The United Nations has had unattainable aspirations put upon it by the world. ... The Dumbarton Oaks Proposal, as the United Nations Charter was known, was the constitution drafted in 1944 dealing with how all member states would unify to maintain peace and better the world. ... The Security Council was comprised of the five powers at the time, the United States, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, the United Kingdom, France, and China. ... Member states of the United Nations are obligated by the Charter to settle disputes by peaceful means. ... The International Court of Justice rules...

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Following the defeat of Germany and Japan during World War II the United States almost immediately became burdened with another challenge, that of, containing their former ally, the Soviet Union. Known as the Cold War, this conflict inspired tremendous technological advances as well as, drastic social changes throughout the world and especially within the United States. ... In just viewing one of these great social changes occurring within the United States at this time, the sexual revolution, which effectively broke down the pre-existing gender roles, sex laws, and the sexual morality of ma...

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The United States involvement in both World War I and II was not immediate but crucial. ... The president is head of diplomatic affairs for the United States. ... The United States felt an obligation to help those in need. ... The blacks then came back to the United States and found it hard to adjust. ... The United States extended ten billion dollars worth of U.S. ...

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The Treaty of Versailles was hammered out by the "Big Four," which were the leaders of the United States, France, Great Britain, and Italy (Mack 667). ... The Great Depression was not only in the United States, but it affected the entire world. ... Article 12 was amended to say, "The United Kingdom, United States of America, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics shall possess supreme authority with respect to Germany. ... The zones were given to the United States, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, France, and the United Kingdom. ... The United States, French, and the British had contr...

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This was continued through to the constitution. ... In this survey 80% of Americans agreed with the statement "the United States has a unique character because of its history and Constitution that sets it apart from other nations as the greatest in the world.... Many saw the possible tensions emerging between the United States and the Soviet Union and actually called for the Government to maintain a foreign policy that would ameliorate the tensions. ... As John Fousek states "No anti-soviet consensus yet existed.... "25 In Truman's speech he made it known that "the Uni...

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Although non-Islamic people groups have legitimate reasons for suspecting Muslims of a unified hatred for the United States, the facts point to a different conclusion: the average Muslim is not a terrorist or resentful of those who live in a free society. ... In this essay, I will examine the various ways in which terrorism has taken hold in the United States, and how the word has been used in a way that has changed our society. ... The basis for such reform – which has been an American right since the signing of the Constitution – is that the risk of terrorism is too high. ... ...

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All of this was basically a different interpretation of the United States Constitution on both sides. ... Basically the North favored a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution. ... The South wanted to reserve all undefined powers to the individual states. ... By the time of 1804 seven of the northern most states had abolished slavery. ... This division in views led several of the southern states to succeed from the union and form the Confederate States of America and so the Civil War began as a necessary evil to end slavery in North America and reform the United States. ...

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"To ensure the peaceful development of nations, free from coercion the United States has taken a leading part in establishing the United Nations"... Under the "name of the United Nations", the United States was able to send troops and forces. ... The United States agreed to take responsibility in enforcing the agreement of the armistice. ... Directly aided by the United States Armas returned the expropriated land and halted the literacy and social welfare programs. ... The mujahidin were supported by aid from the United States, China, and Saudi Arabia, channelled through Pakistan, and from Ira...

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He was doing all he could do by just keeping the United States out of the war. However, in relation to Europe and the World War, Wilson knew that the United States was not going to be able to stay out of the war forever. ... His opponent, Charles Hughes, had favored teh idea of the United States getting involved into World War I. ... At that time, the United States military personel numbered less than 150,000. The United States, at that rate, would have only been able to last for a few days if they entered the war. ...

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States have invaded other sovereign states for reasons that seem to be dubious by the international community. ... If states claim a right to make their internal decisions unmolested, they have a duty to allow other states to do the same. ... During the post-World War II era, the competition and balance of power between the two leading bloc nations --the United States and the Soviet Union -- reduced the likelihood of direct intervention in the former colonial areas. ... While article 2.7 of the United Nations Charter prohibits unilateral or multilateral intervention in matters that are "essen...

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States have invaded other sovereign states for reasons that seem to be dubious by the international community. ... If states claim a right to make their internal decisions unmolested, they have a duty to allow other states to do the same. ... During the post-World War II era, the competition and balance of power between the two leading bloc nations --the United States and the Soviet Union -- reduced the likelihood of direct intervention in the former colonial areas. ... While article 2.7 of the United Nations Charter prohibits unilateral or multilateral intervention in matters that are "essen...

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Despite the constitution defining the actions as treason, no persons were executed and Hashimoto only spent twenty odd days in confinement. ... Hirohito's excuse for his lack of action has always been that he did not want to damage the constitution by seizing control of the military despite the constitution clearly stating the action was justified as long as a single member of the war ministry agreed which there was. ...

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With the principles of the Atlantic Charter, the United States and the USSR agreed to give Korea its independence. ... Even after the armistice, the United States would still continue to pursue the unification of Korea. ... Eisenhower believed that the goals of the Republic of Korea were the same as the goals of the United States as stated in the preamble of the United States Constitution, namely, "to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty." ... He feared that...

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With the principles of the Atlantic Charter, the United States and the USSR agreed to give Korea its independence. ... Even after the armistice, the United States would still continue to pursue the unification of Korea. ... Eisenhower believed that the goals of the Republic of Korea were the same as the goals of the United States as stated in the preamble of the United States Constitution, namely, "to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty." ... He feared that th...

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Question: Discuss the evolution of the international protection regime and explain the rationales that underlay the decision to amend the 1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees reflected in the elimination of the temporal and geographical limitations. ... The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (UNRRA) established in 1943(and dominated by the USA influence and made up of 44 signatories) and the International Refugee Organisation formed in 1946 played crucial but controversial roles. ... This regime comprises of the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to th...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Sta...

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