President Roosevelt himself coined the term "United Nations,"" and the previously ineffective League of Nations was abandoned. ... All but four of the world's nations belong to the United Nations at present. ... "After World War I, the League of Nations was formed, and after World War II, the United Nations. ... Roughly seventy percent of its investment comes from the North, but the Third World share is growing fast. ... It is rather upsetting to realize that a better world for all is not far from reality: "Count out sixty seconds and thirty of the world's children will have died f...

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The five-year plans with their full nationalisation ensured that this industrialisation would be implemented fast enough to create the working society that communists envisaged whilst removing the detested Nepmen, the private businesses and trades left over by the N.E.P. ...

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This is reminiscent of the capitalistic movements previously experienced by Western European and transatlantic nations. ... Turtle movement and even decline characterized the state of the nation as food, consumer goods, and housing shortages became typical. ... This would be a jump from the nation's traditional entrenchment of Stalinist heritage. ... This action can be looked to as a doorway for free speech in a communist nation. ... This fast pace change affected not only the Soviet Union, but communism as a whole, primarily because the Soviet Union was the pioneer and the example. ...

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Staples such as food, water, and clothing that were formerly difficult to acquire become more easily obtainable to underprivileged families across the globe. ... During the Cold War, the world was engulfed in a game of "us- verses "them- ¯whichever superpower could gather the most countries, develop the fastest technology, threaten other nations with nuclear warfare, or walk on the moon first would win the race to superiority. Although no actual bloodshed took place, a sense of panic and hatred overcame participating nations; beating the opponent seemingly remained the only worthwhile caus...

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Because of the definition of the Soviet ideology which stated that war with the capitalist nations of the world was inevitable, peace was paradoxical. ... The decade of the 1970s consisted of one major foreign policy condition for all nations on the globe, the Cold War. ... Evidence of this could be found within the Soviet Union in military development, and abroad through the development of the Soviet satellite nations. ... It was going to take two nations working towards a similar goal in order to bring an end to the Cold War. ... Europe had begun to discuss a united market, and the East As...

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He thought of a plan to bring about economic recovery and fast, he Marshall Aid in 1948. USA focused on helping to rebuild the appealing, so to stop the spread of communism Truman gave financial aid to all of the European nations, he even offered the Soviet Union money but Stalin only thought that America money was a bribe so people would follow the American way of living. ... West Berlin only has food and fuel to last 6 weeks. ... People in West Berlin needed 4000 tons of food a day n 4000 tons of fuel a day to survive the blockade. ...

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Unlike the western democratic nations with free markets, the Soviet Union operated an economy that was completely centralized. ... The system was inefficient because without private ownership there were no profits to encourage business to work better or faster. ... Their defeat had a detrimental effect on the morale of the Soviet people as the mighty Red Army had been defeated by one of a third world nation. ... The shortcomings of the centrally planned economy together with overspending on the weapons and the war in Afghanistan had led to the rationing of food. ... For example inefficie...

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No other nation could have the attrition rate afforded to Russia by its vast population. ... Though low Russian food rations for workers were twice that of non-workers, giving many the choice of work or starvation . ... This "economic miracle" was down to Russia's creation of a "Total War" economy; Soviet industry abandoned almost all civilian production and turned into a "war camp." 76% of the Soviet Union's Net National Product went to the war, a higher proportion than any other nation involved in WWII . ... The US supplied $11 billion of material, including 400,000 vehicles and ...

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Khrushchev saw a nation suppressed by the years of fear and terror inflicted through the dictatorship of Stalin. ... He simply tried to do too much too fast with little knowledge of the fundamental problems. ... Khrushchev viewed the best way to improve living standards was to focus on food production. ... Khrushchev knew this was a necessary step in order to help a nation desperately in need of change. ... The vast majority was in favor and Khrushchev was able to argue that the nation was behind him" (McCauley 235). ...

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Communism is based on the ideas and teachings of Karl Marx as modified by Lenin. At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. There is no private ownership. The state owns and controls all enterprises...

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Communism is based on the ideas and teachings of Karl Marx as modified by Lenin. At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. There is no private ownership. The state owns and controls all enterprises...

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Communism is based on the ideas and teachings of Karl Marx as modified by Lenin. At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. There is no private ownership. The state owns and controls all enterprises...

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