Spanish Essays Barcelona and London

Spanish Essays Barcelona and London Barcelona and London both attract a lot of immigrants from different places around the world. Barcelona and London both attract a lot of immigrants from different places around the world. This foreign population is distributed in different boroughs of the cities, but there are boroughs where the immigrant population is more important and visible than in others. This is the case in El Raval, in Barcelona, and Camden, in London. However, it seems that the integration of this immigrant population as turned out to be more difficult in El Raval than in Camden, with its population being ghettoised. Although the history of both boroughs has a lot of similarities and both were marked by recent mass immigration, it seems that different elements, such as history and culture and also the differences between the origins and types of immigrants, as well as their urban developments, led to different types of models in El Raval and in Camden. The two boroughs of Camden and El Raval, could at first glance be thought as similar places. Indeed they have a number of similarities. Both can be described as multicultural, and popular places, where one can hear all sorts of languages from all over the world, and see faces and clothes representing all kinds of ethnic backgrounds and cultures. The immigration has been in both boroughs a big part of the local history, reflected in the current proportion of immigrants. According to El Paà ­s of 13th June 2003, the percentage of immigrants in El Raval, in 2003, was 47%, which   makes El Raval the borough with the highest proportion of immigrants in Barcelona. In Camden, according to a census carried out in 2001(ONS, 2001 census), the proportion of immigrants is very similar, reaching approximately 47,8 % of the population of the borough. In both boroughs these immigrants have brought with them their cultures and traditions, and they have opened shops and restaurants selling products coming from their country of origin, and other businesses in relation to their status of immigrants as shops offering Internet access as well as cheap international calls. All these elements make them very colourful places, and a curiosity to the eye of the passer-by. But the similarity between the two boroughs does not only lie in their current appearance, but also in their history. Indeed both were at the beginning at the periphery of the city. El Raval was, until the 14th century, outside of the walls that were surrounding the city of Barcelona. It was an open field, with a few isolated houses and there was only a very small town gathered around a monastery. The main activity was agriculture. It was then integrated inside the walls of the city but remained a marginalized part of the city where structures that were not wanted in the centre of the city were built, such as hospitals or charities. It then changed with the industrialisation, which brought the first wave of immigrants from the rest of Catalonia. The main activity in the area was the textile industry. New waves of immigration arrived at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, bringing immigrants from outside Spain. The next transformation of the area arrived when after the civil war and the beginning of the dictatorship, new housing plans led to more accommodation being built in the periphery of the now extended city, with cheaper rents, leading to a lot of people to leave El Raval and moving to the outskirts of the city. The industries also moved to the periphery of the city. The borough emptied and started its degradation process (Sargatal 2001). Camden enjoyed a similar history, going from open fields out of the city to a highly industrialised place, with the flourishing of the transport industry and the construction of the canal and of train stations (Withebead 1999: 37). The building of railways and the canal brought the first big wave of immigrants, at the beginning of the 19th century : the Irish. Other waves followed including the Greek Cypriots in the 1930’s (Denford and Woodford 2003: 14). Another big industry was the Gilbey’s company, first selling wine from South Africa and then expanding to sell all sorts of wine and spirits (Withebead 1999: 60). But this industrial era was ended after the 1st World War. One of the main reasons for that was that the roads and lorries provided cheaper and faster transportation, than the canals and rails. The industries little by little deserted Camden and the people started to leave the borough, as happened in El Raval, to follow the companies and find work (Withebead 1999: 130). Both boroughs therefore went from being very popular and labour oriented to being emptied and left to degradation. They both were revived afterwards, although through different means. They both had more immigrants coming to settle there, from all over the world. In the case of El Raval, the improvements started after the end of the dictatorship, whereas in Camden the improvements started back in the 70’s with the opening of the Camden lock market which really kick started the revival of the area.  Ã‚   But as we are going to see in the following sections, although both areas have been the place of important migration, they did not evolve in the same way, and while Camden Town look like a mosaic of people with different styles, religions, backgrounds and colours, the integration of the different ethnic groups seems more difficult in El Raval. First of all, we saw above that the proportion of immigrants in both boroughs was almost identical, but there is a difference in the way the various ethnic groups are represented and the proportion of each of these groups. Indeed in El Raval, there seems to be big predominant groups of immigrants such as the Moroccan (25,39%), the Filipinos (25,06%), or the Indians, Pakistani and Bangladeshi (17,10%) (Sargatal 2001). Then in smaller proportions comes the Dominican population,   and finally people from different countries of the European Union. The fact that they are big groups of immigrants means that there are more chances that they form communities, stay together, and do not mix with other present populations. Especially so, as the biggest communities come from very different cultures, and are for a big part Muslims, which implies different religious habits, but also different ways of dealing with the family and especially with women. Indeed the Muslim women are scarcely seen in El Raval, and when they do go in the streets, it is to do some shopping but not to discuss or meet friends, as would do women from other cultures, as the Dominicans or even the native Catalan population (Sargatal 2001). In Spain, the Catholic religion is still quite strong compared to other European countries. This fact as well as the long history between Spain and the Mores, between the Catholics and the Muslims, might be significant when trying to explain the intolerance that is generally stronger towards the Muslims, and more particularly the Moroccans. Indeed they are perceived as very different and unwilling to adapt to the local tradition and culture (Gonzà ¡lez Enriquez 2002). Some fear that the loss of religiousness that is threatening Spain might help loosing the roots of the culture and help the   Muslims to impose their religion and their culture (Capel 2001). Integration for Muslims seems harder, as they not only are victims of more prejudices, but probably have more prejudices themselves against the local culture. In Camden the population seems more diversified. The biggest immigrant group, according to the 2001, is the group of non-British or Irish white people. Even though this is a big group (33,5%), this also represents a lot of different countries and cultures. The second group is the Bangladeshi (13,4%) and the third one the Africans (12,6%) (ONS, 2001 census). Then comes a lot of different groups from all over the world, with biggest proportions from Ireland, India, China and the Caribbean. This first shows that there are no big ethnic groups as in the Raval, which might ease the living together of all theses communities, and lead to a more heterogeneous population. This also shows that the biggest group is actually made of people from other Western countries which means that the cultures are less different, and therefore it is easier for these people to integrate themselves in this new country. This difference in the composition of the immigrant population also means differences in the reasons of their presence in their new country, and differences in the classes of people. Indeed, as we saw above, El Raval has a higher proportion of immigrants coming from developing countries. This means that the immigrants might have a higher proportion of people with a lack of education, or professional skills and with a lack of money. Indeed, even if it is now changing with the process of gentrification,   El Raval has been for some time the cheapest borough of Barcelona therefore attracting the people with less money, who then moved on to other parts of the city when they could afford it (Sargatal 2001). The lack of education, the unemployment, and the poverty is likely to make the integration in a new country more difficult. The lack of education means that it is maybe more difficult to understand the culture or the language of the new country, making it also difficult for the paren ts to follow what their children are doing at school. The teenagers living in this environment of unemployment and poverty, might turn to delinquency as a form of rebellion against this society in which their future seems uncertain.   In Camden as we have seen, there is a lower proportion of people coming from developing countries. Therefore, the chances of unemployment, poverty or lack of education are lower, although existent. Moreover, the unemployment is far lower in England than in Spain. Indeed, unemployment in England is 4,7%, whereas Spain had a 10,2% of unemployment in 2004. This means that the people coming to England and therefore to Camden will have more chances and opportunities of finding a job, which facilitates the integration in the new country. Also, Camden is not the cheapest borough of London. Cheaper accommodations can be found in other boroughs like Barking. This is therefore not the place of landing of destitute people when they arrive in London, as seems to be El Raval. Finally, the two boroughs’ recent history has evolved differently. In El Raval, the process of gentrification has begun very recently. The renovation of El Raval, and the attraction of higher classes of the population, as well as younger and more dynamic and   educated immigrants, might turn it into an attractive and central borough of Barcelona. (Sargatal 2001). So far there has been only housing plans, and renovations of social structures, but no real plan of developing the businesses, or the tourism. Indeed according to David Harvey (1989 : 77), postmodernism urbanisation is characterised by a market-oriented urbanisation, but in El Raval, there seems to have been no such developments, which might help marginalize the population. There are some local businesses. El Raval has seen the creation of a lot of shops run by immigrants for their own communities, as Muslim butchers, or grocery stores offering products from the Caribbean. There are also shops offering international phone calls or Internet services. But rather than helping the social cohesion, this type of businesses is rather isolating each of the ethnic groups which are present in El Raval. The shops seem to be exclusive and not to be welcoming the other communities. They are a place where each community can gather with its fellow citizens, but there is no interaction between the different communities (Sargatal 2001). There are no businesses that might bring new capitals into the borough and attract more middle-class people. Camden’s case is in that respect totally different. First of all, even if these kind of shops run by immigrants exist, such as those run by Greek Cypriots or Indians, they do not sell exclusively products from their countries of origins. They are groceries, selling all sorts of first necessity products, and products from their home countries as well as from other countries represented in the area. But most importantly, the development of the borough in the last 30 years has been based on its market cultures. Indeed Camden is well known for its different markets. The first of its current markets was the Camden Lock Market, opened in 1973 (Withebead 1999: 137). It quickly attracted all sorts of artists and craftspeople, which would create their work during the week and sell them at weekends, renting one of the cheap stalls available at the market. The area started to be revived, attracted all kind of people, with different backgrounds, styles, religions, and origins. Not only di d the area started to attract capitals because of the business carried out in the markets, but the artistic and musical scene began to flourish. It became an entertaining place were people not only came to shop but to meet and enjoy walking around amongst the variety of original products offered on the market. This probably worked as a way to bring social cohesion, as spectacle and entertainment is a great means of social control (Harvey 1989 : 88). Indeed the streets of Camden are a spectacle, as well as being colourful they have been the sight for an original expression of creativity : a number of shops are adorned by giant fibre-glass figures in relation with the merchandise sold or the brand name: giant boots, chairs or fishes can be seen on the walls of shops (Withebead 1999:140). Camden has also attracted a lot of companies from the media sector, such as TV channels (Withebead 1999: 150) Indeed in Camden all sorts of people are brought together by the market. A lot of young professionals choose to live there, for different reasons, as its bohemian character, its centrality or the fact that it is still cheaper than other places. Tourists from all over the world are coming to visit the market. In Camden, the multicultural society does not mean only people coming from different countries but also people with different styles, different backgrounds. All styles can be found in Camden, from gothic and rock people to hippies. With this display of differences, the tolerance seems to become natural. As one of the locals puts it, â€Å"it is impossible not to be tolerant, because of all the nationalities, religions, sexualities and subcultures present†( Vestregaard Skot Poulsen and Dlugosch Sonne 2004: 8). Although appearing to be similar boroughs, with both a big proportion of immigrants, Camden and El Raval have in fact had a different recent history and have evolved differently, resulting in two colourful and multicultural but different boroughs. While El Raval is made up by big communities that seem to stay quite closed and not to mix with the rest of the population of the borough, Camden has enjoyed a more diversified immigration. The multicultural population of Camden is not composed by big communities, but rather by individuals coming from a lot of different backgrounds, immigrating in an already dynamic borough which has built its identity around its market. Bibliography Capel, I. â€Å"Inmigrantes extranjeros en Espaà ±a. El derecho a la movilidad y los conflictos de la adaptacià ³n : grandes expectivas y duras realidades†.Scripta Nova 81 (2001). Denford S. and F. P. Woodford (eds) (2003) Streets of Camden Town :  a survey of streets, buildings and former residents in a part of Camden. London : Camden History Society. Gonzà ¡lez Enriquez, C. â€Å"La convivencia con los inmigrantes en la provincia de Barcelona.† La Factorà ­a 18 (2002). Harvey, D. (1989) The Condition of Postmodernity. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Pererios. â€Å"Los inmigrantes censados ya suponen la mitad de la poblacià ³n del Raval†. El Paà ­s 13th June 2003. Sargatal, A.â€Å"Gentrificacà ­on e inmigracià ³n en los centros historicà ³s: el caso del Raval en Barcelona†. Scripta Nova 94 (2001). Vestregaard Skot Poulsen, L. and J. Dlugosch Sonne. â€Å"Authenticity and New Trends in Markets in Aarhus, Paris and London.† Kontur 4 (2004) : 3-13. Whitebead, J. (1999) The Growth of Camden Town AD 1800-2000, London : J. 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The Effects of Pharmacological Treatment on Anorexia Nervosa Essay

The Effects of Pharmacological Treatment on Anorexia Nervosa The Characteristics of Anorexia Nervosa Individuals with anorexia nervosa are so successful at losing weight that they put their lives in a great deal of danger. Although dramatic weight loss is the most noticeable feature of the disease, anorexics also have an intense fear of obesity and pursue thinness with unparallelled ambition (Bruch, 1986). Anorexia is most common among females, with only about five percent of those suffering from the disease being male. It is also most likely to develop in young females as a result of societal pressures on women to remain slim. The DSM-4 criteria for anorexia nervosa contains the following factors : maintenance of a body weight which is less than 85% of that expected for normal weighing individuals, intense fear of becoming overweight, disturbance or distortion of how one views their own body weight or shape, and the absence of at least three consecutive menstrual cycles. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual specifies two types of anorexia : restricting type and binge-eating-purgin g type. The restricting type refers to those who do not regularly binge eat or purge, while the binge-eating-purging type refers to those who regularly engage in binge eating and purging behavior during an episode of anorexia. Anorexia nervosa is very difficult to treat due to the misconceptions in the minds of the afflicted individuals. While psychosocial treatments have been proven to be helpful, very little evidence exists to suggest that pharmacological treatment could be effective. The Effects of Antipsychotic Medication on the Treatment of Anorexia The first attempts to use medicine in the treatment of anorexia nervosa were per... .... Halmi, K. A., Eckert, E. D., & LaDu T. J. (1986). Anorexia nervosa: treatment efficacy of cyproheptadine and amitriptyline. Arch of General Psychiatry,43, 177-181. Lacey, J. H., & Crisp, A. H. (1980). Hunder, food intake and weight: the imact of clomipramine on a refeeding anorexia nervosa population. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 56, 79-85. Vandereycken, W. (1984). Neuroleptics in the short term treatment of anorexia nervosa: a double blind placebo controlled study with sulpiride. Bristish Journal of Psychiatry, 144, 288-292. Vandereycken, W., & Pierloot R. (1982). Pimozide combined with behavior therapy in the short term treatment of anorexia nervosa. Acto Psychiatry Scandinavia, 66, 445-450. Vigersky, R. A., & Loriaux, D. L. (1977). The effect of cyproheptadine in anorexia nervosa: a double blind trial, in Anorexia Nervosa. New York, Raven.

Anti-Abortion Speech

Did you know that there are about 3,700 abortions a day in the US? So approximately 1. 3 million unpunished and LEGAL murders are occurring every year. I personally think that is absurd. Abortion is wrong and I am going to tell you why you shouldn’t get one or support them because of the adoption option, the after effects and the simple fact that it’s murder. I am a Catholic so, obviously my church strongly opposes abortion. I think that abortion is morally wrong and a highly debated topic in which there is a crystal clear answer. One must wonder why a woman would seek out an abortion when there are other more humane options available. Adoption, of course, is the main option. Adoption is a win- win situation. The mother will be able to pursue her goals before she was pregnant and not have the burden of a child before she is ready and at the same time, bring tremendous joy to the adoptive parents. There are situations where the birth mother can be actively involved if she desires. This is called an open adoption. There are various degrees from the child seeing the birth mother every day, to just writing letters. Another type of adoption is the closed adoption. In it, the mother knows nothing of the adoptive parents. Adoption can shelter the mother from mental and physical issues that she would experience if she went through with an abortion. Over 100 physical complications have been associated with abortion. Some complications include infections, endotoxic shock, convulsions and even sterility. The psychological effects are even more prominent. Studies within the first weeks after abortion show 40- 60% of women reported negative reactions such as guilt, nervous disorders, sleep disturbances and regret. Some even required psychotropic medicine. â€Å"I was an emotional wreck. The following day I was empty, sad, and numb. I knew that day I had made a huge mistake. I wished with all my heart I would have done things differently,† Carrie Camilleri said. The emotional and physical pain experienced by the patients also comes to some abortion doctors. A lot of the time, abortionists start to realize that what they are doing is morally wrong. They begin to show emotional and physical signs after every abortion they perform. Dr. McArthur, a former abortionist said, â€Å"Abortion started to get to me in my dreams. I had a recurring nightmare in which I delivered a healthy, newborn baby. I held the baby up and faced a jury of faceless people, asking them what I should do with the baby. ‘Thumbs up or thumbs down? ’ On the floor underneath the baby was a bucket of water for drowning the baby if the jury gave a verdict of thumbs down. I never put the baby in the bucket because I would always wake up. † Obvously, this man was disturbed and eventually quit the practice. Both the pain of the woman and the doctor pale in comparison to the fate of the unwanted baby. Abortion is murder. I went to dictionary. com and searched â€Å"life. † It defined life as â€Å"an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism, growth and reaction to stimili. And doesn’t a fetus possess all these things? So therefore it is alive. I also searched â€Å"murder† which was defined as â€Å"the brutal or inhumane killing of a human being. † Abortion is just that. I’m not going to go into detail but, basically in most abortions, the doctors chop the baby into pieces then pull it out with plier like tools. So, to those of you who think abortion isn’t painful to the baby, just imagine your baby sibling or cousin. Look through their eyes. Would it be painful to them? So, as you see, abortion is morally wrong because of the physical and emotional effects on both the doctors and patients and the fact that it is murder and therefore should not be supported. Also, abortion is a stupid decision when there is the rewarding option of adoption available. I encourage all of you to evaluate your standing on abortion. And maybe even participate in the pro life movement. Thank you for listening.

buy custom The Condition of African Nations Fifty Years after Independence essay

buy custom The Condition of African Nations Fifty Years after Independence essay More than 60 years since the independence of several African states, they are still seen as relying on its former colonies. It is worth noting that several African countries have been depending on their former colonies. Statistics illustrates that this has been caused by the increasing levels of poverty in most African States. Furthermore, many see the rise of African dictators as an indication that they are making themselves wealthy at the expense of their unsuspecting citizens. This has made the living conditions in the given countries more unbearable as the gap between the rich and the poor continue worsening. The following paper will look into an in-depth analysis on the reasons that causes several African countries to rely on their former colonies. Despite most countries trying to rely on their domestic production, the increasing level of poverty, corruption within the government and bad leadership has made its citizens to look unto the West as a sign of hope towards restoring t he already worsening conditions. This paper will look on three major issues of disease, bad governance and disease as the reason why Africa is still depending on former colonies. Three major causes of over dependence on former colonies a)Diseases There is great concern over the increasing rate of disease in Africa. The geographic condition of Africa makes it more vulnerable to disease as compared to other continents which experience colder climates. Malaria is one great illness that is proving to kill several people and in a bid to control its spread, several African countries are turning to former colonies with a bid to seeking the essential assistance so as to its spread (Obeng et al, 2002). Furthermore, the increasing rate of poverty in these countries leaves little option for the pharmaceutical companies to invest in the country. As a result, most of this countries approach former colonies that are well established to come back and invest on pharmaceuticals that have the ability to offer more medical attention to diseases like malaria. The several diseases is what causes a health care burden to different governments who in turn suffer from lack of ways to approach the given situation. They usually see a way forward as turning to the Western countries who are already established and who have the economic prowess to steer the several challenges. Over the last twenty years, HIV/AIDS have taken Africa by storm, claiming the life of several people (Mwakikagile, 2006). Many have argued that the rate of poverty i Africa has increased the rate of HIV/AIDS and countries like South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland which were showing signs of development now have to cope with initiatives to stop this pandemic from spreading. So how do they do this? They engage in enlisting the help of countries that have advanced technolo gy with the ready technical tools to control the disease. HIV/AIDS is feared as being one dangerous disease that is likely to kill majority of the working population in a developing country. Furthermore the working population will greatly impact on the countrys economy as well as taking away a great portion of human labour. In order for a country to counter the effects of disease spread in Africa, and owning to the lack of the necessary technology, they well enlist the assistance of former colonies that are well placed with the already established entities (Smith, 1993). It is through this orientation that governments also seek the importation of anti-retroviral drugs from former colonies and being that they cannot do so continually, they have to ask for help in purchasing the drugs. This can only be achieved by seeking foreign aids from former colonies. b)Colonialism Soon after several African countries became independent, there relative wealth was in the public limelight to be seen. However, the economic prosperity of African Nations started slowing down as soon as the colonizers started departing. As a result, the government in place saw that in order for economic prosperity to be realized, and then they had to continue with the link between them and former colonial powers. However, the link had been destabilized with African countries attaining independence (Garcia et al, 2003). It was widely viewed that the exit of colonial powers from Africa was beginning of the nation down fall being that they were more experienced in several fields like agriculture and planning. In the various administrative levels of government, Africa leaders were faced with lack of the necessary professionals to run the various sectors. European administrators had been vibrant in realizing that African countries had made a stride towards economic progress. However, independence meant their services were no longer needed, a fact that left the government more vulnerable. Government leaders then had to enlist the help of former colonial powers in giving the training as well as the necessary education needed to operate the government that they had inherited from the colonial masters (Cooper, 2002). The Congo Free State is a perfect exampple of ideas of the Europeans which were never implemented and which left the country poorer. The people in this region believe that were they to implement the policies of Leopold II, then they were likely to have made considerable progress. Colonialism can therefore be noted as having led to great progress on the African continent. However, the exit of the colonial masters was an indication that this progress was going to be affected. The government was going to lack the professional expertise and the establish economy was to be back to ruins. In order to ensure that this decline does not occur, it was vital that the governments in several African countries remain in contact with the colonies so as to boost their chances of survival. It was a case of retaining the European way of thinking so as to have an effective economy. c)Bad Governance The political condition of African countries has resulted to the increasing state of poverty. The state of democracy in several African countries has never been successful. There have been successful African leaders who have tried to maintain the prosperous leadership of former colonies while others have taken power unto their hands and ruled with animosity resulting in increasing levels of poverty of African states. Leaders of oppositions have tried to enlist the help of former colonies to bring in foreign assistance in terms of persuading the bad leadership out of power. Exporting the already processed goods can never be successful unless they link with former colonies that will encourage their citizens to buy. This shows that Africans still need the colonies in order to market their products abroad (African Timeline, 2010). On the other hand, the presence of dictatorial leaders have indicated that African will never progress because leaders are after enriching themselves by the ac cumulation of more wealth hence neglecting the common people. Conclusion The paper has illustrates the fact that African nations, despite 60 years after attaining independence, have remained in the dark age of underdevelopment. For instance, several nations still depend on their former colonial powers. This is because they have to enlist the help of colonial masters to help them in the development of medicine that can limit disease like malaria and HIV/AIDS. On the other hand African countries are left with the option of relying on former colonies as a result of bad leadership and colonialism. All the three factors have been outlined through an in-depth analysis. Buy custom The Condition of African Nations Fifty Years after Independence essay

Essay on Success and Failure of Intelligence part 2

Essay on Success and Failure of Intelligence part 2 Essay on Success and Failure of Intelligence part 2 Essay on Success and Failure of Intelligence part 2Essay on Success and Failure of Intelligence part  1Furthermore, the cracking of Enigma was the successful intelligence operation because it has brought the strategic advantage to the allies, who could track and decipher the communication of Germans, while the communication plays the key and strategically important part in military operations. The party that cannot encrypt and hide its communication from the enemy turns out to be in a disadvantageous position as was the case of Germany (Weinberg Gerhard 2013). Positive effects of the cracking of Enigma became obvious shortly after the cracking because the allies had got an opportunity to decipher the communication of the enemy. In such a situation, the allies had started to use the full potential of the cracking of Enigma focusing on the interception of German communication to understand their plans, actions and other important issues which could have played an important part in W orld War II.Finally, Germans remained unaware of their encryption system being broken down until the late period of the war, when the outcome of the war was almost clear and Germans could not counter attack effectively. In fact, Germans remained confident in the reliability and security of their encryption system because they were certain in its high theoretical security level, although being extremely safe in theory, Enigma had proved to be insecure in practice. However, Germans uncovered this fact too late to prevent the allies from revelation of numerous military operations and plans of Germans. As a result, the late uncover of the intelligence operation by the enemy is another evidence of the overall success of the intelligence operation on cracking Enigma.On the other hand, the US intelligence had suffered one of the most severe failures, when it had failed to prevent and foresee the upcoming assault on Pearl Harbor. In contrast to the cracking of Enigma, the intelligence opera tions aiming at the monitoring of the Japanese navy movement and operations in the Pacific Ocean had proved to be the total failure, as the US intelligence had not identified the threat in time and underestimated the potential threat from the part of the Japanese in time (Steinberg, 1995). The attack of Japanese army on Pearl Harbor was a turning point in the history of World War II. In fact, the attack led to the active involvement of the USA in World War II and made the war truly global. In this respect, it is important to emphasize that the USA’s entry into World War II influenced consistently the balance of power in the world and, to a significant extent, predetermined the outcome of the war. At the same time, the involvement of the USA in World War II was provoked by the growing aggression from the part of Japan as well as Germany which threatened to the strategic ally of the USA in Europe, Great Britain. The involvement of the USA in World War II strengthened consistent ly the allies. In such a context, the role of Pearl Harbor and its outcomes can hardly be underestimated. At the same time, views of specialists on causes, which led to the Japanese attack as well as causes of such unexpected and extremely high casualties among Americans, vary consistently.First of all, it is important to understand causes of the attack and motives of each party involved in the conflict, in order to understand causes of numerous casualties, success of Japanese and unexpected failure of Americans. Traditionally specialists (Cook, 1955) argue that Japan tended to the domination in the Asia-Pacific region and it attempted to establish its total control over the region. Hence, the attack of Japanese on Pearl Harbor was rather a question of time than a question of international diplomacy or relations. What is meant here is the fact that Japan was not interested in the presence of a powerful state, such as the USA in the region. Instead, Japan’s strategic goal was the domination in the region. Naturally, such domination could not be achieved as long as the USA opposed to Japanese efforts to gain the dominant position. Obviously, the USA was a threat to Japan because Americans would not allow Japanese grew in power since the latter would be a threat to the national interests of the USA. As a result, Japan decided to attack the USA and destroy its main naval base because Japan expected that the USA would not recover after Pearl Harbor (Toland, 2006).The USA, in its turn, apparently underestimated the threat from the part of Japan and, what is more, Americans failed to foresee the attack. This was not only a tactical failure of the US navy commandment, but it was also a failure of American intelligence. As a result, the US navy was not really prepared for the attack that actually caused numerous casualties. At the same time, the USA could also count for diplomatic resolution of existing conflicts and tension between the USA and Japan.Unlike the cracking of Enigma, the intelligence operation against the Japanese was conducted by the US intelligence only and the information collected was fragmentary but, if the British and Americans had managed to crack Enigma on the ground of the fragmentary information available to them, they had failed to interpret properly actions of the Japanese navy in the Pacific Ocean before the assault on Pearl Harbor.Furthermore, the assault on Pearl Harbor had led to disastrous destructions of the infrastructure of the US navy and air forces in the region (Keegan, 2007). In this regard, the results of the cracking of Enigma were absolutely contrary since the US army and its allies had managed to avoid the destructive impact of German attacks as they could foresee their actions due to deciphering of the communication between German military units. As a result, the allies could foresee where Germans could strike and they undertook measures to prevent possible destructions and casualties.In the cours e of the attack, about 2,400 American soldiers were killed and over 1,100 American soldiers were wounded (Hakim, 2012). Unlike the intelligence operation leading to the cracking of Enigma, the intelligence failed to prevent numerous casualties. In this regard, the cracking of Enigma had had totally different effects since the allies had managed to decrease casualties due to the interception of the German communication and better forecasting of actions of the enemy.The US intelligence agents did not suffer during the intelligence operation but the US intelligence agents had failed to perform their functions properly.In addition, preparation of the operation and its implementation resulted in the failure of the US intelligence to divert the attack and warn the US military about the threat of the attack on Pearl Harbor. As a result, the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region had changed since the US army had lost its position after the defeat. The loss of a large number of aircraf ts, battle ships and other ships resulted in the loss of the military power and required the US to supply new battle ships and aircrafts to defend its western coastline from the potential attack from the part of Japan. Therefore, the overall effect of the attack on Pearl Harbor reveals the failure of the US intelligence because of the loss of the position of the US in the Asia-Pacific region.In addition, the failure of the US intelligence resulted in the involvement of the US in World War II because, if the US army was informed of the upcoming threat, it could undertake preventive steps to divert the threat, for instance, through increasing of the military presence in Pearl Harbor that could discourage the Japanese from the attack on the US navy base (Miller, 2011).In this regard, the results of the intelligence operation on the cracking Enigma is quite different since cracking of Enigma had positive effects that is the evidence of the overall success of the operation. The allies be came able to operate more successfully because they could decipher the communication of Germans, while, in case of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US military power in the Asia-Pacific region had been undermined that proved the failure of the intelligence operation.Finally, it is worth mentioning the fact that the failure of the US intelligence became evident to the enemy as well as the rest of the world immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In such a way, the US intelligence had proved to be unable to uncover the plan of the attack of the Japanese on Pearl Harbor. In this regard, the failure of the US intelligence in case of Pearl Harbor was evident, while the cracking of Enigma was a truly successful intelligence operation which remained unknown to the public as well as Germans for a long time and allowed the allied to take the strategic advantage in their military operations in Europe against Germans.Thus, two different intelligence operations were absolutely different no t only in their tactics, strategy and significance but they were absolutely different in their effects because the intelligence operation aiming at cracking Enigma was apparently the success of the allies’ intelligence, whereas the intelligence operation of the US in regard to Japanese military actions and plans in the Asia-Pacific region was the total failure as the Attack on Pearl Harbor resulted in disastrous effects on the US military power in the region and involved the US into World War II.

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