According to the American Political Science Review, "they observe that democratic leaders are beholden to voters, and argue that voters oppose war because of its human and financial costs. " If the majority of the citizens in a nation oppose going to war, and the government decides to do so anyway, then any and all the negative aspects that come along with war, such as casualties and financial strains are the fault of the president and the country's government. A third factor of this theory is that democracies are more susceptible to viewing countries with similar governing styles and ...

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However, even before the closing stages of the war, competition between these two nations was brewing, fueled by ambitions on both sides for world domination and the opposing ideals of communism and capitalism. ... During the Yalta Conference, the President of America, Roosevelt, was much more moderate on his views on communism than his counterpart in the Potsdam Conference, Harry Truman. ... The differences in the views of the two American Presidents caused tensions to escalate between the West and Russia. ...

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Others supported the revisionist view and would claim that it was not an aggression but a self - defence policy and that the American involvement in the South America and therefore its Imperialism resulted in 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. ... However, in my view, it is important to go back in time and have a look at the historical background of that issue. ... However, I should mention that the US government could not simply accept the fa...

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The stronger the state was, from the military point of view, the less chances were, that it will undergo to an attack of the other states. ... We must not be oblivious of the fact that the potential users of weapons of mass destruction are mainly individual "desperados" and Third World states or movements opposed to the West. ...

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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. ... These ethnic groups view the decisions made at Yalta as a political betrayal of their respective nations. ... Roosevelt's stance at the Yalta Conference can be explained by what he said to Francis Spellman, archbishop of Boston, in September of 1943, "There is no point to oppose the desires of Stalin, because he has the...

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The Senator continued on his crusade to rid the government of all who had "anti-American" views. ... He would respond to challenges with more accusations, striking fear into all those who opposed him. ...

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Our approach embraces a long-term strategic view of the Iranian nuclear crisis, and seeks to identify promising U.S. strategic choices and negotiating propositions that can maximize security and promote U.S. regional and global interests while avoiding unnecessary costs and risks. ... The continued offer of positive incentives can instead be perceived as an integral part of an overall containment strategy: it helps build international support for U.S. nonproliferation efforts, undermines the position of the Iranian hardliners that currently dominate the regime while strengthening domestic poli...

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Correspondingly, "soft power" was presented as an opposing tactic to "hard power." As opposed to the idea of hard power, soft power is a nation's ability to take a more liberal approach. ... The relationship between hard and soft power cannot be viewed from only one perspective. ...

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His views on a new world order emerging after the Cold War relate to modernism, secularism, and the global economy, and how these have interlaced people from across the world; however, these intersections have not overcome fundamentalist religions, which continue to defy understanding. ... Huntington's thesis contains distinct points of conflict that can be viewed from a predominantly religious perspective, and he supports his opinions about how the aspects of religion are able to explain very troubled areas of the world. ... Competition necessarily has winners and losers, but that does n...

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He succeeded in taking full control of the Canal, a task that had not been achieved since Britain took de-facto control of the waterway in 1882 (Willmott 2009 p. 83) and although Nasser didn't militarily win the war he most definitely won the support of the Arab world, looking for a figure to oppose Western influence. ... Congress view Israel as useful tool to contain the significant soviet influence within the Middle East and therefore "used diplomatic and military support to weave Israel firmly into the anti-Soviet bloc," (Vex ,2014). ...

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Through viewing China's foreign policy under the CCP from 1949 to 1991 in the context of the Cold War, it can be seen that China's hostile relationship with the liberal-capitalist USA was brought upon by China's strive for hegemony and the clashing of capitalist vs. communist ideologies through different foreign policies. ... As leading capitalist power, America opposed the spread of communism in every manner possible; as the major Western supplier of military manpower equipment, she ringed China with potentially hostile military bases and alliances. ...

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Abstract The American dream comes to mind to most of us when overlooking some of the greatest accomplishments that some of our most inspiring American icons have achieved. Ronald Reagan is just one of the many hundreds of role models that our society is appreciative of. As the fortieth president of the United States and also the oldest president ever elected, Ronald Reagan had constructed some of the most efficient strategies in order to keep America protected. Not only did Reagan show concerns for the American people, but also people all over the world. Without Ronald Reagan's achievemen...

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Their differences during this conference referred to the Russians wanting to rebuild their country with Germany, as Truman opposed, believing it would cost for the caring of the defeated Germans (Divine 666). ...

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However, simultaneously, some tendencies occurs and to some extend they still exists, according to Spanger two opposing visions of the two countries: authoritarian Putin's Russia and the United States strongly militarized going to war against terrorism but under the guise of that significantly expand their manor which might be the main aim of the issue.9 Some years later Russia experienced a huge step forward. ... From this point of view Russia was rather trying to keep a status-quo. ...

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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 basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. The anti-Hitler coalition, the main role which played the great powers - the US, the USSR, England, and at the last stage of the war France - increasingly reflect the new balance of power in the world. Neither Britain nor France, nor even, defeated Germany could not play in the post-war period of the previous role of the guarantor of balance a...

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The Cold War is a term used to describe the period of non-violent conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their respective allies, between the mid-1940s and lasted until the early 1990s. 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 deterioration of Soviet-American relations was the combined result of the mistrust between both sides and the inconsistent American foreign policy resulting from the replacement of Franklin D. Rooseve...

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Prior to the 1960s, war films did well at the box-office. Invigorated audiences defined their ideas of combat by watching films that glorified heroic soldiers. Rather than questioning the accuracy of setting, dialogue, or action, audiences gave the film makers freedom to use their imagination. Howe...

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History Coursework 2, Question 1. In 1928, the newly empowered Stalin embarked on one of the most ambitious industrialisation programs in world history, leading to the establishment of the U.S.S.R as a pinnacle world superpower in less than half a century. Industrialisation was the primary goal of Lenin and Stalin, as well as many communist party members. The Soviet economy had made advances under Lenin's semi-capitalist N.E.P with its slight capitalist elements, but Stalin's five-year plans were far more ambitious and so far riskier. Did the Soviet Union need to industrialise so ...

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