In 1950 McCarthy made a speech accusing 205 government workers for being apart of the American communist party. ... The films shows viewers what could happen if these communist were not weeded out of the government and in a sense justifies McCarthy's fear. ... Iselin can be compared to Joe McCarthy, accuser of government officials as communism; his costume symbolizes his attempts to being like Lincoln. ... The story is well made; it sets the viewer up perfectly for a great, yet unexpected, climax. ... I believe that the set of actors scheduled to be in the movie along with added sound ...

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This set specific limits on the amounts and types of strategic arms each nation could maintain. ... After the Nicaraguan Revolution got rid of Anastasio Somoza, the United States accused the new government of aiding Marxist rebels in El Salvador. ... As a result of the Iranian hostage crisis, congress had marked Iran as a terrorist nation and had outlawed the sale of weapons to the Iranian government. ... He also believed that his rivals in Moscow respected strength over anything else, so Reagan set out to build up the American military capabilities. ... The Soviet government began to reduce...

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The Allies set a goal of denazification removing all traces of Nazi's from Germany. ... During 1948 the government of Eastern European countries were under communist control. ... The Western Allies set up political parties in their zones held elections. ... The new government had no intention of changing the Federal Republic Governments policy towards the East. ... The word "Reunification" was dropped from the government's vocabulary. ...

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The Defense system is set up in three segments, each segment corresponds with each phase of the ballistic missile. ... If the government decides to install a system on both Airforce one and Marine One, that is $6 million of taxpayer money. ... What is going to happen in Afghanistan when the U.S "helps" to set up a temporary government? ... The U.S did help to set up the new Israeli government and now it is on thin ice. If the system is set up and the U.S starts setting up little democracies just like in America in the countries they take out, it is then imperialism. ...

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He goes on to say "soft power rests on the ability to set the political agenda in a way that shapes the preferences of others." ... The main downfall of China is the communist ideology of their government. ... The fact of the matter is that the EU does not possess the social cohesion that must be present to set a unified front to challenge the United States. ... This creates coordination problems possessed by a non-sovereign government. ... Does the media create a skepticism of government? ...

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When Fidel Castro, the dictator of Cuba from 1959-present, declared the government Communist in 1961; President of the U.S. ... The economy was real bad, unemployment rate was high and the people were ready to try a different type of government that would benefit them. Nicaragua came to know a different type of government in the late 70's. ... "Once in power, the Sandinistas quickly set about building their armed forces and transforming their rag-tag guerrilla army into a well-equipped professional military."" ... Because of the lack of having a large militia, they began to forcedl...

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Strategic Command's minutemen have set at the ready to unleash, at the push of a button, the total destruction of Americas enemies and the inevitable end the world. ... But then the mushroom clouds began to rise, and the scene of the novel was set. ... Was the opening remark of the "presidents" speech at the beginning of Alas Babylon and this set into motion the unstoppable count down that led up to nuclear war, and the irradiation of three quarters of the worlds population. ... Without power, communication and the ability to travel they have no way of contacting any local or national go...

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This war took place because the Vietnams couldn't agree on one government so they broke up into two major parts, North and the South. North Vietnam wanted to have Communism for a government under the influence of Ho Chi Minh, and the South wanted to have democracy, under the influence of the French rule. ... The North Vietnamese being that they knew the land so well, set booby traps all over the place. For example they dug up pits and placed sharp sticks tipped with poison, grenades that was set under water. ... The Government of America, noticed how people felt about this war, and starte...

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He felt that an iron curtain was being set up across the continent dividing East and West. Stalin's response was that his country needed loyal governments in nearby countries in order to ensure the Soviet Union's security. In contrast, the United States goals were for nations to get along in peace, based on the principles of equal rights and allowing the people to determine their own government. ... Because of the threat, Congress agreed to provide U.S. aid and military equipment to Greece which helped the Greek government defeat the communist rebels. ... This helped ensure peace a...

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However, the emergence of the Far Eastern economies shows that the world is slowly being divided into the lines that Orwell set. ... I think that instead of giving more power to these people, we should give government, which for all its failings is at least democratically elected, more regulatory control. ... It is all very well putting safety nets in place in stable democracies such as we have in the Western world, but how can we let so much economic power be given to the Far Eastern countries, such as Indonesia, which have very unstable governmental systems? The Indonesian ...

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These are the questions I posed to myself, and then set out to try and answer here, in this paper. ... The onslaught weakened the newly elected South Vietnamese government, set back efforts of pacification, and brought to the forefront American outcries for peace. With all that in mind, the American government had to re-think where this war was taking us. ... These actions set off major protests on American College campuses. ... In the beginning, I feel that the American people stood firmly behind the actions of our government officials. ...

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The State Planning Committee (GOSPLAN) set quotas to farmers and manufacturers telling than what to produce. ... The failure of the USSR's economic system, like the Volstead Act (prohibition) in the USA, set the foundation for organized crime to flourish. ... The government's deficit was growing larger and imports were expanding. ... The Soviet economy was verging on bankruptcy and relied on loans from overseas to cover the shortfall between government revenue and expenditure. ... This was a policy of economic reform via privatization and reduced government expenditure. ...

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Unlike the Korean War and World War Two, the American government decided not to censor it and let the press have free access. ... This shocked the Americans back home, and as practically every home owned a TV set, these shocking images bombarded the public, and sympathy for the war fell. ... Critics said that it was hypocritical standing one man on trial for war crimes when the government had ordered the use of such weapons as Napalm and Agent Orange. ... The war was also a great hindrance on America's economic stature. 13 percent of all government spending by 1968 was on Vietnam. ... ...

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North Korea has had nuclear capabilities since the early 1990's, and we helped them set up their first nuclear reactor. The government believes that in the ten years that North Korea had their reactor running that they were able to stockpile enough plutonium to build at least two nuclear bombs. ... Either a preemptive military strike to overthrow the leaders of their government or Diplomatic Measures such as U.N. inspectors or economic aid of some sort. ...

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Moreover, he was called to face a population that had learned to live in fear of the government and that didn't trust the government's promises and actions. ... Farmers could now lease land from the government and keep the profits made from selling products grown in their land. ... Due to the previous experiences they had from the previous governments, people showed different character to the state and different inside their homes. ... On 1 December 1989, Gorbachev became the first Soviet leader to set foot in the Vatican. ... At the same time, calls for the Soviet army to withdraw f...

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Citing his faith and his patriotism in that two day conference in Indianapolis, Welch and the John Birch Society set forth on a crusade to enlighten America about the a very real Conspiracy of a Communist coup. ... This in turn, would increase government spending on missiles, which would create higher taxes, ending in an even greater unbalanced budget. ... To "combat inflation- of the dollar, the government would begin controlling the prices, wages, and materials, ending in increased controls of daily life. With stricter control over the individual, the government would abolish state l...

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The American government felt it was their duty as a democratic nation to stop the Soviet Union. ... At this time, North and South Korea were set to have an election that would eventually reunify them sometime after World War II. ... The events of The Cold War along with the fight against Communism were set in motion to preserve the liberties and freedoms of everyone in the world, which American's so highly value....

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Vietnam had been divided into two, in the midst of a communist administration in the North under Ho Chi Minh and an egalitarian government in the South under Ngo Dinh Diem. ... By 1975 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia had Communist governments (Westdad, Cuban and Vietnamese Challenges). ... Students protested local and federal governments as well as Johnson's policies in Southeast Asia. ... Che became a symbol of revolution for students and protesters, guerrilla warfare was being used by previous non-violence groups, and protests and rallies set off a chain of police brutality and public outr...

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The tax payers in Japan shouldered the responsibility of some of the income by taxes while the government used income from government monopolies. ... Even during these times of military build up and action there were large amounts of Japanese lawyers, doctors, writers all wanting to see if China was the way that their Japanese government had described it. ... Economic ties had always existed between the two countries, but they were set a side prior to 1914 as to build up a national military. ... After the Japanese defeat their leaders from government, business and education were purged from...

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Rivalry of Culture Fear; the strife between the capitalist and communist governments resulted in this. ... The U.S. government also took it into its hands to launch a huge propaganda to raise the Cold War scare and keep ideology the same and uniform. All of this, of course, would have a huge affect on domestic and foreign policy and created a new set of beliefs and a way of life that was otherwise unimaginable and in some ways, unconstitutional. ... The U.S. government violated their rights by interrogating "suspects" and asking if they were communists or ever had been. ... The U.S...

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During the late 1960's the U.S. got involved with the escalating threat in the country of Vietnam. Vietnam was an ocean away but people needed help and the U.S. was there to give it. Many people didn't agree with this plan of action because they thought this wasn't our war. Many people wanted the Am...

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We wanted to help ensure that South Vietnam had a separate, independent, and noncommunist government. ... This war caused a major division among the people and between the people and the United States government. ... Because of a complex set of individual motives, both domestic and international, each of the participants had a serious interest in arriving at some workable settlement... Also, there was supposed to be an election held in two years to decide what the permanent government would be. ... The United States government said there was and the North Vietnamese said there was not. ...

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Teddy, a man who had publicly supported such internationalist concepts as the Panama Canal and sending the United States Navy to protect Venezuela in an 1895 conflict with Germany, renounced a long respected doctrine set out by James Monroe in 1823. ... The Lend-Lease Act authorized the president to transfer to victims of aggression, as much military equipment, clothing, and food as could be produced in the United States and acquired by the government. ... During and after the mid 60's a distrust in the American government grew out of this conflict. ... During his terms he mounted a major...

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Reagan changed his political party affiliation in the 1950s because he "believed that the Democratic Party had been taken over by "tax-and-spend" liberals who had forgotten the warnings of Thomas Jefferson and Woodrow Wilson that government was a threat to liberty" (p. 48-9). ... Reagan televised a speech on February 18, 1981 that announced "tax reductions, cutting government spending, eliminating unnecessary regulations, and pursuing an anti-inflationary monetary policy" (p.99). ... It was through his conservative ideology that Reagan felt the need and desire to set America on the right track...

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They asked the government to quickly withdraw all troops home, end this unjust war. ... As the massacre is looked back upon, there are several key events that set the tragic day. ... Thousands of G.I.s who were sent to Vietnam came to feel that the fight was immoral and unjust, and not for democracy as the US government claimed. ... The US government had to face not only the Indochina War but also the domestic protests. ... This war also ended the agreement with the foreign policy of the Cold War and made many Americans more concerned about other actions of their government overseas. ...

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