However, Pine Gap was and still is set up with a fairly definite intention which is 3CI, or to command, control, communication and intelligence. ... The report states: "Commitment of both the Australian and United States Governments to cooperation at the Joint Defence Facility at Pine Gap. The Pine Gap Facility is an intelligence collection facility, which serves to support our mutual security interests, and contributes to global security." ... (Timeline of the History of Pine Gap, URL: http://roswell.fortunecity.com/callanish/129/pinegaphistory.htm ) Despite its unpopularity amongst the pu...

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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. ... This serves the purpose of Stalin's to degrade the intellectual and cultural life of the Russians. ...

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A joint Control Commission was set up to govern Berlin. ... The Polish question served as an unwanted issue throughout the entire Yalta Conference. ... The main issues discussed were the frontiers of a postwar Poland and its future government. ... As the Russians pushed the Germans out of Poland they backed the establishment of a communist government in Lublin, even though there was a Polish government-in-exile in London. ... This new government should then be called the Polish Provisional Government of National Unity- (15). ...

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For example, India is building a wide variety of new missiles with a range of 90 miles to 1,300 miles. (2) And Iraq refuses to let United Nations teams in to inspect its nuclear weapons stores. (1) In addition, the many of the countries in the former Soviet Union have set up lines of trade, both legal and not, to support their own economies. ... Even if they did the set date to lower arsenals is by 2003... The governments in question still must ratify them, a process which can take years if it happens at all. ... In many cases the collapse has, in fact, served to amplify the problems alrea...

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These are the questions I posed to myself, and then set out to try and answer here, in this paper. ... The onslaught weakened the newly elected South Vietnamese government, set back efforts of pacification, and brought to the forefront American outcries for peace. With all that in mind, the American government had to re-think where this war was taking us. ... These actions set off major protests on American College campuses. ... During the course of this war, which spanned more than a decade, and four presidential administrations over 2,200,000 United States soldiers served in Vie...

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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. ... Clearly, the upheavals and atrocities of 1789 served as a model for revolutions to come, especially the Bolshevik Revolution- (Thorton The New American). ... 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 controlli...

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Ho Chi Minh established a military group in 1945, called the Vietminh, that would serve as the military fight against the French in the war named the First Indochina War. ... As former American President Eisenhower said, "You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly" (Nalty 314). ... "The American government initially believed that this conflict would not last more than two years" (Edwards 160). ... The American government controlled South Vietnam, and dictated what its governments steps should be....

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Christianity in our government is an important issue for which strong conservatives have always fought. ... 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. ... In this way, Reagan served as an outstanding conservative and Evangelical leader. ... The Issue of communism in the eyes of the Evangelicals was brought up and interpreted by Reagan in a way that brought about conflict, but was important in the s...

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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 had an effect on consumer spending as well. ... The Red Scare of the 1950's was a dark and regrettable era that will continually mar the landscape of American his...

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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 ...

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This attitude in America served to heighten American concerns over Soviet influence abroad and increased paranoia in the United States. ... As Mikhail Gorbachev entered office, he faced a unique set of political, economic, and militaristic circumstances. ... Gorbachev set out to reform the Soviet Union, yet he chose to reform it from within the system. ... Either they could continue the hard-line, socialist policies set forth by Stalin and embraced by Brezhnev and fall into a pit of worthlessness, or the Soviet Union could try and integrate itself more into the world society moving toward ente...

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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. ... He got life but served only three months. 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. ... America wanted to set up a working relationship between Moscow and Peking. ...

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We wanted to help ensure that South Vietnam had a separate, independent, and noncommunist government. ... This war caused a major division among the people and between the people and the United States government. ... Because of a complex set of individual motives, both domestic and international, each of the participants had a serious interest in arriving at some workable settlement... Also, there was supposed to be an election held in two years to decide what the permanent government would be. ... The United States government said there was and the North Vietnamese said there was not. ...

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Kerensky's Provisional Government in the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... In his rise to power, Stalin held a number of senior administrative posts within the Soviet government and party apparatus, becoming in April 1922 general secretay of the ruling Communist Party, a post which he subsequently built up into the most powerful in the country. ... For those with property, however, collectivisation meant giving up to the collective farms and selling most of the food that they produced to the state at low prices set by the state itself, leaving the farmers with a bare minimum. ... Several s...

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I will answer this question by discussing the extent that the media played an adversarial role in military conflicts since the 1960's (that is, a role critical to the government and the military) I will address certain examples that show the extent that the media played an adversiaal role in military conflicts since 1960 and answer the question by the end of my essay. ... Daniel Hallin's coverage of the Vietnam war shows that Television's presentation of the Vietnam war was structured by a set of assumptions about which television itself seemed barely aware. ... The media rep...

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Das Versprechen directed by Margarethe von Trotta is a love story set to the backdrop of the divided Germany beginning in 1961 up until the historic fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. ... What makes the film original and fresh is the historical context in which it is set. ... The historical issues are not central to the Versprechen but rather serve to heighten the tragedy of the Konrad and Sophie's relationship. ... This symbolizes the way the DDR government is represented throughout the film. ... It is first and foremost a character study of the two protagonists set in the context of t...

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World peace through international government and law is an ancient idea that has mightily fastened itself on the minds of people throughout the ages. Never before, however, has the human race been so close to inaugurating this Utopian ideal of establishing and empowering government on a planetary scale. 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. ... Another opinion is that a truly effective world government would necessitate worldwide force and unprecedented pow...

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Joseph finally got the chance to meet Lenin in 1905 at a conference in Finland Lenin noticed that Stalin was very dedicated and loyal to Lenin's cause so Lenin appointed Joseph to work for his cause by raising money for the Bolsheviks by any means necessary this involved robbing banks and government money. ... In 1917 after the overthrowing or the Russian czar Stalin was able to return where as a result of the February and October revolutions he was named Commissar of nationality affairs of the communist party. 1918 was Stalin's time to shine as a military power, he served as a...

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During the early 1980s, income tax was set at 50% for anyone making over $5,720 a year. ... Instead of having to give most of it away in taxes, they were able to spend more, allowing more money to be collected in sales taxes by the government and thus increasing economic levels. ... If people have more money to spend instead of having to give it to the government, they spend money on resources they need, and in greater quantities and more regularly, allowing sales taxes to pay the government. ... Reaganomics, as the name suggests, was President Reagan's economic policy, which called for m...

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At the time of the Great Depression, government intervention in the economy was higher than it had ever been and a special government agency had been set up specifically to prevent depressions and their associated problems, such as bank panics. ... The assassination is remembered as a loss of national innocence, which served to magnify the appeal of conspiracy scenarios. ... The plan formed the basis of the Covenant of the League of Nations, the 26 articles that served as operating rules for the league. ...

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In their northern zone the Soviets set up a puppet Communist clique and trained a Communist army, Deter minded to prevent the formation of a free South Korean government, the Russians fought against its establishment. ... General Macarthur set forth his assessment of the situation along with his military proposals. ... President Truman had concluded that General of the Army Douglas Macarthur is unable to give his wholehearted support to the policies of the United States Government and of the United Nations in matters pertaining to his official duties. ... Macarthur had wanted to do, America go...

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Australian forces moved in to combat these problems and other problems such as the lawlessness and government corruption in the Solomon Islands. The Australian government also supports a country's right to self-determination, which means supporting itself rather than being run by outside governments such as the colonial rulers. ... The changes did not come directly after the war, because the war only served to harden the attitudes of the Australian people because of how the Japanese had treated Australian troops in their POW camps. How strong it was came to light when American troops came...

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However, this deal was not endorsed by the Americans.3 The two sides quarreled over this issue for some time, with Roosevelt showing no signs of openly committing himself to accepting Soviet territorial claims.4 Stalin, who was growing impatient, began to act unilaterally to enforce his viewpoint.5 He broke off all relations with the Polish government, which had been in exile in London.6 Following this, the Soviet leader recognized the Lublin committee, a Soviet puppet government, as the official provisional government of Poland.7 Though Stalin was unquestionably out of line in his actions, o...

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America's foreign policy treatment towards Iran seems to satisfy these conditions set forth by Snow. ... According to Rourke, "Constructivism views the course of international relations as an interactive process in which the ideas of and communications among "agents" (or actors: individuals, groups, and social structures, including states) serve to create "structures" (treaties, laws, international organizations, and other aspects of the international system). ... Anti-Western sentiments didn't begin until a revolution was sparked from powerful religious lead...

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In spite of the friendship displayed at the time, however, the scene was set for the ensuing Cold War between the East and the West. ... Instead, communist governments were established in all those countries, noncommunist political parties were suppressed, and genuinely democratic elections were never held. ... Neither leader had suspected that Stalin intended that all Popular Front governments in Europe would be taken over by communists. ... Churchill and Roosevelt had both agreed that they would work for the establishment of a new Polish government that represented the Polish people. ...

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