This led to a large amount of resentment in the West for the Soviet Union, as the Western economy was now severely damaged by the removal of one of its primary sources of food and raw materials.2 A deal, known as the Percentages Agreement, was finally reached between Churchill and Stalin in October of 1944. ... Roosevelt had originally tried to convince the Polish government-in-exile that it was in their best interest to attempt to reach some sort of agreement with the Soviet Union. ...

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Australia at Vietnam War In the years following the end of the Second World War, colonies of the Western Powers throughout Africa and Asia were clamouring for self-determination and nationhood. The means by which they sought to achieve these goals ranged from peaceful negotiation to armed insurre...

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" --Golda Meir By 1972, the Soviet Union had built an arsenal of 1,500 intercontinental nuclear missiles capable of reaching every state within the contiguous United States, and they were producing as many as 250 more each year (Reeves, 486). ... Humanity had reached its most destructive potential since the dawn of civilization. ... However, Nixon had a much larger picture in mind and perhaps a further reaching ideology than could be fully appreciated by those sailing in the political winds of the day. ... Despite typical differences between parties; there was nonetheless general agreeme...

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