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Isolationism An Evolving US Philosophy

defined either narrowly or quite expansively (Rathbun, 2008). Our historic focus on isolationism has for the most part been based...

Intelligence Agencies in World War II

split; the Nazis "created a separate intelligence organization, the Sicherheitsdienst, or Security Service, headed by Reinhard Hey...

The U.S. Move From Isolationism

independent from outside intervention. This establishment was political but it was greatly facilitated by geography. Indeed, the...

Salvage Law and Government Property in US Waters

is agreeable to turning the plane over to the Navy but only if he is at least reimbursed the money that he has been out recovering...

United Nations And U.S. National Security Policy

the UN when seeking their approval to go into Iraq. For more than a decade, Iraq had refused to meet the mandates of the UN Securi...

U.S. Presidents and Executive War Powers

in this regard. Although as we shall see there are some temporary exceptions, the legislative branch typically approves o...

A Social Problem That Cannot be Solved, Drugs

This paper argues that the US War on Drugs is a total failure and that this social problem will not be solved using this approach....

Second World War and Japanese Internment in the US

most of whom were U.S. citizens or legal permanent resident aliens. They were detained for up to 4 years, without due process of l...

U.S. and Japan Cultural Memory Influences of the Atomic Bomb

the United States make it as clear as possible that there was to be no more armed conflict. This second attack was instrumental i...

Terrorism Problems and the Challenges Confronting Kuwait

This mutual alliance against terrorism intensified when maritime protection became necessary during 1987, an augmentation that ser...

New Peace Movements in the United States

Iraq. Most turn to the Just War theory to prove their point, arguing that Vietnam was not a justified war, and neither is the war ...

1950 to 1951 Time line of the Korean War

as well, however. South Korea had been in favor of reuniting with North Korea under one government from the time of...

Europe and Its Steps Toward Minimizing War Chances

fronts if our own national security is to be preserved. While the EU is presently regarded as a friend to the U.S., history testi...

Southern Hemisphere's Political Economy and America's War on Drugs

some headway during the 1990s, something that caused investment to increase (2002). The state of affairs in not surprising. In the...

US Foreign Policy Since World War II

creating the United Nations, one of the most powerful organizations that involves itself in promoting the security of all nations ...

Lincoln's Addresses, An Analysis

This essay pertains to Lincoln's First and Second Inaugural Addresses and the Gettysburg Address and what these three speeches tel...

US Soft Power Strategies During the Cold War

This research paper investigates and describes the various ways in which the US utilized soft power strategies to counter the infl...

World War II Innovations and Tactics

This 3 page paper gives an overview of both radar and vaccines as technological advances during World War II. This paper includes ...

Communism and US Military Responses

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at containment policies in the Cold War. The efforts of the US to contain communism are...

U.S. Movement of Third World War Torn Citizens

contends the U.S. "is not now and never has been a remotely multi-cultural society. The American nation has always had a specific...

Mobilizing the United States Home Front for World War II

was still mired in the Depression in 1940 when Roosevelt made the speech, and almost overnight things turned around (Faragher et a...

America's 'Victory' in the War of 1812

Canada" (The war of 1812, 2001). All of these various forces found voice in a group called the "War Hawks," a "rising young gener...

United Nations and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

President Bush had in fact stated the obvious and appointed John F. Bolton, a critic of the institution, as the new UN ambassador...

Questions Involving Foreign Policy of the Cold War

NATO. From the US perspective, they were merely protecting a weakened Europe from Soviet aggression. The viewpoint propelled the U...

Asian Immigrants to the U.S. After World War II

been prohibited from becoming citizens in the U.S. thanks to age-old biases and prejudices (Asian American History, 2004). Howeve...

Consequences of the Conflict in Darfur

and Eritrea, the Democratic Republic of Congo. This ended the war between the Northern and Southern parts of Sudan that began in 1...

1847 Mexico and US War

reason for the war and Texas, "In the 1820s and 1830s, Mexico, newly independent from Spain, needed settlers in the under-populate...

Comparative Analysis of the CIA and the KGB

Stalin and subsequent leaders, going through many name changes, and ultimately becoming the KGB in 1954 (University of San Diego, ...

US Economy and the War Against Terrorism

considerationiv. The doomsayers contend that those who support the war against terrorism, however, continue to argue that the eco...

Growth of America from the U.S. Contribution to the 1812 War

people as it respects the rights of individual states and the federal government. To that end, the rivalry between Thomas Jefferso...