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    Immediately after the allies rose victorious of the Nazis and the rest of the axis powers. A potentially more dangerous and devastating war broke out. This war, however was a battle about ideology and cultural habits and ways. This war would be against one of our crucial allies during WWII, the soviets. The tension broke out early after the russians had conquered their way back into the German heartland and had captured Berlin. But afterwards they would be hesitant to give all the land they had…

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    Throughout time, there has always been the question have who truly started the First World War and up to this day, many historians still discuss who is responsible. Although in the Treaty of Versailles Germany was designated to the responsibility and had to take on the consequences of the outbreak of the war, they were not the only ones who should have been blamed; Germany was not the only instigator of World War One. Other nations like Serbia and Austria-Hungary were at fault for the outbreak…

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    and overall create a better society. Furthermore, the UN created the Security Council to be in charge of world peace and security. There are 15 members, five of whom are permanent with veto power. The permanent members are the victors of World War II (UK, US, China, France, and Russia). In 1950, the United Nations won the first of nine Nobel Peace Prizes. The UN has done a lot to improve our society, but there is still a lot to…

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    The drooping of the bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the World War 2. The devastation from the bombs did untold damage then and years after the bombs had dropped. However, the bombs maybe would have never been dropped if the Japanese had not drag America into the war. With the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese had inadvertently caused their own destruction. The act of retaliation by the United States was a double edge sword. It ended the war, but the death of some many…

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    from being done. Woodrow Wilson in his fourteen points lays a plan out clearly, and simply that would have saved Europe, but they did not want to hear it. Had it been listened to the European economies could have been saved, and prevented World War II. In addition to this, he also does not recognize that the United States would like to receive its loans of millions of dollars back. It is natural that Keynes an economist would see the plans as a set up for economic ruin as he is an expert in…

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    Extremism is a complex idea that has the potential to create progress in the world as well as mass destruction. Many people take to extremism to eliminate injustices, and extremism comes in many different forms. During Great Britain’s rule over India, the British treated the Indians with little respect and repressed the people for almost 200 years (McGregor). Due to the cruelty of the British, the Indians began to practice nonviolent civil disobedience. Though their methods were nonviolent, they…

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    World War 1 began on July 28, 1914 when Franz Ferdinand who was the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was assassinated. The emergence of two alliances the allied powers, and the central powers are to blame for the leading factor that caused this war. The United States on the other hand, believed that it was only right for them to try to stay out of trouble. Soon, the United Sates adopted The Neutrality Policy in 1914 and later in World War 2 also adopted numerous neutrality policies in 1935 to 1939.…

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    The Decision to Drop the Bomb During the summer of 1945, things were looking pretty grim for Imperial Japan, as they were the last axis power left and had been under constant firebombing for the United States, President Truman chose to drop two atomic bombs, one on Hiroshima on August 6th and one on Nagasaki on August 9th. Since before either of the two bombs had been dropped, it has been debated whether or not it was the right decision. Truman stated that the bombs were dropped to save…

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    Ethical Issues In Ibm

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    part that is discredited.” With the proof from documents and monetary gain accounted to the company, IBM has shown unceasing discrepancy involving the topic--one of many symptoms of a psychopath. IBM’s extent to obscure the association during World War II has gone so far that archives retaining to the 1940s are exempted from being examined.…

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    Mackenzie King's Analysis

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    the commonwealth and was unable to make its own decisions until, Mackenzie King decided to do things differently when it came to World War II. Due to Canada having good relations internally with the minority (French Canadians), it changed the way people viewed Canada as a whole as they were seen as more of a diverse and democratic country. During World War II, Mackenzie King was instrumental in helping Canada receive their national identity. Even though Canada was considered it’s own nation,…

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