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expansionism, Soviet
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
expansionism, Soviet a policy of military, strategic, economic, and ideological...World , and invaded Afghanistan in 1979. The postwar era of Soviet expansionism ended with Mikhail Gorbachev 's policy of glasnost , which was designed...
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Insular Cases
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...disagreement about the constitutional issues under-lying American expansionism. The "incorporation" approach emerged as a central doctrine...The Insular Cases: The Role of the Judiciary in American Expansionism. Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1982. Ramos...
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Open Door Policy
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...national reorganization in the Far East. First Cycle of Expansionism The first cycle of open door activity developed through the...William McKinley's administration, 1898. Second Cycle of Expansionism The second cycle of expansionist development sprang from...
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North Atlantic Treaty
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
...states. It was entered into force on August 24, 1949. It established an international military security alliance, known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization , or NATO, to oppose Soviet expansionism in Europe after World War II .
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Davis, Jefferson
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
...made him a military hero in Mississippi. Appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1847, he spoke out strongly in favor of expansionism and in defense of slavery, fiercely opposing the Compromise of 1850 . After resigning from the Senate and unsuccessfully...
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Russia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...partially successful, though they fell short of the demands made by the Populists and other radical reform groups. In the late 19th century Russian expansionism, curtailed by the Congress of BERLIN , led to its abandonment of the Th
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Little Entente
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...established, and military consultations began soon afterwards. However, in concentrating on possible Hungarian and Austrian expansionism it failed to take into account the implications of the rise of Nazism . Hence it proved completely unable to respond to the...
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De Lima v. Bidwell
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...Conn.: Yale University Press, 1979. Kerr, James Edward. The Insular Cases: The Role of the Judiciary in American Expansionism. Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1982. Harvey Wish / a. r. See also Tariff ; Trade, Foreign .
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War Hawks
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...simile, declaring they had a single cry: "Canada! Canada!" He might have detected another, "Florida!", for American expansionism pointed southward as well as westward and northward. Kentucky's young U.S. Senator Henry Clay switched to the House...
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Postcolonial Studies
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...Encounters Materialist postcolonial scholars understand colonialism to be a territorial expression of political-economic expansionism. Its foundations in domination, appropriation, and exploitation place the colonizer and colonized populations in a fundamentally...
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