This was first shown by the early world powers of Spain and Portugal, who conquered among themselves several territories for their utmost conquest and control. ... Now, we have the case of the United States and Britain waging an all-out war against Iraq. ... These reasons are merely not enough to convince the rest of the world that war is justifiable. ... America, being the most awesome superpower in this world is waging war against Iraq in the pretext of liberating its people and making the world a safer place against weapons of mass destruction. ... The numerous war casualties, destructi...

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Prior to World War I Americans wanted to be a model society for a number of the countries that were thought to be "barbarous" and "backwards." ... The "Splendid Little War" that took place between Spain and America, did not originally have an imperialistic intent (Doc E), but as the battling ended a number of actions that were taken seemed to once again work in America's favor. Since Americans did not relish the fact that Cubans were being mistreated, and handled as slaves by the Spanish, they put a stop to this mistreatment by fighting the Spanish forces that were stationed in the Phil...

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The Mexican War The first in a long line of US intervention in Latin American affairs began rather peacefully in 1821, when American Moses Austin obtained a land grant to establish a colony in sparsely populated Texas, then Mexican territory. ... Surely enough, Mexico attacked Taylor's troops and killed 11 Americans; that was all Polk needed to declare war on Mexico. ... Spanish-American War Having already annexed Hawaii and forced Japan to embrace western contact by duress, the United States was already beginning to embrace both territorial and economic imperialism as a foreign polic...

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PEOPLE: FDR - President during WWII Truman - President who decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan Churchill - British Prime Minister Eisenhower - Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied troops in D-Day MacArthur - General who returns to Philippians - Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific Rommel - General in charge of Afrika Korps Hitler - poorly educated Austrian; joined German workers party, became leader, changed name to Nazi; became Dictator of Germany Mussolini - in Fascist Party; declared himself Dictator of Italy Tojo - Dictator of Japan Stalin - Dictator of USSR F...

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Later, Woodrow Wilson was charged with continuing America's influence on a moral basis, as well as tying America into the First World War in Europe. ... He liberated Cuba from the greedy hands of Spain and then watched over its development. ... While America was occupied with Latin America, it did not fail to recognize that it had vital interests at stakes in the European war. Aside from ancestral [genealogical] and political camaraderie with many countries that were involved in World War I, Europe was a vital economic trading partner, as well as a crucial loaner. ... The fear of German d...

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"Total wars" would have catalyzed development of strong states, but given the pre-existing limitations of Latin American states, they could not wage such wars, focusing instead on limited wars directed largely at internal foes-civil wars, if you will-that provided few of the state-building benefits of total wars. ... That is to say, in securing their freedom from their colonial master-Spain--these nations did not have to wage the sort of all-or-nothing, transformative, "war for your very existence" conflict that would have galvanized all social classes in support of their...

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It might have seemed that with their territorial advantage and early start, the Spanish colonies were best posed to take control of the new world. ... The United States quickly raised in opposition to mercantilist and strong armed trade tactics of European powers – most dramatically during the War of 1812. ... This new form of manifest destiny led the US to reengage with imperial Europe in the Spanish-American War. Many American's came to view Cuba's situation as colonial oppression, Which Henry Cabot Lodge "compared tooppression which led us to rebel against England.9&quo...

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The United States Flag, a symbol of freedom and the American way of life. ... Although the Regiment consisted of mostly Spanish speaking foot soldiers, the U.S. ... Since little of its volunteers spoke English only a select few where commissioned to serve at the grade of Second Lieutenant, meaning that the mostly Spanish speaking Regiment was to be commanded by American Commissioned and Noncommissioned Officers. ... Owning the first shot fired of World War I, campaign credit for its participation in World War II, and the Korean War, the Spanish speaking Soldiers of the Regiment served wi...

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From the times of the Anglo-Saxon wars of pre-middle ages to the struggle for hegemonic power with Spain and France over colonization rights and the system of mercantilism. ... The Spanish American war opened the door for the US to rise to power globally and thus become a force to be reckoned with herself. ... The First World War actually began friendly British/American relations similar to that of today. With a sinister feeling that the US should remain neutral throughout the War, Americans were very much against President Wilson's announcement that the US was to mobilize for conflict...

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From 1900 to 1945, America went from the top of the world, to the bottom, and back up again. The high of the imperialist dream replaced by the lows of the Great Depression, and the rise to a world super power following World War II. ... We had very recently assisted them in the fight to receive independence from the control of Spain, and we had promised them that once winning the war they would achieve independence in due time. However, once Cuba became free of Spanish control, we attempted to impose control over the nation, and after much fighting and protest from the Cuban citizens, we event...

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During the reign of Nazi Germany between the years of 1942 and 1944 a widespread system of coastal defense and fortifications known as the Atlantic Wall was built beside the shoreline of Scandinavia as well as central Europe as a form of protection against a foreseen attack from the Allies on Nazi-controlled Europe from Britain during the period of the second World War. ... Nazi propaganda had also made the claim the Atlantic Wall had stretched from near the Spanish border to around the cape of Norway. ... Rommel had seen how severe this threat could potentially end up being when he saw it for...

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World War II was simply viewed as Hitler's war, and all responsibility for it began and ended with him.' ... In North America, where the population is prevalently Teutonic, and where those elements intermingled with the inferior race only to a very small degree, we have a quality of mankind and a civilization which are different from those of Central and South America. ... But in North America the Teutonic element, which has kept its racial stock pure and did not mix it with any other racial stock, has come to dominate the American Continent and will remain master of it as long as th...

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The common belief about the end of the Cold War was very strong in American political circles. ... The last European country being included before 90s to NATO was Spain and it was in 1982. ... Valid arguments can be made against NATO enlargement, but this particular argument is spurious.7 To sum up this part of essay, NATO is a key part of American military domination in Europe. ... Americans started preparation to take their part in the war in Near East with almost full support of most western countries including (at least formally) Russia. ... Obama's administration would avoid to nam...

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Zhukov said "war is waged with skill. ... Hitler suffered his "greatest loss of the war" in the summer of 1944. ... His repeated military blunders "assured Germany's loss of the war." ... Conscripted boys and old men from the peasantry, faced battle hardened Germans straight from conflicts in Spain and Poland. ... Allies Russia's "strange alliance" with Britain and America was pivotal in her ability to resist and overcome Nazi Germany. ...

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US applied pressure to Korea to by F-15, which were made by America Boeing Company. ... US, France, UK, German, Italy, Spain and Russia were competing each other, then finally 2 possible outcome showed up, U.S and France. Particularly, Europe companies are actively challenging America's military industry. ... The security guarantee that American alliance represents is very important to Australia. America always values having allies."" ...

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They included the Fatherland Front, led by Engelbert Dollfuss in Austria, the Falange founded by Jose Antonio Primo in Spain, the Cross of Fire, renamed the French Social Party led by Colonel Francois de La Rocque, the Gentile National Socialist Movement and the South Africa Fascists, both in South Africa, the Ku Klux Klan in the United States, and the military dictatorship of Admiral Tojo Hideki in Japan (RoSo, 2002). Even Mussolini's and Hitler's fascist states - allied Axis forces in World War II - were far from identical. ... The 1920s and "30s saw African-Americans intimidated ...

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A number of miscalculations, however, along with the strain of continuing the war with Germany, paved the way for a Bolshevik coup in November of 1917. ... After the war, the Bolsheviks renamed themselves the Communist Party, and declared Russia the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ... Meanwhile, World War II was fast approaching. ... But he wanted to avoid war at all costs, and in 1939 he signed the Nazi- Soviet Pact, which pledged that the two dictatorships would not attack one another, and granted Stalin permission to take over the Baltic States and eastern Poland, and prosecute a war i...

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The Second World War created an atmosphere of instability, suspicion, and fear, which blanketed the entire western world. ... Thousands of Japanese Canadians were interned during the war without one ever being charged with any crime. ... This is self-serving reasoning reminiscent of the Spanish inquisition. ... This only proves the consulate's desire to acquire information about a country it was currently at war with. ... In 1943, there were reports of Japanese activity in North American waters, which caused a great deal of panic (Johnson and Granatstein 119). ...

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All major powers had anticipated war, and the pre-war planning, such as the Schlieffen Plan, exacerbated everything. ... The youth had slowly been indoctrinated for war. Society itself was familiar with the possibility of war. ... The solution, again, was war. ... The determination to go to war did not emerge from domestic pressures, or one party would have opposed war as a way to weaken the other one politically. ...

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