Vietnam became a major defiance state that later helped to shape the outcome of the Cold War. ... In being involved in such a war the U.S had failed militarily. ... Berkeley protesters became national leaders as the protests spread nationwide; more than 50,000 students, faculties and other activists from different universities traveled to Washington D.C to protest the war (Von Eschen lecture, Global Protest and Détente) From this atmosphere, two Berkeley residents formed the Black Panther, an African American revolutionary leftist party that practiced militant self-defense against U.S. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It was not the first war to happen while television existed; both World War II and the Korean War were fought in the infant stages of television. ... By the time the Vietnam War escalated in the mid-1960s, television was ready to capture the war's images and most Americans were able to watch in their homes. ... As a result of this commentary, news coverage of the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1970 influenced the American public's opinion of the war effort. ... CBS was the news leader during the Vietnam War years. ... Before Tet, television journalists tended to describe the war as "our s...

• Word Count: 1969
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• Grade Level: High School

The United States and the Soviet Union became the two superpowers of the post - World War II era. ... The Cold War has brought around all the new kinds of weapons, propaganda and a permanent threat of use of the weapons of mass distraction, several so called, "proxy wars" took place, where the rivalry between capitalists and communists resulted in the real fights on the other states territories, when the US and the Soviet Union supported different sides in the Civil Wars, for example Berlin Crises, Korean War, Cuban missile crises, Vietnam and Afghanistan wars. ... Although, I personally wo...

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Moreover, the book also depicts the differences between the Vietnam War and other wars such as the World Wars, the Revolutionary war, and Civil War in the history of America. For instance, the Vietnam War is the most costly war ever fought in American history; more than the world wars and the civil war in which American soldiers fought. ... This war, in particular, was very unique. ... The Vietnam War is thus more vivid among Americans than any other war, due to the media. ... This war was highly publicized. ...

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In 1899 Stalin dropped out (other sources say he was expelled) of the Tbilisi Theological Seminary to become a full time revolutionary. ... The temporary government was put in place, sharing some power with the revolutionaries. ... From 1918 to 1920 civil war broke out between the Bolsheviks (know as the Reds) and the Counter Revolutionaries (know as the Whites). ... Joseph was also a war commander on several fronts. ... Although the number of looses in the war are unclear, the Soviet Unions suffered the most loses of any country during World War II. ...

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He ended the Cold War that had dominated world politics and consumed the wealth of nations for nearly half a century. ... Before attempts at creating revolutionary changes were stopped. ... Hereby the decisive obstacle for the revolutionary changes in Eastern Europe was eliminated. ... Gorbachev ended the Cold War and opened his doors to Western society. ... After ending the cold war the West took advantage on the economic instability that the Soviets were in. ...

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The Cuban Missile Crisis was by far the most significant event in the cold war. ... The Central Intelligence Agency trained anti revolutionary Cuban exiles in Guatemala for the invasion and spent well over forty-six million dollars in preparation. ... The only problem with creating a blockade was that a blockade is technically considered an act of war. ... We learn that even while staring down the "gun barrel of nuclear war", that politics and public perception still prevail. But the most important lesson is found in the avoidance of war. ...

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Manchuria was the home of over 200,000 Japanese troops in 1895, at the end of the war. ... During the 1920's economic ties were beginning to develop but later put a side to deal with revolutionary upheavals. ... These items are what were internationally traded before the war. ... "The war did not make much sense economically to the Japanese, not to mention the Chinese- unless they somehow perceived the war as a prelude to an economic union that would benefit both countries. ... This during the Cold War when both countries were on opposite sides of the war, in which after the war the tw...

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These funds were used to interfere in Grenada and El Salvador, and aided pay an undercover war against the revolutionary government of Nicaragua. As expected from a timid Liberal Congress, funding for the Nicaraguan war was blocked. ...

• Word Count: 2371
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Why Was Official Revolutionary Rhetoric No Longer Able To Conceal The Reality Of The Authoritarian One-party State In Eastern Europe In The Late 1980s? On the night of November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall-the most potent symbol of the cold war division of Europe-came down. ... The collapse of the Berlin Wall was the culminating point of the revolutionary changes sweeping East Central Europe in 1989. ... As a result, Poland held its first competitive elections since before World War II, and in 1989, Solidarity formed the first non-Communist government within the Soviet bloc since 1948. ... The ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Summary of the Content of the Document The 'percentages agreement' was taken from Churchill's (1953) 'The Second World War, Vol. 6, Triumph and Tragedy'. During the final year of the war, the British premier, Winston S. ... Every time the losses from the Russian were considerable, but the losses during the WWII were unprecedented, which required Stalin to make sure that this kind of devastating war does not emerge again for Soviet Union. ... Firstly, in general, the Greek Civil War was viewed as treachery and a blatant breach of the 'percentages agreement'...

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World War Ï began as the YCP grew in size and power. ... After the war Tito became prime minister and minister of defense. ... PART THREE: ANALYSIS Tito's Impact Tito initiated a revolutionary change in Yugoslavia. ... After the Russian Civil war Tito returned to Yugoslavia. ... Tito's foreign policies were tested during the cold war. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Most would argue unfair taxes are what started the Revolutionary War. ... President Reagan ended the Cold War. Communism had been on a conquest for world domination since the end of World War II in 1947 until the collapse of the USSR in 1991. ... This promise was put to the test during the Vietnam War. ... Reagan called for a decrease in such destructive weapons and the USSR agreed (Kaplan, How Reagan Won The Cold War"). ...

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America and the Soviet Union have always been at particular rivalry, but have been directly at war with one another. They faced a different type of war; the Cold War, which was a battle between nuclear arms and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990. ... After World War II, America was with out a doubt the leading super power. ... The missiles placed on Cuban territory were what Khrushchev claimed "not to start a war, but to simply avoid a war between Cuba and America". ... This Revolutionary government caused great concern among the American government, because they had 60 year...

• Word Count: 1988
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As the most treacherous incident in the history of the Cold War, the Cuban missile crisis has inescapably enticed the observation of numerous diplomatic historians. With the dual superpowers wavering on the edge of nuclear war, the dispute of how to eliminate Russian arsenals from Cuba in October 1962, while conserving the harmony, epitomized the utmost trial of John F. ... The revolutionary 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. ... The Cuban Missile Crisis was an undeviating and treacherous opposition amongst the United States and the Soviet Union in the course of the Cold War. It was the period o...

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The collapse of the Berlin Wall was the starting point of the revolutionary changes that would take place in the East Central Europe in 1989. ... "The collapse of communism in East Central Europe and in the Soviet Union marked the end of the cold war. ...

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He had a worldwide influence and his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis may have prevented the United States from entering another world war. ... In his inaugural address he emphasized America's revolutionary heritage, "The same beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe," Kennedy said. ... When Castro began to proclaim his belief in Communism, Cuba became part of the Cold War. ...

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