The Soviet Union was a single party state and held a communist economic system that the U.S wanted to hold a 'containment' foreign policy towards. ... To ensure the safety of Western Europe, Truman organized the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with ten other European Countries to form a military alliance that would stand tall against the soviets. By doing this, Stalin could not make any military move on one NATO member country without having the other ten countries declaring war with the soviets as well. ... To meet this dilemma head on; Truman enacted steps in economic re...

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Basically a sphere of influence is an area where a foreign country has the right to trade. ... Hope that the Boxers would save China by getting rid of the foreign powers was very intentitive. The Boxers attacked buildings in Beijing that held representatives of foreign countries. ... Not too long after, military forces from 11 countries, which included the U.S., put the Boxer Rebellion down. Afterwards, the Chinese had to pay indemnities to the foreign governments. ...

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Military Causes The long-term military causes were the threatening northern tribes. There were many immediate causes that would rise if anyone attacked Western Rome, such as very weak military due to poverty of the Western Empire. ... Now there were many foreign soldiers who served for pay, which made it that much harder to be able to hold a large army. ... There were many causes that also relate to Political, Social, Military, or Economical that I did not mention because they may not have been as important. ...

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Britain and France at the time had claimed a majority of foreign countries for trade. ... In order to fight against Russia, Britain, and France, Germany believed that she needed more armaments to secure a stable place in the European powers and so she increases another 50 million pounds of military weapon (Doc 9). ... If Germany did not dedicate themselves into their military forces, than they were vulnerable for invasions. The tension between the countries military forces led to an armament race as well as to World War I. ...

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The long-term military causes were the threatening northern tribes. There were many immediate causes that would rise if anyone attacked Western Rome, such as very weak military due to poverty of the Western Empire. ... Now there were many foreign soldiers who served for pay, that made it that much harder to be able to hold a large army. ...

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These operations could be seen as a demonstration of power and military superiority. ... One can be sure that on holiday in a foreign country the English language would be the best one to use in finding your way around. ...

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This was because the military generals who saw the need to sue for peace, did not want to take the blame for calling it quits. ... The Weimar Republic was formed in 1918 with some great achievements in political, cultural, foreign policies and economy, (Bergan,44-45) but it was still seen as imposed on to the German people and it was rejected. ... They could not compete agriculturally, Industrial production output went to 38% of pre World War 1 levels and foreign trade was halted. ...

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U.S Foreign Policy Toward Jewish Refugees During 1933-1939 PART I HISTORICAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS In reviewing the events which gave rise to the U.S.'s foreign policy toward Jewish refugees, we must identify the relevant factors upon which such decisions were made. ... They had tolerated his military build-up and occupation of the Rhineland, both violations of the Treaty of Versailles, as well as the annexing of Austria and the take-over of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. ... In the weeks before the conference, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy, in London, felt the growin...

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These people are running for their lives, from people, native and foreign who kill indiscriminately. ... Well Syria's resident dictator, Bashar Hafez al-Assad, decided he rather liked being hated by everyone and rolled out his military in full force to deal any who opposed him. ...

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EVOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL STATE SYSTEM Introduction Through time the international system has undergone considerable change and evolution. The city states that were characteristic of ancient Greece, the feudal principalities that defined Europe in the Middle Ages, and the empires that have ex...

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