John Stuart Mill once said, “War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse” (The Contest in America). There are always people opposing sides on whether war is the solution or the problem, and even what war is worth it all. It is an ongoing debate that can have many supporting reasons as to why war is good or as to why war is bad. Wars don’t always arise from the same conflicts
The Korean War is one of the most controversial wars that the United States was involved in. The war is often referred to as “The forgotten War” because most Americans felt that the United States should not have gotten involved in the war. After World War II, the Soviet Union took control of the North Korea, while the United States occupied the south. The two forces had come together to defeat Japan and take control of their territories. They both originally planned to withdraw their soldiers and
August 15, 2015 marks the seventieth anniversary of World War II when Japan officially pulled out of World War II. However, Japan acknowledges the end a week earlier, on August 5 and August 9, the days when the United States dropped two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The anniversary showcased a memorial service and also acknowledged Japan’s colonization and war actions. Part of the memorial service was dedicated to Japan giving apologies the two other East Asian countries: China and Korea
This investigation will explore the question: Is it justified to say that the Marco Polo Bridge Incident was responsible for the start of the Second Sino Japanese war? The years 1931-1937 will be the focus of this investigation to allow for the analysis of the events from the Mukden Incident to the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. The first source is an article written by Yoshizawa Tatsuhiko. The origin of the article is December of 2007. 2007 was the 76th anniversary of the Japanese Imperial Army invading
The spread of ideas and technology on a global scale stems as far back as the Silk Road of the Middle Ages, but was dramatically accelerated by the developments of World War II. These events brought the world together politically and economically, through organizations such as the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund, in a way that had never been seen before and could not be easily undone. Although these new connections can break down indigenous cultures, especially in violent post-WWII
American History Research Paper: The Cold War For decades after the second World War, the American people believed that the United States was engaged with the Soviet Union in a "Cold War" that could escalate into a nuclear crisis at any moment. The media infiltrated the people with the terror of bombing, and the paranoia of being labeled "red," or Communist. The presence of this war without weapons was felt in the homes, in the schools and cities, and even in