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Germany's military build up and consistent aggressive rhetoric indicated that the country was prepared for large-scale war, with an intention of challenging other powers in the continent.... The main European countries that had developed considerable power in the continent included Germany, France, Great britain, Italy and Russia (Keegan, 1999, p38-39).... According to Kennedy (1988, p72), economic competition for overseas markets, especially between Great britain and Germany had reached epic levels....
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This essay "The Middle Eastern relations with world powers" describes the political relation between Egypt and britain is strong because Egypt is regarded as an important, strong pillar that is in support of stability and peace in the Middle East.... The relationship between britain and Egypt started mainly as a result of the Suez Canal....
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his fatal statement encapsulates the attitude in britain during this time period.... The author of the paper 'To Fight or Not to Fight: Britains Dilemma and the Great War' states that like any issue in World history, britain's entrance into World War I has many causes, all as valid as each other.... The zeitgeist in Europe preceding World War I gave britain a sense of invincibility.... The land scramble following the Balkan Wars, a sense of and simultaneous need for nationalism, British hubris, and Germany's inability to remain content with their minor role on the European playing field all contributed to britain's necessity to enter World War I....
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The paper describes the role of war and conflict in the nature of the special relationship between Great britain and the United States.... The British were facing a crisis of sorts as France was overrun and the Soviet Union came under the throes of the biggest threat ever, Churchill the British Prime Minister was left to britain's dogged determination to survive the critical days till America joined the war effort....
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Before World War II, there were six great powers in the world namely; Great Britain, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, Japan, and the United States (Painter, 1999).... his paper ''britain and the Cold War'' tells us that Great britain was considered the most powerful nation in the world in the years leading up to the Second World War.... And even as these two nations were slowly but surely recovering politically, economically, and militarily, Great britain was being plunged into an economic crisis....
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This essay "The Modern Middle East in World Affairs" describes the political relation between Egypt and britain is strong because Egypt is regarded as an important, strong pillar that is in support of stability and peace in the Middle East.... British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli bought Egypt's shareholding thus establishing britain's influence in the running of this new and extremely important waterway (Gill, 67)....
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When Jewish populations were recovering from the Nazi storm that ate up three fourths of their population, britain took the decision to create a separate land that would be called home of Jews.... britain's anti-Jew and pro-Jew roles have been always criticized since, being a world power, it had initially done nothing to stop the ethnic cleansing of European countries.... When the World War took immensely horrific shape, only then did britain decide to take the side of the side that seemed to do the right thing, which in this context was the United States....
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The intervention of European states and particularly of britain in the East African region, specifically Kenya, from the late nineteenth century is an example of colonialism still under speculation.... The role of britain in the development of Kenya can be analyzed to evaluate the implications and impacts on the social, industrial, and commercial aspects of Kenyan society.... Ouch asserts, 'the history of colonialism provides overwhelming evidence of how manipulation of 'more friendly' people to conquer 'more stubborn' people, through primitive expeditions of denial of basic social services to the latter, laid firm foundations for conflict-in-waiting, a time bomb which exploded when the colonial administration was succeeded by independent governments....
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