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The paper "The Decline of Spain" highlights that the superior social, economic and military power being used by the Northern European powers made them more productive than Spain and this caused them to overcome Spain which was steeped in strong religious values and systems.... ... ... ... Generally, by virtue of the territories controlled by Spain in this era, it became the dominant political power of the Holy Roman Empire....
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The Japanese people embraced defeat by changing postwar foreign policy.... ccording to dower, the elite in the country was bullied or seduced to conform to the ideology of the state without any opposition before and during the war (40).... dower highlights that the U.... The defeat of Japan led to post-war reconstruction that involved a change of foreign policies in the country.... This gives an example of how countries embrace defeat after a major war....
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Since the beginning of time, many nations have felt a sense of responsibility to act a certain way that would, to whatever degree, stay within the realm of acting within their best interests as they would see them to be.... Since the fight to ensure independence from Great Britain, the United States would see an evolution throughout the decades to follow that would not only shape the present set of circumstances that the nation would have been exposed to but also, would set the path for the future of America and its overall populous....
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In an address at john Hopkins University, then-President Lyndon B.... This country had for years been in internal conflict with a division between embracing Socialism in the north to favoring a democratic society in the southern part of the country.... The essay "The US Should Not Have Fought in Vietnam" focuses on the critical analysis of whether the US should not have fought in Vietnam....
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The paper will also include insights into the ways of embracing defeat just as set herein by john dower then summarize all the main points.... Analytical review of embracing defeat shows that occupation and defeat of Japan played a major role in shaping this country's postwar foreign policy.... With this respect, I agree with dower's ways in which he sees Japan's postwar foreign policy shaped by its experience of defeat and occupation.... Given that there are facts to support this argument, this paper will identify three ways in which dower sees Japan's postwar foreign policy shaped by the experience of defeat and occupation....
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This essay will examine these issues and consider the various opinions of the Pacific War and the defeat of Imperial Japan.... This paper "The Pacific War - between Japan and the United States" focuses on The Pacific War—fought between the Allies (mostly the United States) and Imperial Japan—that had huge significance....
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The paper "The Decline of Spain" explains Spain's decline as a world power.... Also, explains what factors contributed to Spain's eventual decline as a European and global power following the Thirty Years Wars, its historical background and consequences.... ... ... ... Philip II signed a peace treaty with the Dutch who had started a rebellion against the Spanish Empire which ruled that area....
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is devoted to a detailed analysis of the reasons and prerequisites for the defeat of the Axis countries in World War II, and also examines the reasons for the protractedness of the war.... The defeat of the Axis by Allied forces is an issue that has garnered a lot of attention from different scholars who point out the possible reasons for such an outcome.... However, it is apparent that the defeat did not come easily as the war spanned a long period of time....
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