However the direction in which matters are moving today there could very well be another World War with the latest horrifying terrorist attacks on America. ... Its primary function was that if a fellow member were attacked, the rest of the members would strike back at the hostile nation- collective security. ... NATO's policy of defending a fellow member if attacked still stands today though it has not being used, although it is might be used if there is a war, America's and the rest of the world waging war against terrorism. ... By the terms of NATO, the USA took the lion's sha...

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At the heart of the Red Scare was the conscription law of May 18, 1917, which was put in place during World War I for the armed Forces to be able to conscript more Americans. ... From the very beginning of the Red Scare, the Wobblies were the subject of attack by the government, because they were a symbol of radicalism. ... Accordingly, these people became targets for attack by American nationalists and the American government. ... The focus of the attacks was no longer on the conscientious objectors, for many of them were already jailed during the war, and were still in jail at the time; it h...

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In the 1946 election for California's congressman, he aggressively campaigned against Voorhis in which he made vigorous attacks, accusing him of being "soft- on communism. ... During the campaign Nixon once again attacked the Democrats and their presidential candidate, another Franklin, Illinois Governor Adlai E. ...

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Is War Necessary? There are many reasons why a country or several countries could go to war. Some of these reasons are just, however many of them are not. There are many movies made illustrating many different aspects of American wars, good and bad. The American Revolution was mainly a politica...

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It took one hundred years, from the time it was first recognized as a syndrome among hysterical women in the late 1800s to its inclusion in 1980 as a diagnosis in the manual of the American Psychiatric Association, for posttraumatic stress disorder to be recognized as a legitimate illness. (Herman ...

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In 1960, Soviet Premier Khrushchev supplied Cuba with nuclear missiles that would put the eastern United States within range of nuclear missile attack. ... Her book attacked the use of chemical pesticides. ...

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The 1950s through the 1950s was a turbulent time in history. At the end of the Second World War, many political and international changes came about. The world had to rebuild drastically after such an unstable and deleterious decade. As a result, the Cold War became a topic of much controversy a...

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Prior to the 1960s, war films did well at the box-office. Invigorated audiences defined their ideas of combat by watching films that glorified heroic soldiers. Rather than questioning the accuracy of setting, dialogue, or action, audiences gave the film makers freedom to use their imagination. Howe...

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During the 1960's America was ripped apart by a war in a far off country in Asia. Seeing an enemy that was hoping to gain power and eventually rule the world and the nation stared war against communism in the face. The US was faced with the decision, to watch as its friends in other countries fade...

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