... The one thing that has not changed in human history has been war. War has always been the destroyer of towns, widower of wives, and one hell of a challenge for mapmakers. From the French and Indian War to World War II and finally resting at the Middle Eastern involvements in the bombing ... war, Vietnam definitely leads as the United States" biggest screw-up. Vietnamese have always been controlled by a larger power and always defended themselves from attacks which is the reason for so many problems for the United States in Vietnam. The Vietnam War started with the formation of the Vietmin...

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... by Sweden. This was one of the earliest uses of biological agents as a weapon of terrorism. Smallpox has been used on several occasions as a biological weapon. During the French and Indian War of 1754, British troops provided blankets that had been infected with smallpox to the American Indians. Native Americans defending Fort Carillon sustained epidemic injures of smallpox which directly contributed to ... been saturated with pitch and sulfur to produce sulfur dioxide gas (a highly toxic). During World War I, the French introduced chemical warfare using 26mm gas grenades containing xyl...

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... and when either country should stop violating American shipping on the seas. The act also opened American ports to all except English and the French ships. In the year 1810, congress passed a new bill called Macons Bill Number 2. This removed all restrictions on trade. This law said ... agree to abandon its trade restrictive policies. Napoleon pretended to abandon his Berlin and Milan decrees and by doing so he hoped to promote war between the United States and England. James Madison shut off all trade with England. Unlike New England where restricted trade was badly hurting ... interfer...

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... usually driven by hate with low intentions of peace). Not all acts of violence are peace motivated though. Only when morality is present can a war hold a just cause which then presents a new question. What is moral? Opinions may differ with each culture. What one group believes morally right ... in its train and made the mistake of losing their site of serenity. To this day, Middle Eastern problems have yet to cease and war has failed to result in peace. Yet again history repeats itself as the blame rests on the formula that hatred toward dissimilar beliefs and ... a refusal of compromis...

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... However, British rule was still prohibitive and the Burmese infuriated that they were being governed by British India. The Burmese abhorred the overwhelming Indian community that had come in as a part of British India because "many Indians were wealthy merchants, landlords or moneylenders who were ... viewed as taking advantage of the local population".3 Riots broke out over the Indian community. The British also did not help the situation by taking favor with a few of the ethnic tribes in the high-land. ... the struggles of Vietnam for a long time. However, in contrast to Burma, the Vi...

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... all attempts at those measures failed. In 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia by force. As time went by, World War seemed eminent. At the onset of war, the British and French were in dyer need of troops. This forced the colonial powers to draft Africans for the first time. African troops ... production rose only slightly. After the fall of France to Germany in June 1940, the French exiles formed an interim government in French Morocco. Italy was the first nation to start the war on North Africa. The Italians had 250,000 men in Libya and Cyrenaica and further 200 ... lands and now the colonials...

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... its modern form since 1648 and was fully established in Europe. Major states which came into being were The Spanish Empire Portuguese Empire Dutch Empire Swedish Empire French Empire English Empire After Thirty Years War. France emerged as the most powerful country in Europe. Spain slipped in power. The Seven United Provinces of the Netherlands gained independence. England was united with ... played the role of balance of power. From Utrecht to the Congress of Vienna. The 18th century saw two international conflicts after some 20 years of relative peace, i.e., 1720-1740: 1. War of the Au...

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... Indochina. Cambodia borders Vietnam and Laos and is about the size of Missouri. French control in Cambodia ceased on March 2, 1955. At that time Prince Sihanouk took over. Laos is a forgotten battleground from the Vietnam War. About 85 percent of the population is poor famers. 2 Laos was founded ... . Cambodia's head of the state was Prince Norodom Sihanouk.12 When Pol Pot was a young boy studying in Paris Cambodia was under French Control. While in Paris he was influenced by communism. When he returned to Cambodia he wanted to set-up a communist peasant farming state. ... run to forest...

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... exchanged with Russia. This trade route was a very prized by the Turks; however, they were far from ready when the first British-French fleet was mobilized. On February 19th 1915, the British-French military began bombardment of the Turkish forts at the entrance to the Dardanelle's. Later, on March 18th, the naval fleet began forcing the ... Turkish forces "dug" themselves in, preparing for another assault. This assault came on April 25. The forces used in this incursion consisted of Australian, New Zealand, French and Indian troops. The plan called for a landing on the peninsula with a ...

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... the their convention in Chicago. d. For the first time the Republican platform totally abandoned its traditional opposition to involvement in foreign treaties and supported the United States participation in post war organizations. e. Dewey indirectly questioned Roosevelt's abilities to continue by referring to the "tired old man." f. The Republicans attacked Roosevelt of using a navy destroyer to retrieve his dog who was left ... past, such as closed shops in which only union members could work and collective bargain. The act also set up the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to enf...

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... one falls in love- (Ondaatje, 229). During a time of such disregard for humanity and life. It's amazing that individuals so involved with the war could find love. Almasy, who is the burnt patient in the Italian Villa, first fell in love with Katherine during an expedition in a desert in ... should respect everyone's beliefs and customs could never be farther away. Armies push across boarders and solders are called heroes if they kill Germans, French, English, or Americans well. Identity is inescapable. The characters in the novel couldn't elude who they were even with their best attempts...

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... sulfur in a form of chemical warfare during the Peloponnesian War. During medieval times, soldiers sometimes threw bodies of people who died from the plague over the walls of besieged cities or into water wells. Between 1689-1763, during the French and Indian wars, blankets used by smallpox victims were purposefully handed out ... to Indians in the hope that the blankets would infect the Indians with the disease. The introduction of gas came on April 22, 1915, during World War I, when the Germans used it against ... most nations have agreed to avoid the use of poison gas and other chemi...

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... major conflicts and major social revolutions. Civilizations thousands of years old were either fighting against fresh and aggressive powers (Arabs and later Ottomans), or fighting each other (English - Spanish wars, French imperialism e.t.c). Catholicism, Protestantism and Orthodox Christianity were the worst enemies during 14th century, something that eliminated the "European unity- spirit. In other words, Europe was getting older, tired and slowly ... arrived to the "New World- I'm sure he had the feeling that he was offering to Europe a new hope to escape for the dire straits it was ...

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... wanted on Kenya's land at any time. It gave white settlers living in Kenya what they wanted also after the war (world war II) in 1945 Kenyans who had fought during the war returned, they were not satisfied with the return to substandard condition in Kenya. These soldiers were simply did not ... soldiers were also familiar with the Atlantic charter that Roosevelt and Churchill had signed during the war. It stated that occupants in the country had the right to vote for the country's government. The British and the French had broken the rules of the charter. But they had an excuse, which w...

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... became president, he served as a lieutenant colonel and then later the commander in chief of the Virginia militia during the French and Indian War. He later became a member of the House of Burgesses and led the Virginian opposition to British policy in the colonies. As the Revolutionary ... War broke out, Washington became the Commander in Chief of the Continental Congress. With poorly trained men and few supplies, he ... was finally able to defeat the British in the Battle of Yorktown and gain independence for the colonies. After the war, Washington was unhappy with the Articles of th...

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... Assyrians poisoned enemy wells with rye ergot (http://www.healthri.org/environment/biot/history.htm). In 1763, during the French and Indian Wars, British commanders ordered that smallpox-bearing blankets be given to enemy tribes (http://whyfiles.org/059bio_war/history.html). During World War One, Germany uses Anthrax and Glanders to infect sheep that that they shipped to Russia (http:// whyfiles .org/059bio ... _war/history.html). In 1942, when the United States first began its offensive biological program at Camp Detrick, five thousand bombs ... ...

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