Gideon Rose How War Ends Analysis

The tensions between the U.S. and the USSR after WWII had gradually increased towards a Cold War period. This period without actual fighting had a significant impact on America’s attitude towards the situation in Vietnam. Losing Vietnam to communism would not only threaten the world it would also, maybe more importantly, expose America’s weakness. Whereas the orthodox interpretation praises America for its bravery in their fight to save the world from communism, revisionist’s historians see the Vietnam War as a futile small factor in the larger Cold War Context and criticize America’s actions as aggressive and acquisitive. (21)6America would have the desire to shape the world in its own ideal image. Revisionist historians Duiker (1994) and Berman (1982) accused Kennedy of exaggerating the strategic importance of Vietnam. The territorial loss of Vietnam would not be as much as the psychological loss if America failed to contain communism while the world is watching its moves.

After the First World War, writers, known as idealists’ theorists, were trying to understand the cause of war and its existence in international politics. According to realists, the ideologies of idealists were flawed because they ignored the role that power has in international politics, they overestimated the rationality of Human beings, had an assumption that nation states shared a common interest, and they thought that humankind could put an end to war (Dunne and Schmidt, 2008: 92). The outbreak of the Second World War emphasized the above flaws of idealists, which resulted in idealism being replaced with realism. Realist writers then emphasized the power dynamics of states and the competitive nature which they hold in the international

What does the future hold for the United States? In the book Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, Bradbury focuses on a dystopian society that could one day be the United States. Through the text, the authors warns readers of the future of society. Fahrenheit 451 focuses on a society that is deprived of books. Without books, knowledge will start to dwindle, along with relationships between people and a rise of hate and war in the world.

The Iraq war such a powerful war, which had many positive outcomes. While researching through the sources available there were some main positive points expressed in each one. The Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) was one of the most deadliest and most secret tactics that Iraq had in store, knowing that the first move had to be made, as stated in the “Secret History of the Iraq War” the primary reason the United States went to war was the revival and rejuvenation of Iraq’s WMD programs in recent years (Bodsansky #7). They have been keeping secrets for far too long and Saddam Hussein the Iraq dictator, was in this situation for power and for supremacy and his removal for American security interests (Buchanan). As time progresses the situation gets more complicated, and the resolution gets more

Just as Ira Claffey paid attention to small details like plants, the author made sure to go into detail when it came to the horrors of the camp to show how truly dedicated some people were to the war. Others were numb when inhumane things happened. Some prisoners relied on memories to cope. Whenever a new prisoner would be introduced, they usually had a lot of flashback memories of families, or boyhood, life before the war that they were confined in. I think this connects largely to how Ira Claffey copes presently because he used to be a soldier in the Mexican American war. I believe that the author is using Claffey as one of the possible images of how soldiers post-war will try and manage with everything that has occurred. That in turn affects the country as a whole. How is something that became so violent and separated going to go about become united again, after both sides have been so devastated? He knows the destruction it can bring and always reflects on it when he’s alone. One instance was on his birthday as he thought, “Fifty years stuffed with woe and work and dreams and peril” (Kantor 9). He did not like to think about the war when around his wife and daughter but it was

War is an ugly thing. The young fight and die. Families are torn apart and in some cases the fallout can be more destructive than the bombs dropped across the land. “In 1953, after the armistice ending the Korean War, South Korea lay in ruins. President Eisenhower was eager to put an end to hostilities that had left his predecessor deeply unpopular, and the war ended in an uneasy stalemate” (Noah Feldman). After 3 long years of war that cost South Korea over four million lives, the country’s infrastructure lay in ruins. The war also came at a heavy economic price for the newly formed nation as they became one of the poorest countries in the entire world. In this essay we will be discussing how South Korea used its friendship with the United

However reports from the UN weapons inspections challenged the Bush administration’s reasoning for authorizing war, as they found no evidence of Iraq reviving their nuclear program (Nungesser 2004, 216). The Bush administration's argument for authorizing war in Iraq was also not viewed as rational and was vocally opposed by several nations. Although they had the support of Great Britain and seven other European Union members, the European Parliament stated that the breaches made by Iraq of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution 1441 did not justify the need for military action (Frankel and Richburg 2003, A16). Because of this opposition a resolution for military action against Iraq was not going to be passed by the UNSC, therefore

Anderson and Stanfield in their book “The Future of Iraq” give three options for the United States in Iraq:

The study of international relations has fairly produced few widely accepted generalisations. One such generalisation, (Levy 1988), is the belief that democracies do not fight wars with one another. The credence that democratic states do not go to war with one another has become a commonplace of western beliefs. Likely as it may be, it is a dangerous presumption with which to approach the future. It is, however, an idea susceptible to historical analysis.

England’s most famous poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare wrote in the play Henry VI part 3, “My Crown is in my heart, not on my head:Not deck'd with Diamonds, and Indian stones:Nor to be seen: my Crown is call'd Content, A Crown it is, that seldom kings enjoy.” This quote holds a lot of truth about the way kings should act. Most kings who rise to power do the exact opposite of Shakespeare's quote. In The Wars of the Roses, author Dan Jones gives the reader a tour of historical events that took place between 1455 to 1485. This time period was when England’s state was more unstable than ever before. The House of York and the House of Lancaster were in a constant power struggle.Time

Most states are heterogeneous and include two or more ethnic, racial or religious groups. Huntington makes an important argument which sheds light on the within civilizational conflicts: “Many countries are divided in that the differences and conflicts among these groups play an important role in the politics of the country. The depth of this division usually varies over time. Deep divisions within a country can lead to massive violence or threaten the country’s existence… (These) are likely to arise when cultural differences coincide with geography” (Ibid). (where does the quote begin?)

When we saw the title of the chapter for the first time, we thought that it would deal with how Utopians prevent war, but what More is trying to say goes far away from this. In fact, the chapter is a detailed exposition of casus belli, military strategies and techniques. The meaning of Utopia is connected to America’s discovery, the world that serves as the location of fictional presentations of political ideas. At the same time, “this production means for the author to express genuine and real political views about his own circumstances” (pp. 57, The Ethics of Foreign Policy). More 's vision is not far from the traditional conventions of “just” war, but there are a few exceptions.

In Politics Among Nations, Morgenthau defined international politics as “the struggle for power” and “power politics.” “The aspiration for power,” he wrote, “is “the distinguishing element of international politics.” “The struggle for power,” he continued, “is universal in time and space and is an undeniable fact of experience.”

The Clash of Civilizations is a postulate by political scientist, Samuel P. Huntington; moreover, it seeks to provide a rational explanation for post-Cold War conflict: cultural identification. The United States of America has endured as the last great hegemon of the Cold War era making it the principal actor of a unipolar global order. Though the U.S. continues to be the undisputed economic and military power in the world, Huntington instead chooses to focus his exposition on the importance of multiculturalism to a valuation of modern war and conflict. The renowned political scientist recognizes the socio-economic strength of the United States and of other great nations

The economic and military strength of the United States is rooted in Europe’s historical conquest for empire. While the European continent’s geographical borders have receded over the last century, its greatest territorial acquisition has come in the expanse of Western cultural and ideological values. The globalization of culture has become an existential issue; furthermore, Western values extol specific ideologies that establish social (individualism vs collectivism), civil (democracy vs. communism) and economic (capitalism vs. socialism) norms. “The Clash of Civilizations” is a postulate by political scientist, Samuel P. Huntington that attempts to provide a rational explanation for post-Cold War conflict: cultural identification. The United