Black Hawk Down Objective Summary

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In parts 7-12 of "Black Hawk Down," by Mark Bowden, Bowden emphasizes the pressure that is put on the remaining soldiers as more and more fall. Some soldiers show continuous courage and bravery, while others begin to think of their way out. Some soldiers are so brave, that they go back into Mogadishu to back up their fellow soldiers. A fatal decision for some, but heroic for all who chose the option. The soldiers are forced to make stressful decisions like these, and find ways to protect their men. Bowden intensifies the situation with detailed, nail biting firefights, and suspenseful life or death decisions. The situation continues to grow dire and dangerous as the novel progresses, with Bowden only making it harder to put down. So far this story has only got more intense after every chapter.

Black Hawk Down Objective Summary

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In parts 1-6 of Black Hawk Down the author, Mark Bowden switches between many characters such as Eversmann and Garrison. Bowden starts out with the beginning of the mission, when the task force is flying into the city of Mogadishu on the Black Hawk helicopters. Everyone is doing their jobs on the mission, and everything is going well except that a soldier fell from a helicopter. During the mission, the soldiers have to find ways to kill the enemy without harming the civilians the enemy's hide behind. In many cases civilians are killed by accident or on purpose, because they had no choice. Bowden shows the exciting side of war and the ethical choices of war. The mission takes a turn for the worst when a black hawk is shot down. The mission changes for the task force, and what was a routine mission turns into a brutal firefight. It's up to the young, 20 year old rookie soldiers to save the black hawk pilots and get out of Mogadishu alive.

Is War Avoidable?

Topic: War

The Vietnam War was caused by the corrupt Vietnam Government.

EQ: Is war avoidable?

Claim: War is not avoidable.

Reason: In order to keep peace between two countries, those countries must be ready to back each other up, and if they don't this will cause a whole different conflict between the countries which could lead to war.