The government confiscated all the agricultural products. ... Between the years of 1953 - 1956, these three countries had set up violence revolution in the purpose to gain independent from the hands of the Soviet Communism. ... Once again, we can see how weak was the communist government in the Eastern bloc. ... He was the head of the Soviet Communist party and the Russian Government in 1929. ... This serves the purpose of Stalin's to degrade the intellectual and cultural life of the Russians. ...

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A joint Control Commission was set up to govern Berlin. ... The Polish question served as an unwanted issue throughout the entire Yalta Conference. ... The main issues discussed were the frontiers of a postwar Poland and its future government. ... As the Russians pushed the Germans out of Poland they backed the establishment of a communist government in Lublin, even though there was a Polish government-in-exile in London. ... This new government should then be called the Polish Provisional Government of National Unity- (15). ...

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Ho Chi Minh established a military group in 1945, called the Vietminh, that would serve as the military fight against the French in the war named the First Indochina War. ... As former American President Eisenhower said, "You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly" (Nalty 314). ... "The American government initially believed that this conflict would not last more than two years" (Edwards 160). ... The American government controlled South Vietnam, and dictated what its governments steps should be....

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Christianity in our government is an important issue for which strong conservatives have always fought. ... He referred to the Soviet Union as an "Evil Empire" because of their beliefs about government and religion. ... They thought that Christianity would ruin their ideals of government, since communism doesn't allow for religion. ... In this way, Reagan served as an outstanding conservative and Evangelical leader. ... The Issue of communism in the eyes of the Evangelicals was brought up and interpreted by Reagan in a way that brought about conflict, but was important in the s...

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The council shall set up subsidiary bodies as may be necessary, in particular, it shall establish immediately a Defense Committee-which shall recommend measures for the implementation of Article 3 and 5. ... Any state so united may become a party to the treaty by depositing its instruments of accession with the government of the United States of America, which will inform each of the parties of the deposit of each such instrument of accession. ... The Instruments of ratification shall be deposited as soon as possible with the government of the United States of America, which will notify all ...

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This attitude in America served to heighten American concerns over Soviet influence abroad and increased paranoia in the United States. ... As Mikhail Gorbachev entered office, he faced a unique set of political, economic, and militaristic circumstances. ... Gorbachev set out to reform the Soviet Union, yet he chose to reform it from within the system. ... Either they could continue the hard-line, socialist policies set forth by Stalin and embraced by Brezhnev and fall into a pit of worthlessness, or the Soviet Union could try and integrate itself more into the world society moving toward ente...

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Unlike the Korean War and World War Two, the American government decided not to censor it and let the press have free access. ... He got life but served only three months. Critics said that it was hypocritical standing one man on trial for war crimes when the government had ordered the use of such weapons as Napalm and Agent Orange. ... The war was also a great hindrance on America's economic stature. 13 percent of all government spending by 1968 was on Vietnam. ... America wanted to set up a working relationship between Moscow and Peking. ...

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We wanted to help ensure that South Vietnam had a separate, independent, and noncommunist government. ... This war caused a major division among the people and between the people and the United States government. ... Because of a complex set of individual motives, both domestic and international, each of the participants had a serious interest in arriving at some workable settlement... Also, there was supposed to be an election held in two years to decide what the permanent government would be. ... The United States government said there was and the North Vietnamese said there was not. ...

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Kerensky's Provisional Government in the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... In his rise to power, Stalin held a number of senior administrative posts within the Soviet government and party apparatus, becoming in April 1922 general secretay of the ruling Communist Party, a post which he subsequently built up into the most powerful in the country. ... For those with property, however, collectivisation meant giving up to the collective farms and selling most of the food that they produced to the state at low prices set by the state itself, leaving the farmers with a bare minimum. ... Several s...

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Das Versprechen directed by Margarethe von Trotta is a love story set to the backdrop of the divided Germany beginning in 1961 up until the historic fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. ... What makes the film original and fresh is the historical context in which it is set. ... The historical issues are not central to the Versprechen but rather serve to heighten the tragedy of the Konrad and Sophie's relationship. ... This symbolizes the way the DDR government is represented throughout the film. ... It is first and foremost a character study of the two protagonists set in the context of t...

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World peace through international government and law is an ancient idea that has mightily fastened itself on the minds of people throughout the ages. Never before, however, has the human race been so close to inaugurating this Utopian ideal of establishing and empowering government on a planetary scale. As it stands today, world government can be compared to communism - both can be viewed as ideals of a perfect society, but neither has proven to work effectively in practice. ... Another opinion is that a truly effective world government would necessitate worldwide force and unprecedented pow...

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Joseph finally got the chance to meet Lenin in 1905 at a conference in Finland Lenin noticed that Stalin was very dedicated and loyal to Lenin's cause so Lenin appointed Joseph to work for his cause by raising money for the Bolsheviks by any means necessary this involved robbing banks and government money. ... In 1917 after the overthrowing or the Russian czar Stalin was able to return where as a result of the February and October revolutions he was named Commissar of nationality affairs of the communist party. 1918 was Stalin's time to shine as a military power, he served as a...

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Australian forces moved in to combat these problems and other problems such as the lawlessness and government corruption in the Solomon Islands. The Australian government also supports a country's right to self-determination, which means supporting itself rather than being run by outside governments such as the colonial rulers. ... The changes did not come directly after the war, because the war only served to harden the attitudes of the Australian people because of how the Japanese had treated Australian troops in their POW camps. How strong it was came to light when American troops came...

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America's foreign policy treatment towards Iran seems to satisfy these conditions set forth by Snow. ... According to Rourke, "Constructivism views the course of international relations as an interactive process in which the ideas of and communications among "agents" (or actors: individuals, groups, and social structures, including states) serve to create "structures" (treaties, laws, international organizations, and other aspects of the international system). ... Anti-Western sentiments didn't begin until a revolution was sparked from powerful religious lead...

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In this survey 80% of Americans agreed with the statement "the United States has a unique character because of its history and Constitution that sets it apart from other nations as the greatest in the world.... Contained within this unique document defined the conditions for free people with free rights, not from the government but from their creator.15 This was a unique structure, whereby the people uphold freedom from their creator, and they in turn pass and grant rights to the government. ... The world set as the chessboard between two international superpowers as players. ... Many saw...

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If one were to discuss life after the Second World War, if they were not a historian would perhaps not talk much about Harry S. Truman as a major factor. Truman is ranked seventh among forty one presidents ranging from Washington to Clinton . Truman succeeded Roosevelt, after his death, and the da...

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A certain role in the development of the situation in this area has played and the position occupied by formally independent (from the USSR), the governments of Eastern European countries. ... One result of the war was the US economic leap, predefined and adequate growth of their political ambitions in world politics, what mood prevailed in government circles of America B. ... In domestic policy, the army served not only as the basis of authority, but also used as cheap labor. ...

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