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Communist party (in the United States)
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......were opposed as a hindrance to the war effort, and in 1944 the U.S...Communist Political Association. The Cold WarIn 1945, Browder's policy...Foster. This change in line and the beginning of the cold war brought the party, which had achieved......
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Himmler, Heinrich
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......death for millions, particularly after the beginning of World War II. A superb bureaucrat and one of the most cold-blooded of the Nazi leaders, he was...just before Germany's defeat in World War II, Himmler secretly attempted to negotiate......
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espionage
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......been recognized since the beginning of recorded history. The...500 BC) on the art of war (see Sun Tzu) devotes...of it growing out of the cold war between the United States...intelligence agencies.Famous cold war espionage cases include......
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South, the
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......neither long nor very cold, and no month averages...California.Since World War II, the South has become...system during the Civil War gave rise to sharecropping...the 19th cent. saw the beginning of industrialization in...between 1880 and World War II was marked by the rise......
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foreign aid
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......range of services to the war-devastated Allies. UNRRA...Development). During the Cold WarThe Truman Doctrine...with the escalation of the cold war, U.S. foreign aid to...aid to former colonies. Beginning in 2001, the United Stat...
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censorship
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......considered radical. During the cold war many Americans worked to...CensorshipLong before World War I there were vigilante...but it was after World War I that public controversy...Over a 15-year period beginning in 1957, a series of Supreme......
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disarmament, nuclear
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......United States in World War II demonstrated the overwhelming...possibility of nuclear war and led to calls for controls...opposed nuclear testing, beginning with the protests leading...Security Council. As the cold war progressed, the commission......
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Wilderness campaign
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......campaign, in the American Civil War, a series of engagements (May...Grant did not attack. By the beginning of June both armies were near...entrenched enemy in the battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. The Union...most horrible slaughter of the war. After several days of desultory......
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Stone, I. F.
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......in New Jersey, he moved to New York City shortly after beginning his career as a journalist. Later moving to Washington...reported on these subjects. A determined opponent of the cold war and domestic loyalty measures in the 1950s, Stone was......
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Bolívar, Simón
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......veterans of the Napoleonic wars. Resuming the war, he occupied part of the lower Orinoco basin...flooded Apure valley, climbed the bitterly cold Andean passes, and defeated the surprised Spanish forces...little was accomplished, it marked the beginning of Pan-Americanism. Separatist movements......