Essays on Soviet-afghan War

Afghanistan has been at constant war, and is still in one today known as the “Afghan War”. Due to constant war, Afghanistan’s health care, economy, and education has been devastated, but how did the war really effect Afghanistan? This war would be known as the...

The U.S Invasion of Afghanistan was very similar to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in many ways. They were both supported in the beginning by the citizens of their respective countries. They were both expected to last only a couple of months to a year....

America is the utter symbol of freedom, liberty, and opportunity. These pillars are what our nation is built upon, and allow the American people of all races, colors, and creeds to unite under a single nation, under God. It is a very demoralizing realization that...

Terrorism is an incredibly hard word to define. Due to its largely elusive nature, the definition of terrorism is constantly evolving and changing over time, as are the forms and methods it manifests itself in. The dictionary definition of terrorism is “the use of violence...

Al-Qaeda was born in the last stages of the Soviet-Afghan War, and it grew until the United States offensive in Afghanistan in October 2001, when U.S. forces struck the Al-Qaeda and Taliban forces (White, 2014, pg 280). Al-Qaeda consist of men, women, and children ranging...