Dwight Eisenhower had led a fractious alliance—you didn't tell Winston Churchill what to do—in a massive, chaotic war.

在一场大规模的、混乱的战争中，德怀特·艾森豪威尔领导了一个难以驾驭的联盟——你不必告诉温斯顿·丘吉尔该做什么。

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They conclude that the postwar demise of this vital alliance constituted a lost opportunity for the civil rights movement that followed the war.

他们得出的结论是，这个至关重要的联盟在战后的覆灭，使战后的民权运动失去了机会。

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NATO’s hot war, in Afghanistan, is going badly and the alliance is at odds over further expansion.

北约在阿富汗进行的热战举步维艰，而在是否要展开进一步行动这一问题上，各联盟国也是争执不休。

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It represented the alliance between their two countries during America's war for independence from Britain.

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With the North Atlantic Treaty Organization facing divisions over the war in Afghanistan and advanced economies struggling for a united approach on climate change, the Secretary of State urged alliance states to again summon the resolve and idealism that won the Cold War.

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The Gulf-war alliance, which endured in defiance of the predictions of many doubters, no longer exists (see article).

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The war alliance was never terribly strong to begin with.

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The US has some 28, 000 troops stationed in South Korea under a post-Korean War security alliance.

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