P1: Write a report to describe the causes of war & conflict. What is war? War is a conflict between different individual countries or a conflict involving one country with enemies from different regions of the same country. War must be declared before an attack has occurred; if the countries do not contribute to the meaning of declaration then other countries may join forces against that country. What is conflict?
With the development of strategic warfare the lines between war and terrorism have blurred through a gradual change in the tactics and technology used by military, paramilitary, and other fighting forces. Previous to WWI war was a conventional manner, with large armies fighting over a battle-ground. In the same respect, until the early 1900’s terrorism was a human-to-human contact matter, with terrorists shooting, or stabbing their targets at close proximity. With the development of strategic weapons such as, planes, gun-mounted boats, submarines, and bombs of various forms, a change in the tactics used by terrorists and militaries have taken a strategic turn, breeding new similarities between the actions of the State and that of the Terrorist. Terrorism can be defined as, ‘The unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.’ (FBI).
Counterterrorism and Intelligence Framework Affecting millions of people, terrorism has progressed as a preferred tactic or strategy for the ideological extremists throughout the world. It is either directly or indirectly focused at the United Stated. The increasing of law enforcement and special agencies resources to combat terrorism, the United States, has started developing many joint agencies specializing, but not limited to the military branches. Counterterrorism is simply defined as the operations that include the offensive measures taken to prevent, deter, preempt, and respond to terrorism. The United States viewed counterterrorism missions as special operations by covert, clandestine, or low visibility means.
Introduction This essay will be answering the question on the strengths and weaknesses of critical terrorism studies. An appropriate answer to the essay question will critically analyse CTS in order to find the strengths and weaknesses in the concept. It will also find ways in which the weaknesses could be turned into strengths. This essay will proceed as follows. The first section will be focusing on the general overview of critical terrorism studies and what the aims are with this sub-section of terrorism studies.
The surface frames in this phrase are the mental structures normally associated with the words ‘war’ and ‘terror’. We know that a war is a series of battles between two armies, that our side is assumed to be good, and that the battles are necessary to win some kind of moral crusade. The frame associated with the word ‘terro’r is that it is an extreme form of fear, it is experienced by a person who feels threatened, and that it is an emotion.When we put these words together we get the metaphor “Terror is our enemy.” This happens because we wage war on an enemy who threatens us in a way that mandates military action. The phrase ‘War on X” tells us that X is our enemy that we must
| Respond to this Article | November 2001 | Now Do You Believe We Need A Draft?We're in a new kind of war. Time for a new kind of draft. By Charles Moskos and Paul Glastris | President Bush has said that the new war against terrorism will be "a different kind of conflict." He is more right than he knows. Not only are we facing a uniquely shadowy enemy, one committed to inflicting mass civilian casualties on U.S. soil.
When people think of the Civil War, they think about the causes of the war. They think about the battles, the leaders from each side, the outcomes of each event, and the new agreements that had been settled on after the war. However, many people don’t realize and take into consideration the significant amount of new advancements that were made in this period of time. Inventors and military men developed new types of weapons, such as the repeating rifle and the submarine, which forever changed the way that wars were fought. These technological innovations had a major impact on the way people fought the Civil War.
Many of his decisions led to uproar, but one in the end set the ground for the United States as we know it today. James McPherson tries to get many points across in “As Commander-in-Chief I Have a Right to Take Any Measure Which May Best Subdue the Enemy.” It seems at times that he will go as far as calling Lincoln a man who is unconstitutional and even goes against his own morals. As his article progresses you see more of the main point that McPherson is trying to make. Early in his document, McPherson says when referring to Lincoln declaring war, “The
In Why Nations Go to War, Dr.John G Stoessinger talks about the role of individuals in starting wars. He is of the view that factors like economics, nationalism, alliance networks and even fate are often put forward as the primary reasons for the outbreak of a war, but the human element, the personalities, the hopes and fears and the particular worldview of the individual leaders of the country are not given nearly as much importance. The writer points out that wars are after all, started by people and to a large extent, the book deals with the lead up to the moment when people finally decide to go to war. The author holds a Ph.D. from Harvard and has taught at Harvard, M.I.T, Columbia and Princeton. He won the Bancroft Prize for his book, The Might of Nations and he has served as acting director for the political affairs division at the United Nations.
The declaration is authorized by a party of a national government in order to create a state of war between two or more states. As you will appreciate a declaration of war will have a large and immediate impact on the military services as they will begin to be deployed almost immediately to a particular battle zone, along with their resources and equipment. They will be fighting for an aim or set of aims specified by the government. The armed services exist as servants of the government and can only go into military action when ordered to do so by the government and they cannot pick where. The conclusion of this is that the services are far reaching as there is the ever present risk to the lives of serving for their country.