Taylor once said, "Nothing has been normal in German history except violent oscillations." ... The Treaty of Versailles was hammered out by the "Big Four," which were the leaders of the United States, France, Great Britain, and Italy (Mack 667). ... The zones were given to the United States, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, France, and the United Kingdom. ... The United States, French, and the British had control of the West. ... Then we look to the Western half of Germany, which was molded to follow the free and democratic ways of the United States, French, and Great Britain. ...

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Introduction Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in the village of Gori, in the Russian province of Georgia, on Dec. 21, 1879. His father was a shoemaker with a penchant for drunkenness, who left Gori when Stalin was young to seek employment in the city of Tiflis. Thus Joseph's...

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-Why have the approaches to the construction of history changed over time? This essay was originally to deal with debates regarding Soviet Russian history. ... This seemed to be a trend for many aspects of Russian history. ... The subject is also advantageous as at several points the Sino-Soviet histories overlap. ... Thermidor suggests that a period of time follows any revolution in which the revolutionary spirit wanes, and the threat of revisionism reaches its peak, as seen in the "Thermidor" reactionary phase of the French revolution, the Russian Revolution and in the Cromwellian revo...

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Like many other great rulers like the Austrian born German Hitler and the Corsican born French leader Napoleon, Stalin was an outsider in the empire he came to rule. ... Marxism was known as the scientific socialism or better known as Communism which stated that human history was determined by class warfare. ... Despite the efforts of the Seminary's administrators, Stalin and his classmates read many anti-establishment literature ranging from the romantic novels of Victor Hugo to the works of Charles Jean Marie Letourneau who was a Frenchman who attempted to analyze all of the world'...

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Tensions between Russia and the West have been high throughout history. ... Britain's foreign secretary, Lord Castlereagh called it "a great nonsense" and in the Congress System (1818-1828) Britain and France constantly disagreed with the Holy alliance. Also, during the Crimean War (1854-1856), France sided with Britain against Russian aggression in the Near East. ...

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Nixon "I don't see why we need some fancy French word in dealing with the Russians; we already have a word for it- Cold War.... Détente, a French word meaning to "relax tension", began in a limited measure under the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations to improve communications with potential adversaries. ...

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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. ... The Americans, the British and the French controlled West Germany and the Russians controlled East Germany. ...

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The anti-Hitler coalition, the main role which played the great powers - the US, the USSR, England, and at the last stage of the war France - increasingly reflect the new balance of power in the world. Neither Britain nor France, nor even, defeated Germany could not play in the post-war period of the previous role of the guarantor of balance and stability on the European continent. ... A certain amount of responsibility for rocked the confrontation between the USSR and the United States lies with Britain, France and Germany, was jealous of her new role in international affairs and are seeking ...

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History Coursework 2, Question 1. In 1928, the newly empowered Stalin embarked on one of the most ambitious industrialisation programs in world history, leading to the establishment of the U.S.S.R as a pinnacle world superpower in less than half a century. ... Through the smokescreen of industrialisation Stalin was able to change the communist party to his advantage, removing Trotsky and the leftists from history whilst glorifying himself as the saviour of the Soviet Union. ... The five-year plans were one of the most propagandised achievements in history. ...

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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). ...

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The four major powers in Europe, Britain, France, America and Russia decided to divide Germany into four different parts. Germany's divisions consisted of, Britain controlling the Northwestern part, France controlling the Western part, and The United States controlling the Southern part. ... It was considered a place where history and identity could disappear in an instant. ...

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., Britain, China, France, and the Soviet Union signed the United Nations charter. ... As was earlier stated, it is clear that the UN has been both effective and ineffective in its short history. ... The entire history of the U.N. has been quite inexpensive. ...

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Asked by a reporter in Strasbourg, France, whether he subscribed, as his predecessors had, "to the school of American exceptionalism that sees America as uniquely qualified to lead the world," the president began by observing: "I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.... " I intend to start by looking at the root of the idea and how its history manages to evoke passionate responses of American Nationalism in the transition period between the end of World War One a...

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Background Information Leon Trotsky is indeed a man that has a lot of impact on the Russian history. ... Lack of Government Representation The Romanov family, also referred to as the royal family, had ruled over the empire for a minimum of three centuries and in the nineteenth century, the ruler was known as Tsar (Fiehn, Corin & School's History Project, 2011). ...

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The possibility of the end of the Cold War for so long seemed out of the question. Because of the definition of the Soviet ideology which stated that war with the capitalist nations of the world was inevitable, peace was paradoxical. The Americans in a sense fostered the Soviet position by executing...

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