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…THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR: A DRESS REHEARSAL FOR WORLD WAR TWO In June 1931 the Republicans called for a parliamentary election to be held and the Cortes elected Niceto Alcola Zamora, a leading liberal, as the first president of the Republic; a Republican…

…How and Why Did Australia's Relationship With England and the USA Change as a Result of World War II? Before World War 2 Australia's main alliance was with Britain. As the war went on Australia became worried as it did not believe Britain could defend…

…THE NATURE OF WORLD WAR 1 'The military mind always imagines that the next war will be on the same lines as the last. That has never been the case and never will be.' (Foch, 1926) No one had expected the First World War to become the "War to end all…

…An End to the Ongoing Drug War ‘ “drug war politics impede public health efforts to stem the spread of HIV, hepatitis, and other infectious diseases. Human rights are violated, environmental assaults perpetrated And prisons inundated…

…The Cold War: Who is to Blame? The Cold War was the period in history in which for 40 years the world was under the constant threat of total destruction, caught between the nuclear stockpiles of the United States, Great Britain, and France on one…

…the war. Why is it that this war needed to be stopped so badly? Even though in some ways it was helping our economy, it was very costly in both money and lives. Also, the United States soldiers were undergoing harsh treatment by the unmerciful Japanese. Another…

…There were many events that led to the Mexican War. Its major culprit is the hostilities between the United States and Mexico. This contempt led to the provocation of the United States into a war with Mexico. President Polk’s words to Congress…

…the ultimatum. On the 28th of July, Austria declared war on Serbia. On the same day, Russia announced that she was mobilizing her troops along the Austrian borders. Since the war between Austria and Russia was inevitable, Germany issued an ultimatum to the Russians…

…The American Civil War was one of the largest in world history. The number of American lives lost in this war had never been heard of, nor has it been. The fighting that took place tore our nation apart and we still feel the effects 135 years later…

…Clausewitz and the Nature of War In seeking out the fundamental nature of Clausewitz's own mature theories, perhaps the best place to start is with some of the most common misconceptions of his argument. Such misconceptions are almost always…