Jim Powers

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parliament frederich william iv emperor maximillian romanticism fades and realism prevails war between science and religion electricfication steamships second industrial revolution rostow's take-off stage military reforms paris peace conference siege of sevastopol charge of the light brigade russo-turkish hostility liberal revolution of 1848 the second opium war french indochina parisian urban renewal liberal reforms railroad development emperor napoleon iii president louis-napoleon roman republic garibaldi mazzini battle of koniggratz king wilhelm i of prussia helmuth von moltke the elder seven weeks war schleswig-holstein question prussian constitutional conflict franco-prussian war emancipation of the serfs alexander ii palmerstone george bernard shaw sigmund freud henri bergson bulgarian crisis of 1886-87 alliance systems russo-turkish war 1877-78 socialist revisionism anarchism milkhail bakunin communist manifesto' utopian socialism trade unionism rostow's stages of economic 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department of the us air force cold war revolt of the admirals unification controversy strategic bombing department of defense soviet submarine threat soviet atomic bomb berlin blockade lusitânia german navy mutiny october 1918 sussex pledge armistice november 1918 erich ludendorf paul hindenburg woodrow wilson unrestricted submarine warfare german spring offensive of 1918 three u-boat campaigns scheer beatty jellicoe hipper sea of marmara cape helles liman von sanders mustafa kemal ataturk dardanelles kilid bahr winston churchill suvla bay gaba tepe battle of falkland islands-1915 battle of dogger bank churchill battle of heligoland bight david beatty battle of coronel the great white fleet panama canal naval arms race boxer rebellion alaskan boundary dispute intervention in latin america naval aviation submarines dreadnought roosevelt corollary adm george dewey "splendid little war" adm schley "white man's burden" adm sampson san juan hill guam uss maine philippines battle of manila bay first sino-japanese war meiji revolution matthew c. perry admiral togo treaty of portsmouth admiral rozhestvensky townsend harris crossint the t battle of the yalu port arthur emperor meiji whitehead torpedo pacific war turret torpedo boat armored cruiser anglo-german naval race polar exploration alfred mackinder boer war lord cromer cecil rhodes suez canal colonialism battle of mobile bay surrender at appomattox capture of fort fisher robert gould shaw siege of charleston riverine warfare vicksburg forts henry and donelson u.s. grant 1862 battle of new orleans shiloh admiral farragut island no. 10 david dixon porter uss monitor css virginia battle of hampton roads css hunley david ap catesby jones torpedoes davids john ericksson franklin buchanan raphael semmes gideon welles blockade commerce raiding blockade runners anaconda policy us-mexican war uss merrimack dahlgren gun john eriksson us naval academy george bancroft rifled cannon armstrong gun crystal palace romanticism early railroads samuel colt british india embargo freedom of the seas isaac hull chesapeake-leopard affair neutral rights president vs macedonian burning of washington steven decateur constitution vs guerriere impressment war of i812 battle of new orleans quasi-war with france navy act of 1794 preble's boys first barbary war humphreys frigates stephen decatur peninsular campaign wellington fourth coalition villeneuve calder collingwood battle of trafalgar 1805 nelson harvey anti-slavery movement banque de france assignats british fiscal policy code napoleon status of women in society battle of the nile peace of amiens battle of copenhagen 1801 vilarette-joyeuse henry dundas cuthbert collingwood adam duncan charles earl grey battle of cape st. vincent the glorious first of june 1794 horatio nelson john jervis earl st. vincent press gangs thomas troubridge james gambier richard howe lazare hoche emma hamilton battle of camperdown first coalition comte de guichen battle of cape st vincent 1780 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