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  • Similar Nationalization Of The Panama Canal
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    Pamama History Indians inhabited the isthmus of Panama when the Spanish explorers arrived. Some historians say that there might have been a population of 500,000 Indians from sixty tribes, but other researchers said that the Cuna Indians alone numbered 750,000. Besides the Cuna, the largest group, two other major groups of Indians, the Guaym and the Choc, have been identified. The Guaym, of the highlands near the Costa Rican border, are believed to be related to Indians of the Nahuatlan and Maya...
  • Six Percent Of The Military Budget
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    The Economics of Federal Defense Policy - Political Science Three out of four Americans polled in the 1992 election year believed that the United States was heading in the wrong direction. With such an overwhelming consensus, the country hired a new president to attempt to fix the vital issues at hand. Although both Republicans and Democrats believed that the United States was still the 'sole superpower', the people of the United States saw that their quality of life was deteriorating. In fact, ...
  • National Farming Crisis Of The Great Depression
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    Towards the end of the nineteen twenties and through the nineteen thirties of the twentieth century the United States was struck with the largest economic dilemma; the Great Depression. Throughout the Great Depression president's Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt tried their hardest at reconstructing the nation's economy so that it would be able to continue it's path to becoming the world's greatest nation ever. However, it was a long and several times unsuccessful road which would come t...
  • 1978 The Year 1978
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    1978 The year 1978 posed an eventful and intriguing year. From the stressful and exerting affairs of the world to the rising popularity in sports and entertainment. Many factors of the year 1978 contributed greatly to the changing times and future years. Each event played an intricate role in the overall picture of the world. Many world news stories occurred in 1978 including the signature of China and Japan for The Treaty of Peace and Friendship in August which led to the establishment of norma...
  • Islamic Republic Of Iran
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    IRAN: POLITICS AND RELIGION After the fall of the Shah a new revolution was born with the Islamic Republic of Iran. In November 1979, the Iranian government became a large threat to the United States' national security. In one of the largest and longest lasting hostage situations of American history, the Iranian leadership proved contempt for diplomatic norms and world opinion during the hostage crisis. They appeared supremely confident that Iran would succeed on its own, regardless of the rest ...
  • United Nation Troops
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    History of The U.S. Military The history of the United States military is a very prestige, brave, heroic, and memorable one at that. Starting on September 3, 1793 the United States was officially it's own nation and it's own military. At that time many other countries didn't believe that we would succeed but, now we are one of the strongest, freest, and most prestige country to possible ever be developed. The technology that we had started off with just a simple musket that shot one bullet at an...
  • Yugoslavian Conflict Yugoslavia
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    The Yugoslavian Conflict Yugoslavia is a country burdened by feuding sides in a war that cannot soon be resolved. The United Nations are attempting to help the situation, but until the people of Yugoslavia can come to an agreement continued warfare and heartache is inevitable. The problems in Yugoslavia began because the country is separated into two distinct parts. The north and west parts of the country were once under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the south and the east were co...
  • Greenhouse Gasses Being In Our Atmosphere
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    In my paper, I plan to explain why the United States and other nations cannot get along when it comes to environmental issues. I plan to break up the paper into three sections that contains what global warming is and how it effects the world, the United States problems and conflicts with other counties about this subject, and my own conclusion based on the information I have found. Global warming is a serious issue in today's society. World powers such as the United States, Japan, Canada, and Au...
  • Communist Nation Of The Soviet Union
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    The Cold War, 1949-196325.1 American Commitment to Cold War: National Security Council Document 681. How NSC-68 influenced America's response to Communist North Korea's invasion of South Korea in June 1950 and to Communist expansion in Southeast Asia in the 1960's. The NSC-68 called for military assistance programs that would meet the requirements of our allies. Since South Korea was an ally, we assisted them in repelling the invasion of another communist nation. This help for South Korea meant ...
  • Globalization And Geopolitics The Cold War
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    Globalization and Geopolitics The Cold War which was a period of strong change starting in 1945 led America into a geopolitical mindset for the first time in American history. This period made national security and military affairs the center of focus for America. According to Snow "The Cold War presented the United States an apparently permanent military enemy for the first time since the rivalry with Great Britain was resolved after the war of 1812". (Snow, page 83) This gave way to the idea o...
  • Anti Personnel Mines
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    Saving the World One Tax dollar at a Time By: Heather Stein Canada, a sparsely populated giant, is not a land of patriotic zealots. Compared to the economic powerhouse down south, our dollar is always low, and our dependency on the world's last remaining superpower often leaves us with the belief that the "true north strong and free" is but a pilot fish living off a shark. Canadian citizens, however, have an extraordinary reason to be proud. The Chretien administration has allotted one hundred m...
  • Mexican Lives
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    Mexican Lives The author of Mexican Lives, Judith Adler Hellman, grapples with the United States' economic relationship with their neighbors to the south, Mexico. It also considers, through many interviews, the affairs of one nation. It is a work held to high esteem by many critics, who view this work as an essential part in truly understanding and capturing Mexico's history. In Mexican Lives, Hellman presents us with a cast from all walks of life. This enables a reader to get more than one pers...
  • Issuing Of Diplomatic Immunities And Privileges
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    The Law of All Lands: A Study of Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges I. Introduction A Brief History of Diplomacy II. Related Terms in Diplomacy. United Nations Legislation A. Vienna Conventions 1961 and 1963 B. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 and Diplomatic Relations Act of 1978 C. General Assembly Resolution IV.U.S. Policy on Diplomatic Immunity V. Abuses of Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges VI. Conclusion VII. Appendices V. Bibliography I. INTRODUCTION A Brief History of Diplomac...
  • United Nations Security Council
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    A WORLD OF PEACE Imagine yourself as a citizen. of another country. Whether it may be China, Russia, or England. Your view of actions that America takes will be far different from those who live in America. Basically, America stands for many things all around the world. Good, bad or in between, our actions as a country, I believe, are rarely understood or justified. Do we really need to concern ourselves with their opinions Usually America's best interests are not the same interests of other cou...
  • Greatest National Debt In The World
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    Why Did the U.S. Involve Itself with the Middle East in the Early to Mid 1990's When the United States of America was founded in 1776 it seemed to our forefathers there was little if any need for a real foreign policy. The general belief was that the United States was small and, to say the least, on shaky ground. So when the drafters of the constitution put their plan of government into writing little, if any, reference to the role of the United States in world politics, much less in the politic...
  • United Nations Victory In Korea
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    Direct air and naval surface attacks on the Chinese mainland were probably the most immediate way of striking a hard blow against the Communists. These were also the actions most likely to precipitate a full-scale war. [13] All of the nations allied with the United States against Communist aggression in Korea were strongly opposed to direct attack on China. Since China had no great industrial centers, the most profitable targets would be military and air installations, railroads, and shipping fa...
  • United Nations
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    Throughout the past 70 years the U.S. has been involved in hundreds of conflicts all around the globe. Every time the United States troops are deployed to a foreign country, citizens of the U.S. want to know why. People begin to ask questions like, "what is the purpose of this" or "what is the nature of our involvement" Nobody wants to see the strong youth of our nation shipped of to a foreign country to get slaughtered without good cause. Millions of American men and women have devoted their li...
  • Second Goal Of The Preamble
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    American Government Preamble Essay By Mike Workman The essay we are writing about deals with the Preamble to the Constitution to the United States. It justifies whether or not the goals of the Preamble are upheld in the United States or if they are just in writing and not being enforced. Each student has to voice their own opinion on the matter and have to show evidence for theyre thinking. The first goal of the Preamble is to form a more perfect union. The first question about this goal that we...
  • Powell States To The United Nations
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    After the recent terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States government has been in a difficult position of relaying information to the United States citizens to ensure their security and attempting to maintain in good relationships with other nations. In the months preceding Colin Powell's February 5, 2003 address to the United Nations the communications between the United States, its citizens, and other nations had become even more essential due to the ongoing war on terrorism a...
  • Development Soviet Union
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    The Cold War is the closest the world has ever come to complete destruction. In this period of time, two world super powers were in a stalemate economically and militarily and were constantly competing to be the superior. The Cold War started as result of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union had some differences on their perspectives of the world. United States being the richest country in the world promoted democracy and capitalism in the world. The newly formed Soviet Union tho...

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