The Cold World and U.S. Diplomacy The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy On April 12‚ 1945‚ Harry S. Truman‚ the Vice President of the United States‚ was elevated by the sudden death of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Presidency of the United States. During Harry S. Truman’s time in the Presidential office he faced many obstacles‚ yet formed many doctrines as solutions to these obstacles. His most notable contribution to date is the Truman Doctrine‚ which focused on containing the expansion of communism
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following. In the early of 20th century‚ Germany was under the threat of a famine and food shortages‚ ever since it increased its dependency on Chilean nitrates. In spite of this‚ Germany needed more nitrates to supply the growing population. The naval blockade made things even worse and the Haber-Bosch was the apparent solution to this problem within the
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a sea of communism. For decades Berlin was the political‚ social and cultural centre of Germany and thus considered a great prize to capture and control‚ to the extent that it seemed as if whoever controlled Berlin‚ controlled the war. The Berlin Blockade in 1949 already established Berlin as a site of conflict‚ however the Vienna Summit in 1961 took the question of Berlin to a higher level. At the Vienna Summit Khrushchev’s ultimatum from 1958 resurfaced from desperation – West Berlin’s thriving
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The Napoleonic wars remains to be one of the most significant and influential periods in history‚ an era where the concept of the decisive battle the causes of which bear a great importance in the further evolution and later development of warfare and which resulted in a dramatic shift in the international relations in Europe. This essay will analyse the sole driving factor in the inception of the battles which is the factor of Napoleon’s unique and formidable personality. However‚ it could be argued
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their large manufacturing of cotton. This resource was so desirable that France stationed itself in Mexico (1861-1865) to barter with the Confederacy. The Union did not advocate this because they had created a blockade on all Confederate ports earlier in the war. The Union hoped that these blockades would trigger a response from Great Britain and would create international instability with the Confederacy. This was not the case as Britain passed a proclamation of neutrality on April 1861 but it still
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large number of prisoners from in and around Richmond to a place with greater security and more abundant food. The prison pen was surrounded by a blockade of pine logs the varied from between fifteen to seventeen feet tall. Sentry boxes were called “pigeon roosts” by the prisoners and were located at ninety foot intervals along the top of the blockade. There were two entrances which were both located on the west side of the camp. Just inside‚ about nineteen feet from the pine logs walls‚ there was
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victory in the Civil War between 1861-1864. The central reasons for this Union success can be categorized in economic‚ political‚ and military factors; some of these elements would include the southern focus on cotton monoculture‚ the union naval blockade‚ the confederate doctrine of State’s Rights‚ and the strength of union generals and their military tactics‚ between others. Overall‚ the north achieved dominance due to a combination of these reasons. Economic factors led to Northern victory
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Among all man-caused violent conflicts‚ atrocities and catastrophes‚ the two World Wars were the most disastrous and painful events human history had to suffer. In terms of casualties‚ World War II was more harmful‚ as it is estimated to have caused 50 to 80 million deaths. However‚ the Second World War is also more well-known because of one prominent and charismatic leader – Adolf Hitler – and the Holocaust‚ the biggest genocide in human history‚ which was the systematic extermination of many Jews
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World War One Study Sheet Franz Ferdinand The archduke of Austria‚ nephew of Emperor Franz Joseph‚ and heir to the Habsburg throne. Franz Ferdinand’s assassination on June 28‚ 1914‚ by Serbian militant Gavrilo Princip‚ is widely considered the unofficial start of World War I. Schlieffen Plan A German military plan‚ formulated in 1905‚ Germany’s strategic vulnerability‚ sandwiched between its allied rivals‚ led to the development of the audacious (and incredibly expensive) Schlieffen
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journal who was in Lima during the blockade‚ “In former times‚ said the Limenians‚ our city was that in which pleasure held her court; wealth and ease were our attendants; enjoyment was our only business; and we dreamt of no evil but an earthquake.” The people no longer had luxuries to show off‚ and weren’t able to have grandiose social events. People stopped getting together‚ causing them to become suspicious of each other. The war hadn’t affected Lima until the blockade‚ and the Limans were finally feeling
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