War And Peace Short Essays

There can be no elections, no government of the people when a country is in the throes of war.Who knows that the victory of World War- II may also prove to be of an equally short duration and a third global war may even now be in the offing.In short, it is during peace that a general improvement is possible in cleanliness and decency, in refinement and taste, in habits and morals, in manners and speech.The triumph of the First World War proved to be of a short duration.So grim are the horrors of war and so devastating its effects that no defence of it on any ground whatsoever is possible.

Civil Peace,’’ which first appeared in print in 1971, takes place in the immediate post-war period.He did, however, write three short stories concerning the civil war, all of which were collected in the short fiction volume, Girls at War and Other Stories.’’ In his pre-civil war novels, Achebe focused on the culture of his people and their emergence from colonial powers.Focusing not on the hardships and devastation of the war but on the new opportunities to rebuild, the story has struck many critics for its optimism and positive outlook.However, with the outbreak of the Nigerian civil war, Achebe embraced the revolutionary spirit.

The poem 'Peace' deals with a phenomenon of underestimating the problems a war can bring, although Brooke didn't intent do it.The patriotic ideas Brooke wrote in 'Peace', never were as extreme as in poems of other war poets who supported the war.The terrible outcome of the Great War and the tremendous impact it has had ever since, make it hard to understand that Brooke supported the war.It seems hard to imagine that before the war, lots of soldiers and civilians on both sides, supported the war.But before the war, it wasn't strange to think that the war would last only a few months.

At the end of the war, the Israelis had won.Instead of traditional nation v. nation war where country A declares war on country B, it became proxy war with the birth of a new political strategy and people, Palestinians, to lay claim to the land.Syria, the last of the die hards, continues “the cause” thru the Palestinian people, a proxy war with Israel, still today, while the other nations from the 1967 Six Day War have given up their hostility and two have signed treaties.While Syria and Egypt did continue hostilities onto the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the defeat once again there proved that winning conventional war was not possible.There are some immediate consequences caused by the Yom Kippur War.

For example, “peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding each other.” .Nowadays, we are living in the peaceful world that does not have war, and the people nowadays hate war, so the animators can catch the point and create the animation, having the meaning about the goods of peaceful, and the way to be peaceful, it can using one sentences to bring out all ideas.At the ending of the animation, the two men were death fight for the flower, it means people who keep fighting, they all will be the loser, pay a lot but nothing gain.Second thing, in my opinion, the critical meaning brings by ‘Neighbours’ was a good idea that can be used by other animators.It’s an anti-war film produced during the Vietnam War.

Slagy, J. C. A. Mr. Madison's War.Nurturing Peace: Why Peace Settlements Succeed or Fail.Psychological Factors of Peace and War.Efforts to build a just and lasting peace are complicated not only because past grievances must be addressed, but future interests must be anticipated-even when such future interests were not identified as the cause of war in the first place.Peace Through Agreement: Replacing War with Non-Violent Dispute Resolution Methods.

The war expanded.” (Zusak 196).Additionally, the simple sentences also reflect the situation of the characters.As the narrator recalls the main character’s childhood, he uses simple sentences to show the progressive state of World War II.Their successiveness shows the nonstop progress of the events in the novel, good or bad.Additionally, the short sentences contribute to the quick pace of the major events and add emphasis on how they uncontrollably happen.

Fourthly, there was the forming of the Holy Alliance, which was aimed at keeping peace by international co-operation and was based on the Christian principles of justice, charity and peace.By this concert, many international conflicts were solved often by repressive means and never without friction, rivalry and great-power war or aggrandizement.No powers became too powerful to threaten peace.Such as, in the Belgium war of independent, the Great Powers have not really involved in the war.This aimed at discussing their “common interest” and “for the maintenance of peace in Europe”.

Hence, the alliances and treaties that existed before 1914 led to WWI for the opposite reason that the League of Nations led to WWII: the treaties meant that countries would aid their allies in war, while the League was not able to aid any country that was being attacked and its lack of aid led to war.Nonetheless, the alliances that caused World War I were defensive alliances and each country had the moral obligation to support their allies, while the League of Nations’ main objective was to prevent conflicts escalating into war.The long-term causes of the Second World War differ in some ways from those of the First World War.The long-term causes of the Second World War differ in some ways from those of the First World War: World War I w...

One of the most significant consequences of the Thirty Years War is that it was, essentially, the religious war to end all wars.It provides the reader with not only an analysis of the origins of the war and organization of the warfare, but gives a narrative of all the events which led up to the conflict and the initial war.Although these reforms were able to promote peace for a short while, it was short lived due to the rise in counter-reformation efforts from the Roman Catholic Church and the Holy Roman Empire’s aristocratic family, the Hapsburg’s concerns about the rising want for autonomy by its protestant regions of the Holy Roman Empire.Countries that had proven themselves strong like Sweden and Denmark during the first years of the...

Since the freedom of India and the formation of Pakistan, the first war was in 1947 itself for the state of Kashmir.In whichever war they have been presented, victory was always theirs.In World War I and II, the Indian Army has served.In the India-China war of October-November 1962 and later in the Indo-Pak war of September, 1965 one Indian soldier killed many times his enemy counterparts on various fronts.From then on there have been several wars that the Indian Army has faced like the Sino-Indian War in 1962, The Indo- Pakistan war in 1965 and again the Indo-Pakistan war in 1971, later Kargil war in 1999 and have returned all with victory.

Regarding the progress wrought by the Iraq war, Hanson writes, “thousands of terrorists killed, Al Qaeda scattered, Europe galvanized about Islamism and sobered about the consequences of its cheap anti-U.S. rhetoric, Iran’s nuclear antics revealed, democracy birthed in the Middle East, Palestinian radicals exposed for their fraud, the United nations under overdue scrutiny, America much better defended at home” came largely as a result of the war on terror, beginning with Afghanistan and culminating in Iraq.If nothing else, the various shortcomings of the recent war will hopefully serve as a corrective and impetus to future successes in the war on terror... Perhaps because we are still so near the beginning of the war and because the ope...

Americans think that just because Iraq now has a semblance of a democratic government because of the creation of the US -sponsored parliamentary election, the Iraqis would immediately become partners in creating a world that is safe and that is bereft of war.If there is to be peace in Iraq and for that country is to become a partner in fostering peace around the world, the initiative must come from its citizens to view the achievement of peace as their duty.There must also be a realization that the achievement of peace in Iraq cannot be achieved in the short run.Thus, in a society that is plagued by civil war, often times it becomes expedient to resort to quick fixes for attaining temporary peace.It can be deduced from Kant’s “Perpetual ...

Stalin, somewhat went back to the event of War Communism by wiping out the kulaks during collectivisation.The long-term effects of War Communism were that it enabled Stalin to lead it onto the 5 Year Plans and Collectivisation, which wiped out the kulaks (the class enemy).There were many short-term effects of War Communism both on Russia and the people.The final result of War Communism was the Revolt of Kronstadt, which led to the NEP.By doing this, Lenin had eliminated a part of Russia’s problems – the provisional government tried to carry on the war, but the elimination of the provisional government in turn saw the end of the war, improving Russia’s living conditions and stopped inflation from occurring at that time.

While democratic peace and balance of power theories offer intriguing premises to prevent war, they fall short in the end.The most important factor affecting the relation between the distribution of power and the likelihood of war is whether the terms of a compromise agreement that might be accepted in lieu of war affect the relative power of the antagonists and therefore the probability that the agreement will be enforced (Wagner 1994).Such historical instances demonstrate what war can accomplish, thus justifying why countries save war as a last resort.The most recognized theories that could reduce the likelihood of war are the Democratic peace theory, balance of power theory and the commercial peace theory.Unfortunately, the Democratic...

However throughout the war Britain had the upper hand.Due to all these factors the First World War has often been described as a war of attrition.Lots of people enrolled for the army (before it became a conscript army), in every capital city (where war had been declared) there were celebration for the people hoped for a quick and easy victory.For example France wanted to have a peace with Germany but Germany would not fleet this happen because for that peace France wanted Alsace and Loraine, which Germany were not willing to give; so in a way there was also a diplomatic stalemate.This obviously made the war last longer because the countries could still stay in the war.

One of the more prominent of these is the United Nations, an organization aimed largely at maintaining peace throughout the world through the enactment of a formal charter.Hanhimaki, Jussi M. The United Nations: A Very Short Introduction.If so, we must determine what the rules and requirements are for engaging in war, how a country is to conduct itself during war, and, most of all, how to maintain peace before and after war.In this essay, I will briefly examine the effectiveness of this organization and its charter in regard to maintaining international peace....ber of the peace seems today unrealizable to the point of absurdity” (Hanhimaki 71).

This essay examines the large social and political toll of the war and the lasting ramifications upon the world and individual societies.Through an analysis of the major causes and consequences of the First World War it is evident that the war changed the way societies and the world understood conflict.The consequences of the Great War had enormous implications in the short term upon socially, politically and economically on the front and at home.The World War One did not simply start due assassination of the Austrian Royalty, the alliances system, the increasing militarisation and nationalism throughout Europe, the competition of imperialism, the full mobilisation of Russia and the Austro-Serbian tension all tributed to the outbreak of ...

If Germany withdrew rom the alliances, there was a chance that the war between the Austrian Empire and the state of Serbia might not erupt into a global conflict.For example, what is the probability of avoiding World War I if Franz Ferdinand was not assassinated?Many students would argue that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the immediate cause of the war.For a layman, it is always right to assume that the ultimate cause of any war is the immediate cause itself.It was impossible to isolate the effects of those “alliances” on the war itself, without taking into account other factors.

Civil war, drought and resulting famine meant that attempts to improve food security were distorted by the perverse dynamics of Somalia’s conflict economy.Lischer outlines the following methods of diversion: ‘Refugee leaders levy war tax on refugee populations […] refugee leaders control distribution, […] militant leaders divert aid by inflating population numbers, […] raiding and stealing.’ The resource scarce and hungry dynamics of conflict means aid inevitably supports combatants, thus sustaining conflict.For example, Goodhand and Sedra argue that ‘international engagement in Afghanistan has been Janus headed […] tension between one face prioritizing the ‘war on terror’ and short term stability and the other durable peace thr...

Since the end of that war there has been numerous attempts by mankind to put in place systems to prevent conflicts and ensure we can live in a worldwide peace.Modern History is littered with Treaties and Peace Agreements… yet we still live in a World dominated by unrest, conflict and ….war.The devastating effects of World War 1 brought great attention to the question of global peace.By cultivating peace within ourselves, in our families, in the community, we contribute to world peace.These assassinations began a short series of events that led to the start of the Great War – now more commonly called World War 1. .

The final form of war we are shown is the war that Nell has with herself.Therefore, not only are we as the reader shown war, but also a form of victory.In Toni Morrison’s Sula, the theme of war and peace is prevalent from the off.Throughout the text, the whole town of Bottom deems Sula as the Evil being, the one who has chosen to lead a ‘wicked’ as a loose woman and one who has refused to embrace the norms of her a gender (which incidentally is a war within itself!With regards to external mentions of war, this is synonymous with the men in the village who have returned from having served in the war; Eva’s son Plum and also Shadrach, the village mad man.

The US War on Terrorism is such an example.Under this theory, war, not peace, is the norm.Peace, under the realist theory, therefore, is just an illusion.And there will be no peace until the US is no longer threatened or insecure.And the War on Terror indicates that it intends to stay in power.

In liberal defence however, scholars like Rasler and Thompson argue that aside from democratic dyads where peace is common, democracies in dyads with non-democracies have been known to reduce conflict “in the identified dyads” This would mean that all though a complete measurement of possible outcomes between dyads is impossible, single cases can still be found and thus used to give the peace theory some credit.Conflict Patterns since the Cold War .Recent conflict patterns suggest that the war on terrorism is increasing in scale and it is thus highly relevant when testing the Democratic Peace Theory.During the Cold War it was in the interest of all capitalist countries to stall the development of communism.The end of the Cold war brough...

In Russia, people were discontent for the lack of supplies the government gave during the war.World War I left many people without the complete families that they use to have.This occurred on March 1917, before the war ended.Ottoman Turks and Austria wished for treaties of peace with the lost of their power.German power lessened as the war progressed.

Any weapon or any warrior can not maintain peace and mankind.Civilization is the slow achievement of workers in peace time.Science and art, religion and philosophy or all developments are the creations of peace time.Poets glorify war, artist depicts them in their cartoons, and historians record them in the history.But patriots and philanthropists restore peace and tranquility.

In the end, it is up to the Latin American people to break the legal, ideological, and colonial, hegemonic structures within the Guatemalan state, in order to escape from the consequences of their birth in blood and fire.By the 1980s, high oil prices and heavy short- term borrowing had resulted in the economic incompetence of Latin America militaries.In Guatemala, the 21st century saw a shift to nationalism when leftist Alvaro Colom was elected as president in 2008, promising to tackle poverty in order to reduce crime rates.However, these peace agreements proved difficult to implement within society and unable to bring about long-term resolution for many of Guatemala’s internal conflicts.The collapse of the Berlin wall led to the decline...

But in the end the war was deemed necessary for French to expel the English from their country and to regain the throne that was rightfully theirs to begin with.Throughout the 116 years that the war took place there were certain moments of peace.But only for a short while, the end of this war saw the most power that England had up to this point.At one point in the war, France had reached a state of almost complete anarchy and civil war within themselves.The peace however did not even last ten years and gave rise to the Caroline War.

In that short statement he informs the people that he had no idea that the attack was coming, in his words the attack came suddenly.He also wanted to justify his reasons for needing to go to war with the Empire of Japan.He wanted the people to know that he was under the impression that the two nations were at peace, and that they were nowhere near a state of war.The President not only wanted to educate the American people on the events that occurred, but he also wanted to reassure them if they did in fact go to war, they would come out victorious.Roosevelt believed that through his words the nation would hold their ground and beat back any enemy that would come their way.

With the natural conflicts between nations and the deadly power of nuclear weapons, sooner or later, the world will be inevitably in a war of every nation against every nation, and in such a war, the life will be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” .For example, when two nations have conflicts, and fight in a war, the world government can only send its powerful army to stop the war after the war has begun.For example, in the World War II, Nazi tried to kill all the Jews.On the other hand, the world government may have to use war to stop the war.I am arguing that non-violent resistance can prevent war or violence, but I do not mean that non-violent resistance can always prevent war or violence.