The Great Documents of Western CivilizationThe author has assembled 103 documents that trace the history of western civilization from its roots in the ancient Hammurabi code to the 1945 United Nations Charter. Many of these documents are excerpted; all are discussed and carefully placed in the flow of world events. The introductions to each section and the interpretive commentary on each document add significant value to this collection. The author uses the documents as stepping stones to guide us through the significant events in our history. -- Amazon (customer review) |
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... United States applied to the Southern hemisphere the principle of non - involvement that guided its relations with Europe . Any temptation to abet republicanism among its New World neighbors succumbed to an unwillingness to become ...
... United States applied to the Southern hemisphere the principle of non - involvement that guided its relations with Europe . Any temptation to abet republicanism among its New World neighbors succumbed to an unwillingness to become ...
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... United States became more and more directly engaged in defeating Fascism . In August , 1941 , Roosevelt met Chuchill ... United States into open belligerency by attacking Pearl Harbor , in fact the United States had been a major partici ...
... United States became more and more directly engaged in defeating Fascism . In August , 1941 , Roosevelt met Chuchill ... United States into open belligerency by attacking Pearl Harbor , in fact the United States had been a major partici ...
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... United States consider promptly the establishment of an appropriate commission to control the production and use of atomic power within the United States . I shall give further consideration and make further recommendations to the ...
... United States consider promptly the establishment of an appropriate commission to control the production and use of atomic power within the United States . I shall give further consideration and make further recommendations to the ...
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Popes | 47 |
B FRANCENationalism Triumphant | 64 |
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