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The American Civil War, known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as by other sectional names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Of the 34 states that existed in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and went on to form the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, often simply called the South, grew to include eleven states, although

NATO After the Cold War and Changing Role OUTLINE 1. Introduction 2. NATO’s main functions 3. NATO’s new missions after Cold War 4. NATO in the 21’th century 5. Europe after the Cold War 6. NATO’s relations with OSCE and WEU 7. Conclusion 1. Introduction (1) After the end of World War II, all involved countries, with no exception of being victorious or defeated, have started seeking of the prevention of a new disaster by reconstructing and maintaining

The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other sectional names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, often simply called the South, grew to include eleven states, and although they

At 6:45 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941, an American destroyer Ward, in the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, opened fire to a small Japanese submarine that secretly passed Pearl Harbor's antisubmarine gate, which was opened for the minesweeper Crossbill to enter the base. (Wels 111) This was the first shot of the Pearl Harbor attack. The attack was an unexpected attack from Japan to the United States, which caused a heavy loss. About twenty-one vessels damaged, 323 planes shattered, and more than

Biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (1882-1945), 32nd of the United States. Roosevelt became president in March 1933 at the depth of the Great Depression, was reelected for an unprecedented three more terms, and died in office in April 1945, less than a month before the surrender of Germany in World War II. Despite an attack of poliomyelitis, which paralyzed his legs in 1921, he was a charismatic optimist whose confidence helped sustain the American people during

Although Maryland did not secede, Southern sympathies were widespread. On April 27, 1861, Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia to give military authorities the necessary power to silence dissenters and rebels. Under this order, commanders could arrest and detain individuals who were deemed threatening to military operations. Those arrested could

A quarter of a century after the Fall of Saigon, Vietnam continues to exercise a powerful hold of the American psyche. No deployment of American troops abroad is considered without the infusion of the Vietnam question. No formulation of strategic policy can be completed without weighing the possibility of Vietnanization. Even the politics of a person cannot be discussed without taking into account his opinion on the Vietnam Ware. This national obsession with Vietnam is perfectly national when viewed

L. Ron Hubbard was a great explorer, sailed the seas to practice the odds and ends of many of the world’s religions, and found answers. He was also a great psychologist, physicist and nuclear scientist from George Washington University. On top of all this, Hubbard was also a great naval officer, who controlled many ships in various theaters in World War two. Hubbard, injured at the hip and partially blind in an eye from the war, went on a journey to recover. After witnessing standard medical procedures

On a bright, summer morning on the Yellow Sea in 1999, two eruptive nations clashed once again, one of many stirring incidents that have happened between the sensitive time-bombs after their famous war. Bullets whizzed past the North and South Korean sailors, and volley of cannon fires caused shattering damage and destructive chaos which went on for ten minutes. This ruthless shootout resulted in heavy casualties on both sides and a sunken vessel; caused by this unstable “battle”, whether the two

Background The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, which also serves as the nation’s prime Federal law enforcement organization. The FBI operates under the U.S. Department of Justice. The FBI does many things from leading the U.S. counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal organization, with jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes. The first bureau was created in 1896, the National Bureau