... or naval officers of similar rank worked for civilian agencies. Defense spending linked to moderate expansions of welfare-state at home based upon the imperatives of fighting the Cold War abroad. "Military Keynesianism- in which major producers of consumer durables were also major weapons contractors: "what enhanced the home was not unrelated to what protected the homeland. Examples: GI Bill, NSC ... in the development of our military and economic strength. 2. We must lead in building a successfully functioning political and economic system in the free world. It is only by practical aff...

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... African Americans. This reached its high point during WWII. At this time the African American community organized around the concept of a double victory-victory at home, as well as victory abroad. African American soldiers would be dying for a country that had always treated them badly. Other black Americans showed resentment also, but they also felt that blacks should fight for their ... , President Bill Clinton gave the Medal of Honor on seven black men. These awards were another achievement in the long struggle for Double V. These soldiers fought and died for victory abroad and, at ho...

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... relations generally and especially it policy toward Africa. Because of its support of desegregation and legal equality at home, the Kennedy Administration was at least verbally committed to similar objectives abroad. Thus the pursuit of equality in the American south and South Africa created a rare case of reciprocity between domestic and foreign policy. Just as the internal "red scare"" of the ... ...

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... the Reconstruction period, blacks wielded political power in the South for the first time. Their leaders were largely clergymen, lawyers, and teachers who had been educated in the North and abroad. Among the ablest were Robert B. Elliott of South Carolina and John R. Lynch of Mississippi. Both were speakers of their state House of Representatives and were members of the United States ... ...

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... in the United States as well as to African Countries. Studies conducted by the Church as of January 1, 1980 provided information on the increase of diversity among Mormon members living abroad: South America contained a total of over three-hundred thousand members, Mexico contained more than two-hundred and thirty thousand members, while the continent of Africa registered more than eight thousand ... ...

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... the United States. The 1948 trip to France marked the beginning of his career as an expatriate writer, and while his writing often returned to American subjects, he was based abroad for most of the next 40 years. In Paris, though he lived as a struggling artist, his friends included French writers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. Baldwin's 1949 essay ... ...

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... had broken down. Kennedy received credit for recognizing that international and domestic crises required an active response, even if that response was "mediating, rationalizing, and managerial," a policy of "aggressive tokenism." Abroad, the new frontier had the virtue of working towards "political stabilization" with the Russians; it was deeply committed to avoiding nuclear war - although Kennedy showed no interested in general disarmament ... ...

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... it as a national platform from which he spoke. King lectured in all parts of the country and discussed problems of Blacks with civil-rights and religious leaders at home and abroad. Another important incident occurred in 1957. Nine pupils had to be escorted by federal troops as they tried to enter Central High School in Little Rock. Mass Media spread the ... ...

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