Essays on Civil War

The Civil War is a proceeding multi-sided chaos in Syria between the government led by President Bashar al-Assad and the opposition. Since its commencement in 2011, the conflicts have devastated the entire country due to its adverse impacts. Syrian neighboring nations, foreign countries and terror groups such as ISIS have played a critical role in…

The Great Battles of the American Civil War The Civil War, often called the War for Southern Independence began on April 12, 1861. The main cause of the war was of course slavery. The southern states depended on slaves to help grow crops which were the main source of income for the south. Slavery was…

To provide guidance, Kimenyi & Scott (2001), in their book, ‘Anatomy of Genocide, State-sponsored mass-killings in the twentieth century,’ share several Scholars’ essays to explain details on the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. The author points out the Rwandan government and Christian churches united to commit unlawful, atrocious acts of killing over one million Tutsis and…

In April of 1994, the largest African genocide would occur. The haunting body count of over 800,000 Rwandans, the rape of thousands of Tutsi women, and the graphic photos of dismembered children strewn across the ground like confetti would resonate inside the souls of the world as they reflected on their past actions. This complex…

During the Rwandan genocide of 1994, members of the Hutu ethnic majority in the east-central African nation of Rwanda murdered as many as 800,000 people, most of the Tutsi minority. Commenced by Hutu nationalist in the capital of Kigali, the genocide spread throughout the country with shocking speed and brutality. As ordinary citizen were incited…

Genocides date back to 149 BC when the first recorded genocide took place in Carthage. Genocides target a group of people that may share the same race, religion, nationality or common grounds. The most known genocide of the 20th century is the Holocaust that occurred in 1934 when Adolf Hitler became the dictator of Germany….

According to the articles of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, genocide refers to violent crimes committed with the intention of destroying, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group. This can be done through not just the killing of the members of…

A genocide is the mass murder of a large group of people and or a specific ethnic group or nation. In 1994, April through July, a genocide took place in Rwanda. Roughly 800,000 Rwandan people were massacred in just 100 days. This devastating event sparked after the Rwandan President’s plane was taken down, killing President…

The period after the Civil War was a very difficult time in the United States history. This time was known as the Reconstruction period and it was a very controversial time. There were many issues that had to be addressed such as what to do with the free blacks in the south and how states…

Reconstruction (1865-1877)2 main issues: Reconstruction failed to alter the South’s social structure or its distribution of wealth and power which disadvantaged African-Americans. Reconstruction left significant legacies, including the 14th and 15th amendments which would be used 100 years later to protect minority rights. 3 different kinds/plans: Executive Legislative Judicial Executive Reconstruction Lincoln 1863 Proclamation of…