The history and current state of the European Union’s Common Security and Defence Policy development The European Union is indeed a unique entity‚ both from the internal and external perspectives. And if from the internal side it’s mostly about the people of the Union‚ their interests and rights‚ then from the external it’s mainly the compromise between the member states about any action‚ decision‚ or even declaration. Having so little competence within the external dimension the EU institutions
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Puritanism: a religious reform movement in the late 16th and 17th centuries that sought to “purify” the Church of England of remnants of the Roman Catholic “popery” that the Puritans claimed had been retained after the religious settlement reached early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Puritans became noted in the 17th century for a spirit of moral and religious earnestness that informed their whole way of life‚ and they sought through church reform to make their lifestyle the pattern for the whole
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countries from the threat of communism. The Marshall Plan was created to help Europe recover economically from World War II and reach the “achievement of [the] economic independence” the Western Powers used to have (Packet). Finally‚ the purpose of NATO was also created as a response to the intimidation of the USSR. This institution was a military arrangement against the Soviet Union‚ where the American troops were stationed at the
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The M16 is a lightweight‚ 5.56 mm‚ air-cooled‚ gas-operated‚ magazine-fed assault rifle‚ with a rotating bolt‚ actuated by direct impingement gas operation. The rifle is made of steel‚ 7075 aluminum alloy‚ composite plastics and polymer materials. ArmaLite sold its rights to the AR-15 to Colt in 1959[The AR-15 was first adopted in 1962 by the United States Air Force‚ ultimately receiving the designation M16. The U.S. Army began to field the XM16E1 en masse in 1965 with most of them going to the
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The Cold War‚ often dated from 1947 to 1991‚ was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc‚ dominated by the United States with NATO among its allies‚ and powers in the Eastern Bloc‚ dominated by the Soviet Union along with the Warsaw Pact. This began after the success of their temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany‚ leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences. A neutral faction arose with the
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plethora of presidents who can be named the worst or best throughout the last 100 years or so. Many people argue over who was best. President Harry Truman‚ and Franklin Roosevelt were two powerhouses. From Truman being credited in helping the creation of NATO and the CIA‚ to Roosevelt’s times from the Great Depression to WWII. Both presidents were fantastic‚ but the best president in the last 100 years is simply‚ Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was not only known for being “Teflon Ron” or being known for cracking
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The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program‚ ERP) was the large-scale economic program‚ 1947–1951[1]‚ of the United States for rebuilding and creating a stronger economic foundation for the countries of Europe A sit-in or sit-down a form of protest involving occupying seats or sitting down on the floor of an establishment The United States was the first country in the world to develop nuclear weapons‚ and is the only country to have used them in warfare‚ with the separate bombings
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Bill Clinton’s Presidency Bill Clinton was a successful and effective president during his two terms in office. He had many effective policies‚ foreign relationships‚ and domestic relationships. He revived the economy that was destroyed from the past. He handed over the country to another president in the best economy that the U.S. has ever seen. At the end of Clinton’s presidency he created 22 million jobs‚ the most by any president in the United States (“Bill Clinton”). The homeownership rate
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what they believed would help the world. World organizations were created at this time. One organization that was for communism was the Warsaw Pact‚ the Warsaw Pact acted like one big military. Another organization that was for democracy was NATO. NATO was like an alliance‚ if one country got attacked the other countries in the alliance would help the country that got attacked. Stalin created the Soviet bloc and life in the Soviet Bloc was difficult. The countries not agreeing with each other
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doctrine was structured around the worst-case scenario of total war. In that case‚ while national command was always retained in Ottawa‚ operational command were to be devolved to functional subordinate commands - ultimately to be given over to a NATO or NORAD commander for actual operations. Plans and procedures focused on Alliance structures and the mechanisms for approval and transfer of this operational control. NDHQ’s role was seen as controlling national resources and generating follow-on
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