It was the beginning of another "red scare- in the nation: fears of communism, which had been on the rise ever since the stock market crash that set off the Great Depression, sparked accusations that artists, writers, actors and learned people were communists. ... America could no longer turn a blind eye to the events in Europe and around the globe "we had to fight back. ... But in many respects, our nation returned to precisely where it had been at the beginning of the decade "old grudges resumed, the Red Scare was reignited, and social issues of civil rights continued to struggle t...

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Looking up and down the red blood soaked beach, the sand is almost non-visible from the bodies of our brothers, husbands, sons, and fathers that were fighting for their lives on a deselect island in hopes of putting an end to the battle. ... As stated in An Eye on History, "All weapons of war are immoral. ... President Truman felt that if the Red Army had a chance to attack Japan, it would have put them in a position to dominate the area after the war. ...

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This book which depicts what is going to happen to the world is very close to the bulls eye and it's a possible scenario. ... Or slowly yet surly destroying the planet from heat and then in time, we would end up like the "red planet" and keeping some big pointless company that we already have millions of in the world. ... So basically where are under the mercy of a few men and small little red buttons and with one touch of those small buttons, they can whipe out must of human life, not to mention the permeate environmental problems they will do the planet. ...

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Meanwhile, the bravery of the Red Army, combined with the white paralysis of an early Russian winter, had stopped Hitler's invasion of Moscow. ... During the war, he had stayed away from the public eye. However, during his campaign for a 4th term in 1944, when he was in the public eye, many said that he looked pale, thin, and old. ...

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During the last years of the Second World War, the Red Army was moving forward and leaving behind pro- communist governments. ... Churchill Knew that not much could be done, as the red army was in control of Poland and east Germany. ... As previously mentioned the Red Army swept through Eastern Europe leaving in its wake pro-Moscow governments. ... Stalin made sure that he had a tight grip on Eastern Europe by introducing the Cominform, a body that coordinated all of the communist governments of Eastern Europe, keeping a close eye on each leader. ...

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Professor Fred Hollows (1929 -1993), a surgeon specialising in Ophthalmology (eye surgery) gave sight to thousands living in Australia and later in many third world countries. ... These people belong to a variety of organisations such as the Salvation Army, Anglicare, the Rural Fire Service, the State Emergency Service, the Royal Flying Doctors, Red Cross, the list is endless. ...

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Chapter One The narrator assures us that the book we are about to read is true, more or less. The parts dealing with World War II are most closely associated with actual events. Twenty-three years have passed since the end of the war, and for much of that time the narrator has been trying to write ...

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