As the most treacherous incident in the history of the Cold War, the Cuban missile crisis has inescapably enticed the observation of numerous diplomatic historians. ... James Meredith was attending an African American university called Jackson State College from 1960 to 1962. ... "Doyle also noted that two other factors were equally important: John F. ... Governor Ross Barnett and other state executives pursued disregarding the Supreme Court verdict, inciting a constitutional calamity amongst the federal government and the state of Mississippi. ... Kennedy beckoned his most intimate consu...

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One of the most comprehensive factors that enhanced entry into the United States is the policies that were set after that Second World War. ... While it is true that the above connoted act played an important role in enhancing immigration into the United States, it is of the essence that immigration of Italians into the United States took place way before the establishment of this act. ... The political situation in Italy was relatively conducive in that by the late 19th century, Italy was a unified state with limited political pressures. ... However, the year 1880 to the year 1920 were the mo...

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In United States history there has been numerous memorable icons that Americans admire. ... Ronald Reagan, one of the most admirable presidents of the United States demonstrates many of the categories in the Eco- System. ... (Grimm, 2013) Reagan was stating that government was holding the economy back of its full potential. ... As being elected as the oldest president in United States history, it affects the bio section on race, gender, and age. ... To aggravate the Soviets, Reagan called for the largest and most expensive peacetime military buildup in American history. ...

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As President, Truman made some of the most crucial decisions in history. ... It was possibly Truman's most controversial decision during his tenure as president. ... One of the most important tactics to counter communist influence was the introduction of the Marshall Plan (Divine 670). ... This turned into a bonanza for American farmers, miners, and manufacturers that are still important to the growth of international trade today. ... NATO stated, "an armed attack against one or more is an attack against them all" (Divine 670). ...

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This is primarily to assist in removing the United States from the theater of operations and the associated security investments. ... In addition, the United States played in the war, and as the largest creditor of the coalition, which after the war proved to be financially dependent on the United States. ... The bombing of these cities was dedicated to the meeting of Heads of State at the Potsdam Conference. ... The Soviet Union bore the brunt of the struggle against fascism: its most economically developed part of the territory was in the zone of military operations, subject to restoration. ...

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In order to understand the Cold War, one must understand Soviet motives for expansion following the WWII and the consequences of such expansion, most importantly in regards to Poland, all of which will be examined. This will be followed by a discussion of the events of the Yalta conference. ... Lastly, it is important to consider how American economic and military concerns provided further motivation for the creation of a new threat. ... Secondly, it would allow the Western powers to directly influence events on the European mainland. ... He was unsuccessful however, as the Poles refused to n...

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" --Golda Meir By 1972, the Soviet Union had built an arsenal of 1,500 intercontinental nuclear missiles capable of reaching every state within the contiguous United States, and they were producing as many as 250 more each year (Reeves, 486). ... Humanity had reached its most destructive potential since the dawn of civilization. ... For all his arguable faults and failings, Richard Nixon, given his strengths in compartmentalization, his capability of strategically dissecting the world by geopolitical relevancy, and his uncanny vision for analyzing the long-term outcomes produced from nea...

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The United Nations saw fit to deploy their first ever-armed peacekeepers to the canal in 1956 (The History of Peacekeeping, n.d), and further they threatened to halt Britain's oil supplies. ... The Egyptian leader had hoped that the threat of buying Soviet arms and therefore alluring to an alliance between the Arab and Soviet worlds would force the "United States to supply arms on a generous scale to Egypt," (Adamthwaite, n.d). ... The events of the summer of 1956 saw a greater shift in Egyptian alliance. ... CIA director Allen Dulles believed that the U.S could use the Soviet&...

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Henry Kissinger's quote, "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac" has been depicted throughout history. ... The collective mindset found concerning dominant and subordinate relationships was that 'power relationships' were important to keep any particular union perpetual. ... The most common form of hard power being exercised is military intervention. ... In terms of culture, it can be said that the United States has a worldwide influence. ... In 1946, the United Kingdom had told the United States that it could no longer come to the aid of Greece and Turkey and help them r...

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The United States had always been an expansionist nation. ... The purchase of the Louisiana Territory, for instance, raised important constitutional issues concerning the legality of land purchase. ... It seems certain most Americans believed in a special manifest destiny for the nation, and this philosophical foundation enabled the United States to spread westward with confidence and moral assuredness. ... Americans took note of these events, and many thought we should pursue a foreign policy with similar goals. ... In conclusion, the unfolding of the American state throughout the world...

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Even during the war, he made inflexible demands of his new allies, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain and President Franklin Roosevelt of the United States. ... By 1949, Soviet scientists had exploded an atomic bomb, giving them nuclear parity with the United States. ... (It is important to note that Stalin stood directly behind these trials--he delegated respon...

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The concept of an international "system" itself implies that events are not random, and units within the system are interrelated in some patterned way. ... And from 1945 onwards, another great power, the United States, took up a permanent political and military residence in the region. ... However, more importantly than the all encompassing quadrangle, it is the strategic geometry within the quadrangle that is most interesting and illustrates best, the changes and nuances in the transition from Cold War to post Cold War. ... The most obvious and famous of the triangles linked the Soviet Union,...

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