last century, from radio and newspapers, to televisions, letters, and telephones, to modern day internet and wireless technology. Soldiers in America’s earliest conflicts did not have the luxury of letter writing as it was cost prohibitive. Today’s soldiers enjoy instant communication with phone and video capabilities. In between…

The targeting of civilians during wartime has been a controversial topic throughout history, occurring for as long as there has been a distinguishable difference between the military and civilians. As civilizations have progressed this distinction has become clearer, and more recently a member of the military is a committed individual whose job is to fight….