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…If asked, most people would blame as the cause of the civil war the issue of slavery. This is understandable; many people in the U.S. at the time were against slavery, going to far as to help runaway slaves escape to the free north. But, while slavery…

…in a conservative government not willing to improve the work crisis. A memorandum in T.Wilson's The Myriad Faces of War: Britain and the Great War 1914-1918 indicates that the government wished to inform the people on the homefront of the advantages of an Entente Peace…

…The Vietnam War was one of the most tragic wars in American history. The affects it had on the American people were tremendous. Even today many Americans have the frightening, unforgettable memories of the war. The war was accounted to be over in 1973…

…It was the War in the country. It was destructive and terrible. It was the Civil War. On March 4th, 1861, Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office as President of the United States. He wanted to cancel the servitude. It was the idea of the inhabitants…

…peace treaties, such as the Neutrality Acts, that stated that the United States would not help either side in the war. Although the United States was staying neutral, they had done many things to help the allied powers and diminish the possible communist…

…force than necessary), you need to have a reasonable hope for success (peace should result), and it must be the very last resort (all diplomacy must be exhausted). War on Iraq is hard to justify. There are those who believe that Bush did not follow…

…Did the European monarchies of Britain, Russia, and Germany help to lead the world into the first world war of 1914? I've investigated this question through the use of a variety of texts and resources available to me: I have examined the actual…

…to the Bolsheviks. This led to a power struggles within Russia and hence, the Civil War of 1918-21. <Tab/>Since Russia's involvement in World War I had adversely affected the country both economically and socially, Lenin believed that ending the war would…

…--Did the alliance Alliance System make war more likely or less likely? The Alliance System between the European countries divided the continent into two rival groups. In 1817, Germany gained control over the region of Alsace-Lorraine as a prize…

…on and this makes her even more terrified. After enduring this everyday for years, she discovers her father died in the ongoing war and her family must leave the home they once cherished. This is a typical adolescence for a child living through the Bosnian War of 1992…