In 1961, NASA was still a massively military operation. Astronauts were not even considered civilians, carrying military IDs and all the pros and cons of a citizen in uniform. ... Johnson realized that increasing funds to NASA and placing military goals on a backburner for a period would help the tension. ... The United States continued landing men on the moon, as popularity for NASA and the America's military machine slowly started to plateau and eventually began to die. ... For the rest of history, America will be known as the first country to land on a foreign celestial object, w...

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Should America Participate in Foreign Wars or Affairs Since the beginning of time war has been a part of everyone's life. ... In this paper I will try to give support to my theory why America should fight in foreign wars for less powerful countries or should we let them worry about it? ... They had been promised direct military attention, including air cover, to insure the invasion would go as planed. ... In 1962 the Cuban government became convinced that the U.S. was planning an attack on Cuba, so Cuba asked military aid from the former Soviet Union. ... I always thought a soldiers ...

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The British, with a massive supply system behind them, needed no foreign aid and desired to end the war quickly. ... The Americans" lack of stable supplies and foreign support forced them to fight a defensive beginning of the war. ... This lack of means by which to produce military supplies drove the American forces to raid British forces. ... This lack of supplies and frail dependence on fragile supply lines rendered the colonial military unable to stand offensively against the British. ... Foreign perspective of the American Revolution was changed at the Battle of Saratoga. ...

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With markets around the world, imperialist nations needed to build a strong military. ... Navy and a military historian, transformed America into a naval power. ... He also declared that the United States needed to acquire foreign bases where American ships could refuel and gather fresh supplies. ... In order to build foreign bases, the U.S. had to justify imperialism by using nationalism and Social Darwinism on the conquering countries. ... American missionaries traveled foreign lands to gain converts of Christianity. ...

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Just after war broke out in Europe, President Roosevelt hurriedly called his cabinet and military advisors together. ... (Overy 259) The desire to avoid "foreign entanglements" of all kinds had been an American foreign policy for more than a century. A very real "geographical Isolation" permitted the United States to "fill up the empty lands of North America free from the threat of foreign conflict." ... American military Aviation in 1938 was able to produce only 1,800, 300 less than Germany, and 1,400 less than Japan. ... As shown to Roosevelt the United States military was in no way prepar...

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For instance I will express crime rate and military power. In Lipset's passage he stated that the crime rate in the United States is well above all other nations, but the American military is the strongest in the world. ... Now with being the strongest military power in the world many smaller and third world countries tend to look up to us. ... Lipset then proceeded to talk about how a lot of our fine nation's essays were written under the direction of "foreign pens." ... Most foreign travelers wrote about how exceptional this place is. ...

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Similarly, the Industrial Revolution served as a catalyst for expansion, especially in the late 1800s and early 1900s, by supplying more military goods, sparking a desire for wealth and profit through innovation, and developing new methods for expansion. ... The change in the US expansionism began with its new policy to become involved in foreign affairs which started in the late 1800s and stemmed from the desire for new land and the wish to be instituted as a world power. ... Some saw expansion into foreign territories, specifically the Philippines, as a violation of other countries' rig...

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Washington and Adams both believed that America should not side with any foreign country during times of war making the fundamental purport of America's first foreign policy the elusion of war at all costs. ... In addition to his quest for support, he began to license American vessels to operate as privateers against British shipping and to grant French military commissions to a number of Americans in order to prepare expeditions against Spanish and British territorial claims in North America. ... Washington's reaction to this controversy verified his foreign policy by show...

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After that misfortune I started to think that we should not be permitted to have weaponry unless we are in the U.S. military. ... One of the main reasons our founding fathers shaped the Second Amendment was to ensure America's safety from foreign invasion. ... Times have changed and now, America has a well established military and is able to protect itself without the support of a civilian militia. Plus, foreign invasion is near unfeasible due to the fact that America is the world's lone super power. ...

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(http://www.ushistory.org/us/52c.asp) l, military and economic assistance to any country under threat from communistic forces. It was decided that this would be a better political tact instead of sending troops in, because it would allow for an aversion to direct warfare as well as continue to contain communism however the military could still intervene if necessary which is the first time American intervention could occur after its very introverted international affairs policy which limited them in foreign involvement. ... When passed by congress, republicans gathered 400 million dollars su...

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The stamp act was enacted by British parliament as a measure of taxation, constructed to increase revenue of British military projects in America. ... Grenville enforced the sugar act in 1764, which raised taxes of imported foreign sugar coming from the West Indies. ... During this period, within the same year, Grenville introduced a stamp tax to increase revenue in order to maintain the new military. ...

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We support those who are in Iraq and those who have experienced war in foreign countries. ... But it did happen, my good friend Travis got a call and soon after was stationed at a military camp. ...

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The American government feels like it is their responsibility to have troops in foreign countries at all times. ... The reason the U.N. was started was to have an ordered body of countries to take care of military problems that would arise. ...

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In the U.S. ethnic diversity is relatively greater than in any other countries, surprisingly numerous foreign observers have noted that a philosophical consensus in America that is much stronger that in the other countries. ... The U.S. had achieved a stunning military victory. ...

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Washington continued to support a friendly policy with the British, since he didn't think America could challenge Britain militarily. ... In addition to this establishment of its foreign policies that was recognized by the Europeans, this victory also made Britain to acknowledge that America was indeed legitimate and sovereign nation. ...

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America's foreign policy concerning Israel and Palestine is said to be one of the main reasons. ... The terrorist destroyed two of America's most famous symbols, known all around the world: the Pentagon as a symbol of inner security and military power, and the World Trade Center as a symbol of successful economy. ...

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King George violated the Natural Laws by not deriving his power from the consent of the governed, but rather from his own military superiority. ... Once the political bodies had been disbanded, the states were open to attack from foreign invaders, since there was no means of administrating the nation. ...

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These issues led to many other events some small feuds or treaties and some even led to military force within the domestically and internationally. ... The Louisiana Purchase was significant because it averted possible war with France and entanglement with Britain, it more than doubled the national domain and greatly encouraged western settlement, it removed a major foreign threat from America's borders, it established a precedent for the future acquisition of territories and peoples, and, it stimulated American nationalism. ...

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For example, war between state 1 and state 2 is imminent, and state 1 has a military which strongly overpowers state 2. ... Though soldiers might quickly volunteer to fight and die rather than surrender to a foreign invader, one very important fact must be kept in mind – war kills not only soldiers, but potentially large amounts of citizens. ...

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Radio also added better, if not live, foreign news coverage. ... Ships at sea and the military used the radio as a great escape to there long days of silence. ... The importance of radio to the military was immediately noticeable. ...

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