War Essays

John Lewis Gaddis’ The Cold War and Melvyn Leffler’s The Specter of Communism share a topic, but offer two very dissimilar approaches to the study of the Cold War. In The Cold War Gaddis presents a detailed illustration of the ways in which the United States and Soviet Union, through …

The First World War began in 1914 when the archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by Serbians. This outraged Hungary causing major uproar, when they retaliated they sparked the beginning of a war that would drag on for 4 years. Britain became involved on the 4th of August 1914 …

  There are major debates, still happening today, about why America lost the Vietnam War. The majority of the US military blamed the American civilians for the loss of the war. They were also angry with American politicians who “lost their nerve” in the face of mounting protests from the …

The opening set design is important in introducing key issues to the play. Immediately we are given a contrast between religious, sacred imagery and the destruction and suffering caused by the war. Throughout this scene O’Casey is looking at the relationship between war and religion (Christianity in this case) and …

I chose the theme, the faces of War because it is the reason I am and everyone is here today. Wars fought and won prior to my birth have enabled me to be born. If it wasn’t for battlers who fought for my country I would not be writing this …

In 1914 England declared war on Germany, at the time Lord Kitchener was made Minister of War. He started up a great campaign to sign up men top the army. He believed that what England needs the most to win the war was men. So he started to try and …

In ‘Dirge Of The Dead Sisters’ and ‘War’, Edgar Wallace and Rudyard Kipling express different views on war. Kipling’s focus is on the Role Of woman whereas Wallace shows the role of men. Wallace gives an insight into the gory operation on soldiers straight from the front line and their …

Gender divisions satisfied the justification of war through the explanation that it could release male bloodlust, which was unsatisfied by civilised society. It was a role that allowed men to be able to protect women from “foreign” contamination. As such it can be argued that war “gendered society” as it …

Contrast is an element used frequently in the poems “Anthem for Doomed Youth”, “Disabled” and “Dulce Et Decorum Est”. “Dulce Et Decorum Est” first uses contrast in the title which means half of the Latin saying, “It’s sweet and proper to die for your country”. This title is sarcastic and …

For this piece of coursework I will be comparing each of the poems mentioned above to each other and commenting on the way they present war and how it reflects the poet’s views on war. Charge of the Light Brigade The story of the poem is about six hundred soldiers …