The leader of the Nationalist forces, General Franco, headed theauthoritarian regime that was in power in Spain after the Civil War (May,1978). Francisco Franco became a general in 1926 and in 1934 became thecommander of the Spanish army. Two years later, he led a revolt against theelected governmen...

Benito Mussolini leader of the Fascist government in Italy stated, "If the XIXth century was the century of the individual (Liberalism implies individualism), we are free to believe that this is the 'collective' century, and therefore the century of the state" (Mussolini: 1...

During the Cold War not much was known about the activities of the Russian state security organization by western intelligence agencies. However after the collapse of the Soviet Union, documents that have been smuggled out by KGB agents (Wilson 1) have allowed agents to see just how much this agency...

Foreign Policy has varied throughout United States history, in order to adapt to changing times and needs. The alterations to foreign policies are generally made depending on the relationship the United States has with other nations, and to meet their own desires. Three types of US foreign policies ...

WORLD CONFLICT IN THE 20TH CENTURY 1 The 20th century was the bloodiest 100 years in human history. Based on numbers killed, in warfare, the 20th century exceeds all other centuries combined. The three major conflicts between 1901 and 200 were World War I, World War II, an...

Argumentation The United States' policy on foreign affairs is that there really is no foreign policy. Controversy and mixed opinions have surrounded this area of politics since the beginning of the country's existence. Each presidential administration has had its own perception as to what this polic...

The motives behind the establishment of American relations andintervention in the internal affairs of smaller nations have been anywhereor anything from security, ideological, economic to psychological (Pastor1998). The attention pattern the US shows is said to fluctuate betweenobsession an...