Historians have identified the basic characteristics of civilizations. Six of the most important characteristics are: cities, government, religion, social structure, writing and art.
Russia got the bomb
Spying was ramped on both sides.
There was an arms race and it was open, which was the main reason for Eisenhower warning against the Military Industrial complex. The military was just becoming far too powerful.
Among the executive branch is checks on the legislative branch is the president‘s power to veto any legislation passed by the legislative branch. The president has two types of veto he can use. One is veto, which vetoes the whole legislation, which would then have a re-vote by the legislative branch. The other is line-item veto, in which the president vetoes parts of the bill, but not the whole thing.
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One of the tactics that Filipino insurgents used to undermine American power was "guerrilla warfare" mostly due to the fact that the Filipinos knew the land and territory far better than the Americans.
