Education is life Education saves lives. Education gives life. United States military veterans are fortunate enough to receive one of the most comprehensive benefit packages ever conceived — the Post 9/11 GI Bill. Unfortunately, far too many veterans elect not to take advantage of it. Only thirteen percent of Post 9/11 veterans use education benefits, according…
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Effectiveness of U.S. Paratroopers in Operation Overlord: Debate and Analysis
A Dialectical Debate Throughout the Second World War, most belligerents used some form of airborne operations to achieve effects on the battlefield. Costly trench warfare was a universal experience during World War I and fostered experimentations with paratroopers during the interwar period. In studying the Soviets interwar tests and early German operations, many American planners…
The United States and Guatemala
After anti-immigrant rhetoric culminated in a mass shooting in El Paso, it’s increasingly important to remember one of the reasons we’ve arrived at this point. History is not well suited for predicting the future, but it is perfect for explaining how we got to where we are. Regarding central American immigration, the United States’s influence…
Rethinking Preemptive War and Terrorism
When is it okay to strike first? The most commonly accepted paradigm for waging morally permissible, or just, war is in a war of self-defense. However, waiting until you are attacked is not the only manner in which to justify waging war. Most just war theorists agree that it is also morally permissible for a…