...How successful a military leader was Haig? Explain your answer. I think Sir Douglas Haig was not a very successful military leader. Although he did have some achievements, but compared to his mistakes on leadership, I think it’s not enough to say he was a great leader. Some people argue that death is a part of the war, and that “British generals were not uncaring but they accepted, as they had to, that the very nature of the war, would lead to many deaths however hard they tried to avoid them. ” However we might want to question this statement. Did Haig really try hard to avoid death? If we look closely at the battle plan for the Battle of Somme one would hardly agree. Firstly, Haig assumed a seven-day-bombardment would make the German trenches so deserted that “not even a rat would live”, however he was proven wrong. Also he told the soldiers to walk towards the German trenches; they did, however the Germans simply aimed the machine guns at them and this turned into a suicidal mission. In order to minimize the casualties, he could’ve talk to the soldiers at the front and would know right away that machine gun shells will not beat barbed wire into pieces. In fact, it would only pick it up and through it onto the floor, often in a bigger mess than before… No, he didn’t do any of that. He simply sat kilometers behind the frontline, knowing nothing about the real trenches save the limited intelligence he gets daily. Another piece of evidence that one may argue is Haig’s biography...
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...pompous, out of touch and arrogant Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief of the British Military forces. Over the years revisionist historians have moved to change this perspective putting forward new arguments that show him in a more positive light. This presentation will discuss those differing views, using the battle of the Somme and Paschaendale to support my findings. Out of all the british general Sir Douglas Haig produced the most amount of controversy. Some Traditional views of Haig were that he was unaware of the demands of traditional warfare, he was out of touch of the battle front, and he led his army from his command post in Britain. It was seen that Haig thought of airplanes and tanks as only accessories to man and horse and that he deemed extreme loss of lives as a necessity of war showing a sort of disregard for a soldier’s life. Many people in history and historians themselves have not attempted to hide their distain for Haig. British Prime Minister David Lloyd George was a major example of this he thought that he was egotistic and complacent to human losses. D. winter said that rank was governed by patronage rather than skill. Jay Murray Winter, a history professor at Yale said in his book the experiences of WW1, ‘the rigidity of the British plan was the source of its failure’. As opposed to the revisionist view which included that by the end of the war Britain had the most mechanised army in the world. That Haig visited base camps hospitals. That he had a massive...
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...from the French Commander-in-Chief, Joseph Joffre and was accepted by General Sir Douglas Haig, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) commander, despite his preference for a large attack in Flanders. Although Joffre was concerned with territorial gain, it was also an attempt to destroy German manpower. The principal attack would be led by General Sir Henry Rawlinson’s forces. He preferred the gradual approach. Nevertheless, Chief Field Commander Haig demanded a daring strike, quickly taking Bapuame then swinging north to flank the German line. Lieutenant General Sir Hubert...
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...Joe Keegan- History Short term Significance of the Battle of the Somme The Battle of the Somme was a war planned late in 1915 as a joint French-British attack. The French Commander in Chief, Joffre, conceived the idea as a battle of attrition, the aim being to drain the German forces of reserves, although territorial gain was a secondary aim. However, the German attack Verdun made the Somme offensive even more pressing because the French army was under severe pressure there. The battle of the Somme was fought from the 1st July 1916 until later in same year where on November the 16th it was brought to an end. The massive amount of casualties in this time, as well how the war was fought Is what has made the battle so historic. For example, It’s best known for the mass amounts of soldiers who died and more specifically how they died In such a short space of time and why. The style of warfare was different and more brutal than ever before, for example better technology and large scale operations which seen over 1.7 million shells were fired at the German’s alone and made the war a huge test for the countries involved who relied heavily on individual decisions, as well as man power. The first day of the Somme (1s July 1916) proved to be massively significant due to the sheer numbers of soldiers lost. Up to 60 000 British soldiers became casualties thanks to enemy fire (one third of the British military) British hopes were high going in to battle for the first time. Indeed, the...
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...Case Study “Bill” Matthew Harmon Victor Valley College Many people are diagnosed every year with depression. Some that be in denial that they suffer from depression. In this present case study we have a client named Bill who is a 14-year-old white male. Bill has very poor attendance in school, and his physical appearance is very modest. While examining Bills characteristics and troubles I have found that his primary problem is that he suffers from some form of depression. Based upon Bills symptoms it is hypothesized that he suffers from Major Depressive Disorder. This disorder that bill suffers from causes you to be in a bad mood, not getting any pleasure from activities, and having no interest in anything that he does. Symptoms include sleeping and eating disorders, not being about to think or concentrate. It also can cause problems making decisions, and often thinking about suicide. These symptoms can be caused by biological factors, which are genetic, chemical, neurological and physiological factors that may affect or put Bill at risk for developing a mood disorder such as depression or in this case major depressive disorder. Bill’s parents both suffered from depression in which was perhaps genetically passed down to Bill due to genetic factors. Bill was molested by a stranger at six years old, this may have increased his willingness to participate in sodomy with his older brother and caused him to be sexual activity at an early age. He willingly had sodomy because...
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...Assessment briefing: Branding is one of the key elements of marketing in today’s global world (based on Lee and Carter 2012). Critically appraise how marketers can manage brands across transnational markets. Consider the competitive advantage that branding brigs to a product as well as the cultural considerations that must be respected. Choose ONE brand in your industry as an example to illustrate your points. Branding in a Global tourism marketing strategy is key element (Witt and Moutinho, 1995). A brand is composed of a name, design or sign, which is adopted to recognise a facility delivered by an institution or organization (Witt and Moutinho, 1995). This essay will discuss the importance of branding as a key element in today’s global marketing. We will take in consideration of Virgin as an example of Global brand. Mawson (2000) argues that in the United States of America, Back in the days in the Mid-west, the cowboys would imprint with a very hot iron their cattle’s buttocks with the name of their ranch to show possession and to marked them to differentiate from the neighbour’s. This is an example of how branding existed decades ago. A brand is purely a merchandise or service which can be notable from its rivals (Hankinson and Cowking, 1996). Popular brands are the ones that fulfil the desires and objective of a distinct target market (Hankinson and Cowking, 1996). Branding is an important and planned process that embroils all parts of the firm in its delivery...
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...Rich Von Falkenhayn and Douglas Haig; “Shades of Sir Douglas Haig and Erich von Falkenhayn. They were two generals steeped in theory, but lacking in imagination. The tactics of WW I killed millions and today the opponents are buddies, same goes for Viet Nam. In the 1960s, Harvard Magazine had an article stating that in WW II the German Army needed 12 garrison troops for each Greek partisan. The Taliban have the superior advantage, they live there. Do we leave now or wait for their kids and grandkids to continue killing our troops? Prudence say leave now. Forget about the Taliban ever lining-up to be shot like the Redcoats during the American Revolution. Forget about all those military theories and remember Carl von Clausewitz statement that all the careful planning is useless when the battle starts. The Taliban will never be defeated by the folly of military power, but only by the lost of their sources of money and materials. Study Arnold J. Toynbee's two volume abridgment of The Study of History. The conflict is with the Taliban is a Quartermaster issue: cut-off their supply of money and materials, and make an offer to the tribal tribal leaders they can't refuse.” Henry Rawlinson and Douglas Haig: Sir Henry Rawlinson (1864-1925) was born in 1864, the son of a diplomat. Having joined the British Army he served in the Myanmar expedition of 1886-87 under Lord Roberts, in the Sudan campaign (1898) with Lord Kitchener (minister for war during the First World War from...
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...was one of the largest battles ever fought. The “Somme Campaign” is another word for the “Battle of the Somme”. The idea of a joint French-British offensive at Somme was conceived by the commander in chief of the French army, Joseph Joffre. Joseph was a French military commander, studied at the Escole Polytechnique. After seeing action in the Siege of Paris, he was a military engineer in Indochina, West Africa and Madagascar. Joffre rose to general staff in 1911. He became a national hero for the victory at the First Battle of Marne in 1914; his standing was damaged because of the slow response for the buildup of Germany before the battle of Verdun. Sir Douglas Haig, New British commander in chief, agreed with the offensive plan, although Haig would have preferred an offensive at the open ground in Flanders. Haig, who took up his appointment as commander in chief of the BEF on 19 December Kingfisher 3 1915, had been granted authorization by the British government, led by Asquith, to conduct a major offensive in 1916. A guy named Alan Seeger wrote a diary and the story is told through the words of a friend. “At 8 o’clock on the morning of July 1st there was roll call for the days orders and we were told that the general offensive would begin at 9 without us, as we were in reserve, and that we should be notified of the day and hour that we were to go into action. When this report was finished we were ordered to shell fatigue, unloading 8 inch shells from automobile...
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...Research, Statistics, and Psychology Mickey Leitch PSY/315 November 11, 2012 Heather Joppich Research, Statistics, and Psychology When we are trying to figure out how many people are suffering from a different type of disorder then research and statistics can be very helpful. In the field of Psychology it is important to do your research and record your statistics. We can do this in the way of scientific method. Scientific method is a systematic, step by step procedure psychologists use when conducting research (Haig, 2011). That sounds much like research. Research is the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions. Looking at these two you can see how they are different but you have to have both in order to complete the research that you need to make your decision. In the rest of this paper you are also going to learn about primary and secondary research and then the discussion of the role of statistics in research. After this the understanding of how important research in psychology really is. When trying to figure out what type of research to use to get the best results you have to look at the primary and secondary research of psychology. When collecting data you have primary and secondary data. Primary is directly from the source, such as a person who witnessed the event or say a person did huge humanitarian efforts, you could ask them for facts. Secondary is anything that is a second hand...
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...I will be comparing the soldiers’ experience from ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’, a television sitcom written by Ben Elton and Richard Curtis with ‘Journey’s End’ which is a play that projects the reality of the war written by R.C. Sherriff. These are two texts that convey a dark impression of WW1. The similarities between both the texts is that they both were set in the final stages of the war but with ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’ set in many different places whilst ‘Journey’s End’ was set in one common setting. However the differences in genre can sometimes increase or decrease the severity of the impression created for the audience. I personally think that ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’ is an anti-war message, where it mocks the way WW1 was orchestrated by the Generals and the government, whereas in ‘Journey’s End’, a serious play, the focus is more on the psychological, claustrophobic conditions of the war and what really happens in the war. Thus it has been said that ‘Journey’s End’ is a compelling account of warfare, based upon Sheriff’s own experience as a Captain in the East Surrey regiment, depicting war as a meaningless and destructive. However this leads me to the conclusion that Journey’s End creates a darker, sombre impression and mood with its realism rather than the comical Blackadder even though it had a tragic outcome. R.C Sherriff mostly tries to implant a realistic picture of the war by looking at the horrors of war through its physical setting. Also the playwright used one...
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...ECO 450 Week 11 Final Exam Part 2 Purchase here http://devrycourse.com/ECO%20450/eco-450-week-11-final-exam-part- Product Description Question 1 Most empirical research indicates that the market supply curve of labor hours by prime-age males is: Answer Question 2 The higher the compensated elasticity of supply of savings, Answer Question 3 If the return to savings, r, is subject to taxation at rate t, then in equilibrium a saver’s marginal rate of time preference will equal: Answer Question 4 The Haig-Simons definition of income: Answer Question 5 Comprehensive income: Answer Question 6 Which of the following is the result of The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act enacted in 2001? Answer Question 7 The reduction in marginal tax rates will: Answer Question 8 Which of the following is true for the federal income tax in the United States? Answer Question 9 The excess burden of tax preferences: Answer Question 10 Tax expenditures are: Answer Question 11 Accelerated depreciation allows corporations to: Answer Question 12 In the long run a corporate income tax that initially reduces the return to investment in the corpo¬rate sector will also: Answer Question 13 If corporations maximize profits, the short-run incidence of a tax on its profits will be borne by: Answer Question 14 If an all-equity firm has after-tax income of $100,000 based on a 34% income tax, what is the after-tax income of an equivalent firm that...
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...Civil Rights and Liberties Supreme Court Case 2 Douglas Ganim Thursday, November 5, 2015 VOTE: 5-4 in favor of Sally Spyalot, Director of National Security Agency JUSTICE ALITO delivered the opinion of the court Shortly after September 11, 2001, at the request of the National Security Agency, several of the major phone companies were asked to provide phone records for all calls made within the United States, and all calls made to the United States from other countries. The data the NSA received, provided information on the phone number the call was made to and from, the call’s duration, the date of the call, and the time of day. No Financial data, nor content of the calls, were ever obtained by NSA. This action proceeded without a warrant for any of the information provided. In addition, there was no individual suspicion since this was considered “meta-data” or “bulk data collection” of phone records. The vast majority of the data was analyzed by computer programs and never looked at by NSA personnel. Before we delve into an analysis of the court’s decision in this case, it is prudent we first address an important point. Prior to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, few American’s contemplated a threat to homeland security. Today, the fear of terrorism is ingrained in our daily thoughts. Following the events of 9/11, American’s sense of safety nearly vanished, and the direction, and scope of national security were forever changed. The National Security Administration...
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...To what extent was battle of the Somme 1916 a learning curve? Some the mouth of hell pages 263-281 Lyn Macdonald Films used to show the troops in a good fun light masking the true events of the Somme, people getting anxious since some films were not as censored and families would start to worry especially when half the post home was censored with loads of the letter written off. There was photographers which both to pictures and filmed live events at the Somme which had a significant event on those families back at home since the films had portrayed for so long how the fight was a winning battle and that everything was fine from living conditions to casualties. For the first time the people of Britain are witnessing the true extent of war. The camera men would take pictures of the aid posts as well as the trenches which for families and new enlists was a terrible sight and worried the nation. The photographers were wary at the time that maybe it could cause a big scene back in Britain. The generals said that the push towards the line led to so many disappointments but yet no one stopped the tactics. There was said to be the first use of tanks on the Somme which was a turning point tin the tactics and the push became easier and was the success and edge needed for no mans land. Letters and diaries from the soldiers showed the boost in moral with the tanks and how Germans were terrified of these machines of the fields and that soldiers had stepped up there fighting and German soldiers...
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...International Marketing Report Hien Le Thi Thu G6533 Degree Programme in International Business November 2013 Table of Contents 1 Crest toothpaste overview 2 2 Introduction to the case 2 3 Marketing & Branding strategy analysis 3 4 Lessons & Recommendations 5 4.1 Do not confuse the customer 5 4.2 Remove product duplicates 5 4.3 Remember your heritage 6 Resources and references 7 Crest toothpaste overview Born in 1995, Crest was the first fluoride toothpaste brand introduced by Procter & Gamble (P&G) in Germany and United States and sold globally. In many European countries, such as Germany, Bulgaria, Serbia, Crest is sold under the name Blend-A-Med, the name of established German toothpaste acquired by P&G in 1987. In France, Sweden, Belgium, the UK and many other countries, P&G markets similar formulation under Oral-B brand. Within two years of its ADA acceptance 1960, Crest’s sales nearly tripled, pushing Crest well ahead as the best-selling toothpaste in the United States. In 1976, the America Chemical Society recognized Crest with fluoride as one of the 100 greatest discoveries of the previous 100 years. Crest has been a leader in dental health innovations since its inception in 1955. In 2005, Crest was thrilled to celebrate its 50th year of providing healthy, beautiful smiles to families across the country. Introduction to the case Clearly, Crest had an extremely great start as the first fluoride toothpaste in the world. Crest’s parent company...
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...During July 1st and November 18th in 1916, one of the bloodiest battles in history was carried out along the Somme Valley in France concerning the British, French and the Germans. This particular battle compromised the main Allied attack on the Western Front and is famously known as the Battle of Somme. The Battle of Somme or the Somme Offensive is a significant battle in history as it was one of the largest battles ever fought in World War 1. As a result, the British troops lost one third of their soldiers on the first day which currently still holds a single-day record. In 1915, the battle was planned to be a joint French-British attack against the German Empire to weaken the German forces simultaneously on the Eastern and Western Fronts....
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