As noted earlier, in June 1971, in response to the news that the Nixon administration had expanded fighting in the Vietnam War to Cambodia, Daniel
The United States Senate appointed a special prosecutor, Archibald Cox, to investigate the White House shenanigans. The Senate, via The Ervin Committee, headed by Senator
In the wake of the Watergate scandal, Congress passed a series of laws designed to reform the political process. Disclosures during the Watergate investigations of
See related sections: The Arab Oil Embargo The Camp David Accords The Iranian Revolution The Persian Gulf War
In the 1950s and 1960s, oil supply was not a problem in the United States. As a nation, the U.S. acted as though there was
Although American foreign policy recognized the U.S.’s special relationship with Israel, it also acknowledged that peace in the Middle East was essential for international stability.
Iran, known from ancient times as Persia, has a culture that dates back to early biblical times. It is one of the oldest major civilizations
Iran and Iraq represent different, hostile strains of the Muslim religion (i.e. the Shiite and Sunni branches) and there have been long-simmering border disputes between
The Monroe Doctrine, which established the American sphere of influence in the Caribbean and Central America, played a significant role in the formation of American
Although Soviet Russia generally controlled the members of the Warsaw Pact with an iron hand during the Cold War years, there were more than a
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