At that time the new Super Powers were wary of each other, and the new found strengths that both had; the United States, (the more dominant force along with Britain and France, had a prominent place in Western Europe, while the Soviets were the undisputed and sole rulers of Eastern Europe. A New World was the phoenix that emerged out of the ashes and smoke of World War II, a world where two large and colossal countries were bitter adversaries, both with nuclear weapons. ... World War 2 had made the United States and Russia the two most powerful countries in the world. ... Another way of lookin...

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Three times, however, in one century, the victims were so numerous and their trauma so documentable that society could not ignore their suffering - World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War. ... (Fussell 73) World War I, considered one of the greatest conflicts in world history, was new kind of war, a war where you never even met your enemy. ... New technologies also made the battlefield a horrifically terrifying place. ... The surfacing of shell-shock during World War I took the whole world by surprise. ... Since psychiatry was still in it's infancy, it only found new wa...

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Seeing an enemy that was hoping to gain power and eventually rule the world and the nation stared war against communism in the face. ... This was further refined in Vietnam, the outcome being a new system, which was called the DEROS (date of expected return from overseas) system. ... The veterans of World War II spent weeks or in extreme cases even months with their respective units returning on ships, or planes from all over the world. ... Green troops or "f---ing new guys" with almost no experience in combat were thrown into their places. ... In World War II and almost every other war in Un...

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Five Easy Pieces In 1970, the '60s may have been over, but the youth of America was still riding the crest of the Woodstock Festival into the brand new decade. In 1969, Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, Charles Manson directed his followers to commit the Tate-LaBianca murders, Senator Edward Kennedy drove his car off a bridge, American troops illegally invaded Cambodia and had a continued presence in Vietnam, and American cinema celebrated the life of the hippie with Easy Rider. 1970 seemed an extension of 1969 as the Chicago Seven were convicted of conspiracy to riot, Natio...

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Southerners said that slave owners provided shelter, food, care, and regulation for a race unable to compete in the modern world without proper training. ... All of these views eventually led to an attack on the slavery system in the South, and showed opposition to its spread into whatever new territories that were acquired. ... There were numerous causes of World War One; all with their own amount of contribution, some which had loomed around for many years others that were quick impulsive contributions. ... Rick Shroder stars as Major Charles Whittlesey, a soldier who received the coveted Co...

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