Not that Hemingway wasn't a great writer, he was and was very knowledgeable of Spain, my knowledge of Spain, however should come from something more factual. ... It seems to me that from the beginning of the Spanish civil war, until recently the United States has completely ignored Spain. ... Alfonso left Spain for France on the 14th of April, 1931. ... The Soviet Union and few other countries supplied little help but most countries including the United States opted to remain neutral. ... The non-intervention and trade embargo on the part of the United States undermined the republic...

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So in our Nations best interest we agreed to help them and enter war in Europe against Germany and Italy. ... The U.S made a deal to help the Russians in WWII, since in return they would agree after defeating Germany that they would help us fight Japan and in return get land that they had lost in the Russo-Japanese war in 1904. ... At this time Spain was trying to gain control over Cuba while Cuba was fighting for their independence from Spain. ... The Spanish Empire was practically dissolved. ... Idealistically the United States did want to go to war with Spain but did not have a reason ...

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The Dominance of Spain and its Habsburg Rulers(1492 - 1648) Ferdinand of Aragon married Isabella of Castile and their marriage produced the modern state of Spain. ... The defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588) and the loss of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (completed by 1648) mark the end of Spain's greatness. ... Spain slipped in power. ... England France, Spain and Sweden were considered great powers. ... This war helped Germany to replace France as a major power and also due to Bismarck diplomacy the Austria was replaced by Italy as major power. ...

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France was military and economically weaker than Catholic Spain. ... Spain began an occupation of Netherlands. ... The wealth acquired helped the Dutch-English war effort but it also made Spain poorer. ... To make matters worse, The Portuguese rebelled against the Spanish therefore Spain had to divert some troops to subdue the rebellion in Portugal. ... France launched an invasion into Spain causing Spain to call back more troops from the battlefields to defend the Western Hapsburg seat of Power. ...

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Mussolini, however, felt differently about Italy's role in the Spanish Civil War. ... The sequence of events that followed Italy's brutal involvement in the Spanish Civil War fell into place one-by-one to assure the alliance with Germany. ... All the while Italy had a full plate with it's involvement in Spain, Hitler felt he could take Austria and Czechoslovakia. ... It gave the Germans almost everything they were working for: a partial annexation of Czechoslovakia, which helped them forge ahead straight into the Balkans and along the Danube River. ... Italian involvement in w...

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In his "Blood and Debt," Centeno posits that Latin American states are "weak" in comparison to North American (U.S. and Canadian) and European states for a number of reasons, but mostly because pre-existing conditions in Latin American countries limited their capacities to wage the types of "total wars" that would have required and led to the development of effective government administration, strong state institutions, a sense of nationalism and unity of purpose within the public, and development of internal infrastructure and industry, all of which, Centeno argu...

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The Swiss also used their trucks to move gold to Spain where it was sold. "Spain acquired more than $138 million in gold during the war and that little more than $1 million was recovered by1946" (Newsday, pg. 1). ... The Swiss bankers also gave hard currency to Germany to help fund their war. ... The Swiss also helped Germany with all kinds of military aides. ... When I see the facts I think that Switzerland was not neutral and helped the Nazis more then they helped the allied nations. ...

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When Ernest graduated High School, his uncle helped him land a job as a reporter on the Kansas City Star. ... The couple found the money to travel to Austria and Spain, where Ernest discovered bullfighting and the running of the bulls in Pamplona. ... He did some traveling to Spain, and Wyoming. ...

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The CIA didn't recognize the critical situation on Cuba and assured that after the landing of Castro - hostile troops and a rebellious army with parts of the cubane military forces would be there to help. ... The catholic spanish speaking population composes itself of 72% white, 15% mulattos, 12% blacks, 1% chinese. It was discovered in 1492 by Columbus, since 1511 spanish, 1896 it was yield (abtreten) to the USA, 1902 it formally became independent (till 1934, USA had the right to intervention). ...

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During World War Two, while much of the world was fighting a war against Germany, Germany was fighting another war against what it considered the "undesirables" of its countries. Most of these undesirables were Jews. Although there are a number of other groups who were targeted during this time. One...

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In addition, Spanish could now be heard on the airwaves of Czechoslovakian air training areas. ... Anyone else who the Soviets would be willing to lend an open ear to would not help the US in this matter. ...

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His systems helped actors find their inner truth, he wanted actors to live on stage. ... Their work helped the departure of theatre from realism. ... Spanish painter Salvador Dali was also known as a great leader of surrealism. ... He helped Brecht popularize Epic Theatre. ...

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Although Hitler's dynamic public speaking ability had the most effect on the German population, the superfluous propaganda helped to shove them in the right' direction. ... However, Hitler and Benito Mussolini helped the fascists to power in Spain, and Hitler's Policy of National Aggression also led to the outbreak of WWII. ... It also didn't help that the soviets had the "home field advantage- so to speak. ...

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In order to help the economy the government tried to print more money to pay striking workers. ... By the end of World War I Germany was in such a horrific state they were desperate to find a strong leader who could help them overcome the Treaty of Versailles' harsh terms, allowing room for Hitler to ease his way into power. ... This created homogenous thoughts and would help insure there would be no rebellion in Germany. ...

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The photographic finish was also introduced during these games which also helped to bring a more professional attitude to the sport. 1936 the Olympic Games were held in Berlin, these were the first games broadcast to the world. ... Satellite has improved on television by providing several channels purely for sport; available day and night with live events from different countries that may not even feature Australians for example we can watch a soccer game played in Spain between teams from Italy and France. ...

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US, France, UK, German, Italy, Spain and Russia were competing each other, then finally 2 possible outcome showed up, U.S and France. ... Military industry helped George Bush in the last election, therefore Korea needed to concern maintain moderate relationship with U.S Government by buying aircrafts to keep Korea peninsula peace process. ... TIME magazine reporter had interview with John Howard and reporter asked how does he answer people who say the U.S does not need military help from Australia. ...

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