he could undercut confidence in the United States throughout Asia and make a regional war more likely. [From the December ...
It was the watershed of a new political and economic order, and the beginning ... It was the first modern war and, for Americans, the costliest, yielding the most American fatalities and the ...
"[Mexico] has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American soil," and sent the order for war to Congress on May 11. The act was a questionable one. Many Northerners believed that ...
The jihadi rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad say they want to build a unified, inclusive country ...