“War is over, if you want it.” As the text shows, this picture clearly demonstrates a strong anti-war stance. In the middle and above part of this picture, the sentence “War is over” is arranged in large and bold typeface, which can attract visitors’ sight even at the first glance; while the sentence “If you want it” is placed in the bottom of the picture, catching visitors’ eyes after they paid attention to “War is over”, and setting them in deeper thinking about this theme. Having been seen as
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We have all experienced friendship in our lives; some bonds last and remain for a lifetime, whereas others wither and die. A Separate Peace is a book that deals with friendships, but not just any kind of friendships, the friendships of three high-school boys. Friendship is the most visible theme in the book and is apparent in many situations. Finny, Gene, and Leper attend Devon, an all-boys academy. Throughout the year, the three boys got very close, especially Finny and Gene. Because friendship
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The Civil War in Guatemala that ran throughout the Cold War Era had very devastating effects on the country and its citizens. With military conflict’s continuously being the case in the nation, and counter insurgencies to attempt to overthrow the government, nobody seemed safe in Guatemala. It was obvious that this conflict needed to end, and eventually, the United States backed coup and the Guatemalan government came to an agreement known as the Guatemalan Peace Accords. Although these accords attempted
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04-14-2013 “Major war will not occur in the future because the international community has created a set of international institutions that make it impossible.“ Many people believe that a major war will not happen again because international institutions would prevent it. I tend to agree with that notion because I believe that many things have changed since the last great power war in the 20th century. The League of Nations was the primary international institution after World War I. The United
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World War II (1939-1945) was the most destructive war in history. It killed more people, destroyed more property, and disrupted more lives than any other war in history. It probably had more far-reaching consequences than any other war. The war brought about the downfall of Western Europe as the center of world power. It led to the dominance of the Soviet Union and the United States. It set off a power struggle between the two countries called the Cold War. World War II also opened the nuclear age
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united as brothers and sisters, all sons of God, to thank the lord and to embrace the journey of Peace which is about to begin. I am about to introduce a leader whose words are a chain of lead, in hope that he can inspire all of us who have joined the journey and to persuade many more to grab the hand of god and together search for peace among all. A few months ago on January 6 the country went into war with our neighboring country Chile after they invaded the city of Tacna, not willing to lose part
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equality before the law, freedom of speech, right to a private property and many more (Doyle, Liberal Internationalism: Peace, War and Democracy, 1997). Therefore, there are barely any disputes between first world countries which embrace democracy and liberalism as the main doctrine of their governance. This essay argues about the impact of democracy towards peace and how comes peace is embraced successfully among the representatives of democracy. Following paragraphs briefly explain liberalism’s role
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the Republicans that torpedoed Wilson's 14 points? With an ambition to end the war and spread peace, President Woodrow Wilson assembled a group of advisors to devise a plan for lasting peace that would obviate future wars. The group accumulated data and statistics which were unveiled by Wilson in a speech on January 8, 1918, before a joint session of Congress. Woodrow Wilson this unique proposal for settlement of peace is recognized as “Fourteen Points”. President Woodrow Wilson Fourteen Points comprised
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about the war as an event, as the cause of illness, I anticipate something has revealed... namely that it is not only the bloody war which leaves such devastating traces in those who took part in it. Rather, it is also the difficult conflict in which the individual finds himself in his fight against a world transformed by war. Either in the trenches or at home can befall a single organ, or it may encompass the entire person” (Simmel, 1918). For Ernst, and millions of other participants, the war had forever
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origins of peace-building The term "peace-building" originated in the field of peace studies more than thirty years ago. In 1975 Johan Galtung coined the term in his pioneering work "Three Approaches to Peace: Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, and Peace-building." The mechanisms that peace is based on should be built into the structure and be present as a reservoir for the system itself to draw up... More specifically, structures must be found that remove causes of wars and offer alternatives to war in situations
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