… largely ignored the struggle for social justice and national sovereignty occurring within the country. After China became a communist state in 1949, the stability of Japan became of great importance to Washington, and Japanese development…

… and its allies and the group of nations led by the Soviet Union. There was no military conflict that occurred between the two superpowers, but intense economic and diplomatic struggles happened. The war was fought with politics, economics, and propagand…

… forces eroded at the Soviet Union and created a sense of desperation that eventually brought the country to the knees of capitalism. The economic dire straits that plagued the country for so may years, the innate failure of Communism as a political…

… searched for new means of income and new deposits of natural resources to deplete, they realized that the self contained continent of the “dark people” had been yet unscathed by previous pursuits of outside income for their own usage. These nations,…

… was it a benefit or a rip off to the Canadian people? Although it has been argued both ways, my position is that the deal struck benefited the US and adversely affected British Columbia. While we did receive money from the US for the sale of electricit…

… to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Perhaps the most powerful words ever written by who…

… Civil War, which was, arguably, the bloodiest war this country has ever seen. It set North against South, nation against state, and brother against brother. Each group of individuals maintained an interpretation of freedom that was so powerful to them,…

… which aroused in the eleventh century papacy, were nothing that could be overlooked. Eventually causing the schism and conciliar movement, the corruption of those leaders of the Catholic Church was caused by a question of who had more power, the…

… the federation of 11 slave holding Southern states of the United States that seceded from the Union and were arrayed against the national government during the American Civil War. Immediately after confirmation of the election of Abraham Lincoln…

… Did Hernan Cortes the Spaniard. He was greedy for wealth and power alone. But not even Cortes could imagine that he would conquer the most powerful empire of the 1500’s. The year is 1519, when Cortes sets foot on the Mexican beaches along with…