AP US - Monmouth Regional High School
... 1. Great Britain entered the First World War in response to: a. The Austro-Hungarian invasion of Russia. b. Acts of Russian terrorism in the Balkans c. The Serbian invasion of Austria-Hungary d. The German invasion of Belgium 2. American neutrality in response to the World War I was never a real pos ...
... 1. Great Britain entered the First World War in response to: a. The Austro-Hungarian invasion of Russia. b. Acts of Russian terrorism in the Balkans c. The Serbian invasion of Austria-Hungary d. The German invasion of Belgium 2. American neutrality in response to the World War I was never a real pos ...
Charlie Wilson (Texas politician)
Charles Nesbitt ""Charlie"" Wilson (June 1, 1933 – February 10, 2010) was a United States naval officer and former 12-term Democratic United States Representative from Texas's 2nd congressional district.Wilson is best known for leading Congress into supporting Operation Cyclone, the largest-ever Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) covert operation which, under the Carter and Reagan administration, supplied military equipment including anti-aircraft weapons such as Stinger antiaircraft missiles and paramilitary officers from their Special Activities Division to the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. His behind-the-scenes campaign was the subject of the non-fiction book Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile III and the subsequent film Charlie Wilson's War starring Tom Hanks as Wilson.