... a nineteenth-century dream of universal human emancipation, the "communist cause called forth heroism and saintliness but also cruelty and servility" (http://www.nd.edu/~remarx/rm/rm8-4.html). Communism is the doctrine that seeks to liberate the proletariat from all forms of human misery and oppression ... of unbridled competition. The proletariat, or the class of proletarians, is, in a word, the working class of the 19th century" (http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM.). There are inherent imbalances and oppressions that cause much of humanity to suffer, and humanity's inability...

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... served later as Ambassador to Vi! enna. His crime was defined as using his position to promote the extension of Nazi power in Europe (www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/trials3.html). These men and 17 others were all involved either in the political, military, or administrative leadership of the ... were condemned to death. Von Pappen's acquittal was based on the difficulty the prosecution had in linking him to a conspiracy to initiate war (www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/trials3.html). After the verdicts were carried out, and the majority of the defendants executed, the international legal community and the ...

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... that nationalism was at all a major factor for war, but rather a short term cause that erupted the built up long term causes. (http://www.thirdreichforum.com/viewtopic.php't=27803&sid=18736e09f7cf7ec0714f03d0065cf8e8). This is supported by the historychannel.com who points out that the "Balkan Wars (1912-13)" and " ... the Austrian annexation (1908) of Bosnia and Hercegovina created an international crisis, but war was avoided"(http://www.historychannel.com ). In both those cases it did not advance further, with a local war at worst. Those historians believed that there was much more ......

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... possibilities of global change. In 1945 the UN, formerly the less successful League of Nations, was created by "51 countries committed to preserving peace through international cooperation and collective security" (www.un.org). The UN was soon followed by the establishment of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and each was put into place to design polices to manage ... , WHO, 1978. Landes, D (1998) The Wealth and Poverty of Nations. London: Abacus. Mazower, M (1998) The Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century. London: Vintage Books. United Nations Official Website [on...

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... help the post-war rebuild; which the soviet union was quick to provide as many countries such as Yugoslovakia, Romania, Lithuania, and Bulgaria had already seceded to communistic ideals. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/52c.asp) l, military and economic assistance to any country under threat from communistic forces. It was decided that this would be a better political tact instead of sending ... ...

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... Middle East. The United Nations was established at the end of World War II to be used as a system that would establish international peace. According to the United Nation's website, www.un.org, their first goal of the United Nations is peacemaking. The United Nations wishes to end wars between warring countries and to make negotiations for peace between the countries ... ...

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... relations with other states, which will promote or interfere with its performances. Therefore the natural concept of national security should be constructed taking into account external and internal threats. http://www.csis.org/pacfor/pac0141.htm - Last accessed on 2003/03/26 at 21:19 During the many centuries, power and military superiority were used by states for self-defence and ... ...

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... such matters to settlement under the present Charter-, under this, the UN has no powers inside a country. A World Government would have powers inside a country. REFERENCES United Nations Home Page. (http://www.un.org)...

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NATO's mission is to "safeguard the freedom and security of its member countries" and to "deter and defend against any threat of aggression against any of them" (www.nato.int 17 April 2002). NATO began in 1949 at the onset of the Cold War. Its original purpose was to form a defensive alliance against superpower Russia. However, with the ... ...

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... World War 1 would have been survived 9 of 10 times by US soldiers in World War 2. This was due to the great leaps in battlefield evacuation and medical care technology." (http://www.killology.com/art_weap_sum_medical.htm) There were many symptoms that were common in earlier wars. During the First World War, "Itchy-Coos" were an outbreak among the soldiers ... ...

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... joined NATO in the 'Partnership for Peace' (PFP); drafted in December 1993, which provided for limited joint military exercises, peacekeeping missions and information exchange. As Karen V. Lawrence puts it (http://www.umich.edu/~mjps/20/nato.html): Europe is not free of danger just because it is free of the Soviet threat. The nations of NATO do not cease to have ... ...

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... the media. Similarly public opinion was in favor of American intervention in Somalia and Bosnia, after watching news reports on the starvation in Somalia and the civil war in Bosnia. (www.pinkmonkey.com) It is also known by the majority of educated people in America that not everything our government does foreign policy wise is covered by the media or even ... ...

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