The league was based on a new concept: collective security against the "criminal" threat of war. ... In 1918, as one of his Fourteen Points summarizing Allied aims in World War I, United States president Woodrow Wilson presented a plan for a general association of nations. ... The covenant was formulated as part of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I, in 1919. ... Cold War: The cold war is the post-1945 struggle between the United States and its allies and the group of nations led by the Soviet Union. ... The two countries fought against Germany during World War II, but this a...

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Historians debate on whether or not Truman entered the United States into the Cold War or not. ... Whitcomb further argues that this doctrine increased dramatically the hatred toward the United States by the Russians, and hastened the militarization of the Cold War . Since the Truman Doctrine was carried out and regardless of what side you take on its importance, it is apparent that the new foreign policy at the very least fueled the Cold War. The Cold War, which essentially began in 1945 after the end of WW II, has been analyzed and over analyzed. Since the Cold War lasted for so long,...

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"I"d have to say the Vietnam War definitely had a big impact on society. ... "The 60's is the Vietnam War, and being in the army, I went to helicopters that didn't have anything on them to ones which have guns and can shoot missiles. ... It would just have to be the Vietnam war that had to have the most impact on me." 10. ...

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During 1973 the United States airlifted military aid to Israel, which turned the tide of the war between Syria and Egypt. ... In theory, Star Wars would allow the United States to intercept enemy missiles before they could reach the their targets. The USSR saw Star Wars as a threat to their national security. ... The Soviets originally viewed Reagan as an implacable enemy, who was willing to risk nuclear war to sabotage the Soviet system. ... Even before these closing events took place nearly all competition that was the basis for the Cold War had disappeare...

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And yet, when Noriega was finally indicted in Miami in 1988, all the charges except one were related to activities that dated back before 1984, when he was our boy, helping with the U.S. war against Nicaragua. ... Among other things, he seems to have been dragging his feet about helping the U.S. in the contra war. ... Then in December 1989, the United States celebrated the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of the Cold War by invading Panama outright. ...

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Richard Milhouse Nixon had it within his grasp to be the greatest post-World War II president, he was extremely intelligent, had a driving ambition, and was a political consummate. ... Francis' father, Richard's Grandfather, Samuel Brady Nixon, was only fifteen when his father, George, died in the Civil War. ... Nixon exploited the fact that the Cold War rivalry between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. was just beginning and that anti-communist sentiment was high. ...

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