The Second World War brought had an aftermath of another war, the Cold War, which was basically the U.S vs the Soviet Union, both were highly equipped with weapons of mass destruction and were opposites, this was cause enough to bring fears of destruction or even annihilation, change in economics and social changes to the U.S and the free world. ... The U.S and its people were afraid of losing their thriving economy; they were afraid of the expansion of communistic ideas, and most of all, they were afraid of a nuclear holocaust and destruction. ... They loved the power by the people and the...

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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. ... This lead me to believe amount of soldiers and resources we lost in Vietnam was not worth the effort because we not only lost 50,000 American lives, but countless innocent Vietnamese civilians along with millions of Vietnamese soldiers. ... And by joining the Vietnam War,...

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These countries were able to use this assistance to maintain self sufficiency and combat the idealistic viewpoints of socialistic communism that seemed very ideal to many people at the time. ... Many countries such as Greece and Turkey, were unable to protect themselves from larger super powers like Russia and received protection from countries like Britain. ... Truman also argued that the United States was compelled to assist "free peoples" in their struggles against "totalitarian regimes," because the spread of authoritarianism would "undermine the foundations of int...

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Few people were willing to challenge or defy societal norms, weary of being branded "un-American", and therefore, a communist. ... "McCarthyism", as it was called, forced many government officials and Hollywood celebrities to go before McCarthy and the rest of the committee, in order to deny their involvement with the Communist Party. ... Although the 1950's were overwhelmingly conservative, the decade was not without change, especially in the field of race relations. ... Sexual practices were rarely discussed outside the bedroom and sexuality itself was viewed as either unimportant, i...

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When answering this question we must be careful not to confuse stability with the quest for peace and security which is a goal of arms control, the fact that an area or country is free from the threat of arms isn't evidence to the stability of that country or the international system as a whole. ... If the government feels unthreatened from external forces then it can turn its attention to pressing domestic problems, which may cause increased stability within the state as well as contributing to a hostile free international community. ... If a radical group with a hatred of the Indian ...

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Some workers were sent to respond to the disaster and were ordered to encase the reactor in concrete. ... Economic indicators were also commonly suppressed and falsified to the point where the final economic collapse was bound to happen. ... Upon putting it into practice, the Soviet government stated that: "it was not until 1988, that it was admitted we were running a budget deficit, and as a result the government had no way to take remedial action,"6 and by the time of Gorbachev, it was too late. ... "7 By introducing Perestroika (the policy of economic and governmental reform ...

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Some workers were sent to respond to the disaster and were ordered to encase the reactor in concrete. ... Economic indicators were also commonly suppressed and falsified to the point where the final economic collapse was bound to happen. ... Upon putting it into practice, the Soviet government stated that: "it was not until 1988, that it was admitted we were running a budget deficit, and as a result the government had no way to take remedial action," and by the time of Gorbachev, it was too late. ... " By introducing Perestroika (the policy of economic and governmental reform in...

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Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. ... Both his parents were peasants. ... He quit the seminary before graduation, in order to be a full-time revolutionary. ... 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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 The Life and Death of Détente: Nixon, Carter, and Reagan, 1968-1988 "If we can learn to live together on these issues and work together and negotiate on these we may change the world. ... Nixon "I don't see why we need some fancy French word in dealing with the Russians; we already have a word for it- Cold War.... Others, however, felt that talks and negotiations were analogous to appeasement and made the United States look weak. ... The protection of the American ideal of free persons, pluralism and the defense of liberal democracy had been sac...

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It was the end of any trace of "normal" family life for Stalin, and witnesses saw tears in his eyes at her funeral--the only report that we have of the great dictator crying. ... But while his rivals from the '20s had suffered defeat, they were still alive and in the Party. ... Large-scale purges struck the country, targeting all levels of society--including children: Stalin reasoned that parents were more likely to confess to trumped-up charges of subversion and disloyalty if they knew their children's lives were at risk. ... All of the confessors were sentenced to death. The fo...

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The Soviet railway system was totally crippled as 65,000 kilometers of railway track and 4,100 railway stations were destroyed. ... Communication was made all but impossible, as 36,000 postal, telegraph and telephone offices were demolished. ... The Germans were no kinder to Soviet cultural institutions. ... Stalin agreed to the publication of the Declaration on Liberated Europe, which stipulated, among other things, that Poland was to have free, democratic elections. Additionally, changes were be made to the Polish provisional government in order to allow for a more democratic environment. ...

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American foreign policy decision makers were at the time operating under the understanding that the Soviet Union was gaining power. ... They felt Brezhnev had to be stopped before his gradual spreading of socialism went any further. ... Allen Lynch writes: The strong ideological tone adopted by the Reagan administration in 1981, together with its downgrading of arms control, eventually shattered a strong consensus in Moscow that there were strict limits to hostility intrinsic to the Soviet-American relationship.(3) Reaction in Moscow was reluctant and reserved, however in October 1982, one...

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The Nepmen were prime targets, but Kulaks, the richer farmers, and bourgeois experts were seen as contrary to the claim of revolution. ... Before and throughout the five-year plans Stalin's propaganda machine created an image of Stalin following the Leninist' path, ridiculing the rightists who were bringing back capitalism' whilst further damaging the leftist world-wide revolution' for being irresponsible and unpatriotic. ... As Lenin had made clear, the N.E.P was a step backwards so that we can make two steps forward' and in 1928 these two step forwards were becom...

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