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    Did Eisenhower’s nuclear threat end the Korean war? American Secretary of State John Foster Dulles often bragged about how nuclear brinkmanship by the United States finally brought the other side to agree to a negotiated settlement of the Korean War in July 1953. According to him it proved that the threat of massive retaliation or a "a bigger bang for a buck" could work. It is true that America let it slip that atomic weapons being placed in Okinawa‚ that Chiang Kai-shek was being permitted to

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    Since the incident‚ the media has utilized this tragedy to promote public discourse regarding the discrimination that still exists within our global community. However‚ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar‚ the author of the Time magazine article “The Coming Race War Won’t Be About Race”‚ argues that race is not the only problem at hand. Instead‚ he believes that a variety of socio-economic issues have emerged through the nature of this event and others similar to it. He looks further than just the narrow context

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    Iran’s Nuclear Program “…Look at it in the totality of the picture. And the picture is you ’ve got undeclared …nuclear activity‚ deliberate misinformation on nuclear activity‚ development of delivery systems‚ and other technical research that‚ added all up‚ paints a very troubling picture.” (Ereli‚ 2004). These remarks‚ given by J. Adam Ereli‚ a
State Department Deputy Spokesman‚ sums up the nuclear program and intentions of Iran. Although on multiple occasions Iran declared their nuclear development

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    Eli Rex PS 2713/GE 2713 Dr. Jerry Emison‚ Mr. Robert Green September 28‚ 2013 Is There a Nuclear Arms Threat? America has been considered a “superpower” state for decades. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “superpower” as “an extremely powerful nation‚ especially one capable of influencing international events and the acts and policies of less powerful nations.” The earning of the title superpower comes with some benefits and disadvantages. Certain benefits America possesses is:

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    Composition 2 Mrs. Ferguson 4/15/2011 Banning Nuclear Weapons Testing Do you know how much money our nation spends on weapons? We have more than enough and aren’t allowed to use one in war without the complications of Nuclear Winter. Our country should reduce the amount of funding on nuclear weapons. However‚ in the one situation where we may need to incinerate a chemical war zone‚ a nuclear weapon is necessary. Nuclear weapons testing should be done on a much smaller scale on the back side

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    doesn’t always resolve the conflict. Speech: Good Morning Staff and fellow students. My name is Dick Head and I will be talking to you on the notion that conflict cannot be resolved with violence.  Conflict. What is conflict? Is it an argument you had with a sibling over the use of the play station? Or is it a showdown of nuclear weapons on the battlefields between powerful nations? These are prime examples of conflict. Conflict‚ however‚ is a disagreement between two or more contradictory ideas

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    World War I‚ American nationalism led to two different viewpoints on whether America should enter the war with the Allies. The side that favored entering the war argued that they should join due to attacks on American citizens‚ similar culture to Allies‚ and more money invested with the Allies. When the U.S. decided to go to war‚ they argued they were fighting for democracy and that the Germans were evil which they portrayed through propaganda and censorship. The people against going to war argued

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    Iran a Nuclear Power

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    Terrorism and national security have been at an all time high after the attacks of 9/11 and the war in the middle east. As one of President Barrack Obama ’s advisers‚ weighing the options for what to do about Iran possibly becoming a nuclear power has never been more important. Two main strategies are on the forefront‚ monitoring the situation like we have been doing or going ahead and bombing their nuclear sites and possibly their government officials. Both situations have ramifications to which

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    Are Nuclear Weapons Strategically Obsolete? Why or Why not? The ongoing debate of whether or not nuclear weapons are obsolete or not is a very complex one. Numerous studies have purported that nuclear weapons no longer serve an important strategic purpose for countries such as the United States of America and Great Britain. Clausewitz stated that war and politics were inextricably linked. So the distinction between “political” and “military” viability of nuclear weapons is one without meaning. Essentially

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    Nuclear Weapon and Science

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    cause of wars the advances in nuclear weaponry have given the man the power to destroy the world. At certain points in history‚ such as the Cuban missile crisis‚ the world has stood on the brink of destruction. *The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States‚ the Soviet Union‚ and Cuba that occurred in the early 1960s during the Cold War. The crisis ranks as one of the major confrontations of the Cold War‚ and is often regarded as the moment in which the Cold War came closest

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