For example, India is building a wide variety of new missiles with a range of 90 miles to 1,300 miles. (2) And Iraq refuses to let United Nations teams in to inspect its nuclear weapons stores. (1) In addition, the many of the countries in the former Soviet Union have set up lines of trade, both legal and not, to support their own economies. ... Even if they did the set date to lower arsenals is by 2003... The governments in question still must ratify them, a process which can take years if it happens at all. ... In many cases the collapse has, in fact, served to amplify the problems alrea...

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These are the questions I posed to myself, and then set out to try and answer here, in this paper. ... The onslaught weakened the newly elected South Vietnamese government, set back efforts of pacification, and brought to the forefront American outcries for peace. With all that in mind, the American government had to re-think where this war was taking us. ... These actions set off major protests on American College campuses. ... During the course of this war, which spanned more than a decade, and four presidential administrations over 2,200,000 United States soldiers served in Vie...

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Citing his faith and his patriotism in that two day conference in Indianapolis, Welch and the John Birch Society set forth on a crusade to enlighten America about the a very real Conspiracy of a Communist coup. ... Clearly, the upheavals and atrocities of 1789 served as a model for revolutions to come, especially the Bolshevik Revolution- (Thorton The New American). ... This in turn, would increase government spending on missiles, which would create higher taxes, ending in an even greater unbalanced budget. ... To "combat inflation- of the dollar, the government would begin controlli...

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Ho Chi Minh established a military group in 1945, called the Vietminh, that would serve as the military fight against the French in the war named the First Indochina War. ... As former American President Eisenhower said, "You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly" (Nalty 314). ... "The American government initially believed that this conflict would not last more than two years" (Edwards 160). ... The American government controlled South Vietnam, and dictated what its governments steps should be....

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Unlike the Korean War and World War Two, the American government decided not to censor it and let the press have free access. ... He got life but served only three months. Critics said that it was hypocritical standing one man on trial for war crimes when the government had ordered the use of such weapons as Napalm and Agent Orange. ... The war was also a great hindrance on America's economic stature. 13 percent of all government spending by 1968 was on Vietnam. ... America wanted to set up a working relationship between Moscow and Peking. ...

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We wanted to help ensure that South Vietnam had a separate, independent, and noncommunist government. ... This war caused a major division among the people and between the people and the United States government. ... Because of a complex set of individual motives, both domestic and international, each of the participants had a serious interest in arriving at some workable settlement... Also, there was supposed to be an election held in two years to decide what the permanent government would be. ... The United States government said there was and the North Vietnamese said there was not. ...

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Das Versprechen directed by Margarethe von Trotta is a love story set to the backdrop of the divided Germany beginning in 1961 up until the historic fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. ... What makes the film original and fresh is the historical context in which it is set. ... The historical issues are not central to the Versprechen but rather serve to heighten the tragedy of the Konrad and Sophie's relationship. ... This symbolizes the way the DDR government is represented throughout the film. ... It is first and foremost a character study of the two protagonists set in the context of t...

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World peace through international government and law is an ancient idea that has mightily fastened itself on the minds of people throughout the ages. Never before, however, has the human race been so close to inaugurating this Utopian ideal of establishing and empowering government on a planetary scale. As it stands today, world government can be compared to communism - both can be viewed as ideals of a perfect society, but neither has proven to work effectively in practice. ... Another opinion is that a truly effective world government would necessitate worldwide force and unprecedented pow...

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During the early 1980s, income tax was set at 50% for anyone making over $5,720 a year. ... Instead of having to give most of it away in taxes, they were able to spend more, allowing more money to be collected in sales taxes by the government and thus increasing economic levels. ... If people have more money to spend instead of having to give it to the government, they spend money on resources they need, and in greater quantities and more regularly, allowing sales taxes to pay the government. ... Reaganomics, as the name suggests, was President Reagan's economic policy, which called for m...

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At the time of the Great Depression, government intervention in the economy was higher than it had ever been and a special government agency had been set up specifically to prevent depressions and their associated problems, such as bank panics. ... The assassination is remembered as a loss of national innocence, which served to magnify the appeal of conspiracy scenarios. ... The plan formed the basis of the Covenant of the League of Nations, the 26 articles that served as operating rules for the league. ...

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We Were Soldiers Once and Young was co-authored by Lt. General Harold G Moore and Joseph L Galloway. Lt General Moore was in command of the 1st Battalion, 7th Calvary division during the November 1965 battle, which took place in the Ia Drang valley in Vietnam. Joseph L Galloway was a reporter that accompanied the 1st Battalion into this battle. This book does not try to make a political statement by addressing the issues surrounding America's involvement in Vietnam. ...

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If one were to discuss life after the Second World War, if they were not a historian would perhaps not talk much about Harry S. Truman as a major factor. Truman is ranked seventh among forty one presidents ranging from Washington to Clinton . Truman succeeded Roosevelt, after his death, and the da...

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