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You will prepare and submit a term paper on Analysis of Documents about War Prevention of President Dwight and General George. Your paper should be a minimum of 500 words in length. Analysis of documents 26-1 and 27-5

In both documents,&nbsp.President Dwight and General George&nbsp.take&nbsp.time to&nbsp.caution&nbsp.Americans on how to prevent wars and prepare for the war just in case one cropped up. In document 26-1, General George Marshall outlines the lessons learned from the World War 2.&nbsp.General George believes that the citizens are the only ones who can ensure that there is no&nbsp.misuse&nbsp.of power by schemers who are always&nbsp.ready&nbsp.to&nbsp.send&nbsp.armies to&nbsp.war.&nbsp.According to George, some of the factors that saved America during the Second World War were the errors made by the&nbsp.opponent&nbsp.armies and ocean distances. He believes that these factors cannot be relied on in the future wars. George made the Americans aware of their vulnerability and strengths and by that.&nbsp.the American army&nbsp.knew what to do and not to do in wars.

General George&nbsp.is, however, concerned&nbsp.with the peace of the world which he believes that only the strongest can bring peace to the world. Because of&nbsp.the concern by George for&nbsp.a peaceful world,&nbsp.Americans&nbsp.are&nbsp.now taking the responsibility to&nbsp.visit&nbsp.war torn areas, to try and bring peace.&nbsp.Countries like Afghanistan, Iraq. He continues to&nbsp.say&nbsp.that for a nation to be&nbsp.strong&nbsp.there must be a&nbsp.contribution&nbsp.from all the nation citizens. In document 27-5, American President Dwight D Eisenhower surveys American achievements during the 1950’s and identifies threats posed by these achievements. In a farewell address, the president expresses concern for peace to prevail and for use of&nbsp.intellect&nbsp.and other&nbsp.decent&nbsp.means&nbsp.to resolve conflicts. He urges people to analyze differences intellectually, and not&nbsp.involve&nbsp.wars (Johnson 250). The president urges that people should not think that a costly&nbsp.measure&nbsp.would be the&nbsp.miracle&nbsp.to&nbsp.solve&nbsp.a crisis. instead. He believes that each&nbsp.proposal&nbsp.given should be weighed and considered. He advises that there cannot be emergency improvisation of national defense. President Dwight’s&nbsp.advice&nbsp.has helped America&nbsp.negotiate&nbsp.with ‘enemies’ in trying to find amicable solutions that have been arising.&nbsp.It is rare,&nbsp.for America go to war with a country without negotiating and finding a solution.

The president acknowledges the&nbsp.presence&nbsp.of&nbsp.influence&nbsp.in every city, state&nbsp.house&nbsp.and office, but warns that the people must not fail to&nbsp.comprehend&nbsp.the&nbsp.grave&nbsp.implications. According to the president, there must be a&nbsp.guard&nbsp.against the acquisition of unwarranted influence in the&nbsp.council’s&nbsp.government, despite the involvement of the military complex. The president reminds the people of America that maintaining balance involves time and, the American people should avoid living only for today.&nbsp.America&nbsp.is seen&nbsp.as one of the most prepared&nbsp.country&nbsp.in a situation where&nbsp.a war was to start&nbsp.any time.&nbsp.They have the latest equipment, latest technology and are always a step ahead. This&nbsp.is because of such&nbsp.caution&nbsp.taken from the report by President Dwight that they are&nbsp.prepared.

Conclusion

Both documents emphasize on the peace prevailing and avoiding a war. General George tries to&nbsp.emphasis&nbsp.that if there were no wars, then Americans would save a lot of money. He also calls for participation of all citizens in ensuring that the&nbsp.nation&nbsp.is safe.&nbsp.President Dwight believes that if there is a way of settling&nbsp.crisis&nbsp.and issues without fighting then that&nbsp.method&nbsp.that is&nbsp.peaceful&nbsp.and&nbsp.decent&nbsp.should be used instead.

Reference

Johnson, Michael. Reading the American past, Volume II: from 1865: selected historical documents. Boston: Bedford/ St. Martins, 2008. Print.