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…diplomatic relations. In 1991 the Soviet Union had broken up. The Cold War came to an end. As a result there are fewer communist nations in the world. The NATO currently exists today and has made the world more united and peaceful.…

…of alliance systems in the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente and in a general armaments race. Nonetheless, a false optimism regarding peace prevailed almost until the onset of the war, an optimism stimulated by the long period during which major wars had been…

…and in the armed forces, helped turn back the Germans. An armistice finally halted the fighting in 1918. President Wilson wanted to achieve a lasting peace following World War I through a plan he proposed to congress, the Fourteen Points. At the peace conference…

…Civil War Before the civil war that tore the fabric of American life, there were three sections of American people with different economic, cultural and political attitudes. The balance of power was kept by different alliances, which came up…

…CIVIL WAR Sectionalism Before the civil war that tore the fabric of American life, there were three sections of American people with different economic, cultural and political attitudes. The balance of power was kept by different alliances, which…

…‘War Is Hell’, ‘The Glory Of War’ - How do the poems discuss these phrases? These two opposite quotes depict the two very different views on war. Many think of it as a glorious way to die. ‘To die for ones country’ is supposedly heroic. Many…

…for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven . . . A time for war and a time for peace." But again this does not necessarily condone war. In the New Testament there are references to soldiers which do not condemn their occupation…

…, the colonists were not “chomping at the bit” to break away from British rule. The first major change in attitude was after the French and Indian War that ended in 1763. This war strained the relationship between Britain and the colonies. Unwelcome British troops…

…The haphazard and disorganized British rule of the American colonies in years prior to the outbreak led to the Revolutionary War. The mismanagement of the colonies, the taxation policies that violated the colonist right's, the distractions of foreign…

…he period of the Warring States (Zhanguo or Chan-Kuo) refers to the era of about 475 BCE to 221 BCE. It commenced at a time of when the numerous petty city-state kingdoms had been consolidated into about seven major contenders and a few minor enclaves…