The book The Best War Ever, by Michael C. C. Adams, is about World War II, the events that led up to the war, and the years following the war. Adams starts the book off explaining some myths that people have about the war. The biggest myth associated with the war is that it was the best war ever. Adams then spends the rest of the book talking about why this may or may not be true. In the following chapters, Adams explains the events that led to the war and the events that accorded during World War II. Italy, Japan, and Germany all took actions that made them the aggressors for the war. The war did not start because of one event. It was caused by events that happened over a long period of time by many imperfect people. From the American perspective, …show more content…
While the effort of America was important in winning the war, there was a lot of discrimination and prejudice against blacks, Native Americans, women, and homosexuals within the military. The men who fought in the war saw terrible conditions and many had mental breakdowns. This chapter in the book explains the deaths that many soldiers witnessed and how many men became separated from humanity. This caused many soldiers to become insane. The final two chapters in the book talk about changes in the American society throughout the war and the results from the war. This war was greater for the American society than it was for their soldiers. While many of the soldiers lost their mind, American saw great economic growth and overcame the Great Depression. Finally, in the last chapter, Adams talks about the knowledge of postwar history. Although evil groups, such as Nazism, had been overcome, many problems remained in the home front that and some still exist …show more content…
It helps the reader truly understand the events leading to the war, the results from the war, and what the soldiers went through both during and after the war. Most of the information presented in Adams book is not normally presented in History classes and helps the reader broaden their knowledge on the topic. The book is also well organized. Adams presents his information in order. He starts off talking about the myths of the war, then goes to the events leading to the war, the talks about the war and what the soldiers went through, and then finishes the book with the results of the war. He presents his information in both a topical and chronological order. He will begin a section talking about one country and go in chronological order of their events and then switch to another country and do the same. It helps keep all of the information in order and makes it easy for the reader to follow along. Adams based his work manly off secondary sources such as other books. The strongest part of the book was the evidence he presented on each topic, but the weakest part of the book is his evaluation on each
The Civil War Lives On In the cartoon “Longest War,” Robert Ariail alludes that, although the Civil War ended years ago, it lives on through controversy today. The author utilizes irony, lampoon, and symbolism to reveal the absurdity of the protests. The purpose of this cartoon is to criticize the people involved in the protests in order to bring to light the irony of starting another war about statues memorializing a previous war. The author takes on a caustic and judgmental tone to inspire the audience to change their views on the controversy.
In A Better War Lewis Sorely presents his audience with a well thought out, and well written examination of the last years of the Vietnam War. In 1968 then commander William Westmorland was superceded by General Creighton Adams(16-17). Several vitally important events during the war had taken place under the direction and leadership of Adams but by the time he had taken over, the people and media of the United States were declining in their concern towards the war in Vietnam. Because of this limited amount of attention towards the end of the war, most of the media coverage having to do with it focused on the time before Tet, when the tensions were high revolving the topic of Vietnam. Sorely points this fact out, using material that was only available in recent times, he delivers to us a swift and corrective story in which the little known truths are brought to light.
DBQ 21: Causes of World War II Essay In 1939, the world’s greatest and most powerful nations were launched into World War II, also known as the worst war in modern history. The Second Great War included the central powers and the allied powers. The central powers, which included the countries of Germany, Italy, and Japan, committed belligerent and combative actions which opposed the League of Nations and democratic countries. In opposition to the central powers, the allied powers included the countries of Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States during the war.
Luke Weiner The bombing of Japan is a day that we shall never forget. Some people believe that it was necessary to drop the bomb in order to end the war as quickly as possible while others believe that it was unneeded and completely immoral. The question will always be asked, does the pros of the bombing outweigh the cons? Would it have been morally responsible to invade Japan instead? The morals of the bombing are in the eye of the beholder.
The Allied victory was far from inevitable. The author analyzes all the dynamics and all the factors that influenced the final results of the conflict. In the first chapter “Unpredictable Victory: Explaining World War II,” Overy gives an overview of the causes that brought to war. The geopolitical legacy of World War I and the economic crisis of late 1920s certainly contributed to the raise of the Nazism in Germany, and the consolidation of capitalism in the US and of communism in the Soviet Union. The clash of these ideologies quickly evolved a major confrontation in the military, industrial, and resources’ field.
This chapter “The Ghost Soldiers”, showed us how Tim O’Brien and the other soldiers were dealing with the war both physically and psychologically. It also shows us how the Tim O'Brien behaved and felt when he was shot, wounded and had a bacteria infection on his butt and how the war changed the way he thought, and viewed the other soldiers around him. This chapter also contain a lot of psychological lens. From the way Tim O’Brien felt when he was shot and separated from his unit to a new unit to when he wanted revenge on Bobby Jorgenson for almost “killing” him.
Chapter 23 of our book examines the ramifications the war had on both the world, and also backs home in the United States.
His 24-month long mission gave him the opportunity to use his journalism and educational experiences to cover the important roles that African American soldiers were playing in the Vietnam War. The military’s goal in this assignment was to show the American people and potential African American soldiers that African American soldiers were now treated equally. There was a stigma regarding the maltreatment of African Americans in the military, and with the passing of the Civil Rights Bill of 1964, the image of the African American soldier began to quickly change. The new breed of African American soldiers no longer tolerated bigotry and hatred. African American soldiers began uniting to combat the injustices in America as well as within the military overseas.
War and its affinities have various emotional effects on different individuals, whether facing adversity within the war or when experiencing the psychological aftermath. Some people cave under the pressure when put in a situation where there is minimal hope or optimism. Two characters that experience
The True Weight of War “The Things They Carried,” by Tim O’Brien, brings to light the psychological impact of what soldiers go through during times of war. We learn that the effects of traumatic events weigh heavier on the minds of men than all of the provisions and equipment they shouldered. Wartime truly tests the human body and and mind, to the point where some men return home completely destroyed. Some soldiers have been driven to the point of mentally altering reality in order to survive day to day. An indefinite number of men became numb to the deaths of their comrades, and yet secretly desired to die and bring a conclusion to their misery.
There were two main groups that fought in this war. The Axis Powers, the main three being Germany, Japan, and Italy. Then the Allied Powers, the main countries
World War II is said to be the worst conflict in human history. About fifty to eighty million people died all together. There were concentration camps run by the Germans and there were essentially two wars raging. The two wars were the war in Europe and the war in the Pacific, which was Japan against the United States. World War II went on for six years and would destroy more land and property around the world and kill more people than any other war before.
The United States was able to maintain neutrality for the first two years of the war, however, the attack on the American naval fleet in Pearl Harbor initiated the countries involvement. America and Great Britain declared war on Japan, which resulted Germany and Italy declaring war on America due to their alliance with Japan. The just war theory is comprised of
“World War II is the greatest drama in human history, the biggest war ever and a true battle of good and evil” is a quote from Ken Follet that explains the impact of the war. World War II was one of the most horrific wars in the history of the United States. Many people lost their lives fighting in the war as well as many families had to make sacrifices during the war. It is important to learn from this event as well as work hard to never repeat such a horrible war.
I find WWII to be one of the most interesting wars of the 20th century, and is still important and interesting in the 21st century as well. Not only that, but the Second World War was also a very bloody war resulting in between 60,000,000 and 85,000,000 deaths and about six million Jews were killed in this war as well. Adolf Hitler is one of the most notorious men known throughout history his victim rate is put at 30 million, he also wanted to create a "Lebensraum" which translates to "living space" Hitler wanted to take back land that was taken from the Germans from the treaty of Versailles and the Fourteen points. It seems that the biggest loser in WWI was Germany because they took so many great blows to their nations pride, ego and land