As technology in society progressed so did the topic of Science Fiction films, which began to focus on cyborgs, clones and post-modern implosions in films such as "Blade Runner", "Planet of the Apes" and "The Terminator". ... The film highlighted the fear of a nuclear war, which haunted most American's of the era, examining the effects of technology upon humankind, and creating a pre cursor warning as to what could happen if we rely to heavily on technology. ... The advance in technology over time provides a great influence to the Science Fiction genre. However, the genre tends to focu...

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When we discovered that the soviets had detonated an atom bomb in 1949 we immediately branded them as evil spies when actually they were just fulfilling their greatest need for defense in the new age of technology. ... The Soviet Communism of the Cold War was unable to succeed not because of it's basic theory, but rather because of the extreme drain of having to devote so much of it's resources to defend it's newly formed theory of government (at least the modern version, not the ancient African tribal version). ... Many people are dying of terrible forms of cancer and other lif...

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This evident isolation, however, led to China and Japan falling behind the West due to the West having superior technology and wealth. ... Then, they sent samurai to explore the Western world, and the samurai came back with new technology and ideals such as democracy. ... Plus, with the aid of Western advisors, a modern navy and new army were established. ...

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Political games are continued as the USSR asks for help in locating a lost submarine in the depths of the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean that are currently unreachable by modern technology to someday help in identifying if in deed the explosion was that of the Red October. With the US diplomatically agreeing to help should technology make it possible, the remaining senior crew and captain, played by Sean Connery, find assylum in the United States while the rescued crew returns to Moscow to tell of the bravery of their captain in scuttling the ship. ... The book meets all the expectations...

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New technologies initially meant for mass destruction filter down into the civilian world, making current lives easier. ... With the ending of world communism, reunification of Germany, and breakup of the Soviet Union, Tom Clancy's books evolved to present more modern enemies and even severalWhat if?? ... From his beginnings with Red Storm Rising and his latest novel Debt of Honor, Clancy has kept abreast of current events and technologies in order to bring to the reader an intriguing and realistic story. ...

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In Postwar America, therefore, the nuclear family was hailed as modern. ... Families could get homes with modern appliances, individual bedrooms, garages, and lawns for as little a $6,000. ... It was the time when technology, economy, and Americans lives improved and advanced. ...

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They fought with far more primitive weapons than the French who used modern powerful weapons supplied by the US. But since Vietminh were poor on the subject "technology" they made up with ferocity, anger, patriotism and tactics. ... In order to keep peace in South Vietnam in 1959 President Eisenhower sent to Vietnam economical aid and modern weapons and sent military advisors. ...

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The colonization of the original 13 colonies of modern day USA influenced the creation of the most technologically advanced, economically fueled, and politically savvy superpowers in history. ... World War II saw the induction of modern day tactics, modern day technology, and the idea of global domination was in fact an idea of the past that should stay there. ...

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People also took advantage of new leisure time by going on family outings to modern amusement parks, such as Disneyland, or by taking up a hobby, such as the new paint-by-number craze. ... Tomorrowland lauded American technology and a new innovative future, Frontierland praised a mythic American frontier past, and Fantasyland stood right in the middle. ...

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The Kent State Massacre was said to be nationwide influential event, which was a result of new mass media technology that allowed people to view the war from home, with the biggest protest of students in American history, and it also affected the face of the Vietnam War. ... In the mid- '60s, thanks to the advancement of science and technology, the modern media such as televisions had broadcast news, images to every American family. ...

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The truth is that nuclear weapons are technically simpler than a modern automobile and the knowledge of how to make a crude weapon is widely available. ... Technology goes away when it is displaced by a better technology, not when man wills it to go away...

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Waltz argues that "despite the condition of anarchy, states will stop well short of hegemony if geography or technology or social organization favors the defense." ... Never in modern international history has the leading state been so dominant economically and militantly. ... America's constant grow in its strength relied largely on new technologies, especially the internet and telecommunications that produced a massive shift in the power of capital to generate unprecedented economic growth, mass consumption, and commercialism. ...

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., (2001), Essential Modern World History, Thomas Nelson: UK Yet if the US were to try and contain China, it would need the support of at least some South East Asian states. ... USA and the west offered investment and technology in the 1970's and 1980's after the USSR had become incapable. ...

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In today's modern society we have very many things to fear from, like getting hit by a car, or just getting up out of bed in the morning is sometimes scary enough, because you just never quite know what is going to happen. ... Eventually the British traded the technology of VX gas to the United States of America for information on thermonuclear weapons" . ...

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Background and During the Cooling of Relations The Second World War drastically changed the political map of the world, and especially the European continent. The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. The anti-Hitler coalition, the main role which played the great powers - the US, the USSR, England, and at the last stage of the war France - increasingly reflect the new balance of power in the world. Neither Britain nor France, nor even, defeated Germany could not play in the post-war period of the previous role of the guarantor of balance a...

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Introduction When I first sat down and researched into American exceptionalism I discovered an idea that was complex in not just its definition but also its understanding. I quickly learned I was researching something that spanned political, historical and religious backgrounds and tapped into the heart of the American attitude most recently seen in Obama's election victory speech of "yes we can".1 Despite this, the president recently appeared to be hesitant to proclaim views of support for exceptionalism. Asked by a reporter in Strasbourg, France, whether he subscribed, as his...

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