"Total wars" would have catalyzed development of strong states, but given the pre-existing limitations of Latin American states, they could not wage such wars, focusing instead on limited wars directed largely at internal foes-civil wars, if you will-that provided few of the state-building benefits of total wars. ... Thus, the conditions that existed in the Americas at the promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 had the U.S. as the regional hegemon, with all other Latin American states or pre-states more or less equal. ... The U.S. would have intervened well before the outbreak...

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I've heard of African-Americans being oppressed by the white-Americans since they created slave codes of the pre-civil war era that were later replaced by segregation laws and practices to discriminate against the blacks. ... In the military during WWII, American minorities always demonstrated patriotism on the battlefield. 37,000 black soldiers died for the Union during the Civil War while they fought to create and defend the nation. ...

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ve heard of African-Americans being oppressed by the white-Americans since they created slave codes of the pre-civil war era that were later replaced by segregation laws and practices to discriminate against the blacks. ... In the military during WWII, American minorities always demonstrated patriotism on the battlefield. 37,000 black soldiers died for the Union during the Civil War while they fought to create and defend the nation. ...

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After having to prove himself to fight his way into power, the first order of business he focused on was bringing order to his country because after many years of war the nation was in a delicate state. ... China was the world's greatest pre modern state, its orderly system of government is what made china so successful. For centuries China set up ministries that had specific duties for taxes, public works, war, personnel, punishment, and ceremonies. ... This golden age for the Republic didn't last long, in 1927, the Guomindang purged its communist members and for the next twenty yea...

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