Essays on Nuclear Attack

1. How did the Cold War emerge after W.W.II? How did the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. view actions such as the Berlin Blockade and a policy stance such as the Truman Doctrine differently? First off, after WW2, the U.S emerged as the sole superpower, mostly because of its nuclear bomb capacity. In addition, the Soviet Union had millions of citizens and was in no position to engage in any new militaristic operations. At that time, the US and the Soviet Union were uneasy allies, because of their mutual fear of the Nazi influence. Their partnership was “born of a ...

Quite often, America's entry into World War Two has been attributed to the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan in 1941. While that is the case, the background to Japan's attack is what drew America into the war with the Pearl Harbor attack being a mere pretext. From the onset of the war, America's policy was to maintain neutrality as envisaged by the new Neutrality Act of 1937 (Chambers, 100). By default, the Neutrality Act served to embolden Germany's quest for domination of Europe. That is because America's non-involvement made it easier for Germany to attack France and Britain. America's ...

Question one

Science fiction is a sub- class of the horror film. Science fiction films sometimes often get confused with horror films. These two genres complement each other, and they have similarities because science fiction is said to have got adopted from traditional horror films. These two genres have distanced themselves from reality by use of fantasy and elements that get futuristic. Victims in horror films are shown as helpless completely, while science fiction shows the victims with more resilience. Alien a science fiction film of 1979 shows aliens getting defeated by technology and weapons. While the thing a horror film produced in 1982 ...

Background

Nuclear attack is a serious issue that even countries with superior weapons such as United States do not want to imagine. It can result into a horrific devastation which could lead to the loss trillion dollars in damage and even plunging the word economic into a deep economic crisis. During the presidential debate of 2004 US campaigns, both then the President George W. Bush and Senator John F. Kerry agreed that a nuclear terror attack was biggest worry on national security threats. During the September 11, 2001 terrorists attack on US, terrorists demonstrated the desire to have mass causalities. There are threats from ...

Introduction

Nowadays there are about 40 states that have the technical capacity to produce nuclear weapon. Therefore, it is obvious that, although, the role of nuclear deterrence against the great powers has reduced, none of them will never give up it’s nuclear status. Nowadays the issue of nuclear weapons is inevitable to be considered by each state’s national interest. During the years of the Cold War the world had accumulated a huge number of nuclear arsenals. The arms race aimed to create ever more powerful and sophisticated warheads, intercontinental ballistic missiles, heavy bombers and nuclear submarines. However, the ...

Introduction

Nuclear weapons though not used have been the central to the political conflict of USA and USSR. Presently, in the post-Cold War ambience, this superpower rivalry has been totally removed instead the utility of these weapons are put in question. Nuclear weapons play an important role in the security of the country internationally. No large scale conflicts have been seen in past years after the Second World War inspite of the rapid increase in transportation, communications, as well as weapons technology. These weapons are most destructive instruments give a stabilizing effect on the relations of various countries making the ...

Introduction

Question 1. how and why the incident happened (what conditions allowed the incident to happen)? Hiroshima is located in the west of the largest Japanese island of Honshu. The town's name translates as "Wide Island". It is so named because the bayou Ota, flowing from the mountains to the plains Chugoku, where the Hiroshima formed at the confluence of the Inner Sea 6 islands protrude into Hiroshima Bay. They located the city. Hiroshima worth almost entirely in the valley, only slightly above sea level; to the north-west and north-east lie the hills, up to 700 feet (Rotter, ...

Compare and contrast essay

- The day the Earth Stood Still

Producer decided to produce a film that demonstrated the suspicion and fears that penetrated the early Atomic Age and the Cold war. He decided that Science fiction was suitable for metaphorically discussing these grave issues. He reviewed various novels and short stories to get a storyline that he could use. Darryl F. Zanuck gave a green light to this project. The producer hired the service of screenplay writer Edmund North. The ideas were picked from Farewell to the Master, a short story written Harry Bate. Edmund completed the revised version of the screenplay on the 21st ...

Forum 1 Chemical Attacks

- How has the Japanese terrorist group Aum Shinrikyo had a significant effect on counter-terrorist preparedness against chemical and biological weapons in the United States? The group pretended to be a religious organization communicating their theories through biblical messages. In such a way countries were not initially suspicious of them as being terrorists, but a religious cult. However, when they were discovered, the group produced the most dangerous devices of mass destruction ever manufactured in the world. They made the sarin gas, which they secretly released in a Toyo subway attacking five trains. Subsequently, a total of 5, 000 people were injured, with 15 ...

Section 1

Nuclear Iran or Nuclear armed Iran has been a much source of debate off late. There have been different reactions from different lobbies to the Tehran’s much-feared nuclear program. Deliberations and talks on the topic have been going on between P5+1 countries and Iran to reach an amicable solution. While P5+1 countries led by US claim that Tehran already possesses nuclear weapons, Tehran has constantly declined the accusations and said that its nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes and to ensure the power security in the nation. The secretive nature of Tehran’s nuclear program makes ...

The blurb taken as illustration for genre analysis represents an interesting and thought-provoking series of events. It is interesting to note the nature and range of adjectives, complex-nominals and verbs. It is important to analyze the text for its structure and would be done by identifying the move structure of the blurb.

The data used here presents the typical six move structure which includes:

Headlines: This move is to attract the attention of the reader and in the data used for this analysis; the headlines include the text which gives detail of anthrax attack on US post 9/11 attacks. ...

Historical and Political Conditions

The cold war is commonly characterised by the splitting up and the subsequent rivalry between the two major nuclear powers which were USA and USSR. The two powers also struggled for the control or loyalty of the decolonized nations – third world nations (Anonymous, 2010). Furthermore, the cold war is increasingly being referred to as an era that began in 1947, when a doctrine by Truman aimed at curtailing the spread of communism and expansion of USSR block (Farber, 1994). The era ends in 1991 when the soviet and eastern union began to disintegrate due to diplomatic, military, and economic pressures ...