Once the taxes were lowered, economy boomed, the quality of life improved, and the American people were happy. ... Before Reagan took office, America was in an economic crisis. ... These missiles were a response to the Soviet's SS-20 missiles. ... The dividing line between the Free World and Communism was Germany, which was divided into East Germany controlled by the Soviets, and West Germany, which was part of the Free World. ... And we all know how well that turned out for America. ...

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That means that by February 1930, we had over fulfilled the five-year plan of collectivisation by more than 100 per cent. ... We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are forced to work to the last atom of our strength; and the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end me are slaughtered with hideous cruelty. No animal in England is free. ... The pigs were walking on two legs. ... The animals then finally realized that they were now under an even more oppressive rule than before the entire revolution h...

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Before the war began, 1939, most Jews had already begun to be sent to concentration camps, transit camps, or forced to live in ghettoes. ... Before he can equate being Jewish with his (Hitler's) enemies, he must first ensure that all Germany hates Jews. ... Not only were Jews evil, they were also the reason behind which Germany was attacked and defeated by the English and French forces. ... As Flood puts it, "Hitler brought forward his equation that Jews were Marxists, Marxists were Jews" (Flood 593). ... Although Mein Kampf was written well before the actual beginnings of World War ...

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The friendship between Russia and America began before the first settlement was founded in America. ... But during the cold war the Russian-Americans were not accepted anymore. ... As we see you first have to understand someone before judging them. That is the main problem in the relation between Russian-Americans and other citizens of "the land of the free". ... Only this way we can live peacefully. ...

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The Americans had lost too many people since the battles fought with Australia against Japan were bloody ones. ... So, at the Yalta conference it was discussed whether Poland would be allowed to have free elections. ... He later explained in more detail why he made such a decision, and he stated that the American public will be more involved in "world activity" since they now were in a international organization created by them and their troops were back in the country. ... Before ending with my conclusion, I would like to discuss what has become the issue of many debates. ... Thus, Stalin got...

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In 1928 Stalin said; "We are 50 to 100 years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in 10 years. Either we do it, or we shall be crushed ". ... Stalin aimed to revoked religion, control devotion, individualism and free thought. ... The elimination of its key military figures meant to West Europe they were no longer a viable counterweight leaving them more isolated than before. ...

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Before any state can ascend to the status of superpower a shared philosophy, or general direction, must first be established. ... we answer: "We would propose peace to all the belligerents all the oppressed, and those who do not have equal rights And we would also raise in rebellion, the Socialist proletariat of Europe against their governments."1 Lenin believed that once a revolution occurred in Russia the notions would spread to the rest of Europe, with a Communist Russia at the helm. ... In response to a letter in a newspaper by writer Maxim Gorky criticizing the Bolshevik actions, ...

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During World War II (WWII), the United States and the Soviet Union were allies. ... Eventually, the fall of the Soviet Union left the United States in a unipolar system and we were able to start leading the world in the way that we wanted to with the spread of democracy. ... With no consequences to their actions, they were able to start WWII. ... Instead, he says that China has a long way to go before there is even a possibility that it becomes a true global power. ... Although the United States may not be the hegemon, we will be able to enjoy a free ride under the hegemony of China like we...

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However, the crisis ended and the missile silos in Cuba were removed. ... For the Soviet there was a socialist camp and the imperialist camp, to the Americans there was the Soviet bloc and the free world (Robertson 129). ... The others besides these two were composed of countries that were poorer, lacked political stability, independent, and nonaligned. ... Peoples and nations are attempting to answer the most basic question that human can face that is "who are we?". ... The struggle brought people together like never before and the result was a revealing of identity that is unparalle...

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The attempt to replace the centralized, collectivized economic system with a free market economy was (and continues to be) fraught with difficulties. ... Compounding the inherent difficulties of transforming a controlled collective economy into a free market economy were three major shocks. ... Land remained in state ownership, but most of the livestock and collective property were privatized to former collective members. ... It was deemed that the traditional methods that the pastoralists used were unsustainable.. ... Poverty, which had never been a chronic problem before in Mongoli...

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Reason for this is because the power was going to the Parliament, where decisions were made democratically by representatives of parties. ... Hobbes believes that we use God to help us in problems that may occur in the future and that we ask God why certain events occurred as they did. ... Hobbes philosophy predicted that the state of human nature is a state of war over two-hundred years before this event, which is why Hobbes is still a major influence in today's society. Hobbes says that since everyman can be free and has their rights to themselves, the state of nature is a state of ...

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Even before 1939 there were old apprehensions between East and West. ... Even though they were wartime allies their old differences and mistrusts were not cured but simply suppressed. Stalin felt that the West had invaded Russia many times before and could not be trusted. ... Marshall suggested that America should provided $400 million dollars worth of aid to sixteen "free world" nations. ... This is certainly not the liberated Europe we fought to build. ...

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Therefore The West were also responsible to create the tension between Russia. ... German Investigators had concluded that the corpses were Polish prisoners who were brutally massacred by Russian Soldiers. ... These zones were to be used for occupation. They also decided to allow free elections in Eastern Europe. ... From all the events which took place during the Cold War, we can see that Joseph Stalin's yearn for power is what prompted him towards communism and pointless conflicts with other countries. ...

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In a speech in 1929, Stalin stated, "We are becoming a country of metal, a country of automobiles, a country of tractors. And when we have put the USSR in a motorcar and the muzhik in a tractor, we shall see which countries may then be classified as backward and which as advanced "1. ... Skepticism, differing thoughts, or criticism of the government were not tolerated because they went against the beliefs of the sole political party in the USSR. ... It was a true totalitarian regime because of the lack of labor union and lack of free speech or press. ... In the 1930s, his promises actualized w...

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The consequence of that is clear: what we at a given time consider domestic is the result of a previous interplay between domestic and international- (James A.1986, cited in Søresen 2001: 12). ... The reason of this exclusion of the particular identity of the states is due to the need felt by Waltz to find a model, a static theory, free from weak confutable points on the empirical level. ... Thus, the theory claims to be successfully applicable to International Politics "through all the centuries that we can contemplate- (Waltz, cited in Søresen 1998: 85). ... Before the war, in fact, t...

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