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    Searching to create some semblance of tranquility and calm in a world ravaged by chaos and mayhem, the United States changed their stance on international military and economic ventures from primarily acting alone to one of multilateral cooperation and international institution building in order to align itself with other Western nations following the end of World War II. In fact, the decade following World War II produced the largest flux of international organizations, treaties and rules that…

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    Truman Nuclear Weapons

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    new technology of nuclear weapons by the United States defined the end of the World War II. The U.S. President Harry Truman had made an important decision in such action. Two Atomic bombs dropped on the Empire of Japan cities, one on August 6, 1945, on Hiroshima and another on August 08, 1945 on Nagasaki. This event shows how devastating nuclear weapons can be for the humanity and also, change the history of the world (Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - HISTORY.com, n.d.). The U.S. government…

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    (US) during the Cold War. During the WWII, the US, Britain, Germany and the USSR were all engaged in scientific research to develop the atomic bomb.(US Department of state office of the historian,n.d) The development of the nuclear weapon by US through the Manhattan Project in 1942 and follow up of Soviet’s successful test of nuclear weapon soon after is a major contributing factor of such high tension and precarious 45 years.As the allies nigh onto the end of the World War II, USSR and US,…

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    27th prime minister of italy in 1923, and by 1925, he named himself dictator, and implemented fascism into the new Italian totalitarian government. This lead to the suppression all other political parties. Mussolini’s reign of power lasted into World War II, where he decided to side with Nazi-backed Germany, in the formation of the Axis Powers. Benito Mussolini ascended…

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    Strategic Bombing Essay

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    and a weapon that would push the boundary and create new principles and policies of war. While some scholars see this advance as a positive and advocate strategic bombing for it reduction of cost, manpower and causalities, other question it effectiveness and the morality of the campaigns. World War II would witness the first and fullest application of strategic bombing as a weapon of warfare. During World War II allied forces dropped nearly 2.7 million tons of bombs,…

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    and an impressive index. The Author divides his book into three sections: Beginnings, Between the Wars, and Brave as Lions, Bold as Bulls. The first section describes each general’s family background and upbringing. Beginnings gave background information on George Marshall’s parents and described his upbringing as a mediocre student with aspirations of attending…

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    waiting for a catalyst. The USSR mistrusted the U.S. as the U.S. helped in the Russian civil war, the western countries did not invite the USSR to the League of Nations or the Munich conference. The U.S. did not trust the USSR due to the creation of ComIntern, and the USSR negotiating with Hitler. During the Russian Civil war the U.S. along with Britain and France helped the White army during the Russian Civil war to fight off the communist Bolsheviks. The U.S. and other western countries did…

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    Korea has put the world in a very precarious situation, with the risk of nuclear war breaking out being front and center. They have constantly appeared in the news for various hostile activities, but their nuclear weapons program is the most prominent. It appears that North Korea acts with hostility towards all western countries, most notably by threatening the United States with nuclear weapons. What is even more terrifying, however, is North Korea’s hostility towards its greatest ally, China.…

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    becoming very involved and prepared before entering the war against Germany and Japan. Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) was able to take America out of the Great Depression in the early 1930’s through his liberal, hands on methods; and as a result he had full trust of the American people during the lead up to World War II (WWII). After Fascist dictators such as Hitler (Germany) and Mussolini (Italy) started to break all of the deals that the world had come to in the Treaty of Versailles and other…

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    global conflict of World War II left deep internal scars on vast variety of different people. The decade of the 1930s, followed by twelve desperate years of the Great Depression, further intensified the social atmosphere. Americans ' involvement in World War II became the necessary factor which lifted the United States out of the Great Depression. The strong desire for renew prosperity motivated the social and economic patterns back at home. As the outcome of the Second World War was turning in…

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