So it is possible to say that, even though the U.S was anti-Communist; the war wasn't over Communism but a hatred of two powerful and well-equipped nations. ... They were so far ahead of all the other countries in power and influence that they were called "superpowers". As soon as the war ended, the relations between America and Russia cooled. ... The lesson of the 1930's seemed to be that dictators must be faced and stopped, by force if necessary. ... If America was ever in a serious war, the world's population (especially Russia) knew that the end of the world could co...

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• Grade Level: High School

Today, the U.N. is an all-inclusive body. ... However, it branches all across the world. ... s future is not uncertain, its role will steadily change to accommodate the ever-evolving world. ... The U.N. aims to put an end to the billions of dollars spent on destructive weapons that much of this violent world creates every day. ... s various subsidiary organizations may be advantageous in preventing these potential wars through...

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• Grade Level: High School

" 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. ... For this we may start all the way back at the founding of the nation. ... They state that differences in the Constitution "have led many to conclude that there is something different about Americans and their vision of government that is reflected in their very different Constitution.... "17 Interestingly however, in Mila Versteeg and Emily Zakin's essay they d...

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The state owns and controls all enterprises and property. ... All power was concentrated into the hands of the Communist party. ... It was a totalitarian state with complete Communist control over all facets of life. ... A second related factor, which had a hand in bringing about the end of communism in Eastern Europe was the fact that communism never really had the support of the people. ... The situation quickly deteriorated and on the 23rd of October the Hungarian troops, who had been dispatched to end the riots, joined the civilians in revolution. ...

• Word Count: 5545
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

The state owns and controls all enterprises and property. ... All power was concentrated into the hands of the Communist party. ... It was a totalitarian state with complete Communist control over all facets of life. ... A second related factor, which had a hand in bringing about the end of communism in Eastern Europe was the fact that communism never really had the support of the people. ... The situation quickly deteriorated and on the 23rd of October the Hungarian troops, who had been dispatched to end the riots, joined the civilians in revolution. ...

• Word Count: 5545
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

The state owns and controls all enterprises and property. ... All power was concentrated into the hands of the Communist party. ... It was a totalitarian state with complete Communist control over all facets of life. ... A second related factor, which had a hand in bringing about the end of communism in Eastern Europe was the fact that communism never really had the support of the people. ... The situation quickly deteriorated and on the 23rd of October the Hungarian troops, who had been dispatched to end the riots, joined the civilians in revolution. ...

• Word Count: 5545
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... It was the end of any trace of "normal" family life for Stalin, and witnesses saw tears in his eyes at her funeral--the only report that we have of the great dictator crying. ... So began the "Great Terror," the aptly named period when Stalin effectively liquidated all traces of opposition to his rule. Large-scale purges s...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate