Nonetheless Carter's presidency was generally conciliatory in foreign affairs. ... The Islamic revolution, which took place in Iran, created the first major foreign policy problem for Carter. ... During 1973 the United States airlifted military aid to Israel, which turned the tide of the war between Syria and Egypt. ... Reagan changed the tone of United States foreign policy. ... He also believed that his rivals in Moscow respected strength over anything else, so Reagan set out to build up the American military capabilities. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

During the World War I era, many major powers viewed controlling oil fields as a crucial military asset, due to many new vehicles(ships, tanks, cars, trucks, planes, etc.) which relied on the use of oil to operate. ... Consequently, the Foreign Office and the State Department came to and agreement upon the notorious Red Line Agreement. ... But after the fall of Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi which resulted in a weak Iranian military, Iraq decided to reclaim the Shatt al Arab. ... With one of the largest military forces in the world, Iraq began to threaten many countries. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Named Operation Just Cause, the United States military campaign was condemned throughout the region as a violation of Panama's sovereignty and their right as a nation to determine who was legitimately in charge. ... This military action was an obvious threat to the self-government of Panama. ... Next a military coup was tried and failed. ... I was in the military when we invaded Iraq in the 1990's. ... The U.S. military is in my opinion terrorizing Iraq now in the name of Human Rights. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the end, president Arbenz lost the support of his military forcing him to relinquish his power and leave the presidency. ... The USSR provided military aid to the North Vietnamese and to the NLF, but was not one of the military combatants. ... In the spring of 1992, Najibullah's government collapsed and, after 14 years of rule by the People's Democratic Party, Kabul fell to a coalition of mujahidin under the military leadership of Ahmed Shah Massoud. ...

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• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

"The purpose of British troops in Iraq is to discover and destroy any weapons of mass destruction," said the defence minister, Geoffrey Hoon, regarding the deployment of troops to the Gulf in coalition with American forces. The consequential expulsion of the regime of Saddam Hussein has, no doubt, ...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Sitting on the swings at an elementary playground, one may witness a group of boys take another boy's lunch money. Many moral ideas come to mind, but does one actually think that the single boy will be able to ask the group for his money back? Will the victim be able to say "Stop please, let's be ...

• Word Count: 2612
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate