International politics

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Almost a year ago, in company with 16 free nations of Europe, we launched the greatest cooperative economic program in history. The purpose of that unprecedented effort is to invigorate and strengthen democracy in Europe, so that the free people of that continent can resume their rightful place in the forefront of civilization and can contribute once more to the security and welfare of the world.

Harry Truman

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Topic

Marshall Plan American foreign policy International politics

Speaker

Harry Truman

Source

Inaugural Address of Harry Truman

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Truman, Harry S. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1949, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Where is the acknowledgment that this was not a "cowardly" attack on "civilization" or "liberty" or "humanity" or "the free world" but an attack on the world's self-proclaimed superpower, undertaken as a consequence of specific American alliances and actions?

Susan Sontag

On the 9/11 attacks.

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September 11th Terrorism International politics Politics

Author

Susan Sontag

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Sontag, Susan. "The Talk of the Town: Tuesday, and After." The New Yorker, 24 Sept. 2001. www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/09/24/tuesday-and-after-talk-of-the-town

Whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.

Sir Walter Raleigh

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Topic

International politics Political power

Author

Sir Walter Raleigh

Language

English

Time

1618 1610s 17th century

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Raleigh, Walter. "A Discourse of the Invention of Ships, Anchors, Compass, &c." The Works of Sir Walter Raleigh, Kt. Vol. 8, Oxford University Press, 1829.