The Wars
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| Originally published | 1977 |
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| Authors | Timothy Findley |
| Page count | 226 |
| Genres | Fiction |
| Characters | Robert Ross |
| Mrs. Ross | |
| Juliet d'Orsey | |
| Eugene Taffler | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2064135 |
About The Wars
The Wars is a 1977 novel by Timothy Findley that follows Robert Ross, a nineteen-year-old Canadian who enlists in World War I after the death of his beloved older sister in an attempt to escape both his grief and the social norms of oppressive Victorian society.
Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma turn Liverpool warehouse into a battlefield for Macbeth
... Godwin says: " Making a play a set in a contemporary war zone, as The Wars around us have increased, becomes very poignant, and also complex, because one asks, are we doing it set in Ukraine? Are we setting our play in the Middle East? " And the answer to those questions is, we re not...
Liberia election: George Weah faces demands for war crimes court
... " And there is an acknowledgement that there has generally been more freedom of expression under the Weah government, But the 46-year-old vendor, who is a qualified accountant, too supports the establishment of a court, saying he would have a doctorate by now if it had not been for The Wars: " Let them bring the court to hang all of them...
James Nachtwey: The last of the great photojournalists
... And once the Taliban took over, it set the stage for The Wars of the 21st Century...
ICC World Cup 2023: India to play Pakistan in Ahmedabad in October
... But as the ties worsened - with The Wars in 1965 and 1971 - the two sides did not play each other for 17 years until a diplomatic thaw allowed them to resume cricketing ties in 1978 with India visiting Pakistan...
Declaration of Arbroath: Scotland's most famous letter to go on display
... The two countries had been fighting against each other in The Wars of Scottish Independence since the English invasion of Scotland in 1296, with Robert the Bruce leading the Scottish army to a famous victory in the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314...
Ben Roberts-Smith: How war hero's defamation case has rocked Australia
... And while the broader population may not always agree with The Wars Australia has fought, there has long been " great pride in the way in which [it] has fought - this is what s known as the Anzac legend"...
Stone of Destiny heads south for coronation
... It was used for the coronation of Scots kings for hundreds of years before being taken by Edward I of England in 1296, during The Wars of Independence...
The biggest intelligence leaks in US history
... The trove of documents provided by Manning contained details about The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as a tranche of diplomatic cables...
The biggest intelligence leaks in US history
The latest leak rocking the US intelligence world is not the First Time classified documents have made their way into The Public eye.
On Friday, the US government, with the Massachusetts Air National Guard 's intelligence wing, for allegedly leaking highly sensitive documents on to The Internet .
Major news organisations Bellingcat, the New York Times and the Washington Post have reported Mr Teixeira on the Social Media platform Discord. The documents eventually leaked on to the wider internet.
They provide details into recent conditions in Ukraine, as well as intelligence on US allies like South Korea and Israel. The leaks come at a sensitive moment in Ukraine's war against Russia, as The Conflict enters its second year.
This leak is the latest in a long line of unexpected disclosures of classified US documents. Some of them changed The Course of US history and were hailed as heroic - while others landed their leakers in prison for years.
The Pentagon PapersThe release of the Pentagon Papers is perhaps The Most famous and impactful leak of classified documents in US history.
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg , an analyst at the Rand Corporation , leaked a report commissioned by the US military about the Vietnam War . The Conflict was widely criticised At Home and abroad, and The Report revealed the extent to which the US government had kept details from The Public .
The New York Times used the documents to publish a blockbuster expose on The Scope of America's actions in Vietnam.
Mr Ellsberg was initially charged with espionage, but a judge dismissed the charges 1973. Now 92, he is now considered one of The Most important government whistleblowers in US history, and a well-known advocate for government transparency.
The NSA leaksIn 2013, Edward Snowden leaked a tranche of intelligence documents to The Guardian and the Washington Post, showing that the US government was illegally collecting citizens' phone data.
The documents revealed the inner workings of the secretive National Security Agency, one of the primary US intelligence agencies. They also shed significant light on the secretive data collection actions taken by governments around The World , including US allies like the UK, Australia and New Zealand .
The trove of documents provided to the newspapers are some of the largest leaks in US history. The US government charged Mr Snowden with espionage and theft of government property, and Mr Snowden eventually gained asylum in Russia, where he now lives In Exile .
He has become an advocate for protecting journalists against surveillance.
Chelsea Manning and WikileaksIn 2010, Chelsea Manning , then a soldier and analyst in the US Army, began sharing thousands of classified documents with Wikileaks. The organisation, then led by Julian Assange , was dedicated to publishing secret documents provided to the media.
The trove of documents provided by Manning contained details about The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as a tranche of diplomatic cables. Wikileaks then made many of them public and the documents were covered by major media organisations.
One of The Most notable disclosures was a graphic video of a US Apache helicopter killing 12 civilians, including two Reuters journalists, in Baghdad in 2007.
Manning was ultimately sentenced to 35 years in prison. Her sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama 2017, after she had served for seven years.
Manning unsuccessfully ran for the US Senate in 2018.
The Reality Winner caseIn 2017, a former Air Force member and NSA translator, Reality Winner , was arrested and charged for providing a classified report to news website The Intercept.
The document detailed one of Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2016 US presidential election by employing a phishing scheme against local election officials.
Winner posted the document anonymously, but federal investigators were able to deduce its origins when The Intercept provided it to the NSA for verification.
After Her arrest, Winner told the US television programme 60 Minutes that she felt compelled to tell Americans The Truth about Russia's attempts to meddle in the 2016 election, given then-President Donald Trump 's repeated denials.
She had believed that " somebody needs to Step Forward and put this right, " she told 60 Minutes .
Winner was found guilty of leaking the documents to a media organisation. She spent Four Years in prison and was released On Probation in 2021.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
