I saw this picture as one that also captures the daily life in a chaotic 1940's Europe. ... I have also noticed how romanticism seems to be fading away in today's' modern society and culture. ... This represents the typical life in Europe. ... During the 1940's Europe and the rest of the world had been engaged in World War II. Europe was torn apart by the constant fighting of France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and many other European nations. ...

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There were ten major alliances formed in Europe before 1914. ... There were two alliances that existed in Europe. ... Nationalism involved all those who shared a common language , history and culture. ... There was an entire generation of Europeans lost. ... The war drained the treasuries of Europe, which had a big economic impact on Europe. ...

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Rivalry of Culture Fear; the strife between the capitalist and communist governments resulted in this. ... It is 1945, Hitler is dead and Europe is in shambles and in need of major reparations. ... The Marshal plan came shortly afterwards ensuring American aid to reconstruct Europe, preventing communism at all costs. Having a division of Europe between the east and the west only gave a physical boundary to this cold war and meetings in Tehran and Yalta assured that this conflict of powers would ensure a battle of cultural development. ... In the wake of all this fear was a portrayal o...

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This paper is an effort to explain how the great depression affected the American culture, to include what the problems were in the economy and what led to the biggest economic downfall in United States history. ... While the automotive industry was booming, the agriculture was declining steadily and our nations loans were increasing to Europe. ... Essentially what happened in the 1920's, was there was a oversupply of goods and the American culture started feeling the downfalls. ... These industries were producing a lot of items, but the American culture c...

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After the tearing down of Russia, Europe as not broken out into war, thus making Gorbachev a key factor in European History. 2. ... Hitler looked around at a world that was quickly becoming a globalized singularity and, perhaps out of fear, he began espousing the idea that the German "race" and culture was under threat. While Europe took its first steps towards unity, the German dictator lashed out and said no - we are German and we must fight for the continued existence of the German culture. ... When their influence began in the early 15th century, much of the glorious period of the Renai...

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France emerged as the most powerful country in Europe. ... Frederick the Great (1740-1786) made Prussia one of the leading European nations. ... FROM FIRST WORLD WAR TO PRESENT After First World War European state system became a globalize affair with Europe being its centre and none of them being a major power. ... Television, the mass media, telephones, and the Internet are erasing the boundaries between nations, blending once-distinct cultures together and expanding transnational connections. ... Some nations are becoming integrated into larger entities "for example, the European Uni...

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The Week also shows the shared ethnocentrism of Western Europe, down casting Iraq on the International hierarchy, showing a mob-like Saddam Hussein comparing him to characters of The Godfather. ... It is also unrealistic to expect any marginalized people trust the distrusting dominant culture (that of the U.N. and America and Western Europe). ... Iraq is understandably angered by the cultural imperialism of America across the globe, but is it reasonable for America to defend its international monarchy of pop culture? ...

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After many secret alliances between various countries in Europe were made in the early 1900s, Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated. ... All of Europe faced economic hardship after a costly war, the germans were not alone. ... The political culture was so polarized on extreme levels of left versus right that infighting stalled a lot of progress that other democratic republics enjoyed. ... Almost all of Europe and the U.S was suffering as well but compounding with everything else I think the German people were hit harder psychologically. ... The culture was there but I think it was more o...

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The first underlying cause for WWI was the alliance system among the European countries. There are countries in Europe that were evolving at a faster rate than other countries. ... The alliance system within the European nation was one of the causes for WWI. ... The European powers also had poems and lyrics that showed their belief and full devotion to their country. ... The third underlying cause of World War I was Imperialism: the control of the political, economic, and culture of another country. ...

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USSR, with the lead of Josef Stalin felt that it had the right to the Eastern European nations it had occupied in World War II. ... In return, the Soviet agreed to enter the war against Japan after the war in Europe ended. ... This treaty was the beginning of the cold war and a tension between Eastern and Western Europe. ... A civilization may include people who share in and identify with its culture, but who live in states dominated by members of another civilization. Civilizations usually have one or more places viewed by their members as the principal sources of the civilization's c...

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Then, in 1815, the Industrial Revolution SPREAD to other European countries following the French Revoultion and Napoleonic Wars. In 1880 (lasting until 1915) reached its high peak of European control of Africa, parts of Asia, and India, along with US involvement in Latin America. ... Beginning in 1939 as a European conflict between Germany and an Anglo-French coalitoin, it widened to include most of the nations in the world. ... Because miscommunication will always occur, there will always be differences in ideas, cultures, and beliefs, hatred, and greed in this world. ...

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Between 1880 to 1905 about one million Jews emigrated from Eastern European countries(Morais, 1976). ... The Protocols of the Elders of Zion began circulating across Europe in this pre-World War period, which added significantly to the burden on the shoulders of the Jews. ... Once World War I ended with the armistice, Europe moved into an era of great uncertainty. ... Jewish people were now being persecuted across Europe. ... Europe is a diverse region, there are a number of different cultures and religions placed geographically on top of each other. ...

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The doctrine declared that the United States would stay out of European affairs and also warned the Europeans not tomeddle? ... Monroe made it very clear that any European interference with the western hemisphere wouldimpinge upon the rights and interests of this nation.? ... He was strongly influenced by advisers, who had no faith in European central bankers and felt that there was nothing to be gained by tying the U.S. economy to a hazardous international agreement. ... In the spring of 1940, after Germany had conquered Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France Roosevelt convened...

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Come, gentlemen, you believed that God has called upon you to spread German culture through the lands. ... Germany saw World War I as an opportunity to bring their superior culture to all of Europe, and therefor welcomed it with open arms. ... When the slaughter was over, four European empires had been destroyed. ... These men became remnants of Europe's degenerate youth from that time period. ...

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In the September 27, 1914 New York Times, Americans focused on the War in Europe, domestic issues, and were exposed to a variety of advertisements. The war between the Central and Allied powers in Europe dominate the headlines. ... A featured article related to the war in Europe is one that contains the writings of former President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt. This weekly article titled, "What America Should Learn from the War", he gives his thoughts on the situation in Europe and America's position on such matters. ... It also goes on to say that upon completion of the c...

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Not everyone could agree on one religion so the religion's ideas branched out and were manipulated to fit the culture of a certain area. ... He captured all Jews in Europe and put half of them in concentration camps for physical labor and the other half were killed in non-civilized ways, only because they were not strong enough to work. ... What I am trying to say is we are people and our human nature is to obtain power, maybe not as individuals, but as a society or a culture. ...

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This argument leads one to believe that Wilson was performing in a purely democratic way by helping the more democratic governments in Europe defeat the autocratic governments, such as Germany, Austria and Turkey. At the beginning of the Great War Wilson approached the notion of America joining the war as incomprehensible, partly because of his strong feelings to resolve things by peace and partly because like many other Americans" he felt that the war was a European affair. ... The ties of language, culture and history also made American citizens befall more support for the allies than for th...

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The cold war started before the World War had ended. During the final battles of W.W.II, the Russian economy was at the bottom of the bucket. They had requested much money from America to help defer war costs. Having had already supplied the soviets with vast numbers of trucks, jeeps, planes, and t...

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He then became the dictator of almost all of Europe starting in 1933. ... His usage of propaganda and the German Army assisted him in conquering numerous parts of Europe. ... In 1919, Hitler became fascinated with politics and at the same time fell in love with German culture and German nationalism, although he was from Austria. ... As the tensions continued to grow in Europe, Hitler decided to write a petition to King Ludwig III of Bavaria, requesting to be part of the Bavarian regiment. ... It was a fascist movement with roots in European Nationalism and socialism. ...

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But, the decision was also related to postwar concerns; the reality of Soviet Expansion in Eastern Europe as well as in Asia and, more important, the fearful prospect of an atomic arms race (Takaki 6). ... Secretary of State Byrnes linked the atomic bombing of Japan to his strategy of containing the Soviet Union and frustrating Stalin's expansionist ambitions in Europe and Asia. ... Intersecting this already volatile political situation was the reality of race in American culture. ... For the United States during the years between Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and America's ...

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Russia is located east of Europe and west of North America, so close where some people living in Alaska or islands off of Alaska consider themselves citizens of Russia instead of the United States. ... A lot of these aspects of Russia are the same today as they were pre-World War 1, yet the culture and government was much different. ... And in these cultures they had unique beliefs and cultural traditions such as; they would never begin a journey or start an important task on a Monday because it is believed that it is the worst day of the week and that nothing of that magnitude should be sta...

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The two countries fought against Germany during World War II, but this alliance began to dissolve in 1944-1945, when the Russian leader Joseph Stalin, seeking Soviet security, used the Red Army to control much of Eastern Europe. ... Truman opposed Stalin's policy and moved to unite Europe under American leadership. ...

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Dehumanization also played a roll in the difficulties European societies faced between the world wars. ... Everything they where taught, such as the world of work, duty, and culture, is now of no use to them. ... Dehumanization in the European society also played a roll in the difficulties between the world wars. ... The soldiers were also a big voice in Germany so it paid off having them on Hitler's side, so dehumanization played a big role in the difficulties of Europe especially in Germany. ...

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Choosing to fight until death (and not surrendering) was a central belief in Japanese culture. ... However, some believe that the decision to test the bomb and later drop it was motivated by a desire to scare the Stalin-led Soviets, and dissuade them from taking over Europe. ... As you can see, Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb not only because he wished to swiftly end the war in Japan, he also wanted to 'flex America's muscle' and power to Stalin, with the objective being that he would be wary of America's power and not attempt to conquer post-Nazi Europe.  ... As...

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Each country felt their country was the best, they wanted their nation to be above all others and they tried a lot to promote their culture and interests to those of other nations. ... All major European countries had drawn up war plans. ... Serbia called on Russia for protection which was another short-term factor and they did causing a result of each country of the alliances joining in, within one week Europe was at war. ...

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