War Essays

What was the role and guerrilla warfare tactics that were applied by Osceola during the second Seminole war? During his time many Native Americans had several names and Osceola was no exception. This name was the distorted version of his Indian name by the whites. His original name was Asiyahola. …

Ever since the Revolutionary war, America had become an independent country. Of course, they needed a national government to keep things in order. So then, the Articles of Confederation was created as the first attempt of a national government.In a confederation, the states, maintain their sovereignty, but they join together …

“Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real.” In the 1800’s British was a juggernaut and China were self-conceited. China remained completely isolated from most of the world in every aspect including foreign trade, which was limited to the city of Canton. …

Introduction For European observers, one of the most enduring nineteenth century images of the Chinese, whether in China or in Southeast Asia, was that of the opium “wreck.” The hollow-eyed, emaciated Oriental stretched out on his pallet, pipe in hand, stood as the stereotype of Asiatic decadence and indulgence. He …

‘Who’s for the Game?’ was written by Jessie Pope in 1915 (At the beginning of the First World War). Jessie Pope was an English poet who began writing for Punch; between 1902 and 1922 she supplied 170 poems to the magazine. She was a prolific writer of humorous verse, articles, …

A Farewell to arms ishistorical fiction, a story set in “the past,” that often involves historical events either directly in the plot or as a background to the main plot’s events. Historical novels may or may not involve actual people who lived during the time period the story is set. …

Many stories have been written about wars especially Cuban missile crisis, which has been interesting for many people around the world. Most of them are about people’s situation and political views. This is probably one of the few stories that describes the Cuban crisis in the children’s views and it …

The appeasement policy, which can be defined as a diplomatic policy that hopes of preventing war by making concessions to an aggressor, was displayed by Great Britain towards Germany in the preface to World War II. However, it proved to be a spectacular failure, because leaders of the countries that …

Wilfred Owen was a 19th century war poet who’s purpose was to inform the general public of the horrific realities of war that corrupt and influence innocent young men. Owen, having experienced war and the effect it has on humanity, explores and develops powerful ideas such as loss, which subsequently …

From the end of the Civil War until the turn of the century there were many changes in American society. While some may see these changes as all beneficial, others will argue that the changes made in American society from 1865 to 1910 were mainly detrimental. When we talk about …