The war had shown that even America's vast military might could not stop the spread of Communism. ... This in turn led to the Iranian Revolution as students and then the public began to protest the Shah's regime (The Global Disruption of 1968). ... For the U.S, animosity towards Iran came from that hostage crisis, while for Iran, anti-American buildup came from the 1953 coup and reinstatement of the Shah's regime. ... In the case of the Soviet Union, the Iranian revolution became interlinked with the December, 1979 invasion of Afghanistan and 'Reagan's Jihad.' .....

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(Remak 20) The French took advantage of the demilitarized zone in the Rhineland in January of 1923 and moved into the Ruhr industrial region of Germany. ... Herman Fuhrbach, like many other young Germans, gained military training from one of the multiple resistance groups operating in the Ruhr area during French occupation. ... (Remak 45,46) The men who had fought in the trenches during the First World War were left with feelings of betrayal towards those who did not fight in the war. ... Milton Mayer, an American social scientist, interviewed a group of ex-Nazis on their feelings towa...

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America's policy was one that contained the spread of communism in Eastern Europe. Russia, under Lenin's rule called for a world revolution and brought the United States into it. ... Also an advantage was that it was an international law that no one was allowed to send missiles through the atmosphere. ... The Americans then questioned their own security. ... The technology advancements made during the Cold War have benefited today's world because of the development of satellites. ...

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Though Germany held the advantage in submarine warfare, the German navy was no match for the experienced British battleship, lord of the sea for over a century. ... Revolution in Russia (1917-1918) Summary The Great War dragged on from 1914 through 1917 with little change. ... Though out of chronological order, we will treat the impact of the Russian Revolution on World War I first. ... Seeds of the Russian Revolution, however, had been sown years before. ... Resulting in the deaths of scores of Russian workers and their wives, Bloody Sunday, as it came to be called, may have been the...

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This money was sought in the Americas almost exclusively. ... Small business entrepreneurs took advantage of the good times as they began popping up all over the United States. ... Rascob, the vice-president of General Motors Corporation during the Twenties, declared that anyone that put $15 dollars a month in the stock market could make $80,000 dollars in twenty years. ... The thought of the American Dream cemented in the heads of thousands of Americans overshadowed the real risk of business in the United States. ... Hitler felt it was the right time to start a revolution. ...

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During World War I, men were conscripted to fight for their country in the trenches. ... New methods of transportation included the automobile, (mostly imported from Britain and America), the electrification of trains spread through Sydney and Melbourne, as well as buses and trams. ... Influenced by the wild American Jazz Age, many dance halls were made. ... The Russian revolution occurred in two steps in 1917, when the Czar had partially lost his power to the Parliament in February, and Bolsheviks overthrew both in October. ... The upswing of the economy brought many advantages to Australians...

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In answering the question "In what ways was the concept of American Exceptionalism evident in the Cold War during the years 1947-1961?... Interestingly the first scholarly mention of the term American exceptionalism actually comes from a man called Max Lerner in his book titled "America as a Civilization".13 He mentions that one of the main institutions that is singled out as the root of American exceptionalism, is the constitution. ... For Americans what claims their pride is the declaration of the independence. ... They state that narrow focus on the constitution "has di...

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Strategic is used to find out information related to the war or mission to gain an advantage. ... Parson said that Soviet artillery could hit America from Cuba if the U.S. were to attack (48) (IQ 1). ... It did have a camera attached during its surveillance during the Cuban Missile crisis. ... During the Cold War Russia and America where having a race on who can design better bombers, as the developed the American B-47 and the Russian Tu-16. ... Other advantages over the B-52 include, being able to fly at lower altitudes and it is said to survive longer under enemy fire (USAF b1b). ...

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Following the Industrial Revolution and the Second World War, technological progress has continued to grow at an even greater speed. ... In addition to, "the enhancement of telecommunications," and for that matter all technological advancements in the past century, "ha[ve] created the material infrastructure needed for the formation of a global economy, in a movement similar to that which lay behind the construction of the railways and the formation of national markets during the nineteenth century" (Thrift, 31). ... A global economy and ease of transportation has also made it possible to ta...

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The "war" in Iraq is a war of America vs. Iraq or America vs. ... Dissidents in different parts of Europe used terror as a weapon in their push for independence and revolution. ... These factors are advantages to the terrorist who wants maximum impact. ... The Anthrax scare in America recently was nothing compared to what could really happen. ...

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He also used the widescreen to his advantage as John Wayne's character leaves his house into the desert in the very last scene. ... Comedy films were another popular genre however struggled after the war due to its social ambiance during the cold war era. ... In the 1960's, films such as The Seven Year Itch and Some Like it Hot By Billie Wilder was the beginning of a cycle of cynical, sex comedies concerned with the strategies of seduction which reflected the inevitable forthcoming of the sexual revolution in the later 1960's. ... At this point in time, there were a lot of eleme...

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During this time, the United States pursued an ill-fated policy of detente with the Soviet Union, while the Soviets remained stubbornly aloof and cold. ... "(2) Brezhnev believed that eventually, the capitalist West would experience revolution and would turn towards their socialist brothers for support. ... This attitude in America served to heighten American concerns over Soviet influence abroad and increased paranoia in the United States. ... The 1980s brought a new face to the American presidency and a new look to the Cold War. ... This 'New Thinking' offered an entirely new att...

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Russia and the United States were allies during World War II, but soon after they became enemies. ... During much of its early existence, the Warsaw Pact essentially functioned as part of the Soviet Ministry of Defense. ... The separation of Germany also polarized America and Russia. ... In the 1950's, another issue polarized America and Russia. ... During the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union had many nuclear submarines all over the world. ...

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During the 1930's an independence movement arose. ... During this time the UN voted 9-0 for North Korean forces to withdraw, however, the USSR was not present during the vote. The USSR then claimed that helping South Korea was illegal because the USSR and the People's Republic of China were not present during the voting. ... "During the hectic four months before the cease-fire in Korea," General Mark W. ... Again Rhee was to blame for stirring up this anti-American sentiment. ...

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It is true that during his reign Japan has seen a territorial expansion in Asia not unlike that of Genghis Khan's Mongolia or Julius Caesar's Rome but the question remains whether Hirohito played an active role in that expansion. ... It was during his studies that Crown Prince Hirohito first began questioning the validity of an emperor's divinity. ... The army was then to seize control of Tokyo with a display of unification for the revolution. ...

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The Growth and Implementation of Hitler's Continental Expansionist Foreign Policy Program One of the most interesting historiographical debates about the Second World War concerns the nature of Hitler's foreign policy. Everyone knows that the Second World War was horrible, even worse than...

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