In my essay I will examine the consequences of those events and suggest other ideas on the origins of the Cold War. ... The post - revisionist view is that the Cold War was an inevitable situation in the bipolar world and that both Superpowers are responsible for the events of 1945 -1990. Although, I personally would agree that the policies of the World War II played a significant role in shaping the international politics of the post - war world, and possibly could be blamed for the beginning of the Cold War. However, in my view, it is important to go back in time and have a look at th...

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The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. ... In addition, the United States played in the war, and as the largest creditor of the coalition, which after the war proved to be financially dependent on the United States. ... The establishment of the ruined economy of the country also participated huge army of prisoners of war. However, by 1945 the country was far from the pre-war economic indicators. ... The geographical position of the United States played an important role in the prosperity of America in the war years, in the new condition...

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The crisis also highlighted the Cold War climate engulfing the globe. ... The Cold war climate of 1956 arguably shaped every aspect of the Suez Crisis. ... Nasser was aware that he was a pawn in a war of far greater proportions and therefore emphasized the Cold War aspect in this imperial, regional crisis. ... The events of the summer of 1956 saw a greater shift in Egyptian alliance. ... It was these convoluted characteristics of Suez that see it remembered as one of the most important and controversial events in history following WW2....

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The concept of an international "system" itself implies that events are not random, and units within the system are interrelated in some patterned way. ... However, more importantly than the all encompassing quadrangle, it is the strategic geometry within the quadrangle that is most interesting and illustrates best, the changes and nuances in the transition from Cold War to post Cold War. ... The most obvious and famous of the triangles linked the Soviet Union, China and the United States, but the Soviet-US- Japan triangle was also important. ... Indeed the others owed much of their dynamic to...

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The dissolution of the Soviet Union in the 1980s is one of the most important events of modern history. ... The conflict became known as the first Chechen war. ... War was declared in December of 1994 and a diplomatic agreement was reached by August 1996. ... The events leading up to the war start off on September 7th, 1991 when members of the NCChP stormed the regional government headquarters occupied by the dissolving Soviet Communist Party with the aim of asserting independence from the Soviet Union. ... There are several underpinnings that can explain the cause of this war. ...

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Mutual distrust, suspicion, and misunderstandings can characterize the Cold War by two sides and their allies. ... This event held great significance as it led to the Cold War. ... Americans viewed the Soviet denial of the Yalta agreements as enmity between the two nations, which could in effect develop into a war, with the power to destroy humanity, hence both the United States and the USSR shared responsibility for the origin of the Cold War. ... This was because, as events turned out, Stalin failed to keep his promise that free elections would be held in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary,...

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Economic stability and growth are important factors in a states endeavor to acquire political power. ... The events leading up to the cold war were several shifts in power resulting from WWI and WWII. ... Eventually the U.S. and Russia approach the threshold of nuclear war over the installation of nuclear weapons in Cuba. ... If Soviet ships carrying weapons for Cuba did not turn back or refused to be searched, a war was likely to begin. ... By defining the true political meaning of power; economic and military ability, examining the natural state of man, and recounting the Cold War, explicit...

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Abstract The root causes of the refugee crisis have been the incidence of the two world wars of the 1914 to 1919 and 1939 to 1945. ... These continued until the Second World War era. After the Second World War, the development of the international refugee protection regime continued to gather momentum irrespective of difficulties. ... In the process, Many Armenians fled to Syria, Western Europe and Middle East in during the First World War between 1914 and 1919. When the first world war ended in 1919, there was massive redrawing of boundaries by the western heavy weight countries of the w...

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The Cold War preceded the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. ... Examining social, economic and political aspects one can outline the possible chain of events. ... This event contrasted the outcome of many other anticommunist demonstrations in alike statehoods. ... It is possible he wanted to improve the nation, but more importantly win public opinion over by changing the government's external image. ... As the superpowers ended the Cold War they would be united in United Nations sanctioned conflicts such as the Gulf War and Kosovo keeping global peace. ...

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During the course of World War II there were a number of turning points that impacted the outcome of the World War II. One of the most important and influential turning points that effected the outcome of the war was the Battle of Stalingrad 23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943. ... For these reasons the Battle of Stalingrad was a turning point in World War II and had dramatically changed the outcome of World War II in Europe. ... The events of Stalingrad and in particular convinced many germans that the war could not be won. ... During this event the soviet union was under the reign of Jos...

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The film came out in 1929 and was heavily influenced by the historical events that pre-dated it during the early 1900s. ... World War I, one of the most influential events in Russian history, ended in 1918 with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. ... A firm Communist believer, Vertov spread the ideas of everyone in society receiving the same benefits and being equally important to a functioning society. ... Vertov achieved this goal by attaching many short clips of multiple cities to emphasize that every person in the city is important for the maintenance of the community. Vertov believed that: "This...

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This bought the fear that another world war, again with Europe its main arena, a distinct possibility. The events of the Cuban missile crisis bought home to the two sides that an arms race was not a solution, and that they need to come to some agreements that would attempt to avert the chance of a heating up of the situation. ... The following two weeks the world was holding its breath in anticipation of a full-scale nuclear war. ... Equally important, SALT1 negotiations led to further talks in 1972 on SALT2, intending to further limit the growth of their respective nuclear arsenals. ... The m...

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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.... For all his arguable faults and failings, Richard Nixon, given his strengths in compartmentalization, his capability of strategically dissecting the world by geopolitical relevancy, and his uncanny vision for analyzing the long-term outcomes produced from near-term events, made Nixon the right man and the right president at the right time. ... The Vietnam War had a deep impact on the United States' application of foreign policy, especially, relative to ...

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In considering the influence of Lenin's leadership on the Bolshevik seizure of power and their subsequent retention of power, it is better to separate the two events. ... The weakness of the Provisional government is a particularly important factor. ... This was a fatal mistake, leading to the growing of strength of the Bolsheviks, and is an important indication of the Provisional Government's weaknesses contributing to the Bolshevik seizure of power. However, it is still important to give credit to Lenin and the Bolsheviks for manipulating the favourable political situation to their...

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Therefore, Stalins role can be assessed as more important than that of external forces in bringing wealth and cohesion to the USSR. ... The event triggering the Purges was the murder of Kirov in 1934. ... The looming of the second world war had an external effect on the cohesive and divisive social elements in Soviet society. ... Until the war Stalin's policies were based on avoiding conflict. ... Half a million Russians were killed and 1 million imprisoned in the first fortnight of war. ...

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Russian Revolution This essay is about the November 1917 revolution, the events that led up to and contributed to the revolution and Lenin's role in the revolution. ... The social, political and economic events of November 1917, these include the food shortages and progressively losing the war. ... The decision by the government to continue the war effort was not like by the people, the reason why Kerensky wanted to keep Russia in the war was so that when they won the war he would be re-elected. ... An example of this is an unskilled worker earns 1rub-1 rub. 25 kop before the war, duri...

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One of the most important tactics to counter communist influence was the introduction of the Marshall Plan (Divine 670). ... This turned into a bonanza for American farmers, miners, and manufacturers that are still important to the growth of international trade today. ... Several reasons backed Truman in entering the Korean War. ... The rising tensions of the Cold War could have been yet another factor in the American's involvement in the Korean War. ... The midst of the Korean War, almost all of South Korea was t...

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This sphere of interest became more specific and eventually led to a study of inconsistencies regarding historical justifications of Khrushchev's dismissal of war hero Marshall Zhukov. ... It was also an event for which no definite argument had been published, so it was optimal for this task. ... Common events to both histories include the Soviet 20th Party Congress and the de-Stalinization process which followed. ... Essay The context in which history is written influences its interpretation of the events. ... Waung implies that Mao reinterpreted events until it became obvious to ...

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Both these movements resulted in influential developments in film theory and a distinctive body of films that are still considered important by nowadays film makers. Elements like economics, politics, war, aesthetics, art, literature and culture also played a big role within these movements and will also be touched on. It all started with the Great War that crippled the people in Europe not only emotionally but also economically. German Expressionism developed in the 1920's during the period of recovery following World War I. ... After the war, avant-garde experiments liberally...

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Most importantly, the emergence of totalitarian governments usually occurs as a result of historical forces, such as chaos during the aftermath of an event such as a World War. ... This is evident when taking into consideration World War I and the effects. ... Most importantly, each totalitarian regime had usually been established in the chaos of a large political or social event. ...

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After the war, the Bolsheviks renamed themselves the Communist Party, and declared Russia the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ... Meanwhile, World War II was fast approaching. ... But he wanted to avoid war at all costs, and in 1939 he signed the Nazi- Soviet Pact, which pledged that the two dictatorships would not attack one another, and granted Stalin permission to take over the Baltic States and eastern Poland, and prosecute a war in Finland. ... The Cold War had begun. ... (It is important to note that Stalin stood directly behind these trials--he delegated respon...

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On the night of November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall-the most potent symbol of the cold war division of Europe-came down. ... As a result, Poland held its first competitive elections since before World War II, and in 1989, Solidarity formed the first non-Communist government within the Soviet bloc since 1948. ... The collapse of communism in East Central Europe and the Soviet Union marked the end of the cold war. ... I intend to examine the reasons behind this, and try to gauge the effect it had on the progression of events. ... The Soviet Union had, since the 1917 revolution, taken an is...

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Just recently, 298 people perished from the devastating crash of Malaysian flight MH17. The flight originated from Amsterdam, Netherlands and was on its way to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia when it plummeted to the ground of Ukraine that is currently controlled by pro-Russian militias. Several allegations ...

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Though less recognized by history, the Young Americans for Freedom were an important part of the culture of protest in the 1960's. ... Images of young people at Woodstock and at anti-war protests and civil rights sit-ins spring to mind when we speak of youth in the sixties. ... It did not involve as many sensational events as the liberal movements, but there was quite a bit of activism on the conservative side. ... Examples like these are highly reminiscent of the liberal protest movements and show that activism was important to both. Conservative action has been much less talked abo...

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The Legislative Commission of 1767 The document was written by Sergei Solov"ev to describe the events taking place at the Legislative Commission held by Catherine during 1767. ... Between July of 1767 and October of 1768 the commission met formally to debate their concerns, until Catherine postponed the commission in order to go to war with Turkey.[3] Many subcommittees continued their work into the 1770's when they finally gave up due to lack of new legislation. ... Each of the Russian classes in attendance was given a chance to represent their views, wishes and opinions during the Co...

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