The government hoped to spread out the communist ideology threw the war and to get access to the mineral oil reserves. ... Another important problem was the production of nuclear weapons and the arms race. The country had too many military weapons and so was seen as a dangerous country. Gorbachev wanted to reduce its weapons and make anti-nuclear and anti-military movements. He wanted to show that the USSR is powerful, even with a reduction in military weapons. ...

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The book begins as the Soviet Union's ability to provide their own oil is cut off by a terrorist attack. ... The leaders of the Soviet Union decided that the only way to prevent the total collapse of their economy and country was to seize the oil rich Middle East. ... Consequently the Soviets determine that it will be necessary to neutralize NATO conventionally; that is to say without nuclear weapons. ... This is very intriguing to examine the possibilities which include all the new technological weapons in the American and Soviet arsenals. ...

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New military weapons were produced or bought from foreign countries. ... Because of the build up of defense, and the build up of weapons, Germany was defeated and the Soviet Union took a powerful position in the world. ... Stalin continued the expansion of heavy industry like aircrafts, chemicals, and oil. ...

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In 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union had signed a non-aggression pact, which secretly promised Russia half of Poland, Bessarabia and the Baltic States. Germany had promised this because they were afraid of an alliance between Britain, France and the USSR. During 1940 the Soviets invaded the Baltic S...

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This essay will focus on such effects including the Cold War, the increasing use of weapons of mass destruction, the role of women, the population explosion. ... As a result of this war, both superpowers now had nuclear weapons. ... The oil spill in the North has killed the majority of the marine life living in that area and the nuclear explosion at Chernobyl caused radiation to spread around the area. ...

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Identify significant events During the Second World War, Stalingrad was one of the largest industrial centres, producing tanks, mortars, heavy guns and automatic weapons for Russia. ... After that they were then going to move on to the Caucasus Mountains to capture vital oil supplies, and take Moscow. ... Many factories in Stalingrad that produced ammunition, tanks and weapons were destroyed, which had a large affect on Russia's supplies. ...

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Even after W.W.II, the Nazis still talked about wonder weapons and how they could get back at all of the Allies. ... However, the Soviets did provide some assistance by providing weapons and supplies. ... In addition to supplying North Korea with weapons, the Soviet Union further angered the U.S. by its intention to manufacture nuclear weapons. ... Robert Oppenheimer, a nuclear weapons scientist, says "they [nuclear weapons] are not policy weapons but...are themselves a supreme expression of the concepts of total war" (Gilpin 77). Nuclear weapons are considered the most powerful w...

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An example of a hard power exercising military forces can be the invasion of Iraq by the US in 2003 over the concern of Iraq's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction (UCLA International Institute, 2014). ... The sanctions were created to limit the US' investment in Iran's oil fields. ...

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The U.N. aims to put an end to the billions of dollars spent on destructive weapons that much of this violent world creates every day. The statistics that put this statement into perspective are rather disturbing: "The weapons industry is the world's number-two industry, after oil. ... The $100 billion or so spent on weapons by developing countries is three times what it would have cost to provide essential health care, medicines, vaccinations, clean water, and sanitation for all."" ...

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• Grade Level: High School