According to Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, war is described as “a state of hostility, conflict, or antagonism; a state of usual open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations; a struggle between opposing forces or for a particular end.” This is a logical explanation, but it brings up a question. Is war all bad? Can’t war have good points as well as bad ones? There are good things, too. You don’t believe me?
Due to the fact that these are real memories brought on by real events, the study is high in ecological validity meaning that the results are reflective of the real world. As well as this, generalisation of results is easier to perform.
In addition to this, the idea of mercantilism meant that American trade was protected by Britain, and this was advantageous as Britain was one of the strongest economic powers in the world at the time. These reasons support the statement that the relationship was ‘peaceful and harmonious’ because both parties were substantially benefitting from one another’s trading opportunities. On the other hand, there
Additionally there were developments that occurred without war, which illustrates that involvement in war was not the only cause for change. Therefore war was an important catalyst and factor to significant changes but was not the sole cause of change. The war that caused most change was Word War One due to its role in the February revolution in 1917 and the fall of the provisional government in the October revolution. The defeats of the war dwindled support from liberals and Octobrists for the Tsarist regime, which was further worsened by criticism from organisations including the Central War Industries committee and the union of Zemstva. This formed support and reason for the Progressive Bloc.
These time management skills have already helped me and I know that they will continue to benefit me. I have become very organized since I enrolled in the JROTC program. I have learned how to keep records and files neat and in order. I have also learned how to keep a good schedule and how to run a task smoothly and easily. Organization skills are very important because the tasks of life run a lot easier when you know where to find something as opposed to stressing out over finding something in a mess.
Saltzman’s Reflection - R 1 What’s in a Name? More Than You Think by Joe Saltzman was an informative and effective piece of writing. His background information helps to show that his information is credible and that he is qualified to criticize such media. His use of examples on how inaccurate television’s coverage of the Iraqi war helps to prove to the audience that the news they are receiving is a bit one sided rather than a full report of both sides of the war. Another aspect of the article that aids to its effectiveness was the language that he used throughout the article; it was nothing short of straight forward and to the point.
As with other chapters’ reactions, I find this one to be of mild interest. I enjoyed reading about the colonists’ struggles and efforts, and was especially struck by the riot shout, “‘Tyranny is Tyranny let it come from whom it may’” (Zinn 75). It’s obvious that this time in history was very rocky. Turns out, the rich not only had the most wealth and influence, but when war came up, they could get out of being drafted by paying for substitutes. This just reflects on the attitude that the rich held and holds in higher contrast the dedicated drafted soldiers versus the rich who avoided injury.
The lasting effects of the British rule over India can still be seen today making this issue significant. This issue is complex due to the fact that there are two sides or viewpoints to this issue. There is the viewpoint that the British had an overly positive impact on the Indian people, and there is viewpoint that the British had an overly negative impact on the Indian people. It is hard to form an opinion on this issue due to the fact that each side has strong support to its view. For this same reason the public opinion is divided with some people recognizing more negatives outweighing the positives while some suggest the opposite.
The tone Zakaria employs is an optimistic one and he is able to use it to a maximal effect by starting off his paragraphs with things that most Americans fear, and close out the paragraph in on an optimistic and calming tone by using facts and statistics. This can be seen in his paragraphs about China and Russia being great military threats to the US just up until thirty-five years ago, yet today they are even greater powers yet a minimal threat to the US because we have hundreds of warheads available for launch and military spending 20 times that of Russia’s. This structure is to show us that what is going on is not as bad or as scary as we might think if we look at it through a logical standpoint. Through such uses of rhetoric, Zakaria seems to be able to convey that what is going on is not a bad thing, and America’s seeming decline is not actually a decline, but a relatively smaller advance to the rest of the world’s countries’
Therefore giving the source a great deal of reliability; also the fact we know who wrote the source enhances its reliability. However as the source wasn’t published until 1895 clear memory could have been slightly blurred thus effecting the reliability. The source was professionally published this meaning it would have had to have specific checks to ensure the account was accurate. Also the detail in the source suggests an element of truth. This is exemplified by “hacking at the wounded”, “drag their mangled bodies” and “awful cross-fire”.