Lynn Boyd Hinds and Theodore Otto Windt Jr. in their book the Cold War as Rhetoric viewed the Truman Doctrine as neatly thought out and very necessary to increase both Truman and the United State's authority as a world power. ... This gave Truman the Democratic nomination and now all he had to do was worry about his presidential opposition. ... Regardless once again to what side you agree with regarding the actions of Truman during the first years of the Cold War, it is the actions and decisions of Truman and his presidential advisors that will lead the United States into its next gre...

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They were so far ahead of all the other countries in power and influence that they were called "superpowers". ... They now realised that they now had the power and resources to play a large part of world affairs. ... He knew in future disagreements; Russia would have little room to argue due to the overwhelming power of the US. ...

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Because there was a transfer of economic power from the Cape to the Transvaal, there was a shift in population of Englishmen to the Rand. ... During this decade a belief in the tightening of ties between Britain and her colonies of white settlement was widely favored as one of ensuring Britain's survival as a great power. ... Difficulties in South Africa were enhanced by the relevance of wider African or global power conflicts and by the domestic political constraints, which imperial statesmen felt they had to operate. ... In 1890 Kruger's government restricted the Uitlanders vo...

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Woodrow Wilson President Woodrow Wilson regarded himself as the personal representative of the people. "No one but the President," he said, "seems to be expected ... to look out for the general interests of the country"(Internet 1). He developed a program of progressive reform and asserted i...

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From 1965 until 1973, the United States of America was at war with the communist nation of North Vietnam. One of the darkest and most controversial time periods in American History, the involvement of the United States in Vietnam caused drastic cultural changes within the American nation.1 Americans commonly regard the war in Vietnam as a gruesome and brutal war that was a complete failure for the United States armed forces. The media's impact on American culture caused a rapid decrease in the approval of the war and resulted in a political and military defeat for the United States. One o...

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