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The Second Front

The battle for winning the hearts and minds of the public—the “second front”—is the most important component of asymmetric warfare. Chapter 10 focuses on the second front of the US-led war in Afghanistan (2001–2021), which was not only unique for its length and extent but also for unfolding as the internet and social media became widely available ...
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Spain: the Failed Front of the Second World War

ISTORIYA, 2022
The little-known aspects of a problem long discussed in historiography are highlighted: why Spain did not enter the Second World War. On the eve of his suicide, Hitler called his two fatal mistakes: the attack on the USSR, as well as the fact that he failed to draw Spain into the world conflict in 1940, capture Gibraltar and thereby break England ...
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The Bomber Offensive as a Second Front

Journal of Contemporary History, 1987
It was not the first call nor the last. Demands for a Second Front continued until D-Day in June 1944 and recriminations thereafter. British reluctance to attack in 1942 and Churchill's scepticism regarding the likelihood of success have frequently been censured by American as well as by Soviet and some British critics.
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The Struggle for a Second Front

2003
Abstract Late on the evening of Armistice Day, November 11, 1943, Roosevelt and a handful of aides stole away from the White House and boarded the presidential yacht Potomac. At dawn the president’s little craft lay alongside the massive battleship Iowa, anchored in Chesapeake Bay.
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Chapter 4: Southeast Asia: the Second Front

The Adelphi Papers, 2004
Since 11 September 2001, President George W. Bush's administration has argued that when governments respect both the rule of law and human rights they contribute to a world where terrorism cannot thrive. For this reason, as well as its commitment to promote its own values, the US claims that it will not relax its efforts to advance human rights ...
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Second order front tracking for the Euler equations

Journal of Computational Physics, 2010
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Comment: Mao, the Comintern and the Second United Front

The China Quarterly, 1992
Sheng and I are in essential agreement that between mid-1935 and late 1936 repeated interventions by the Comintern induced changes in CCP policy which brought it successively closer to a united front with Chiang Kai-shek. We disagree about whether there were significant discrepancies between CCP and Comintern line on this issue at specific points.
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Panel: A Second View from the Front Lines

2013
Excerpts taken from panel discussion at the Columbia Law School Symposium: The Past, Present, and Future of Insider Trading: A 50th Anniversary Re-Examination of Cady, Roberts and the Revolution It Began (Nov. 16, 2012).
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Winston Churchill and the "Second Front": A Reappraisal

The Journal of Modern History, 1990
The invasion of France and its timing was one of the most important issues in the course of the war, and it continued even after the war to spur historiographical disagreement. Churchill, British Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, was a key figure in the controversy.
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12 The Second Front: January to September 1944

Camden Fifth Series, 1999
Headlam spent the first six weeks of 1944 recuperating at Holywell; he kept the diary regularly, but his knowledge of events was restricted to that provided by the press and radio. Towards the end of January he began to return to his normal routine and attended some meetings in Newcastle.
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