The American government was created on righteous morals created out of the ashes of governments of the past that had failed such as, Romans, the Greeks, and the Egyptians. ... Since humans created this supposedly perfect government, and run it, then how can those just morals be applied? ... Once many wars were concluded the United States tried to put in a strict set of laws much like our own, the ideal behind Democracy are not bad, but what is bad is forcing countries to adapt rules without a choice, or severe consequences will take place. ... With this argument stated and Russia feeling threa...

• Word Count: 1826
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The government confiscated all the agricultural products. ... Between the years of 1953 - 1956, these three countries had set up violence revolution in the purpose to gain independent from the hands of the Soviet Communism. ... Once again, we can see how weak was the communist government in the Eastern bloc. ... He was the head of the Soviet Communist party and the Russian Government in 1929. ... With the tactics coercion and force and the military, the citizen of Russia were like a puppet that were controlled by the Communist government; they know nothing about the politics or about the gover...

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By supporting terror groups and rogue nations, North Korea already sets itself up as an enemy to many countries. ... It was a boundary set up as a surrender of the Japanese to the Americans on the south side, and the north side of the boundary as the Japanese surrender to Soviet Union. ... Following the Korean War, a demilitarized zone was set up and was the site of many discussions of peace. ... Any opposition to the government is prohibited. ... The Internet is heavily censored, most sites that show anti-communist content, critical or opposing the government, or in support of the former ...

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The Allies set a goal of denazification removing all traces of Nazi's from Germany. ... During 1948 the government of Eastern European countries were under communist control. ... The Western Allies set up political parties in their zones held elections. ... The new government had no intention of changing the Federal Republic Governments policy towards the East. ... The word "Reunification" was dropped from the government's vocabulary. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Defense system is set up in three segments, each segment corresponds with each phase of the ballistic missile. ... If the government decides to install a system on both Airforce one and Marine One, that is $6 million of taxpayer money. ... What is going to happen in Afghanistan when the U.S "helps" to set up a temporary government? ... The U.S did help to set up the new Israeli government and now it is on thin ice. If the system is set up and the U.S starts setting up little democracies just like in America in the countries they take out, it is then imperialism. ...

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He goes on to say "soft power rests on the ability to set the political agenda in a way that shapes the preferences of others." ... The main downfall of China is the communist ideology of their government. ... The fact of the matter is that the EU does not possess the social cohesion that must be present to set a unified front to challenge the United States. ... This creates coordination problems possessed by a non-sovereign government. ... Does the media create a skepticism of government? ...

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Strategic Command's minutemen have set at the ready to unleash, at the push of a button, the total destruction of Americas enemies and the inevitable end the world. ... But then the mushroom clouds began to rise, and the scene of the novel was set. ... Was the opening remark of the "presidents" speech at the beginning of Alas Babylon and this set into motion the unstoppable count down that led up to nuclear war, and the irradiation of three quarters of the worlds population. ... Without power, communication and the ability to travel they have no way of contacting any local or national go...

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In 1947, the American Government for the first time included special funds in the War Department's budget for the financing of necessary funding. This program of aid, called the "GARIOA Program" (Government and Relief in Occupied Areas), covered part of the urgent import needs. ... Marshall took part as the new Secretary of State, convinced the American Government of the need to counter the advance of communism. ... Government as a proposal (Hemmling, H D). ... The ECA set up its own missions in the participating counties; their job was to supervise the carrying out of the programs an...

• Word Count: 1711
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The State Planning Committee (GOSPLAN) set quotas to farmers and manufacturers telling than what to produce. ... The failure of the USSR's economic system, like the Volstead Act (prohibition) in the USA, set the foundation for organized crime to flourish. ... The government's deficit was growing larger and imports were expanding. ... The Soviet economy was verging on bankruptcy and relied on loans from overseas to cover the shortfall between government revenue and expenditure. ... This was a policy of economic reform via privatization and reduced government expenditure. ...

• Word Count: 1987
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• Grade Level: High School

The council shall set up subsidiary bodies as may be necessary, in particular, it shall establish immediately a Defense Committee-which shall recommend measures for the implementation of Article 3 and 5. ... Any state so united may become a party to the treaty by depositing its instruments of accession with the government of the United States of America, which will inform each of the parties of the deposit of each such instrument of accession. ... The Instruments of ratification shall be deposited as soon as possible with the government of the United States of America, which will notify all ...

• Word Count: 1712
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Unlike the Korean War and World War Two, the American government decided not to censor it and let the press have free access. ... This shocked the Americans back home, and as practically every home owned a TV set, these shocking images bombarded the public, and sympathy for the war fell. ... Critics said that it was hypocritical standing one man on trial for war crimes when the government had ordered the use of such weapons as Napalm and Agent Orange. ... The war was also a great hindrance on America's economic stature. 13 percent of all government spending by 1968 was on Vietnam. ... ...

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Plan of Investigation The purpose of this investigation is to assess the reasons why on-tract workers were sent to the German Democratic Republic and will be set by a time frame from 1980-1990. ... Minor economic growth and the rising populations increase caused a constantly rising number of unemployment, so working abroad seemed to be the only solution to the Vietnamese government. ... Still, the study is limited as it only relies on agreements and analyses published by the German and Soviet governments. ... The most urgent problem (and therefore the biggest motivation) the GDR had to solv...

• Word Count: 1950
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• Grade Level: Graduate

Moreover, he was called to face a population that had learned to live in fear of the government and that didn't trust the government's promises and actions. ... Farmers could now lease land from the government and keep the profits made from selling products grown in their land. ... Due to the previous experiences they had from the previous governments, people showed different character to the state and different inside their homes. ... On 1 December 1989, Gorbachev became the first Soviet leader to set foot in the Vatican. ... At the same time, calls for the Soviet army to withdraw f...

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Citing his faith and his patriotism in that two day conference in Indianapolis, Welch and the John Birch Society set forth on a crusade to enlighten America about the a very real Conspiracy of a Communist coup. ... This in turn, would increase government spending on missiles, which would create higher taxes, ending in an even greater unbalanced budget. ... To "combat inflation- of the dollar, the government would begin controlling the prices, wages, and materials, ending in increased controls of daily life. With stricter control over the individual, the government would abolish state l...

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The means of communication used during the crisis appear quite absurd when considering the high drama and imminent peril both powers found themselves in at the time, and it was these set of circumstances that bought home to the USA and the USSR the need to find a different modus vi! ... The Cuban paradox led the two superpowers to reach a number of limited agreements that would set the pace for a period of thawing' in the Cold War. ... These agreements between the two superpowers led them to set limits on the growth of their respective nuclear arsenals, thus slowing down the spiralling ...

• Word Count: 1917
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Christianity in our government is an important issue for which strong conservatives have always fought. ... At the time of the speech, the United States were interlocked in a feud with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics over government. ... He referred to the Soviet Union as an "Evil Empire" because of their beliefs about government and religion. ... They thought that Christianity would ruin their ideals of government, since communism doesn't allow for religion. ... The Issue of communism in the eyes of the Evangelicals was brought up and interpreted by Reagan in a way that...

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Joseph McCarthy burst onto the scene at the forefront of this fiasco, claiming that the United States government was replete with communist spies or sympathizers. ... The Senator continued on his crusade to rid the government of all who had "anti-American" views. ... As the American government advanced further into a phase of turmoil, economic effects began rendering themselves within the nation. ... This set aside $400 million of the nation's money to aiding Greece and Turkey, and any other nation that was facing Communist pressures. ... Apart from government spending, the Red Scare ...

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Vietnam had been divided into two, in the midst of a communist administration in the North under Ho Chi Minh and an egalitarian government in the South under Ngo Dinh Diem. ... By 1975 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia had Communist governments (Westdad, Cuban and Vietnamese Challenges). ... Students protested local and federal governments as well as Johnson's policies in Southeast Asia. ... Che became a symbol of revolution for students and protesters, guerrilla warfare was being used by previous non-violence groups, and protests and rallies set off a chain of police brutality and public outr...

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• Grade Level: High School

The tax payers in Japan shouldered the responsibility of some of the income by taxes while the government used income from government monopolies. ... Even during these times of military build up and action there were large amounts of Japanese lawyers, doctors, writers all wanting to see if China was the way that their Japanese government had described it. ... Economic ties had always existed between the two countries, but they were set a side prior to 1914 as to build up a national military. ... After the Japanese defeat their leaders from government, business and education were purged from...

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They pointed to evidence of the Soviets objective to support and set up governments in Eastern European countries that reflected not only their communist views, but also the Soviet way of running those governments through a " return to doctrinal belligerence by Russian leaders. ... The US Government used the scare of Soviet plans for world domination to put the American people on high alert. ... This view announced that instead of citizens supporting presidential and parliamentary government and free enterprise, American corporations controlled foreign policy.14 As with other social and politi...

• Word Count: 1800
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Rivalry of Culture Fear; the strife between the capitalist and communist governments resulted in this. ... The U.S. government also took it into its hands to launch a huge propaganda to raise the Cold War scare and keep ideology the same and uniform. All of this, of course, would have a huge affect on domestic and foreign policy and created a new set of beliefs and a way of life that was otherwise unimaginable and in some ways, unconstitutional. ... The U.S. government violated their rights by interrogating "suspects" and asking if they were communists or ever had been. ... The U.S...

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Jones was a victim of the government housing project which made him an ideal candidate for the party. ... The Chinese people feel they have these freedoms but in reality, the government controls all. ... HUAC mainly forced on exposing communist that worked inside the federal government or even in the Hollywood film industry. ... The Quiet American was set in 1952 in Saigon, Vietnam, thirteen years before the United States deployed its armed forced to help combat the communistic threat. ... They selected Ngo Dinh Diem and persuaded the Southern Vietnamese government to appoint him as prime min...

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This policy, however, did not stop many government agencies from interfering and creating a few new problems for United States neighbors. ... Many Nicaraguans rejected this government. ... When a one million-dollar contribution was received in 1984, McFarlane turned to Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North of the National Security Council to set up bank accounts to move these monies into Contra hands. ... There was confusion and disarray at the highest levels of government. ... Arms shipments to Iran were banned and other Governments were urged to observe this embargo. ...

• Word Count: 2010
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Teddy, a man who had publicly supported such internationalist concepts as the Panama Canal and sending the United States Navy to protect Venezuela in an 1895 conflict with Germany, renounced a long respected doctrine set out by James Monroe in 1823. ... The Lend-Lease Act authorized the president to transfer to victims of aggression, as much military equipment, clothing, and food as could be produced in the United States and acquired by the government. ... During and after the mid 60's a distrust in the American government grew out of this conflict. ... During his terms he mounted a major...

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Reagan changed his political party affiliation in the 1950s because he "believed that the Democratic Party had been taken over by "tax-and-spend" liberals who had forgotten the warnings of Thomas Jefferson and Woodrow Wilson that government was a threat to liberty" (p. 48-9). ... Reagan televised a speech on February 18, 1981 that announced "tax reductions, cutting government spending, eliminating unnecessary regulations, and pursuing an anti-inflationary monetary policy" (p.99). ... It was through his conservative ideology that Reagan felt the need and desire to set America on the right track...

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