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... United States was neutral and continued to trade across the Atlantic , many of her ships were sunk or captured by British squadrons . The British gambled that the United States , despite monthly provocations , would prefer not to wage ...
... United States was neutral and continued to trade across the Atlantic , many of her ships were sunk or captured by British squadrons . The British gambled that the United States , despite monthly provocations , would prefer not to wage ...
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... United States had remained united : nor would a Spanish squadron in 1864 have seized the Chincha Islands and their rich guano beds from Peru . Armies and fleets from western Europe would not have dared to attack Mexico in 1861 if the ...
... United States had remained united : nor would a Spanish squadron in 1864 have seized the Chincha Islands and their rich guano beds from Peru . Armies and fleets from western Europe would not have dared to attack Mexico in 1861 if the ...
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... United Nations passed a motion condemning the herbicide as contrary to a Geneva Protocol which in 1925 banned chemical warfare . In the following year the United States ceased to use Agent Orange . Ironically the power of retaliation ...
... United Nations passed a motion condemning the herbicide as contrary to a Geneva Protocol which in 1925 banned chemical warfare . In the following year the United States ceased to use Agent Orange . Ironically the power of retaliation ...
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