As Wayne E. Lee points out in his book Waging War, modern warfare revolves around insurgencies. Due to the asymmetry of weaponry in these conflicts, insurgencies aim to make warfare as protracted as possible. As seen in the 1966 movie The Battle of Algiers, the insurgencies in Algeria use their limited capacity for conflict to their advantage, and fight the French descriptive instead of head on. The French army failed to deal with the insurgency effectively and thus public opinion in France began to change. Although the French won the Battle of Algiers, they would inevitably lose the Algerian War due to the public's response to the protracted war created by the insurency.…
The novel Killing Lincoln, written by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, portrays the steps leading up to the assassination of President Lincoln and the effects after. The author sequences the book in chronological arrangement through the historical events. Bill O’Reilly is a political television show host on the channel Fox News. O’ Reilly is an accomplished author; he has produced numerous historical novels. Also, the author majored in history and graduated from Harvard, so this knowledge makes him credible to produce his historical stories.…
What? Lee was of the most well-known generals in the Civil War.…
Catton discusses a few different similarities between Grant and Lee. Firstly, Catton described the two as both having utter tenacity. While Grant, struggling with extreme military handicaps, persevered through the war, Lee also endured the war's many harsh situations with great persistence. Catton also described the two as bold and quick-witted. One would seem to outsmart the other before they'd even finished planning.…
Colonel Chamberlain’s famous speech to the mutineers truly displayed his character. Colonel Joshua Chamberlain’s speech truly revealed that Colonel Chamberlain was passionate, respectful and kind. Primarily, Colonel Chamberlain was passionate because he…
The introduction to Gillion’s novel the 10 days that unexpectedly changed America strays away from well-known dates and explores the other parts of history from constitutional to cultural and answering so very important and intriguing topics open for discussion along the way in just 10 overlooked events in American history. Also telling us Puritans play a major part as “the original sources”. The epilogue, shows us that there are many surprising and unknown things in America’s history that haven’t been taught yet. Also analyzing all the important dates and time frames each thing happened in and all the new twist and turns history has.…
What They Fought For 1861-1865. By, James M McPherson. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1994. Introduction, Chapters One – Three. $11.99. Paperback.)…
Any possible bias is clearly not shown since it provides an insight to both sides of the battle and how they perceived it throughout time. Inconsistencies have not been detected in the book because it provides where the information it is using came from. The notes towards the end of the book and the index and the very end provide the information that the reader might not have known throughout the book. As for the bibliographic essay at the near end of the book, it provides specific sources such as accounts and diaries from which the authors used and…
The job of a historian is to argue the points they believe that occurred in historical events. Heilder argues that a war in any place or period of time is really just “organized violence,” and is just as cruel even though it’s structured with strategies and tactics. Arnold’s book represents the war from the North’s point of view. It states that life in the North was so much different than life in the South. Beringer clearly conveys that they cannot settle the debates of the Confederate defeat.…
His use of the Bible relates to his purpose because he is trying to relate to the common people of America and show that God is who is really in charge of this war. He also claims how each side (the Confederate and the Union) tried to avert away from war. However, in paragraph two, he explains, “... but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.” His wording is very compelling, especially with the following line and last sentence in paragraph two, “And the war came.” This sentence is the most powerful sentence in the text because it shows how both sides are at fault in the war.…
He covered all aspects of why his revised draft would be more equitable than the one from the Vietnam War. Thomas Ricks begins his essay by quoting General Stanley A. McChrystal. He is the former commander of international forces in Afghanistan. The quote demonstrated that it was time for reinstating the draft.…
What led to the American Civil War is a topic of debate which lacks a simple answer. There is heated debate whether the war was fought for emancipation or to preserve the Union. Historians can advocate for either argument since both sides have ample evidence to support their respective standpoint. Both Hollywood and scholarship agree that the Civil War is a war to preserve the Union. While the issue of slavery was a massive factor in the war, it was not the defining factor.…
There are many characters in the classic novel that I could relate to. There are little things that I can connect about with people: I feel old and sore like Lee, I get lost like Stuart (physically and mentally), and I even feel like a foreigner in some situations like Freemantle. The person who I am most similar to is General George Meade. When I was thinking about this assignment, he was one of the last people I thought about. I then looked at the cheat sheet of Generals and other important characters and found his name and description; I made connections to myself.…
We Shall Overcome The 1960s are often recognized as being the period of the Civil Rights Movement. Of the many issues concerning the treatment and equality of African Americans, voting rights became one of the more highly debated topics. Even though African Americans had won the right to vote when the 15th amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution in 1870, many local and state governments were purposely preventing black from voting through various tests that white voters were not forced to take. The tests were often unreasonable and resulted in many African Americans being turned away from the polls.…
They fought for the future of American Society and to reunite the Union to save the United States from crumbling from the inside. By using the two men to symbolize the contrasting sides, Catton effectively reveals the contrasting values that lead to the commencement of the Civil War. While both men symbolizing differing values, Catton is able to use symbolism to also compare the two generals. Near the end of the essay, Catton claims, “Two great Americans… yet under everything very much alike (p12).” He relates the two men by claiming that they are both “great Americans” that both represent the “great virtue of utter tenacity (p10).”…