I do believe, however, that when one examines the boiling point it becomes obvious that without the existing political alliances present throughout Europe at the time, such hostilities and military testiness couldn't have possibly erupted on such a large scale. ... However, nothing could have spelled the downward spiral of the political tension of the time to a full-blown war like the alliances between the countries comprising Europe. ... While the other factors involved contributed greatly to the war machine breathing to life, the alliances are what caused it to become the "Great W...

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Life in 1950 was filled with war, economic and political change but also improvements of the advancements from 1850. ... The need for skilled and knowledgeable workers to run factory machines, and the need for educated voters sparked mass education. ... Politically, many of the European countries still faced issues. ... A 20 year old living in Europe in 1950 would already be used to the advancements introduced in 1850, but they would be suffering from all of the post-war effects on their countries politics and economy. They would be a lot more educated, and more involved with their countries...

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The uniqueness of Poland's unfortunate geographic location led to a variety of political, ethnic, and other unified groups who all brought their personal agendas to the fight. ... Jewish, communist, and other groups began operating with increasing pace and all had a different political endgame in mind for post-war Poland. ... The 'Kielbasowcy' for example was a bandit gang with over sixty members wielding forty sub-machine guns and two heavy machine guns among their armament. ... Polish ground forces as opposed to other allied soldiers to secure liberated territories would have...

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They had lots of political instability with no political great leader and a lack of natural resources. ... The reasons however for this are ˜much more political than technological'. The advances in weaponry in the 19TH century with innovations of quick firing artillery, machine-guns and repeating rifles were the cutting edge of the 'new imperialism' abroad. ... The army law of May 1913 increased the army's peacetime strength 515,000 to 544,000 and more artillery and machine-gun units were raised. ... The problem for Germany was political because Russia were able t...

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The Chinese troops set up positions on Zhenbao Island and when the Soviet soldiers were within 100 meters of their position, they opened fire with machine guns and small arms fire, killing seven Soviets during the initial volley. ... This would be an opportune time, since the United States was heavily invested, both economically and politically, in the Vietnam conflict in 1969. ... Both the Chinese and Soviets hoped the United States and our Western allies would deem this rift as a sign of regional and political instability between the two Asian nations, resulting in military cutbacks and a...

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Also, Germany proposed a network of bilateral trade agreements that was designed to somewhat unite a politically divided Europe. ... By 1933, Hitler had turned Germany into a war machine and the phrase, "Today Germany, tomorrow the whole world "3. ... He furthered Lenin's work by forcing the Russian population to conform to the beliefs of his political party. ... However, his system already had a foundation in Lenin's work in the Russia prior to him, while Hitler completely revamped German politics. ... When compared to Stalin, Hitler's political movements are very similar exce...

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Political theorists, historians and writers all contributed in the 18th and 19th century to the development of European fascist thought. ... In the 1920s and 30s, liberal policies and institutions had failed, and fascism has only prospered politically in times of either economic crisis, or fear of communist take-over (or both). ... A common attack to a fascist's political enemy (if he hadn't been killed yet) was to label him less patriotic, or even a traitor (RoSo, 2002). ... In Germany, Hitler aimed to not only control all political power, but also courts, churches, universities,...

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The result was a military and political planning that depended, or was strengthened by this polarization of the two camps: The Alliance and The Entente. ... Every Great Power was "passing through a political and social crisis in 1914." ... Ultimately, politicians did not "deliberately embarked on war as a way out of their insoluble domestic, social and political problems." ... Mayer thus points to a pre-revolutionary state of affairs in all of Europe, which lead to an intense "interconnection of domestic politics and foreign politics." ... Mommsen concludes his article implying that German aim...

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Huntington Theory & Disagreement Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" is a theory based upon geographic locations and political movements. ... Various conflicts in the world illustrate how religion is emerging above other political ideologies. ... Apart from the demise of the political ideologies described earlier, Huntington gives six specific reasons for civilizational identity. ... Fifth, cultural characteristics are "less easily compromised" (Huntington, 1993) than economic or political ideologies. ... We know from translations of his own speeches that Saddam Hussein used ...

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Background and During the Cooling of Relations The Second World War drastically changed the political map of the world, and especially the European continent. ... The international prestige of the United States and the Soviet Union, extraordinarily increased by the end of the war as a result of the huge separation from other countries in the military, economic and political fields, contributed to strengthening of the international situation and the formation of a bipolar system of international relations. ... A certain amount of responsibility for rocked the confrontation between the USSR and...

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Before it is possible to delve into the aforementioned themes of the futile agonies of war and the perils of Nationalism, it is necessary to understand the political and social climate in which Remarque was writing. ... Likewise, the rigorous propaganda and training created machines of patriotism out of the young men. ...

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In both the Boer War and the American Civil War, in which static trench warfare was first developed, and in which over three million men were killed or wounded by weapons, such as the Springfield rifle, which was considerably inferior to the Lee-Enfield (GB) or Mauser (Germany) used in the latter conflict, together with the machine gun, poison gas and more powerful, accurate artillery meant that casualties were almost assured in the Great War, and dissatisfaction or disillusionment rendered the earlier tactics outdated, if not obsolete. ...

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Also, people were also concerned with the political ideas immigrants brought with them such as communism, anarchism, and socialism that were seen as a threat to democracy. ... If more Americans had more money and more time on their hands, then they would spend it on the latest products such as radios, refrigerators, washing machines, etc., thus increasing consumerism. ... Americans failed to notice because they paid no attention to politics and instead remained interested in material goods and the image of prosperity (Document G). ...

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The Japanese economic miracle is complex and can only be explained by looking to political, cultural, and economic reasons. ... "It is their sense of identity and destiny which gives their industrial machine its effectiveness. ...

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Changes are continually occurring in the social, economic, political, environmental, as well as cultural aspects of life. ... The process of sharing information has become faster due to the inventions of the car, train, and airplane, as well as, telecommunication innovations such as the internet, e-mail and fax machine. ...

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There were many problems; both political and economic, facing the Soviet Union in 1928 and the decision to launch the five-year plans must have been influenced in part by these. ... However, the economic reasons were secondary to the political needs of the communism. ... 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. ...

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Through much of history, the strength of a nation has been determined by the strength of its leader. Despite the appearance of holding power, leader's often are undermined by their own subjects as the case of Emperor Hirohito of Japan. It is true that during his reign Japan has seen a territorial expansion in Asia not unlike that of Genghis Khan's Mongolia or Julius Caesar's Rome but the question remains whether Hirohito played an active role in that expansion. Though often regarded as the people's emperor, Hirohito has proven to be less of a leader in times of war and ...

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This essay seeks to examine the political relations between the leaders of Britain, the United States of America and the Soviet Union during and immediately following World War II. ... The Russian population was left starving, as an immense amount of damage was done to the Soviet Unions agricultural capabilities: 98,000 collective farms and 2,890 machine and tractor stations were sacked. ...

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