This investigation will answer the question: For what reasons did Pakistan support the Mujahedeen during the Afghan-Soviet War‚ between the years 1979-1989? This investigation is important because Pakistan’s role was essential in ensuring the Mujahedeen’s success over the Soviets in the Soviet-Afghan war of 1979. The scope of this investigation is the reasons behind Pakistan’s involvement in the Soviet-Afghan war and their successes in training the Mujahedeen during the years 1979-1989. Firstly
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during the cold war‚ so they would be on the US’s side. Truman Doctrine Stated the US would aid any nation that was fighting communism. Berlin (1948-49) The US sends Berlin supplies using aircraft. NATO Established to keep peace in the Northern Atlantic. Warsaw Pact A response to the NATO treaty by the communist states‚ forming an alliance. USSR Gets the Bomb The Soviet Union builds an atomic bomb which made many nations afraid. Korean War A battle fought between North and South Korea
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MILESTONES: 1961-1968 The India-Pakistan War of 1965 The 1965 war between India and Pakistan was the second conflict between the two countries over the status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The clash did not resolve this dispute‚ but it did engage the United States and the Soviet Union in ways that would have important implications for subsequent superpower involvement in the region. Life Magazine cover depicting India-Pakistan War The dispute over this region originated in the process
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After receiving the largest Electoral majority vote‚ of four hundred thirty-five votes‚ Woodrow Willson became President. During his first term he was able to push through an abundance of reform proposals such as the Underwood-Simmons Act‚ the Sixteenth Amendment‚ the Federal Reserve Act and more. He believed in liberal values such as capitalist development‚ democracy‚ and free trade. He also believed that the United States could lead the world in a new international system based on peaceful commerce
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Pakistan: Foreign Policy Pakistan‚ a land of many splendors and opportunities‚ a repository of a unique blend of history and culture for both the East and West has been the cradle of one of the oldest civilizations. The Indus valley‚ is the ninth most populous Area in the world‚ with 134 million tough‚ conscientious‚ hard working people wishing and striving hard to enter into the 21st century as equal partners in the community of the different developed nations. During the last 20 years Pakistan’s
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Introduction No country today can think of a life independent of other nations. Every country has to develop relations with other countries so as to meet its requirements in economical‚ industrial and technological fields. It is thus necessary for every country to formulate a sound foreign policy. Pakistan is an important third world country‚ in its developmental stage. It also has formulated her foreign policy keeping in mind its geography‚ politics and economics. Definition of Foreign Policy
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*Allies first important victory: The Battle of Coral Sea- Northwest of Australia; May 7-8‚ 1942. -American forces first turned back the previously unstoppable Japanese fleet. *Battle of Midway; Four day battle. Extremely victorious. American navy destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers while losing only one; regaind control of the central Pacific. *America took the offensive side in the Solomon Islands to the east of New Guinea. *Guadalcanal- Battle of terrible ferocity and savagery
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Pakistan Foreign Policy: Form 1947 to 2012 Shahnawaz Mohammad Khan PhD Candidate Department
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Essay on Bureaucracy-Army Coalition in Pakistan By the turn of the decade‚ the Muslim League had lost all credibility in East Pakistan because of its language policy.There the mainstream Muslim League broke away and formed the Awami League in 1949. In West Pakistan‚ the Muslim League split into two informal groups-one consisting of old Leaguers who were mostly migrants from India and the other comprising the new entrants‚ mostly Punjabis and a few Sindhis and Pathans. While the former were mostly
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of expanding territory and rule. 6. McKinder’s Heartland Theory f. Basis for Nazi takeover of Europe; stormed throughout other European countries in an attempt to control everyone. 7. Spykman’s Rimland Theory g. Basis for NATO and CENTO‚ both organizations aimed at making sure Nazi Germany never got control of the rimland of Eurasia. It is presumed that by preventing this takeover‚ Nazis would not be able to extend their power any further. 8.
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