On June 25 1950 North Korea crossed the thirty-eighth parallel, officially invading South Korea, and marking what has been recorded historically as the beginning of the Korean War. ... In this light, the factors that helped lead to the Korean War are: First, the division of North and South Korea post World War II along the thirty-eighth parallel with Russia overseeing the North and the United States overseeing the South. ... However, the United States " made a major blunder almost at once that cost it the confidence and cooperation of the Korean people: It confirmed in office the despised Ja...

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This is the main reason the United States got involved in Vietnam. ... Nations like England, France and most of Europe was backing the United States and countries like China, North Korea, Cuba and Vietnam were backing the Soviet Union. The international level, at first had no effect in the Cold War, no other country or any international organization like the United Nations got involved in the Cold War. ... The one major thing that helped the United States win the Cold War was the fact that even though two of the biggest countries, China and Russia, were both Socialist, they never got alo...

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From 1946 to 1972 the USA was a major obstacle to China's objectives. ... USA and China were hostile up to the 1950's during the Korean War, as they were against each other, where China was with North Korea supporting communism and USA was preserving the integrity of South Korea (see Appendix A, Cowie H.R, (1980), Asia and Australia in World Affairs, Australia, page 100. Map showing who were supporting South Korea and North Korea in the Korean War, in June 1950), where the CCP recognised the importance of relations with their powerful communist neighbour; USSR. ... Map showing who we...

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Globalization in South Korea can be a challenge. ... South Korea has become such a vital part in the international market that it is part of the Group of 20 (G-20), an international forum consisting major economies of the world to "promote balance and sustainable economic development in order to narrow development imbalances and reduce poverty" (G20.org). ... This will decrease conflicts and war that occur due to territorial issues. ... There are many wars that happen due to territorial issues (Frieden, Lake, Schultz, 2014). ... When nations decide to disregard boundaries drawn by hi...

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They were not all communist, although communists actively involved themselves in most of the "wars of liberation", forming blocs within other movements where they did not have the strength to stand alone. ... (Tonkin Annam and Cochin China were regions in the North, Central and South Vietnam. ... French troops were concentrated in fortresses in North Vietnam fighting a static war. ... To this end, Dien Bien Phu was occupied and established as a major fortress in 1953. It was a serious tactical error, being sited too far from major centres where support resources were, and the enemy's capa...

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In Europe, the nightmare had already begun "but many in the United States were reluctant to get involved in the new war. ... It was the beginning of another "red scare- in the nation: fears of communism, which had been on the rise ever since the stock market crash that set off the Great Depression, sparked accusations that artists, writers, actors and learned people were communists. ... Enormous victories, including those famous battles as the Invasion of Normandy and the Battle of Midway, were turning points in the war with both major axis powers. With America finally involved, there was...

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Due to inter ethnic power struggles the country was involved in many civil wars. ... Islam taught its followers to use war and violence as a tool to spread the religion. ... The only way the north could sustain its dominance was through the army and police (Ejiogu). ... The people are for political reform, but not the government. ... As a result of Nigeria's alliance with France they have established relationships with Russia, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Indonesia, Turkey, and China. ...

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This is where people would be aided, on the basis of social needs. ... Physiocracy implied that the existence of a natural order in economics made it possible for people to be prosperous without interference from the state. ... Marx's system of capitalism involved the relation of individuals to the means of production of material goods and services. ... To what this rise in population requires credit is unclear, however, it is clear that the transition to an industrial, manufacturing economy required more people to labour. ... Everyone wants to get involved, a huge number of capitalist...

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This was brought to a halt by the First World War and the bout of anti-free trade protectionism that led to the Great Depression in 1930. ... The end of the Second World War brought another great expansion of capitalism with the development of multinational companies interested in producing and selling in the domestic markets of nations around the world. ... The fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union ended the cold war between the forces of capitalism and socialism with capitalism triumphant. ... Established at the conclusion of the Second World War, the United Nations ha...

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At the same time that Bush's inaugural address appeared to reject the idea of an aggressive central government that acted on behalf of its people, he also said that public trust in the government is a major component of a civilized nation. ... In essence, his address called on people to go along with his administrations agenda, rather than creating chaos by dissenting. ... The speech implied that his plan was that the outside world could be kept at arms length because his perspective was that American power was so great that it would need to be involved only on a limited basis with the...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. 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. ... Stalin edited briefly the new party newspaper, Pravda (Truth) and at Lenin's erge wrote his first major work, Marxism and the Nationality Question. ... Stalin argued strongly for the continuation of the war and for cooperation with the Provisional Government. ... In January of 1919, Lenin and T...

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Communication involved everyone in an organization (and outside it, too), from the lowest-level employee to the head of a large corporation. ... Brief History of Best Western Best Western began in the years following World War II. ... The chain, with its corporate headquarters in Phoenix, operates more than 2,000 hotels in North America alone. ... Required language translations included Spanish, German, Italian, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Korean. ...

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