... all His Majesty's subjects in whatever part of the world they live." With this comes the idea that the British Empire colonised its territories in order to teach them of freedom and eventual self-governance, perhaps with the western values of civilisation but while this may be a sensible argument, the alternative still remains, in which Austin offers: "Like their European counterparts, it can be argued, the British quite underestimated the ... guerrilla force. The ignorance of the majority on the Right of the cabinet saw great optimism in the Dutch military and the elimination of the Re...

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... the western world to stop the spread of communism, and that Italy had to be the starting point. The intervention into the Italian elections of 1948 was a campaign built solely for the dedication of eliminating communist beliefs and ideals in the western hemisphere. The battle lines would be drawn around the question of democracy versus communism (the fact that communists had been the ... the idea of "freedom for all-. The United States intervention in Italy began with their influence over the allocation of funds for the war the worn torn country. The Truman administration's stance became ...

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