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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• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Dismissing the role of inspiration and his own genius, he believed that the ordinary act of authentic thinking "which most men go out of their way to avoid" plus tenacity and perspiration were far more important to success... ... When the intense Pre-Civil War campaign between Lincoln and Douglas began, he peddled photographs of his hero Abraham Lincoln. ... At age 14, after Tom had learned the basics of the fascinating new art of telegraphy, he obtained a job as a replacement for one of the thousands of "brass pounders" (telegraph operators) who had gone off to serve in the Civil War. ... Whe...

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• Approx Pages: 13
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The events that followed are history, for the following 4 ½ years the stage is set for violence in Yugoslavia ( Goldstein, 1999, pp226-228). ... The focus has shifted from Inter-European wars to conflicts between the West and non- Western civilizations. ... However what is important to keep inmind is the fact that differnces do not matter as long as equal rights are preserved and guarded by a government. ... (Ignatieff, 1999, p 55)What is thus must important is the way in which the one percieves the other and why he does that in that specific way. ... Furthermore it is important to resp...

• Word Count: 1723
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate