In my essay I will focus on this dual analysis of the content and form of the major patterns of strategic geometry and their change over time from Cold War to post Cold War. ... the Cold War era The Cold War system of international relations was a geopolitical intermixing of security, ideology and the balance of power, especially military power. ... Sino-Soviet-North Korean triangle 3. ... The great post-war exception was the Soviet-US-Japan triangle. ... However, our emphasis is on the usefulness of the concept for studying the "transition" from Cold War to post Cold War. ...

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In answering the question "In what ways was the concept of American Exceptionalism evident in the Cold War during the years 1947-1961?" I intend to start by looking at the root of the idea and how its history manages to evoke passionate responses of American Nationalism in the transition period between the end of World War One and the Cold War. ... I shall then move onto the Cold War itself, identifying the use of exceptionalism in three key areas; warfare (with specific focus on the Korean War), an ideological persuasion of weak nations (particularly the vulnerable west Germany) and...

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The U.S. entered into the war on South Korea's side and this action brought China into the war. ... During the war, the north pushed deep into South Korea but the south managed to push them out and up into North Korea. ... The Korean War began in 1950 when the south was invaded by the north. ... During the Korean War, North Korea may have used nuclear weapons on the south, if they had them. ... During the Korean War, the U.S. fought on the side of South Korea and China was on North Korea's side. ...

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The Cold War is a difficult term to define. ... Another problem with the Cold war is that because it is a vague term, there is no actual start date to the war. ... In order to describe the causes of the Cold War, it is important to fully understand what the Cold War actually means. The term "Cold War" means a war fought on every front except actual fighting. ... It is possible to say that the Cold War was a war of Communism versus Capitalism. ...

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The Nuclear arms race, covert operations, and the Korean War all played rolls in the tension which led to the Cold War. ... The Korean War was a major cause of the Cold War. ... Japan had ruled Korea from 1910 until August of 1945 at the end of W.W.II. ... The Chinese were the major supporters of the North Koreans. ... For the U.S., the Korean War increased fear of Communist aggression and prompted a hunt for spies on whom to blame Communist gain. ...

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The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. ... Differences between the former Allies after it was generally uniting them during the war aim, moved to another plane. ... In addition, the United States played in the war, and as the largest creditor of the coalition, which after the war proved to be financially dependent on the United States. ... The establishment of the ruined economy of the country also participated huge army of prisoners of war. However, by 1945 the country was far from the pre-war economic indicators. ...

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After the war, the Bolsheviks renamed themselves the Communist Party, and declared Russia the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ... Meanwhile, World War II was fast approaching. ... But he wanted to avoid war at all costs, and in 1939 he signed the Nazi- Soviet Pact, which pledged that the two dictatorships would not attack one another, and granted Stalin permission to take over the Baltic States and eastern Poland, and prosecute a war in Finland. ... The Cold War had begun. ... He gave Kim Il Sung of North Korea the go-ahead to start the Korean War in 1950, and launched a new series of ...

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To follow from that, what happened fifty- six years ago - the end of World War II. ... At the end of the Second World War, whole countries were left in disarray and destruction. ... Twenty years after the First World War had come to an end, realists has shown that the human element of greed and annihilation was too much for the Fourteen Points; World War 2 being the obvious and excruciatingly painful proof. ... Yet another irony both super powers did not want another war to start but they were plunging themselves into another war the Cold War. ... However the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan, j...

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A number of states have not signed up to this convention Egypt, Libya, North Korea, and Syria for example. ... When India tested a nuclear explosion, Pakistan answered immediately with a test resembling an almost Cold War standoff. ... The U.S. government point of view has been that the new ABM system will be focused on shooting down limited attacks from "rogue- nuclear states, considered to be North Korea, Iran#. ... -USSR nuclear deterrent perspective and would bring back the balance of power seen in the Cold War. The Cold War between the United States and Russia lasted nearly 60 years witho...

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The origins of the Cold War can be traced to conclusion of World War II and the disagreements between the USSR and the Western Powers. ... The communist ideology and the western reaction to it had not changed by the end of the World War II. ... Events before, and after the war, as well as conflicting ideologies and the U.S. military involvement in Japan as well as the prevailing military reality resulted in the inability of the Great Powers to solve those conflicts and led to the Cold War. ... Western allies during the First World War sent in arms and troops to support the White army to de...

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Stalin Essay Stalin's Childhood The man who the world would come to know as Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, on December 21, 1879, in the Georgian village of Gori, a small town in the southern reaches of the Russian Empire. He was the third child born to Vissa...

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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 argued strongly for the continuation of the war and for cooperation with the Provisional Government. ... Stalin had initially argued against the treaty, agreeing with Trotsky that Russia could declare itself withdrawn from the war without having to sign any sort of diplomatic agreement. ... Russia was in the midst of a civil war between the Bolsheviks and a number of opponents (including a considerable number of foreign cadres--among ...

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This sphere of interest became more specific and eventually led to a study of inconsistencies regarding historical justifications of Khrushchev's dismissal of war hero Marshall Zhukov. ... His writings on the Cultural Revolution are published amidst Western challenges to the Communist nations, such as Vietnam and North Korea, and the breaking down of ties between them, starting with the Hungarian revolt. ...

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