Effects of Cold War The cold war had several effects on human beings and the earth as a whole. ... Cold war also left a legacy of lost lives, about 100000 Americans died in the wars in Korea and Vietnam. ... The cold war also led to the Soviet Union and the United States exploiting economic and social tensions around the world as part of the competition of cold war. ... Lastly, during the Cold War, there was much build-up of national defense and has, therefore, resulted in post-Cold War activities that include the invention of more nuclear weapons. ... Legacies of Cold War The legacies left by...

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During the cold war era globalization also had a part to play in the degrading of a number of African countries. During the cold war Ethiopia was a reliable ally to the United States who were trying to stop the spread of communism in sub Saharan Africa (Shinn). ... The main point of the cold war was for the two supers power of the world at that point try to spread their ideologies of how the think countries of the world should be run. ... Now Somalia and Ethiopia are both know around the world in a negative light due to the entire problem they have undergone lately, such as civil war, poverty ...

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This was the beginning of the First World War, a war that had never been seen before. ... The conditions in the trenches were terrible often very muddy and soldiers were always cold and wet. ... By the end of the war Germany had 80% of eligible men mobilized and even sent the wounded back out to the frontline to help in the war effort. ... By the end of the war women made up 37% of the workforce up from 26% when the war started. ... World War One was a war in which the world had never seen before and probably never sees again. ...

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She attacked and finally won; world war (ii). ... Roosevelt, America did not want to participate in the war. ... This marked the end of the war in Europe. ... The war claimed more than 300000 lives. ... Having proved their military capability, the US ushered in the cold war with the Soviet Union. ...

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Looming not too distantly on the horizon was the juggernaut of World War II. ... Yet all this was put to a stop, for a time, as the nation was hurled headlong into the war. ... Hundreds of thousands of troops were shipped off to aid the war in both the European and Pacific fronts. ... And Hollywood, who had before been ridiculed for its works, now began producing pro-war films and propaganda, helping enormously with the "home front-, maintaining civilian confidence and keeping the country afloat in times of war. ... This fear, and standoff, we owe almost entirely to the creation of nuclear we...

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The Thirty Years War 1618 - 1648 The Thirty Years war was fought essentially within the Holy Roman Empire. ... Four Major Wars of Louis XIV were the War of Devolution 1667-1668 against Spanish Netherlands, Second Dutch War 1672- 1678 against Dutch, War of the League of Augsburg 1688-1697 and War of the Spanish Succession 1702-1713 These wars were followed by four treaties of Utrecht. ... Seven years' war (French and Indian war) 1756-1763 This war disturbed the balance of power which was restored in 1763. ... Two wars were fought Crimean war (1854-1856) between Russia and alliances of...

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Two horrific wars have been fought and caused by European countries, in which countless lives of soldiers and civilians were lost. ... Also, advances in science lead to the development of weapons that can pose a global threat, which was highlighted by the Cold War, are but some of the many changes that have occurred in Europe over the past century. ... When the Aftermath of the Great War and World War 2 was over and life started to return to normal, the European nations decided they had seen enough blood-shed and slaughter, which is why they began to think of preventative's, rather than ...

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Weapons of Warfare The weapons of war have dramatically changed throughout the ages. ... War has been around since man first evolved. ... War may have occurred because of food, land, and women. ... "Chariots were first used in war in about 2500 B.C." ... During the Spanish Armada a ship called a war galley was used in battle. ...

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Victory in the aforementioned war meant that Britain was never occupied or defeated like the other six founding countries members. Although Britain had suffered greatly in the Second World War, the people of Britain had not been as directly affected by European differences; so the desire to form a stable Europe was not as urgent as on mainland Europe. ... Every British Prime Minister (PM) from World War II onwards has had to make a choice between the EU and the US, which has been especially visible in recent months when taking into account the recent situation in Iraq. ... However Wright ident...

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In addition, there is evidence that parasites were much more common in Asia than in the colder European countries, leading to additional depletion of the human capital stock. ... Brick became a common building material in Poland in the fifteenth century , and its use spread across Europe over the next several hundred years, thus protecting the Europeans from the ravages of fire, and helping to protect them from their own wars. ...

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