Polk was very
anxious to purchase California from Mexico, and he knew that Mexico would
refuse to give it up. He thought there was no time to be lost, as he feared
that England would seize it as a strong point on the Pacific, the wisest
course was what we would now call "eyeball" diplomacy — staring hard
at the opponent and expecting him to blink first. This technique was beginning
to work with England, and Polk had no doubt that it would also work with Mexico.
Militirasim was a big part that cause the ww1 because a lot of coutries in europe had armies which were powerful
The Korean War brought economic and social damage to Korea while boosting the economy of both Japan and the US. The Korean War also legitimized the United Nations and led to the expansion of military power and fed the growing anti-communist feeling across the US.
The main three areas of the walled city are Kowloon Walled City, Inside Hong Kong’s lawless, and from the slum to park
