Since 1945, the United States and Western Europe had been fighting off Communism as if it were a plague. ... "Under true communism," argues the author, "all incomes are completely equal. ... And from our perspective, that makes complete sense. ... This is a western, individualistic way of thinking, but it makes sense. ... Of all the times from 1945 to 1992, when the only two superpowers in the world, the U.S. and the USSR, were at the height of their spying activities, the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 was by far the most important, militarily and diplomatically. ...

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Quite obviously, the presidential debate of the 1960s between John F. ... On October 4, 1957, a Soviet R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile launched Sputnik, which was the world's first satellite to be placed into the Earth's orbit.1 Sputnik was also believed to be capable of launching nuclear missiles to the U.S. territory from the orbit. Quite obviously, the launching of Sputnik was quite a shock to the Americans since their supremacy of technology over Soviet Union was disgruntled. ... Cuba and Fidel Castro The Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro established the first communist nat...

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We propose the Baruch Plan, which in a paraphrase states that: All United Nations member nations would disclose all of their nuclear materials All United Nations member nations would disclose all of their nuclear research After these first two steps were complete, the U.S would destroy all of their Atomic bombs. ... Stalin would say that with western hostility growing, that holding eastern Europe was in fact a defensive move on his part. ... The western powers realized that in order to revitalize Europe under the Marshall plan, they would first have to rebuild Germany which was still s...

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In 1815, at the Congress of Vienna, Tsar Alexander was quite prepared to use the congress to pursue the traditional aims of foreign policy, in particular the aims of westward expansion and European dominance, which greatly angered the Western states. ... The socialist Bolshevik regime believed in all men being equal, although democracy certainly wasn't part of their intentions. The western powers looked on with horror at the Bolshevik Revolution. ... They were so far ahead of all the other countries in power and influence that they were called "superpowers". ... Both Washington and ...

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The Germans had an idea that was quite similar to one that the Americans had in its early days. This idea was manifest destiny, or the idea that Germany should own all land from ocean to ocean and that they were superior people and were able to conquer everyone in their path. ... It was held from July 17 to August 2, 1945. ... In Western Germany, a new style of government was introduced to the people. ... It united the three Western zones of Germany together into one economic zone (Prittie 30). ...

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The specifics of communism's demise varied among nations, but similarities in both the causes and the effects of these revolutions were quite similar. As well, all of the nations involved shared the common goals of implementing democratic systems of government and moving to market economies. ... In Europe, on the other hand, the shift from communism was taking place in a different context altogether. The peoples involved were not looking to affect a narrow set of policy reforms; indeed, what was at stake was a hyper-radical shift from the long-held communist ideology to a...

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His campaign strategies were to unite the Republican party and he appealing to voters in border, southern, and western states by enunciating conservative policies that distinguished the GOP from the liberalism of the Democrats and the more conservative views of the American Independent party. ... His goal was to get all US troops out of Vietnam. ... Nixon worked hard to promote peace and accomplished quite well. ... Nixon's administration went downhill from there. ... On a scale from 0-5, I would give Nixon a 3 1/2. ...

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The Cold War Tensions with the United States and Russia have been around for quite some time. ... They all would come to the aid of the one threatened from an outside attack. ... With these two different pacts, Europe was torn in half, Western Europe being with NATO and Eastern Europe with the Warsaw Pact. ... The Army stayed in Germany until 1994 when the Prince said during a speech on October 28th, 1994, concerning the disarmament of the army: "the momentous events in Russia, Central Europe and Germany have brought changes for us all in Western Europe, almost all for the be...

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Today, the U.N. is an all-inclusive body. All but four of the world's nations belong to the United Nations at present. ... However, it branches all across the world. ... The entire history of the U.N. has been quite inexpensive. ... It is rather upsetting to realize that a better world for all is not far from reality: "Count out sixty seconds and thirty of the world's children will have died for lack of food and adequate health care. ...

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