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…THE VIETNAM WAR Do you know why the Viet Nam war started, or when it really began? Well, it may surprise you to know that the war actually began shortly after the end of World War II. When WWII ended many countries had taken control of smaller…

…been marked by six bloody wars. On both sides, religion has again and again brought the peace process to the brink of annihilation. The first spark between the two sides started in Hebron, the site of the tombs of patriarchs, building sacred to both Jews…

…by inconclusive. Carthage asks for peace, and Rome demands Sicily as a colony and Carthage agrees. Sicily becomes it is first outside province. After the end of the First Punic War in 241 BC, Carthage began to concentrate on controlling Spain to achieve control…

…. Augustine, has developed throughout the ages in order to justify Christian war, in the defence of peace and charity. The basis of the Just-War Theory lies in the Principle of Double Effect, which allows an evil attendant to occur, as it is inseparable from…

…In the late 1920’s a German dictator and War veteran called Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany. In his campaign he promised the people of Germany that he would make their country great again. German voters loved Hitler’s optimism, all of Europe…

…Who Was to Blame for the Cold War? The blame for the Cold War cannot be placed on one person -- it developed as a series of chain reactions as a struggle for supremacy. It can be argued that the Cold War was inevitable, and therefore no one's fault, due…

…The term "laws of war" refers to the rules governing the actual conduct of armed conflict. This idea that there actually exists rules that govern war is a difficult concept to understand. The simple act of war in and of itself seems…

…enough nuclear weapons to fully destroy itself. Therefore, the actions of the 1980s were the reason the Cold War came to an end. With Reagan's policy of "peace through strength", along with the US economy thriving, due to Reaganomics, and the Soviet economy…

…that Communism has passed beyond the use of subversion to conquer independent nations and will now use armed invasion and war. It has defied the orders of the Security Council of the United Nations issued to preserve international peace and security…

…It is significant in Siddhartha that Siddhartha learned from the river and from Vasudeva. This is true because Siddhartha had a very concise goal for the end of his life: peace, enlightenment, and Nirvana. Siddhartha knew that he had to experience his…