American history

American history

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American history

A speech by President Truman in March 1947 that set the course of U. S. Foreign policy for the next generation, painting international affairs as a struggle between free democratic governments and ...

Total War

History; American history

As opposed to limited war, total war usually denotes a military conflict in which warfare ultimately affects the entire population, civilian as well as military. The American Civil War, at least in ...

Tory

History; American history

In England during the eighteenth century the Tory Party was closely identified with the king's interests and monarchism, or in the minds of many American patriots, with tyrannical government. As the ...

Tenement Reform Law of 1879

History; American history

A law that required all rooms to have access to light and air.

Tet Offensive

History; American history

As American military and political leaders suggested victory in Vietnam was in sight, North Vietnam launched an offensive in January 1968 against every major South Vietnamese target. Although the ...

The China Lobby

History; American history

An informal group of media leaders and political pundits who criticised the communist takeover of China, claiming the United States could have prevented it.

Trust

History; American history

A form of business organisation that created a single board to trustees to oversee competing firms, the term came to apply when any single entity had the power to control competition within a given ...