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What Was the Selective Service Act?
The Selective Service Act was drafted and passed by the US Congress barely 6 weeks after the US declared its…
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Venezuela: Hugo Chavez and Today’s Overthrow of Nicolas Maduro
Venezuela, how did we get here? From a successful miracle economy rich in money and oil to today’s hyper-inflated, starving…
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USA in WWI: The Zimmermann Note
In it, Germany’s foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann laid out a proposal suggesting that Mexico ally itself with Germany in an…
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Nuclear Proliferation in the US and Abroad Post WWII
In August 1945, the world witnessed the power of a new age of weaponry as two bombs destroyed the Japanese…
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Eisenhower’s Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
Terrified of communism gaining a strong foothold in Asia, United States Secretary of State John Foster Dulles called eight nations…
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John F. Kennedy, the Soviet Union and the Cold War
John F. Kennedy served as the 35th President of the United States. During his campaign, he narrowly defeated former Vice…
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Boundaries: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Perched like small dots in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean between South America, Africa, and the continent of…
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The Importance Of The Dayton Agreement For Bosnia And Herzegovina
The Dayton Agreement was a peace agreement established on November 21st of 1995 by the Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia presidents…
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Commodore Perry and the Globalization of Japan
At the time of Commodore Perry, Japan was ruled by the Shogun of the Tokugawa family. This ruling class was…
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Britain, India and the Seven Years War
The Seven Years’ War was composed of two prominent struggles: the colonial and maritime conflict between France and Spain against…
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