In a world of battling monsters, Canada seemed quiet during the constant dissension of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. ... However, most fearfully, it was a war of intelligence. ... Currently, there was a meeting between the Soviets, Britain, France and the United States on post-war peace. ... This event ignited the start of the Cold War. ... Canada, also in reaction to the Gouzenko Affair, created the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. ...

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South Koreans had little weapons and military because the Korean War took place soon after World War 2. ... However, the Republic of Korea, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States supported South Korea. ... People began calling the Korean War, "The No-Win War," ""Truman's War" "and"The Democrats War."" ... Compared to these major wars, the Korean War wasn't as important at the time. ... World War 2 ended in 1945 and the Korean War started i...

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Weapons proliferation is a huge problem for the entire world; however it has been a problem since World War I. There was an arms race between Germany and Great Britain that lead to World War I. The arms race between the United States of America and the Soviet Union (the Cold War), nearly lead to World War III. ... India actually obtained nuclear material for its bomb by diverting it from a Canadian-supplied nuclear energy reactor that had key components originally made in the United States." ... Bush at the G-8 Summit in Kananaskis Canada, January 29th 2002. ...

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The cold war was a long and tense time in American and European history. ... We were also tested in many ways: the Korean and Vietnam wars, the bloody wars for independence in countries such as Indonesia and Angola, and my current topic, the Cuban missile crisis. Of all the situations during the cold war, none of them ranks as high as the missile crisis, in its intensity and proximity. It's quite honestly the closest we got to an actual war in the cold war, and it tested the lines drawn by the two colliding superpowers of the world at that time, the United States and the Soviet Union. ......

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NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) Introduction: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a US-oriented defense alliance that was formed on August 24, 1949 through a treaty, which was signed on April 4, 1949 by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the UK and the USA. The basic aim of this alliance was to protect European states from the possible aggression by USSR, which after the Second War looked determined to expand her frontiers. ... Organizational Structure: The structure of NATO consists of a council, the Defens...

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Even before Pearl Harbor he had spoken with Prime Minister Churchill in a naval vessel off Newfoundland, Canada, and had joined in issuing the Atlantic Charter on August 14, 1941. ... A whole subculture, the hippy movement, had developed among teens opposed to the war. ... In 1972 Nixon was forced to send America back into the war when he bombed North Vietnam. ... In theory, Star Wars would allow the United States to intercept enemy missiles before they hit their targets. The USSR objected to the Star Wars program, believing it threatened the security of their nation. ...

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English history is wrought with bouts of war, famine and chaos and near destruction of all British livelihoods. ... The war of 1812 was a depiction of English relentless cling to the land that it had lost. ... The First World War actually began friendly British/American relations similar to that of today. ... Those at the conference also decided to meet recurrently after the conclusion of the war. ... Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, o...

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America was at war. The Korean War had just commenced. ... He had already been through multiple wars successfully. ... A poll taken right after the Korean War ended showed that sixty-two percent of Americans that the war was not worth fighting. ... Eisenhower proclaimed that "the secret is possessed by our friends and allies, the United Kingdom and Canada....

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For years, movie writers and novelists alike have scared the world time and time again with the chilling tales of nuclear war. ... I think not) that tension between the two super powers had tightened, and the world was on the brink of war. ... But never the less, the following mourning after the late night arrival of Randy's brother's family, war breaks out. ... This two chapter synopses of the "war of all wars" is the only time that Pat Frank in any of his science fiction novels shows victory (for what its worth in a nuclear war to the United Sates) because he made it a poin...

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This bought the fear that another world war, again with Europe its main arena, a distinct possibility. ... The following two weeks the world was holding its breath in anticipation of a full-scale nuclear war. ... The Cuban paradox led the two superpowers to reach a number of limited agreements that would set the pace for a period of thawing' in the Cold War. ... All of Europe (apart from Albania), the US and Canada took part in subsequent negotiations. ... The Soviets acted to support its favoured faction in a power struggle that had turned into a civil war. ...

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From the early years of the century until the Civil War, policy debates centered on extending our North American borders. ... For the sake of expansionism, the Americans risked their lives and their safety in wars. ... From the end of the Civil War to the early 20th century, the indifference of most Americans to the outside world was almost unbelievable. ... A simmering argument between the Unite states and Canada over seal hunting near the Pribilof Islands of the coast of Alaska was resolved by arbitration in 1893. The willingness of Americans to risk war over such distant and minor dispute...

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Another problem that had occurred before the reign of Gorbachev was in Afghanistan where Soviet troops had attacked to stop the civil war. ... The government hoped to spread out the communist ideology threw the war and to get access to the mineral oil reserves. The Soviet Union wasn't really in control of the war and so it ended in a disastrous destruction and a major problem occurred, the large frightened Muslim population in the USSR. ... It was a shock for the Soviet Union because now they had to import from Canada and their enemy the US. ...

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However, it still unstable compared to the bipolar system: "though it may be characterized by much diplomatic jockeying for advantage and some war, large-scale war should not occur." ... Hence, war is easily assessable. ... However, the entire world has been changing progressively since the Cold War. ... The proposal does certainly favor for United States, but it is questionable for Canada and Mexico. ... For instance, the Gulf war showed the comparative advantage of quality over quantity. ...

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America and the Soviet Union have always been at particular rivalry, but have been directly at war with one another. They faced a different type of war; the Cold War, which was a battle between nuclear arms and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990. ... Then in 1949, America, Canada, and ten other European allies joined together to form N.A.T.O, which was created to end the Communistic takeover of the Soviet Union. ... After World War II, America was with out a doubt the leading super power. ... The missiles placed on Cuban territory were what Khrushchev claimed "not to start a ...

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