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Book review of Noble E. Cunningham Jr. In Pursuit Of Reason.
... he found his way back to the United States and took office as the Secretary of State under George Washington. In 1797 he was ... of Jefferson's lifelong love of books" states the author. In the spring of 1760 at the age of seventeen, he entered the College of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Six Days of War, 35 years without peace The purpose of this paper is to discuss the origins and impacts of the 1967 Six Day War
... stated they would consider the closer of the Straits of Tiran an act of war, the status of the straits was in no way clear. Secretary of State ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History
Contradictions of an American President Write an essay linking Thomas Jefferson and slavery
... then successor as minister of Benjamin Franklin. Jefferson served as Secretary of State from 1790 to ... of emancipation of the slaves but never showed good examples of it. The writer of Slavery and Thomas Jefferson states, "Jefferson recognized the evils of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
"the cuban missile crisis" 2500 words detailed analysis of the cuban missile crisis 1962, including long and short term causes, the crisis itself, and the long and short term consequences
... of Soviet borders. After convening with EX-COMM , Kennedy, with help from his brother Robert, decided to go against suggestions from Secretary of State ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > International Organizations & Conflicts
The Korean War in the deepest darkest corner of American history
... Secretary of State John Foster Dulles stated that "the principle of unity cannot work without sacrifice." Dulles argued that the United States sent 1,000,000 Americans, 24,000 of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Tibet, America, and the inconsistent rhetoric of the Truman Doctrine
... a telegram to the US Secretary of State Dean Acheson declaring that "Communism and the Tibetan way of life were totally ... States "...recognized the de facto existence of the Government of Tibet and also its neutrality [in the war]'. The neutral stance of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
"The Berlin Blockade was the turning point in the outbreak of the Cold War in the period 1945-1949." How far is this statement accurate?
... favour of it. At Potsdam, the issue was further aggravated when Truman's secretary of state ... secretary of state Byrnes asked Russia to obtain compensation from its own zone, which specialized in agriculture. The Soviet Union was only entitled to 25% of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War
The dropping of the atomic bombs on japan, right or wrong?
... of the bomb was 'the first major operation of the cold diplomatic war with Russia. American Historian, Gar Alperovitz, notes in his diary that Secretary of State ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II
Why did the "Bloody Code" come into such force in the 18th century, and then was largely abolished in the early part of the 19th century?
... Secretary of State for a reprieve but this depended on the nature of the crime and the reputation of the ... of the Vicar of Wakefield stated: It was believed that the indiscriminate use of the death penalty was illogical and as such a self-defeating system of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Atomic Energy and The Development of Drugs
... General McGraith, and Secretaries of State Dean Acheson and General George Marshall. Hoover also chose not to tell the CIA of the Venona ... of the United States. He came into office right after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death. Truman seen the dropping of both of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History