The Cold War is a difficult term to define. ... It is possible to say that the Cold War was a war of Communism versus Capitalism. ... American's believed strongly in democracy and were deeply hostile to communism. ... This policy was called "containment": The USA would support any country threatened by communism, so that communism couldn't spread any further- it would be "contained". ... The aims of communism tend to favour the...

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Harry Truman perpetuated the feeling that communism was evil, and something that had to be nipped in the bud. ... This doctrine outlined a new stance being taken by the United States regarding eastern countries and the rise of communism. ... Avi Shlaim wrote a book about the United States and the Berlin blockade where he defines why he thought Truman was cautious about Berlin. ... Truman himself was worried that doing nothing to aide Berlin would be disaster because it would allow Communism to advance. ... When a conflict arose in Korea the United States chose once again to step in to stop...

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"3 My first task was to define exceptionalism. ... As James Ceaser states "It is probably a truism of political speech that if one has trouble defining immediately what a term means, someone else is using it a different way.... Contained within this unique document defined the conditions for free people with free rights, not from the government but from their creator.15 This was a unique structure, whereby the people uphold freedom from their creator, and they in turn pass and grant rights to the government. ... So when the USSR's spread of communism threatened these values, i...

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The US Supreme Court: Sexually Motivated? Following the defeat of Germany and Japan during World War II the United States almost immediately became burdened with another challenge, that of, containing their former ally, the Soviet Union. Known as the Cold War, this conflict inspired tremendou...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1910 Japan annexed Korea, installing a harsh rule over its people. During the 1930's an independence movement arose. Led from abroad by Syngman Rhee, who attended Harvard University at the time, it started a fire in a man that would continue to grow as time passed. With the principles of the Atlantic Charter, the United States and the USSR agreed to give Korea its independence. At Potsdam, the U.S. and the USSR divided Korea at the 38th parallel. ...

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In 1910 Japan annexed Korea, installing a harsh rule over its people. During the 1930's an independence movement arose. Led from abroad by Syngman Rhee, who attended Harvard University at the time, it started a fire in a man that would continue to grow as time passed. With the principles of the Atlantic Charter, the United States and the USSR agreed to give Korea its independence. At Potsdam, the U.S. and the USSR divided Korea at the 38th parallel. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

As it stands today, world government can be compared to communism - both can be viewed as ideals of a perfect society, but neither has proven to work effectively in practice. ... As is defined in its charter, the UN aims to promote collective security throughout the world; advocate human rights and self-determination of peoples; achieve international co-operation in solving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems; and function as a centre for co-ordination of all of these activities. ...

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Former Chancellor Heinrich Bruening said in a campaign speech that communism could only be successfully overcome by those 'who bring proof of being capable of thinking and acting in a community of spirit inspired by true Christianity.'...

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Before 1914, English literature and ideas were in many ways still harking back to the nineteenth century: after 1918, Modern begins to define the twentieth century. ... From the perspective of the end of the century, a few major names stand out as those who will probably define the 1900s – and it is easier to pick out such names from the first part of the century, than it is from the second half. ...

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