After World War 2 there were also changes in policies and attitudes concerning foreign affairs. After Japan had been defeated and the European powers weakened, many Asian and Pacific nations wanted independence. ... The changes did not come directly after the war, because the war only served to harden the attitudes of the Australian people because of how the Japanese had treated Australian troops in their POW camps. ... This problem first arose after the Vietnam War when lots of the Vietnamese locals had supported the Allies and for safety reasons could not stay there, so they crammed into boa...

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After the Gulf War the United Nations imposed heavy sanctions on Iraq, to not only punish, but to help ensure that war didn't occur again. ... Its policies and actions have many times in the past ostracized many middle-eastern countries and as an imperial power, America tends to ensure that it looks after number one, itself. This is important because as mentioned before, America had the opportunity to remove Iraq's dictatorship. ... This will then make it easier for terrorist groups to strike with a level of destruction never before seen. ...

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After Stalin's death in 1953, Stalin's successor Nikita Khrushchev repudiated his policies and condemned Stalinism. Only after that, both the people of the USSR and the rest of the world have slowly become aware what really happened during Stalin' rule. ... After Lenin's death in January 1924, Kamenev and Zinoviev governed the party. ... Measures used against them ranged from imprisonment in camps of Gulag to execution after trials, often turned into public shows. ... Shortly before, during and immediately after WWII, Stalin conducted a series of deportations on a huge ...

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This began after the success of their temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany, leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with major economic and political differences. ... During the multinational occupation of Germany after WWII, the city of Berlin was split in four zones; each one was occupied by a different nation. ... It is interesting to point out that the US and the USSR were partners short before the Cold War took place. ... After having defeating the Nazis with the help of the United States and its allies, and after splitting Berlin up into four, the Soviet Union goes ...

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People involved in various artistic disciplines were called before the committee, with their attention eventually turning in earnest towards Hollywood in 1947. ... He would not return to the United States until 1972 – five years before his death – "when an apologetic Hollywood honored him with a life achievement award during the Oscar ceremonies.... Similarly, because Chaplin has spent time with young Rupert, it is assumed by the HUAC that he could also be a communist and he is called before them. ... As if to spell out his innocence to the public in reality, his character i...

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They had to explain to ordinary communists why they glorified Stalin before, but now they began to accuse him of all "deadly sins." ... Sharp aggravation of the Polish-Soviet relations in October 1956 after the election of the new leadership of the Polish communists, led by W. ... He said: "People will say that as long as Stalin was, everybody obeyed, there were no shocks, and now, after "they" came to power, Russia was defeated and lost Hungary." ... In all, we can say that Khrushchev speech was the breaking moment for all socialist camp, which afterwards affect a lot on relationship ...

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After World War II Europe was devastated not only physically but economically as well. ... Before becoming secretary of commerce in the Truman administration, he had served in two crucial posts during World War II, as Lend-Lease representative in Britain and then as U.S. ambassador to Moscow. ... Because Americans feared that after World War II the financial troubles and unemployment of the 1930s could recur, increasing prosperity in the U.S. was one goal of the Marshall Plan. ... The French paper L'Humanité reacted like many other communist publications, claiming that "After dis...

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He quit the seminary before graduation, in order to be a full-time revolutionary. ... After his first escape from Sibiria in 1904, Stalin returned to Georgia. ... She died in 1907, just after she gave birth to Stalin's first son: Yakov. ... Before this treatise appeared (1914), however, Stalin was sent to Siberia . ... Before the winter of 1918, Stalin had been recalled to Moscow by Lenin. ...

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Because of our government dropping the atomic bomb we have been able to make military advancements that would never have been fathomed before and we have been able to make political advancements that we otherwise wouldn't have been able to make. In 1941, just a short time after Albert Einstein had warned the current president Theodore Roosevelt, that the Germans were looking to produce an extremely destructive bomb. ... Even before the first atomic bomb was dropped the United States Government had thought about the benefits that would come out of it, not just military benefits put also...

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A short time after leaving the seminary he joined the national Democratic Party's military wing where shortly there after the split of the party (1903) he became a follower of Lenin. ... After 10 years of his "ruthless pursuit for power"(WW2 Biographies) he was the only one left alive out of the 5 original leaders he was now the leader of the entire Soviet Union. ... Stalin taking control of the soviet army he moved most of his forces to the east to regroup and get more supplies Stalin was burning all the crops before the Germans could get to them the tactic he was using is called "...

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This was written before Karl Marx's Das Capital or the 'Communist Manifesto' and long before the Bolshevik Revolution, which leads us to think that the conflict between these countries is not really about ideology. ... After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989, many new Soviet sources were made available. ... All in all, taking into account what has been stated before, it is evident that ideology was not the only one factor that led both countries towards the Cold War, but it is possible to say that it was one of the most determinant causes. ...

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The strong aggression the soviets had directly after WWII in 1945 pushed America to conclude with the Marshall plan as an attempt to win back some of the countries the Soviet union had already taken. After the war, the countryside was battered and broken looking for a reliable government to run them, and economic aid to help the post-war rebuild; which the soviet union was quick to provide as many countries such as Yugoslovakia, Romania, Lithuania, and Bulgaria had already seceded to communistic ideals. ... However, after the financially taxing World War II, Britain was unable to continue such...

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After that the Soviet Union tried to influence every other country possible to turn to Communism as a form of government. ... After World War II, America was with out a doubt the leading super power. ... Soon after the Cuban troops were armed and ready to go. ... Before Fidel Castro's time The Unites States and Cuba were in good relations with the previous Cuban President; Fulgencio Batista. ... Though living standards in Cuba before 1959 were considered and described as appalling. ...

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It was a direct result/consequence of the inability of the left and center to co-exist after the disappearance of the right. ... Events before, and after the war, as well as conflicting ideologies and the U.S. military involvement in Japan as well as the prevailing military reality resulted in the inability of the Great Powers to solve those conflicts and led to the Cold War. ... The Soviet delegation argued that a change of governments so soon before a series of free elections would supposedly be held was completely unnecessary. ...

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In theory, the Cuban rebels hid in the mountains, dared the government to come after them, and fought on a harsh terrain with guerilla tactics. ... Cuba before the revolution had similar problems, many people were forced to live without electricity or running water for example. ... When people in other countries looked at Cuba shortly after the revolution, where they had universal healthcare, 100% literacy, and nearly no unemployment it caused people to think 'It worked over there, and life seems better for them now...why not here?' ...

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He spewed out accusation after accusation until his political agenda had gathered so much force that it was unstoppable. ... The statute of limitations had run out before Hiss could be charged with espionage, but his conviction of perjury sent a chilling message to the American people regarding the safety of Capitalist ideals within the nation's government. ... After a lengthy trial the case had reached the U.S. ... After this, McCarthy had a televised senate hearing in which he lost favor among Americans. ... After this, McCarthy was exposed for the foolish power hungry sinister th...

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After the Roman Empire there wasn't any gunpowder in the west but as a result of the crusades, gun powder was introduced to the west increasing the development of their combat immensely. ... After the period of the crusades, after WWI and WWII there was a Cold War. ... It's clear to see the fact that presently, countries don't attack countries with cavalry or soldiers instead they usually sit back buy bombs and missiles before causing devastation to countries and cities in an instant. ... After the Romans the next food extravaganza occurred in the British Empire which brought a ...

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Worth noting is the fact that after the World War II, there are various factors that offered a comprehensive platform that enhanced entry of immigrants into the United States. One of the most comprehensive factors that enhanced entry into the United States is the policies that were set after that Second World War. ... After ten years a higher proportion of Italian immigrants were concentrated in California. However, it was not long before New York became the residence for millions of Italians. ... After the young lot came and accumulated wealth and returned back to Italy, Italian immigrants co...

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For example just recently after certain classified documents were released to the public, it was revealed that the United States had lied to its citizens about the Gulf of tonkin incident. ... But before I continue with this point I must say that I understand that our soldiers were fighting a war, which can be gruesome and sometimes they would have to do unthinkable things to survive. ... Which after they dragged dozens of people, including young children, into a ditch before executing them with a machine gun. ...

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The years after WWII were devastating, Europe needed an economic stimulant to improve their stagnant financial system. ... To alleviate distress, the American and British Governments had decided immediately after the termination of hostilities to supply their Occupation Zones in Germany with food, seeds, fertilizer, medicines and fuel. ... Shortly before, on March 12, 1947, President Truman declared that the United States would grant economic assistance to all those countries threatened from within by armed minorities and from without by Communist pressure. ... "In a celebrated speech deliv...

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Thereafter for nearly 120 years after the birth of this new and for a while unprosperous nation left a thorn in England's side. ... Well after the establishment of the United States a feeling of disgust towards this rebellious daughter nation still held true after such a an extended period of time. ... The feeling of respite which England held towards the US did not last forever however, as the US would soon rise to a place of glory taking her seat in the annals of history alongside world powers such as England before her, the Roman Empire, the Grecian Empire of old whom the US borrowed...

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Leventhal stated, "After the Wall these differences evolved into prejudices, creating the "Wall in the Head " among Berliners"" (4). ... Before the currency switch, East Germans were working for a lot less pay than the West, so when the switch of currency was made the Easterners were receiving a much greater amount for completing the same level of work, therefor, making their product much more expensive. ... After the wall came down this option was taken from them, and many German jobs began to disappear, leaving young people fleeing and starting new lives in West Germany. ... With this said, ...

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Originating immediately after World War II in America, Abstract Expressionism initially celebrated the wide-open possibilities of the new "American Century" with an aesthetic that stressed individual freedom and personal expression above other considerations. ... Throughout the 1950's, identity was connected with consumption as never before, as at least consuming remained one of the few arenas left for the free operation of choice and desire. ...

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One cadet said after hell week in the Marines, "It was almost like joining a fraternity, but the punishments were 1000 times worse than ever imagined, and the Administration did not pretend to turn there back, they were instrumental in the brutality" ("Issues and Controversies"). ... And, in the military, it is always the good of the whole which must be considered before the good of the individual. ...

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Churchill contributed a significant role during the WWII and was capable of getting Stalin's agreement for the recognition of spheres of influence through the 'percentages agreement' of 1944, which was proved as an effective means to limit Stalin's actions after the WWII. During the end of the WWII, the USA was at the verge of becoming the world's largest superpower, producing more than 50% of the globe's manufacturing outputs, owning a navy that was as big as the rest of the globe's combined navies, and possessing the only weapon of atomic bomb in the wor...

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