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    Why was it so difficult to establish a stable parliamentary democracy in Italy in the 40 years after unification? After the merger of Italy‚ several complications that stirred the fresh nation‚ who had to deal with a series of troubles that invariably affected the poorer Italians‚ especially in the south while disallowing the power in Rome to fully consolidate. Italy had to face a series of social‚ economic and reform issues as well as dealing with the poverty and unceasing emigration that took

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    The Cold War was one of the longest conflicts that the United States of America has been involved in. It was between the worlds two largest super powers at the time‚ The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or U.S.S.R and the United States of America. During this 45 year conflict‚ there was never any direct military conflict between the two‚ but there were other events such as the Korean War‚ Space Race‚ Arms Race‚ Cuban Missile Crisis‚ Vietnam War‚ and the creation of NATO along with many other events

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    The vietnam war was and still is a painful memory to most people in America which had and still has monumental significance today. Socially at the time the vietnam war was divisive and caused protests and marches.Also economically it was just too much money in the wrong place.My third reason for why the war was so significant historically is vietnam syndrome a non medical yet political term referring to Americas aversion to overseas conflict due to the vietnam war.My final reason for the vietnam’s

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    started to wonder if the US was going to join the war. Here are three reasons why it wasn’t inevitable that the US wouldn’t join WWI. The first reason why it was not inevitable was that the trade business was booming. From both sides they had ports saved for us merchant ships and were blocked off for others entering. The main people that were trading with though was the United Kingdom and Germany. Since they were trading with these two countries specifically their market was going up and they were

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    EXTENT WAS THE KOREAN WAR AN EPISODE OF THE COLD WAR? The Korean war that was fought between the Northerners and Southerners of Korean with the support of the USSR and the United states of America; in the name of United Nations was one of the major events of the cold which increased the tension and contributed so much to the development of the cold war. The involvement of the super powers triggered the extent to which the Korean War can be referred to as one of the episodes of the cold war. In addition

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    Korean War Vs Cold War

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    Which was the bigger threat to world peace ~ The U2 Spy Crisis or The Korean War? The Cold War spanned over forty years and was the combination of a multitude of related events. These events brought tension and political pressure between the USA and the USSR that could have resulted in complete mutually assured destruction (M.A.D) as both sides had the combined power to destroy the world. However‚ which pivotal event was the greatest threat to world peace‚ the U2 Spy crisis or the Korean War

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    vivid hues of nature. The two proxy wars of Asia‚ throughout the Cold War‚ were the Korean War (1950-1953) and the Vietnam War (1955-1975). The spawning of these wars came from the ashes of World War II and the onset of the Cold War. The Korean War broke out as daybreak dawned over a split peninsula‚ sparking a bloody brief conflict that would forever alter the course of events in East Asia. Following the end of World War II‚ the intervention of disunity in Korea was‚ “a Communist north‚ led by Kim Il

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    Why Was There A Trojan War

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    Q: Was there a Trojan War? Compare the literary with the archaeological evidence. "...in that matter of Wilusa over which we were at enmity." Despite the continuing debate‚ the literary and archaeological evidence indicates that there was a Trojan War. The reality of this war however‚ was not the epic conflict as narrated by Homer‚ but more likely part of an ongoing enmity between the Mycenaean ’s and the Hittites. Troy was a wealthy city‚ well placed at the mouth of the Hellespont in the

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    1. Was the Korean War a US war or a UN war? Provide two historical examples to support your views. The Korean War was a US war. This is because ninety percent of fighting men in the war were provided from the US and South Korea. Also‚ Macarthur was prevented from communicating with the United Nations because of President Truman. Disagreeably‚ the US dispatched the 7th Fleet to the Taiwan Straits‚ but this displays that the US acted on its own against those nations that disagreed. 2. How do Canada

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    Why The War Was Justified

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    showcasing its barbaric dominance to the entire world. But could these merciless attacks and devastating effects ever truly be justified? War is the aggressive conflict between societies‚ and should only be fought using military forces against other military forces. In the event of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ “Never before had civilian populations been so ruthlessly targeted.” (Foner‚ 888). While the bombing of Hiroshima may hold very little justification‚ the brutal attack on Nagasaki‚

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