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…The role of the religion as a positive or negative or neutral or irrelevant force, in efforts to further national political objectives or to develop a world community where human dignity, equality, justice and peace prevail. The twentieth century…

…in 1953, he moved to end the war in Korea, where peace talks had been going on since 1951. Eisenhower's veiled threat to use nuclear weapons broke the stalemate. An armistice, signed in July 1953, set a boundary between the two Koreas near the 38th parallel…

…A House Divided exhibition in the Chicago Historical Society Museum is a showcase of the causes and components of the Civil War. However, most importantly this exhibit places slavery, the “peculiar institution,” as the root cause for this devastating…

…The American Civil War I. Background The groundwork for the Civil War was laid many years before its actual start on April 12, 1861 with the firing on Fort Sumpter. One of the main reasons for the war; slavery, had been going on since before…

…>From the hedgerows of Normandy to the overrunning of Germany, Stephen E. Ambrose tells the real story of World War II from the perspective of the men who fought it. By explaining the story of the "GIs, junior officers and enlisted men" (Ambrose 14…

…World War II was the biggest war ever fought. Nearly 30 million people were killed in it. About half were civilians while the other half were soldiers, sailors, and airmen. The war was fought all over the world, but the most important battles…

…Civil War During the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, over 620,000 accounted soldiers were killed. Known as the "the first modern war", historians generally agree that the reason for this was because this was a time of transition…

…and Abel, to the Crusades, through the present day war in Iraq. However, the questions linger, who determines what is just and is there a universal definition of justice? People all over the world give their opinion of what justice means to them, unfortunately…

…rather than peace to remain silent in the event of war and not to intervene. “Instead I will let occur what occurs even though no bishop or priest or monk should remain, and I myself should also perish. Furthermore I will not have rebuked as rebellious those…

…What distinguished the final War of Independence (1895-1898) from the earlier Ten Years' War (1868-1878) and the short-lived Guerra Chiquita (1879-1880) was the war's success throughout the majority of the island, the final ousting of the Spanish…