According to George Washington in 1796, "Europe has a set of primary interests which to us [America] have none or very remote relation."" ... And there it was the Japanese planned to attack Pearl Harbor. ... The US then helped to supply China. ... If these plans were true, the US had to put an end to them then, so that Hitler did not attack America. ... "There are two worlds that stand opposed to each other,"" Hitler claimed. ...

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We had to take the whole gun apart and screw the barrel off, and then put another barrel on. ... They didn't signal that there was anybody in there. ... He made another bad mistake in June 1941 by declaring war on Russia, until then his ally. ... By then they felt that the tide of the war had turned. the Russians had stopped the Germans at the Russian city of Stalingrad, and were pushing back from Volga River. ... They noticed for instance that there were no German planes in the sky, but they didn't know why. ...

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This was the first time that weapons of mass destruction were ever used. Many people were horrified by the prospects of there existing weapons that could inflict so much destruction. These actions changed the face of world relations not only then but forever. ... After WWII, tensions between the West and the Soviet Union were heated. ... The U.S. felt that if the Soviets achieved that, then they would try and do the same to Western Europe. ...

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After the end of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in a fierce war, one without fighting, however. ... The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere (Fourteen Days in October) This statement clearly showed that the United States knew about the Soviet missile buildup and wanted the rest of the world to know about it also. Also in the speech were seven objectives of the United States. ... Among them were the proposed blockade of Cuba, and the assurance of close surveillance of Cuba. ......

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In the Gallipoli War, which was a part of the World War 1 there were different sides which were joining the war for different reasons and goals. ... Some could reach few of the things they have planned before, while some could reach none of their goals. ... The terms of the alliance were: 1. ... There were some reasons for Germany to make such an alliance and get Turkey into the war and these reasons and the general strategy that was followed by Germans were illustrated in the text "The intentions of Germans in the Gallipoli War- by Assist. ... Then, the author explains how Germans' ...

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There were many horrors of war, on both sides, encountered by soldiers; among them disillusionment, trench warfare, and poisonous gases. ... Many battlefields were abundant with deep trenches that held fighting soldiers, dead and alive. These trenches were characterized by being filled with mud and thick water, teeming with disease. ... The troops were also subject to catching lice and being bitten by rats. ... These effects from living in a trench were bad enough without factoring in the fact that the soldiers were also fighting the enemy simultaneously. ...

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Then the nightmare comes. ... They say there are bombs that can reduce whole cities to ash. ... For instance, the Nazis were eventually overthrown by the anti-fascism. ... When their justice eventually becomes injustice against the mainstream, there are three ways left: die for the faith, struggle in the conflict or repent and confess like the German officer in the film. ...

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He brought his young daughters, who were sent upstairs to play with O'Hare's kids. ... There would then be a movie that starred "Frank Sinatra and John Wayne or some of those other glamorous, war-loving, dirty old men" ( page 14). ... He and Mary were friends starting at that moment. ... Then he jumps to 1958, and Billy is attending his son's Little League banquet. ... Then, he is back in 1944, being shaken awake by Weary. ...

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As well there were several revolts against conscription in French Black Africa. ... However unlike French Black Africa there were people here who supported the war in Europe and actually signed up, this helps explain the large number of men who served for France. It also helps explain why there was only one small revolt, in the remote region of the Aures Mountains in1916 . ... Its defenses were limited to 568 men, most of which were local black men. These men were essentially the police of the colony and as such were spread thinly out around it . ...

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However, the politics in Asia during the same period were more dynamic and nuanced than just the simple East-West divide of Europe. Here, there was none of "the sharp structural clarity of Europe," no drawing of a line, no Iron Curtain; rather, there existed a more complex web of international relations, because of the physical presence of three great powers: the Soviet Union, China and Japan. ... Through the 1960s, there were 4 main triangles in the Asian political arena: Soviet Union-China-North Vietnam, Soviet Union-Japan-US, Sino-Soviet-Indian- and Soviet Union-China-North Korea. In the 19...

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There was a breaking point for most people, for everybody really. ... (The Century) Thus soldiers broke down into a mental disease which was then known as "shell shock" but is now categorized in the much broader disease called "posttraumatic stress disorder." ... Victims were tried for cowardice in the face of battle and executed as traitors. Three hundred and six British and commonwealth soldiers were executed this way. In contrast, Germany only executed 25 of its soldiers and America executed none....

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There was no turning back. At the end of the Second World War, whole countries were left in disarray and destruction. Economies were reduced to rubble, as was most of Europe. ... There were strings attached, which was no surprise. ... West Germany prospered while the Eastern Germans were left behind. ...

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That this was accepted by many, was partly because the war was seen as an adventure, and perhaps because the last war where there was mass recruitment was almost one hundred years previous, the majority of those fighting in the interlude being well-trained career soldiers. ... This is shown between the posters, the former merely being straightforward recruitment posters, while the latter may be seen to provide external reason for hostilities, due to the massive damage committed by the somewhat deranged gorilla. 3) Once mobilisation begun, the recruiting offices were swamped, with an aver...

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Articles were published deeming the Kuniyoshi family medically inferior and "likely to sell out to the whites-. ... Wakatsuki ultimately failed in the attempt to carry out his emperor's wishes and the Japanese military continued on its campaign throughout China which eventually pleaded to the League of Nations for intervention who then voted 42-1 against Japan with the only vote coming from Japan supporting the action. ... Between 1931 and 1937 there were four coup de 'tat attempts three of which failed and one was only partially successful against Emperor Hirohito and one assassin...

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Conrad was born in a region of the Ukraine, then under Russian rule ("Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)-, http://www.kirjaso.sci.fi/jConrad.htm). ... "They were not enemies, they were not criminals, they were nothing but earthly now, nothing but black shadows of disease and starvation - This quote shows Conrad's sympathy for those who are being exploited for the benefit of others. ... These years were very scary years for many people ("Cold War-, http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569374/Cold_War.html). ... If he has not done so then he has failed. ... Golding and Conrad were both heavily inf...

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Both his parents were peasants. ... There he married his first wife, Yekaterina Svanidze. ... Such pseudonyms were quite common among the Russian revolutionaries of that period; Lenin often published under the name "Tulin" (note that even the names "Lenin" and "Stalin" were political pseudonyms). ... There he resumed the editorship of Pravda. ... Ultimately, though, Stalin's defense of the region proved unsuccessful, the Red Army units in the area lost 60.000 men while he was there, and the Whites were later able to capture the city and hold it for an extended period. ...

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Across the whole population, and in the face of rapid economic and social changes, radical doubts about the stability of the existing order were expressed. ... By the time of the First World War there was a whole new generation of young soldiers who not only could read but, very important, were able for the first time in the history of war to write letters home describing war in all its unheroic horror. ... There is also the fact that there is much more literature, more cultural production in general, in the twentieth century than in any previous period. ... But all through what might be term...

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