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World History: Foundation of NATO

After the initial success of the Marshall plan, it became increasingly evident that the plan by itself would...

📅 August 26, 2016

World History: Marshall Plan

The commitment to Greece and Turkey was only the first act under the American project of containing Soviet...

📅 August 26, 2016

World History: Truman Doctrine

The American declaration of cold war came about on March 12, 1947, when President Harry Truman went before...

📅 August 26, 2016

World History: Origin and Initial Factors of Cold War

Cold war (1940s -1991) is characterised by a situation where there is neither a direct confrontation nor a...

📅 August 26, 2016

World History: Unipolar to Bipolar world order

20th century can be divided into three distinct phases. The first beginning – 1900 A.D. to 1945 could...

📅 August 26, 2016

World History: Japanese Imperialism

Before Meiji Restoration (1867), which led to Emperor Meiji’s ascension to power, Japan was basically a feudal state with a...

📅 August 25, 2016

World History: Polity of Japanese Isolationalism

The Empire of Japan officially came into existence on January 3, 1868 with the Meiji Restoration. A brief background...

📅 August 25, 2016

World History: Imperialism in China, Opium Wars and Open Door Policy

Between the 17th and 19th century, China had developed a relatively advanced and self-sufficient civilization and did not...

📅 August 25, 2016

World History: Moroccan Crises

Even though the Berlin Conference was supposed to resolve disputes among several European Powers, the crisis still broke...

📅 August 25, 2016

Boer Wars

Great Britain took control of Egypt and what is now South Africa. Colonial uprisings in South Africa resulted...

📅 August 25, 2016

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