The Cold War for Russia, was to ensure security, block out capitalism, gain power and improve their economy. ... In 1949, Mao Zedong and the People's Liberation Army lead the Communists to victory in a civil war against Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists. ... The United States economy is growing although communism is spreading. ... Germany is also another place of conflict during the Cold War. ... The Soviet Unions economy was also growing. ...

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During World War II, many countries had been suffering the fire of war until the Allies won the eventual victory. ... During World War II, there was a civil war in Greece. ... This civil war had lasted three years and ended with ceasefire. Owing to this civil war, Greece got severe damage in economy and politics until 1970's. ... On the other hand, the civil war had led Greece to a different development from other Communist Eastern European countries since it accepted the aid of the United States. ...

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When the American Civil War began, President Lincoln was not prepared to be commander in chief. ... During the war's early stages, anti-slavery Republicans grew more demanding. ... The Civil War was by far the deadliest war in American history. ... The result of the Civil War left many in the South bitter toward the integration of African Americans into society. ... Polk, Lincoln, and Reagan were presidents during a war. ...

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They felt that movements such as movements toward gay rights and movements toward civil rights had caused a loss in tradition to the way the United States Government had been ran in the past. ... The legacy and meaning of the massive protests against the Vietnam War are still debated, but as you can probably see that the American movement against the Vietnam War was the most successful antiwar movement in U.S. history. ... The Vietnam War forced him out of office and gave room for the conservative presidents. ... In 1980 during President Reagan's primary campaign he proposed a 30%, acr...

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Nearly every conflict, almost all attempts at peace, and most all civil wars spanning the globe have either seen the involvement or fallen under the close observation of English eyes. ... The United States Civil War of 1861-65 was also an instance of which Britain openly sided with the enemies of the union, the Confederacy. ... Of course, one must also take into consideration the fact that the institution that the US in fact had had a civil war in the first place was slavery. ... During the war itself the US and British forces fought alongside each other in coordinated operations such as Ma...

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The Vietnam Revolution was an epilogue of events that started way before the conflict that occurred during the 1960's and 1970's. ... This war would be the Vietnam Revolution. ... However, as they began to realize, this war was going be a long drawn out war. ... Yet, the actions of the United States determined much of the outcomes during the war. ... The growing anti-war movement alarmed the U.S. government, and eventually dictated the way the government ran the war. ...

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Kerry, a veteran of the war, and Martin Luther King, a mature civil rights activist. ... King speaks of civil right unparticular. ... There are students who are protesting for better educations, African Americans who are struggling for civil rights, poor people who are trying to abolish poverty and secure democracy, and more importantly there are faculty members who are questioning the importance of their institutions to the critical problems that our society is facing during this time (846). ... For instance, the issue of racism and civil rights is addressed everyday in the growing populati...

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During the final year of the war, the British premier, Winston S. ... The WWII also devastated much of Europe's economy, and the Europe's industrial heart had been laid waste as more than 16m people were left as homeless (Phillips et al. 2009). ... For instance, the Soviet Union had been invaded for three times by the West: initially by Germany during the WWI, then by those who helped the Whites during the Russian Civil War, and finally by the Nazi German again during the WWII. Every time the losses from the Russian were considerable, but the losses during the WWII were unprecedented...

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Roosevelt recognized the potential for U.S. trade, and, claiming that the U.S. had the right to impose order in Latin America, he intervened in a Civil War in Panama to foster construction of the Panama Canal. ... Relief and stabilization of the economy was the focus of every decision. ... During the Potsdam conference Truman received an important message from home. ... He made plans to use the bomb between then and August 10 to end the war. ... World War II was over. ...

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Of course, circumscribed gender roles were not new; they had always been around and were particularly reinforced during Victorian times. ... During these difficult times, families were forced more than ever to rely on extended kin. ... The economy was booming during the fifties, and continued to do so for almost twenty years. ... It was the time when technology, economy, and Americans lives improved and advanced. ... The civil Rights movement began which eventually succeeded and provided equal rights for all. ...

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Also another disadvantage that the Caribbean countries are victim to would have to be their size; the small size of the Caribbean islands limits them from benefiting the economies of scale (Ahmed). ... 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). ... Now Somalia and Ethiopia are both know around the world in a negative light due to the entire problem they have undergone lately, s...

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However, there was many similarities and differences in the American expansionism during those two centuries. From the early years of the century until the Civil War, policy debates centered on extending our North American borders. ... The period following the Civil War up to the late 1870's was given over to consolidating the territorial lands and integrating them into the political and economic mainstream. ... From the end of the Civil War to the early 20th century, the indifference of most Americans to the outside world was almost unbelievable. ... Fueled by corporate consolidation a...

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Is it really possible that the status quo from 80s and the revival of the Cold War is a fact? ... Vladimir Putin during his speech in Munich accused USA of overusing the terms of democracy and peace to pursue particular interests of the US. ... Obama's administration would avoid to name that tensions as a Cold War. ... Both also targeted certain key sectors of Russian economy. ... The first quarter after the end of the Civil War was more of mutual cooper...

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During the fall of 1980, President Reagan campaign on the biggest political issues, "The Economy". ... During the Reagan's years, real economic growth averaged 3.2 percent during the Reagan years versus 2.8 percent during the Ford - Carter years and 2.1 percent during Bush-Clinton years. ... President Reagan made no overtures to that Cold War tensions between the two superpowers. ... By the end of the Reagan presidency, the Cold War was coming to and end (The Presidents). ... Not with force, but with his words and deeds that touched even the coldest hearts of the Cold War, Presiden...

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Elizabeth was also able to prevent the outbreak of a religious or civil war on English soil. ... Adam Smith Father of capitalism and the free market economy. He had the idea of the invisible hand leading the economy rather than the government.  8. ... Otto von Bismarck Bismarck played a key role in the unification of Germany thus making it one of the most powerful nations in Europe during its time 13. ... Michelangelo During Renaissance, Michelangelo attracted attention to Italy through his work on the Sistine Chapel....

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Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. ... Stalin's job was, basically, to manage relations between the various ethnic groups of the former Russian Empire and to develop some sort of coherent policy toward the questions of national secession and civil rights. ... Russia was in the midst of a civil war between the Bolsheviks and a number of opponents (including a considerable number of foreign cadres--among them British, Czech, French, and American detachments). ... It was durin...

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The Soviet economy had made advances under Lenin's semi-capitalist N.E.P with its slight capitalist elements, but Stalin's five-year plans were far more ambitious and so far riskier. ... If the Soviet Union were the face attack from these capitalist powers it would need a stronger industrial platform with which to launch a successful war effort. Memories of help given to the counter revolutionaries during the civil war only helped to highlight the potential disputes. ... By 1926, pre war production levels had only just been achieved after the huge damage to Russia's infrastructu...

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Another problem that had occurred before the reign of Gorbachev was in Afghanistan where Soviet troops had attacked to stop the civil war. ... The government hoped to spread out the communist ideology threw the war and to get access to the mineral oil reserves. ... The economy was in a very bad shape in the 1980s. Not only the domestic economy couldn't meet the needs of the population also alcoholism played a huge role. ... During the last decades the employment in this sector was increasing instead of decreasing, it showed that the Soviet Union couldn't move forward with the new tec...

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It has proved very difficult to achieve these objectives during the last ten years (Harris). ... Lenin's government would eventually end a long civil war and begin to censor and subordinate all political parties to itself. ... The citizens during this period endured great hardship. ... After World War II, miraculously national unity was strengthened, as well as the Soviet Army. ... This was the organizational restructuring of the Soviet economy and government apparatus. ...

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Many Americans built bomb shelters where they would live during the inevitable nuclear exchange that would surely accompany World War III between the Soviet Union and the U.S. ... Through the early years of the cold war Americans believed that nuclear weapons were war fighting tools that were likely to be used in an international conflict involving both the US and the Soviet Union; however, nuclear weapons were not used on China during the Korean War for fear that the Soviet Union might retaliate with a nuclear weapons attack on the U.S. ... During the 20 year period prior to the end of the ...

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There were specific and deliberate decisions that the U.S. made during WWII that caused tensions to rise between them and the Soviet Union, which began the Cold War. ... With Eisenhower in office, cold war propaganda continues. ... Many civil rights demonstrations led by Dr. ... In 1964, women win a huge battle with the passing of a civil rights bill that abolishes discrimination based on gender. ... Business is good in the 60's with major tax cuts and the economy took off. ...

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To begin to talk about life after the end of War World II without discussing the war in detail may due it some injustice, but after all it is only a fifteen page paper. ... Both Greece and Turkey had rapidly deteriorating economies, and perhaps more problematic was the rise of Communist led parties in each country. ... Others have viewed the Untied States during the presidency of Harry Truman as an overzealous "beast- who constantly overran it boundaries and wasted lives and money protecting assets that were unimportant to the U.S. cause . Regardless once again to what side you agree wit...

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To follow from that, what happened fifty- six years ago - the end of World War II. ... Economies were reduced to rubble, as was most of Europe. ... Yet another irony both super powers did not want another war to start but they were plunging themselves into another war the Cold War. ... A more direct method of gaining allies was the Truman Doctrine of 1946 which was used to justify support for any nation that the United States government believed was threatened by Communism during the Cold War period.2 It was the beginning of American policy for the cold war. ... However the attack on Pearl Har...

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Therefore, the United States sought free flow of capital and the "open door" economy. ... The bitter struggle for survival of the Soviet Union in its early stage, in particular the Civil War was hindered by the American and Western involvement. Western allies during the First World War sent in arms and troops to support the White army to defeat the Bolsheviks. ... The mistrust deepened with conflicts during the war. ... Stalin understood that the United States wanted to cripple the Soviet Union by weakening its economy. ...

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While Civil Rights were fought for at home, a Cold War had begun abroad. This was a war of attrition between the two Super Powers of the day - the Soviet Union and the United States. The strong Economy, the acceleration of the arms race and technological advancement even made a race to Space possible – the First man in Space (1961 USSR) and the First man on the Moon (1969 USA). ... The Civil Rights movement, which marked the people's rebellion against the discrimination directed towards African Americans and changed American Society forever, was followed by the Anti-War movement, w...

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