These were army and police men and were sent to fight the IRA and reduce the chances of the civilians of Ireland retaliating. It was evident that he may have not made the right decision by sending in the Black and Tans as they were a brutal force who used severe violence against the people, ‘murder for murder’ was their policy. This overall shows an unsuccessful attempt from David Lloyd George and the British Government in dealing with the Irish question as it was later shown that the small war had left 750 dead and over 850 wounded. Despite this failure, David Lloyd George soon realised that the tactic of using violence was not bringing him success and he soon knew that his only choice was to enforce peace. Not only did the British people not want many thousands of men going to war with the Irish, the press and the USA were horrified by the situation and it was giving Britain and DLG a bad name.
Analyse why the troubles of 1968‐1998 took place? The troubles were a series of violent incidents occurring for 30 years between 1968 and 1998 in Northern Ireland (also including bombings in the England). The troubles ended only in 1998 when the Good Friday Agreement was signed. Analysing why the troubles happened is a vastly complex question, this essay will attempt to analyse the troubles by assessing who was to blame at the time of the troubles, and hence the reasons behind the troubles. The four main groups involved in the clashes are as followed: Loyalist and Nationalist Paramilitaries, the ‘authorities’ and the Civil Rights movement.
This was vicissitude on the Confederacy, and it made them realize they had little prospect for the rest of the war. This pessimistic mindset added to the significance of this Civil War turning point. Another reason the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point of the Civil War was how much hardship set in. According to Document C, many generals were killed. In the letters between Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, it was mentioned that General Barksdale was killed, some generals were missing, and others were severely wounded.
America, being a super power, made it its mission to keep the peace among other nations. These policies had begun with previous presidents. They made policies to help all sorts of countries economically, socially, and with whatever problems they could help solve. President Johnson talked about how previous presidents made it America’s priority to help other countries. One policy that is an example of this is the Truman Doctrine put into action by President Harry Truman on March 12, 1947.
Shell shock caused a lot of problems and casualties for the country and for the war. People who were victims of shell shock were most likely to feel panicked and scarred of flight and unable to sleep, walk or talk. At the beginning of World War II, the term "shell shock" was banned by the British Army, though the phrase "postconcussional syndrome" was used to describe similar traumatic responses. By December 1914 as many as 10% of British officers and 4% of enlisted men were suffering from "nervous and mental
The Church could not provide sufficient reasons for why the plague had occurred, which lead to the assumption that God was punishing mankind of their sins. It was during the Bubonic Plague that anger toward the Roman Catholic Church and the persecution of Jews intensified. The church played an important role in the lives of the people of the 13th and 14th Centuries, and it was forced
The Vietnam War was one of America’s longest and most controversial conflicts in history and exacted more than three million fatalities, both civilian and military. The United States government was involved in the war as a means to prevent a communist takeover of not only South Vietnam, but to stop the influence from reaching other nations and thus causing a “domino effect” throughout the world. The Vietnam War also garnered one of the biggest anti-war movements in history; despite the best laid intentions of the U.S. government many people protested U.S. involvement and asked for peace between all countries. The political outcries to stop the war could not contain the military’s strategies to defeat the opponent; this led to a war that spanned almost twenty years, from 1959 to 1977 and went through four different presidents and the assassination of one of them. General
The extent to which each country would go, also known as brinkmanship, was shown and scared everyone as mutually assured destruction was the policy of both countries. The USA also involved itself in the Vietnam War, which caused large death tolls and massive protests, with a third of Americans believing entering the war was a mistake (Vietnam War). Eventually the Cold War would die down, but not before taking millions of lives and ruining other countries, not just
There are specific times throughout the history of America, from our beginning in 1776, to the Gulf Wars, when, as a nation, we have been fearful of the very real threats and imminent dangers that accompany a territorial war. War often means death, division of a country, thousands or more people physically and mentally lost in the chaos of violence. However, what happens to a nation that faces a threat of a different kind? It's collapse caused by a failing economy, a failing government. Although their candidacies were more than six decades apart, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Barack Obama used the decline of the American and world-wide economy to pull citizen together to help each other on a united front.
30 years of trouble “The Troubles” was a 30 year long lasting conflict, between the unionistic protestants and the Irish nationalistic population groups. Radical representatives of the Unionism were called loyalists and radical nationalists were called republics. The conflict originated from previous conflicts and the segregation of two major population groups, based on ethnicity and confession throughout history. The terms “catholic” and “protestant” serve as distinguishing features between two social groups in Northern-Ireland, which feature opposing social, political, economic and religious minds. These cultures were build out of the contrast of the old-fashioned Irish, who were poor, rural and catholic and the protestant colonizing Scottish