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…. was formed in 1945 by 51 nations to replace the League of Nations 2.The role of the U.N. as a global peace keeping corporation D.Wars and Military spending 1.Despite the role of the U.N., smaller wars and guerrilla warfare became common in Asia, Africa…

…Franco-Prussian War, war in 1870-1871 lost by France to the German states under the leadership of Prussia. The underlying causes of the conflict were the determination of the Prussian statesman Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck to unify Germany…

…stabilize the situation on the border of the two countries. A peaceful life in war-torn republic cannot be full filled without the assistance of local residents, who have grown sick of endless wars. The society of Chechnya is split into two camps…

…It has been a ‘splendid little war’ wrote John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt after the fall of Santiago. Little, the Spanish-American War was; it was over in barely four months. Splendid? Maybe for those at home, reading the headline about its lucky…

…"We must build a new world, a far better world -- one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected." -- President Harry S. Truman, 1945 The Cold War was the most important political issue of the early postwar period. It grew out…

…The common conception of the Second World War as being a "good war" is incorrect. The fight to defend freedom was tarnished by obvious contradictions in the supposedly free United States. Non-white Americans suffered discrimination comparable…

…of two powerful superpowers; the USA and the USSR. Though it seemed like peace had been achieved there was already unrest, rivalry and suspiscion between the two superpowers; the Cold War had begun. By Evelina Dudzinski…

…he took for scouts. Major Washington ordered his men to fire killing many and further pursued the rest. In the end 10 men lay dead and 22 were captured. This was soon to be an act of war since England and France were at peace. The French tricked Major…

…it was only the public’s opinion and outrage that led us to this feat. Governments were prepared to use their weapons in order to win. From the beginning, both sides seemed to have dismissed possibilities for a peaceful resolution of the Cold War conflict. The Cold…

…that in the presence of a possible threat, this appropriation would be used to defend us. It was to be used as a precaution because the US would not fight an offensive war. Even after the loss of the U.S.S. Maine, most Americans still wanted peace. War is always…