World War I, a war fought to "destroy the axis of evil" and to resolve conflicts between belligerent countries, brought nothing but turmoil and numerous dilemmas to the warring nations; politically and economically. Immediately after the war, many people thought the war had made a safe environment for democracy in all countries. Peace was thought to have been restored among the world. People's views of the world were tainted and many nations began to struggle. In the years following the end of World War I, Americans found themselves in an era, known as the "Roaring Twenties," where the...

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Within the first few sentences from J. Samuel Walker's 'Prompt and Utter Destruction,' I questioned rather or not what Truman and his superiors chose to do was necessary. After reading into it a little further, I became more and more curious. If the primary key of concern was American causali...

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The two countries fought against Germany during World War II, but this alliance began to dissolve in 1944-1945, when the Russian leader Joseph Stalin, seeking Soviet security, used the Red Army to control much of Eastern Europe. ... Truman opposed Stalin's policy and moved to unite Europe under American leadership. ... Stalin failed to honor pledges to hold free elections in Eas...

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Guns Kill Gun control is one of the more complex issue facing our nation today. It deals with one of the focal points of our country's democracy "right to bare arms." Presesntly the question at hand is not the avalibility of guns but rather the restiction and right to own them. However major chan...

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The Cold War A war that has created controversy amongst two of the greatest world leaders, United States of America and The Soviet Union, is known as The Cold War. A dispute between once allied countries arose in the Post-WWII era. The United States and the Allied Powers faced many ch...

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On June 25, 1950 at 11:00A.M., Kim Il Sung(김일성), the president of North Korea, declared war on the South. Fighting went on for three years until 1953 when an armistice was made, but to be clear, the two countries are still officially at war. This war between the Koreas was a mortifying war tha...

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Therefore, when Dwight Eisenhower became president, the subject matter was much more easier to convince, especially by the Dulles brothers, who proposed the idea that Joseph Stalin could possibly invade Iran. ...

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Latin America After world War II until the 1980's, many Latin American leaders installed reforms to deal with new demanding issues in their country. These new reforms were frequently viewed by the United States as alarming due to the recent rise of communism in the world. Following almost a centur...

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In the weeks before the conference, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy, in London, felt the growing concern in the British Foreign Office as to the American position on the conference and the refugee question in general. ...

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Is War Necessary? There are many reasons why a country or several countries could go to war. Some of these reasons are just, however many of them are not. There are many movies made illustrating many different aspects of American wars, good and bad. The American Revolution was mainly a political movement; however there were some social and economic factors. ...

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