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What is Military?

The military as a subject of academic study sits at the intersection of government, political science, history, and public policy. Students across disciplines engage with it because armed forces are among the most powerful institutions a nation can possess, shaping foreign policy, domestic governance, and social organization simultaneously. Questions about how military power is structured, how it relates to civilian authority, and what role it plays in a nation's identity make this a consistently rich area of inquiry. The topic also raises ethical and legal dimensions, from the obligations of individual service members to broader debates about civil rights within military institutions.

Papers on this topic take a wide range of approaches. Some examine specific branches or organizations, such as the United States Marine Corps or the Department of Defense and its military branches, focusing on structure and function. Others adopt a historical or biographical lens, exploring how figures like John McCain were shaped by military service. Comparative and regional analyses appear as well, including studies of the military as an institution in Latin America and its specific role in Chile. Policy-oriented papers address preparedness, contrasting military and domestic public safety agencies, while social debates around issues like homosexuals in the military bring civil rights frameworks into the conversation.

A strong essay on this topic begins with a clearly scoped thesis that identifies a specific aspect of military power, policy, or organization rather than attempting to address the institution in its entirety. Evidence drawn from government documents, historical case studies, or policy analysis tends to carry the most weight. The most common pitfall is treating the military as a monolithic entity, so distinguishing between branches, nations, or time periods will significantly strengthen any argument.

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ObamaCare and U.S. Political Structure: Checks and Balances

ObamaCare is a law that the President Obama is extremely passionate about. He built a big part of his political career around healthcare reform. This law will allow millions of Americans who cannot afford health…

Essay Doctorate

Is the U.S. More Secure After September 11, 2001?

Is the United States more secure or less secure following the attacks of September 11, 2001? The position of this paper is that the U.S. is in fact more secure. Even after the bombing at the Boston Marathon in April,…

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Piracy in the Mediterranean: Greene's Maritime History Review

Piracy is often thought of in narrow terms of seafaring criminal activity. However, at points in history, piracy was in fact a major force in helping to define the distribution of maritime power. The text by Greene, discussed in this essay, makes the case that the piracy that flourished in the Mediterannean during the 17th century would be a critical determinant in how cultural, religious, economic and sovereign powers would ultimately align.

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Chivalry and Courtly Love in Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale"

How does it illustrate the principles of chivalry?

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Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire: Causes Explained

According to historians, the key to the establishment, survival and fall of historical societies is their use of resources and surplus income (Perkin 2002). Except for the most primitive, no society "would be able to…

Iran's Intelligence Forces: IRGC, Quds, and Basij Capabilities

Iran has learned to specialize its military and intelligence forces amongst formal and populous contingents. The various elements are reviewed and demonstrate why Iran is probably well positioned to undertake other future conflicts even if it is not as powerful of a military force as it presents itself to be.

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Ethnographic Study of a Military Family Medical Center

The patterns of behaviors exhibited by this group of people in the natural context of their work could accurately be described as that of street-level bureaucrats, as described by Aaron Lipsky in his policy implementation studies of public service employees on street-level bureaucrats engaged in the implementation of polity to such a degree that they become default policymakers (Lipsky, 1980). And with regard to the responses of street-level bureaucrats to the people they serve and with whom they interact, "workers' beliefs about the people they interact with continually rub against policies and rules" to the degree that the prejudices of street-level bureaucrats impact the way that they treat their clients—or in the instance of this research, their patients (Maynard-Moody & Musheno, 2003). At least two systems appeared to be in place in the family medical center that impacted differences in the treatment of patients in this context. One system is formal and intentional: military rank and the deference it affords. The other system is informal and unintentional (at least from a policy problem perspective): discretion granted to street-level bureaucrats in the performance of their day-to-day duties and responsibilities. This research informs the literature on policy implementation and sociology, particularly that related to social class and status.

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Eisenstein's Montage Technique in the 1925 Film Strike

Creation of Concepts through the Combination of Images in "Strike" Sergei Eisenstein (1898 – 1948) was one of the most famous filmmakers of the early 20th Century. His formal training as an engineer and architect in St. Petersburg, as well as his Russian heritage and Marxist beliefs, greatly influenced his eventual career in filmmaking. One of Eisenstein's greatest contributions is the montage, consisting of images chosen arbitrarily and independently from the action presented for maximum impact rather than in chronological sequence. Eisenstein's first film, 1924's Strike, was a revolutionary application of this "montage of attractions" editing method in which Eisenstein propounded his beliefs about the Russian class warfare. The editing of Strike produced multiple montages by juxtaposing images to exert emotional impact. Due to his introduction of innovative editing to create emotionally impactful montages, Eisenstein is deemed one of the pioneers of cinema. Nevertheless, Eisenstein's use of montage has also been criticized. Overall, Eisenstein's work is widely regarded as foundational to much of the cinematic work to date.

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French Foreign Legion: History, Honor, and Colonial Legacy

For many, the French Foreign Legion evokes images of adventure, perhaps men traipsing over sand dunes in khaki knickers, and flapped white hats -- tough, and a bit, shall we say, unorthodox in a mercenary kind of way.

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Justice in Antigone and Dante's Inferno: Secular vs. Divine

The comparison of Antigone and Dante's Inferno is interesting as they are really quite different in style, tone, context, and story type. Both stories address the choices made by mankind, and the allegiances that people form which impact their actions. Dante is in charge of the telling in his story, but Antigone must suffer through the interpretations, telling, and retelling of her story and that of her opponent by the Chorus. Antigone is compelled to express her rationale for insisting that her brother be given a proper burial to honor him, and she believes for a time—though she remains fatalistic throughout the play—that Creon can be made to understand why her position is honorable and correct from a social and religious perspective. Dante, too, in his narration, give voice to his philosophy and seeks to elevate mankind, to encourage and implore, if necessary, them to do the right thing and act in accordance with their heritage as civil, righteous people.

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