Sentences with phrase «subsequent civil war»

Cambodia is slowly recovering from the barbarism of the Khmer Rouge regime and the subsequent civil war that devastated the nation during the last quarter of the twentieth century.

Since the collapse of Somalia's central government in 1991 and the subsequent civil war, the market for charcoal in the Gulf countries and Saudi Arabia led to large - scale and environmentally damaging logging.

The colonial history of Angola along with the subsequent Civil War and modernization of its capital, Luanda, is a pertinent narrative of his work.

Yes, it's darker, and yes, it has a lot to do in telling its own story and setting up the subsequent Civil War and beyond.

The unraveling of Yemen's government and subsequent civil war has only increased the operational reach of al - Qaeda.

Not exact matches

One can not help but wonder whether the parallels with the South's defeat in the American Civil War and the subsequent rise of the «Sun Belt» economy merit investigation.

Statistics from prior wars (the U.S. Civil War) and subsequent wars (World War II) suggest that a one - to - one ratio is virtually impossible, allowing for the differences in medical and transport capabilities, etc..

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

His reputation as a moderniser was criticised by those who remember how, as Minister, he failed to oppose the death penalty of Julián Grimau (a communist leader accused of crimes during the civil war), as well as his failure to publicly decry the murder of Enrique Ruano, a student killed whilst under arrest (and the subsequent publication of Ruano's private diaries to portrait him as someone with mental problems).

We learn about her growing up in a broken home and subject to physical and emotional abuse by her mother LaVona (Allison Janney, The Help), her marriage to Jeff Gilooley (Sebastian Stan, Captain America Civil War) when she was young and the subsequent abuse during that relationship, and of course her skating career.

Captain America: Civil War feels like the conclusion of a series, despite the leads for subsequent films.

He grew up during an especially turbulent time in the country's history — witnessing the departure of the occupying USSR troops; the ensuing civil war that inflicted incredible hardship on the population as warlords from the Mujahideen sought to fill the power vacuum; the subsequent takeover by the Taliban; and finally the Taliban's ouster by the foreign coalition formed after 9/11.

A subsequent period of civil war between Chinese Communists and Nationalists lasting more twenty years culminated in victory for the Communists and in 1949, The People's Republic of China - the country's official title today - was established.

I like to think that the only real conflict between Mario and Bowser happened in Super Mario Bros. and that the subsequent «rescue the princess» games are the Mushroom Kingdom's equivalent of Civil War re-enactments.

Each Friday's presentation will present the history of displacement of the Spanish Civil War and its subsequent dictatorship from the perspective of a specific site or individual.

The photographs also follow the evolution of protest from civil rights and black power to Vietnam War demonstrations and, in subsequent decades, rallies fighting South African apartheid.

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Primary research interests are ancient and military history, particularly the role of African Americans during the Civil War and subsequent -LSB-...] Continue Reading →