The Democratic Army of Greece opposed British government because it intended to restore Greece back to the old regime before World War II in order to keep benefit in Greece for itself. ... In President Truman's view, the world had split into two antagonistic camps. ... Consequently, he represented the United States to sign a military treaty called North Atlantic Treaty to join NATO as a huge power to oppose the member countries of Warsaw Pact in 1949. ...

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This was the crisis, which was becoming a reality to Kennedy; as he tried to political get his views across to Russia without being destroyed! ... The US intelligence was right as, the missiles were carried on deck, in full pledged view of US observer planes. ... The fact of the matter is, there was only one real reason behind the missiles crisis be resolved, and that was simply, neither opposing side wanted a nuclear war, as they casualties would be horrendous, the soil would become unfertile for years to come, and the two countries would be wiped off the face of this earth, and neither side ...

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Harry Truman viewed this bipolar world as a benefit as long as the Untied States and the Soviet Union could remain buffered by friendly countries. ... Truman was not diabolically opposed to the U.S.S.R. being communist, but at the same time he wanted to make sure that communism did not threaten the United States and its borders. ... He maintains that this doctrine presents a far too oversimplified view of the world. ... The blockade coincided with the democratic convention in July and Truman chose to put more emphasis into his domestic appearance as opposed to his foreign policy. ... Some a...

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However, even before the closing stages of the war, competition between these two nations was brewing, fueled by ambitions on both sides for world domination and the opposing ideals of communism and capitalism. ... During the Yalta Conference, the President of America, Roosevelt, was much more moderate on his views on communism than his counterpart in the Potsdam Conference, Harry Truman. ... The differences in the views of the two American Presidents caused tensions to escalate between the West and Russia. ...

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The Joint Chiefs of Staff had been opposed to the amphibious operation, warning MacArthur that Inchon had some of the highest tides in the world and that the city itself was protected by a seawall. ... Despite the Chinese intervention in the war, General MacArthur had continued to strongly oppose anything short of total victory. The White House no longer shared his views on what this war was trying to accomplish. ... But MacArthur was clearly out of line to oppose the President with his actions on the battlefields and to openly express disagreement regarding the President's foreign pol...

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Roosevelt's views soon changed however. In the spring of 1940, after Germany had conquered Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France Roosevelt convened a special session of Congress and asked it to lift the embargo on the sale of weapons, a provision that primarily hurt the European countries opposed to Hitler and Germany, known as the Allies. ... A whole subculture, the hippy movement, had developed among teens opposed to the war. ...

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It was viewed by the media, U.S. government officials and the military. Viewing the destruction firsthand should have convinced the United States that nuclear power was a real and tangible danger. ... This committee was opposed to dropping the bomb without prior warning. From this point of view a demonstration of the new weapon may best be made before the eyes of representatives of all United Nations, on a desert or a barren island. ...

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These new reforms were frequently viewed by the United States as alarming due to the recent rise of communism in the world. ... The cost would come in the form of new political views emerging to deal with the problems at hand. ... Public view of Arbenz, was that he was a friend of communists. ... McFarlane, undertook the sale of weapons to Iran, this and several succeeding weapon sales to Iran in 1986 directly opposed the U.S. government's policy of refusing to bargain with terrorists or to aid Iran in its war with Iraq. ...

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By contrast, most hawks opposed any move toward a d* ©tente. ... In Mikoyan's view, Johnson at that time reaffirmed the 1962 agreement; see Blight and Welch, On the Brink, p. 270. ...

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President Kennedy said in his inauguration speech of 1961; " pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and success of liberty ". ... Westmoreland portrayed the progress of the battle as good and said, "the end comes into view ". ...

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The Soviet union and the United states had very different views about Communism, Capitalism, and Socialism. ... Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Rumania all ended up with communist governments and had leaders who looked to Moscow for advice as opposed to the people of the country they governed. ...

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Most of the country was idealistic in their views towards foreign policy; therefor Nixon invoked Wilsonian rhetoric. ... Nixon shared Wilson's view on idealism and world peace, but felt obligated to relate the way the world actually worked. ... As a country we have to realize the importance of conflicting views, and be realistically prepared do deal with their cause. ... The perception and views of the press changed drastically and often, with the support of liberal opponents. ... Our country cannot "pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to ...

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From current point of view advocated by many people including myself, War was terrible mistake and it cannot be justified. There is always more that one point of view, and after I did some reading about Vietnam War, I became aware that there was some significant reason and very important reason which advocate why US entered this war. ... (Dodd 812) United States entered the war to oppose spread of communism in one of the key region of the world United States had to fight communism everywhere it can to protect it influence and maintain existing order. ...

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This isn't a new idea, it's at the heart of almost every war, and it occurs today, but the significance of Hitler's belief in this idea was that he was the first leader to employ such a philosophy after the world had begun to view such ideas as evil. 3. ... King Charles V As the first monarch to reign alone, Charles is best known for his role in opposing the Protestant Reformation. 20. ...

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The most studied international confrontation of the twentieth century is a model of how opposing forces can avoid war and discover peace (The Cuban Missile Crisis). ... America may be viewed as being weak in the eyes of the world, therefore other options had to be considered. ...

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Correspondingly, "soft power" was presented as an opposing tactic to "hard power." As opposed to the idea of hard power, soft power is a nation's ability to take a more liberal approach. ... The relationship between hard and soft power cannot be viewed from only one perspective. ...

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Then in 1930, a Vietnamese man by the name of Ho Chi Minh and his followers organized the Indochinese Communist Party, which opposed to the French Rule. ... " Many people view the (First Indochina) war as a Vietnamese fight for independence and a French fight to keep a colony, but it was far more than this. ...

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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. ... They were forced to change the approach when the protesters opposed drastically. ...

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Through viewing China's foreign policy under the CCP from 1949 to 1991 in the context of the Cold War, it can be seen that China's hostile relationship with the liberal-capitalist USA was brought upon by China's strive for hegemony and the clashing of capitalist vs. communist ideologies through different foreign policies. ... As leading capitalist power, America opposed the spread of communism in every manner possible; as the major Western supplier of military manpower equipment, she ringed China with potentially hostile military bases and alliances. ...

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Known by the common person as an American defeat, the Vietnam War has scarred our country with past mistakes but necessary lessons learned. Although not technically a declared war, it was the longest conflict in the United States history. We failed to accomplish the goals we created in the beginni...

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In 1979 angry militant Iranians who greatly opposed all western influences, especially the United States, assaulted the U.S. embassy in Tehran, which is the capital of Iran, taking 66 Americans hostage. ... The Soviets originally viewed Reagan as an implacable enemy, who was willing to risk nuclear war to sabotage the Soviet system. ...

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In order to understand constructivism one needs to first accept that our view of the international system is neither the correct one nor the only one. ... 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). ...

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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. ... When developing my research I came across this cartoon from the New York Times in 1949.8 The message is clearly that coming from an American point of view it has to hold up the world through a globalisation of its ideas and way of life, in o...

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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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History Coursework 2, Question 1. In 1928, the newly empowered Stalin embarked on one of the most ambitious industrialisation programs in world history, leading to the establishment of the U.S.S.R as a pinnacle world superpower in less than half a century. Industrialisation was the primary goal of Lenin and Stalin, as well as many communist party members. The Soviet economy had made advances under Lenin's semi-capitalist N.E.P with its slight capitalist elements, but Stalin's five-year plans were far more ambitious and so far riskier. Did the Soviet Union need to industrialise so ...

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