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a decision of NATO: relations between NATO and Russia stay uncertain or even ambiguous. Thus, in 2004, Moscow protested against the entrance of three Baltic States which were also former soviet republic countries but also against the fact that NATO army will be stationed at its border.5 (AFP, 2004). The integration of Albania and Croatia in 2009 and the discussions about the one of Ukraine and Georgia did not help matters: President Dimitri Medvedev approved a new military doctrine identifying NATO

Puritans, a religious group, were supporting the Parliament because of the king’s persecutions whereas the Anglicans and Catholic tend to the King. Cromwell contributes to the success of the Parliamentary Army, like at the Battle of Naseby in 1645, with the cavalry and then, “New Model” Army which is a centralized fighting force. From 1650 to 1651 Cromwell became the Lord General of the Parliament. He replaces a monarchial regime with a puritanical republic. He has a worst reputation as statesman

james Montgomery Flagg, I want you for US army, 1916-1917  Celle de 1917 est une propagande pour le gouvernement qui cherche des soldats pour la première guerre mondiale, l'Oncle Sam représente l'Etat. La campagne de propagande de 1916 a été vue par tout le monde. Chacun sait de quoi s'inspire l'image et le slogan car il le reconnaît. Cela lui rappelle que l'Etat avait demandé des soldats pour la guerre, c'est une critique de la politique du gouvernement. Quand l'oncle Sam apparaît meurtri

the Children of the English Parent The Standing Army Bute (The king’s adviser) => Permanent force of royal troops in America. Reasons = in peace time, it was essential to keep on giving jobs to the soldiers in order to prevent unrest (= George III’s Concerns) + important for the Indian question = protect + prevent conflict mainly caused by the encroachment of their land and by their being exploited (= Ministers’ concerns) Standing Army was no part of the English tradition but in America

Confederates surrendered, and President Lincoln promoted Grant to major general of volunteers. Lincoln appointed him General-in-Chief in March 1864. Grant directed Sherman to drive through the South while he himself, with the Army of the Potomac, pinned down Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Grant was an extraordinarily responsible father and husband. He was extremely loving and kind towards his wife and children and was always considered a hero in the eyes of his family. Perhaps General

this text, the King tells them what he wants them to do. His army has advanced and they are about to arrive in Berwick. But Charles wants to clear the situation. He explains that his intentions are good. If civil people obey and cooperate, they won’t do anything violent. But if in on the contrary, Scotland raises armies and bring them near the English border, the King will consider it as an invasion. And he will respond by sending his own army which is going to destroy the invaders of England. Scotland

of 1815, it was decided that Russia received most of the Duchy of Warsaw, and that Prussia was given the rest. Russia organized its Polish lands as ‘the Congress Kingdom of Poland’. Russia gave to the congress a relatively liberal constitution, an army, and limited autonomy . However, in the 1820s, Russian rules grew stricter. In Poland nationalist and patriotic feelings grew, secret societies were plotting an insurrection and a demand of independence. Modern nationalism was at that time the most

took command of the Union Army of the Potomac on July 26 (he was briefly general-in-chief of all the Union armies, but was subsequently relieved of that post in favor of Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck), and the war began in earnest in 1862. Upon the strong urging of President Lincoln to begin offensive operations, McClellan attacked Virginia in the spring of 1862 by way of the peninsula between the York River and James River, southeast of Richmond. Although McClellan's army reached the gates of Richmond

support of the bureaucracy, the major part of the army and the nobility. Thus the Czar was able to suppress the strikes and the revolts after the division had appeared among the opposition forces. In short, the opposition forces, divided, unprepared to seize power, unable to represent the wishes of the peasants and the workers, failed to overthrow the decadent and demoralized dynasty which retained the support of the nobles, the bureaucrats and the army. The new plan was aiming for stability. Stolypin

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