There was immense public support for the internment of all Japanese in Canada. ... However, public opinion, mounting international concerns, and the threat to the safety of the Japanese themselves forced King's hand. ... Although there is evidence, which indicates one government agency's intelligence service was ineffective, there is no conclusive evidence to suggest that they were all so poorly equipped. ... However, the authors freely admit that the effectiveness of the RCMP remains an unknown quantity and it will remain so until all the files form the period become declassified....

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It was in the context of these events – and the Cold War – that the film A King in New York was produced in London in 1956. ... I would like to have told them that the sooner I was rid of that hate-beleaguered atmosphere the better, that I was fed up of America's insults and moral pomposity. 5 Move To Europe and Production of A King in New York All of these events would set the stage for Chaplin, now residing permanently in Europe, producing his first film. Having gotten settled in, he began to develop A King In New York in 1954. ... Chaplin plays a king of the fictional co...

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One case that seems to precedent the precepts of imperialistic conquest is King Leopold's journey to the Belgium Congo to stop the slave trades. As history soon would repeat itself the king used his army to coerce labor from Belgium's indigenous people to fuel his rubber fortune. ... King Leopold walked away with 1.2 billion from the rubber trade, making natural resources another driving mechanism in imperialism. ... Pseudo-scientists Francis Galton, Lyell, Knox, and Howinson all used biological sciences to justify the elimination of undesirable races. ... Lindqvist's "Extermina...

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America is a land made by many diverse faces all with the similar history of segregation and discrimination that cannot by forgotten. ... The stories of the English, African, Chinese, Indian, Mexican, Japanese, and Jews are all intertwined in this book for a nonjudgmental view of the neglected truth. ... Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were two important African-American figures that were highly educated and fought for civil rights and liberties during the 1960's. ... Coming back to the Giddy Multitude, they represented all of the peoples who were not "the lovely whites." Soon after ...

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On the other hand, by not acting at all the decay on Chinese society was only going to worsen, eventually leading to a complete collapse of the civilisation. ... In 1792, King George III of England sent a petition to the Emperor of China, stating; "My country has long wished to send an envoy to China; but owing to the repeated occurrence of warfare around our territory, we have delayed in taking such a step until the present time we are building large ships and sending our wise men to all parts of the world not because we wish to acquire new territories, nor to reali...

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He traces Churchill's personal development and political career and explores how a "politician who had a one time or another offended every party and faction became the embodiment of national unity, an uncrowned king whose charisma threatened to eclipse the monarchy. " (4) Addison develops the theme of "the epic struggle between Churchill and his critics " (1) over the years, declaring that "Churchill won two great victories in the Second World War. ... The second was a victory over the many sceptics who, for decades, had derided his judgement, denied his claims to greatness and excluded ...

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In October 1922 Mussolini threatened to march on Rome if he was not appointed prime minister. the king of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, who supported Mussolini, refused to back the existing government and invited him to become prime minister. Once he was prime minister, Mussolini persuaded the king to allow him to rule as a dictator for one year and then passed the Acerbo Law. ... Fascism conceives of the State as an absolute, in comparison with which all individuals or groups are relative, only to be conceived of in their relation to the State. ...

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., terrible, terrible of Canada and the United States, of all countries, to not let us in" (National Post News, 2011). ... Subsequently, refugees were required to follow all the regulations that were implemented on ordinary immigrants, which was difficult for the Jewish refugees to fulfill (The Quebec History Encyclopedia, 2006). Prime Minister Mackenzie King wrote in his diary on March 29, 1938, "I fear we would have riots if we agreed to a policy that admitted numbers of Jews," and Frederick Charles Blair, director of the immigration Branch of the Department of mines and Reso...

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However, all three of them are framed, arrested and taken for interrogation as soon as they land. ... Muller is imprisoned and held guilty for damaging the oil supplies by a chemical called formula fourteen, that has caused all the explosions. ... It is said that the character of Abdullah is inspired by the King of Iraq, Faisal II who became a king just at a delicate age of four. ...

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From the perspective of the future, the differences among all forms of violent political extremists will always blur. ... Russians intended to leave nothing for the enemy, so they raid through the country destroying all the villages and all source of resources; to illustrate, Kovno, Vilna, Vitebsk, Smolensk, Viasna, Gzatsk, Borodino and Moscow were among the cities brought down to ruins. ... He destroyed the Sardinian armies, the Sardinian King started talking of peace, yet Napoleon did not listen, he continued his path of terror and completely wiped out the Sardinians. ... According to Mussol...

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Out of this came the first German empire, or, the first Reich, with a reigning king known as Kaiser Wilhelm I, and his powerful military chancellor Otto Von Bismarck. ... Here is where all elections are held and the overall representation of the 16 regions of Germany are conducted. ... The German Supreme Court is in charge of all judicial reviews, and anything in regards to the constitution. The Supreme Court counterpart is head of all criminal cases and civil law cases. ... There is a great abundance of efficiency within all aspects of their society, it appears. ...

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"Within the past two decades, giant corporations have been increasingly dictating the kind of science and scientific research that gets done, mostly to fatten themselves at our expense, so they can all better exploit us for further gain" ("The Academic-Industrial-Military Complex Engineering Life & Mind"). ... David King Dunaway, a writer like Anaya, says "We are beginning to realize that the earth is a fragile planet," and that "one service the writers who are writing the Southwest are performing is alerting people to the destruction of their place, their homes" (Anaya, Rudolfo, 487). Prov...

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As banks closed on a large scale, the military was in a clash with Chiang Kai Shek's nationalist army which was on the advance north towards Shanghai and Nan king. ... Chang Tso-Lin, the northern opposition to Chiang's KMT forces, was boarding a train on the Manchurian Railway when it exploded killing all on board. ... It was becoming clear to Emperor Hirohito that he had no control over his military and anger began to surface for all to see. ... In what was seen as a semi-successful coup de' tat, the May 15th Incident brought the seriousness of the military's intentions...

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Up to and including the year 2002 fascist states and groups continue to exist all over the world. This makes fascism all the more intriguing to study, as unlike Communism, for example, it has no distinct author of one ideological abstraction. ... Political theorists, historians and writers all contributed in the 18th and 19th century to the development of European fascist thought. ... In Germany, Hitler aimed to not only control all political power, but also courts, churches, universities, social clubs, sports associations and youth groups. ... Libya is the home of charismatic dictator and ...

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All the Communist countries of Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia were included. ... The new government in Eastern Europe were much less supportive to the Warsaw Pact, and in January 1991 Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland announced that they would withdraw all support by July 1st that year. ... After World War II it became a communist country, ( Petar II Karadjordjevic was the last king) under president Josip Broz Tito, but unlike other Eastern and Central European communist countries, chose a course independent of the Soviet Union, and was not a member of the Warsaw Pact. After Tito'...

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Jack and his tribe are clearly not satisfied with the heavenly setting and become obsessed with hunting and getting meat, even though they have food supply from all the fruit trees. ... Much the same, Adam and Eve become obsessed with the forbidden fruit and find themselves in lust for it, even when they have the option of choosing from all the other fruit trees. ... Lastly, Simon is interconnected with nature and respects all life. ... After all, we're not savages. ... The boys' actions on the island lead to their eventual defeat to stay moral and they symbolize, through religious m...

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When the Japanese had realized that they were the only ones left in the war, Germany their ally, was already beaten out of the war and all efforts were now concentrated at them, the Japanese began suing for a peaceful end to the war. ... The Japanese feared that if they surrendered based on these terms, first of all, they would loose their Emperor, and second, it sounds as if the Emperor would be treated as a war criminal. ... Japan was defeated from all possible angles, according to Captain Robert Dornin, "We had then on their knees-(Alp 329). Japan was devastated, all that the American force...

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The following pages that will be about the Gallipoli War that took place during the World War 1 will not include all of the sides that entered this war. ... First of all, it is important to know the historical background of the Gallipoli War in order to have an idea of what the war is about, who are the sides that fight in the battlefields and how these rivals formed alliances. ... This present document shall be ratified by His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, and by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans, and the ratifications shall be exchanged within a period of one month from ...

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The US Supreme Court: Sexually Motivated? Following the defeat of Germany and Japan during World War II the United States almost immediately became burdened with another challenge, that of, containing their former ally, the Soviet Union. Known as the Cold War, this conflict inspired tremendou...

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On June 25 1950 North Korea crossed the thirty-eighth parallel, officially invading South Korea, and marking what has been recorded historically as the beginning of the Korean War. Traditionally, many have viewed this war as democracy versus communism, the United States against Russia, and as the fight to stop the flow of the "Red Tide". Much of the information regarding the origins of the Korean War is obscure, cloudy, and vague at best, but many scholars have recently begun to draw different conclusions and hypotheses based on their research. This different stance argues that the Korean W...

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Nevertheless, Rua still made provocative remarks that Germany would win the war and would then appoint him as the King of New Zealand. ... All of his chargers bar one were dropped due to the efforts made by his talented lawyer, J.R. ...

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All of the Powers involved in the Great War began to stake claims in Africa after 1870, eventually creating an animosity that would lead to the creation of the alliance systems; the very alliance systems that were a fundamental catalyst in the outbreak of war. ... The fundamental motive behind this Pan-Slavism was to unite all the Serb peoples under one government. ... Bismarck's goal was to maintain the balance of power in Europe, at least until Germany was stronger, and to avoid a war on two fronts, which would involve France on the west and Russia on the east, at all costs. When Kai...

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All the sources stress the importance of duty to the cause, in particular, source C that evokes the prospect of a holy, or just war, in defence of the majority of the people. Respect also plays a significant role in all three sources, and, in what was a predominantly team-based society, a suggestion could be perceived that one would let down the side if the reader did not enlist for armed service. All the posters also suggest that the armies would be on the defensive, not the aggressors in the conflict, The differences, however are more readily recognised, the patriotism in the forme...

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