Vietnam however, challenged that presumption. The Vietnam War had a deep impact on the United States' application of foreign policy, especially, relative to its relationship to the Russians. ... Additionally, the experience of Vietnam shattered the bipartisan accord on American foreign policy. ... This unlikely harmony among Congress had all but disintegrated consequent to Vietnam. The war cracked the campaign of ant-communism which had been the preeminent ideology throughout the cold war, and which was made clear in Kennedy's inaugural speech. ...

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The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. ... In addition, the United States played in the war, and as the largest creditor of the coalition, which after the war proved to be financially dependent on the United States. ... The establishment of the ruined economy of the country also participated huge army of prisoners of war. However, by 1945 the country was far from the pre-war economic indicators. ... The geographical position of the United States played an important role in the prosperity of America in the war years, in the new condition...

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The concept of an international "system" itself implies that events are not random, and units within the system are interrelated in some patterned way. ... However, more importantly than the all encompassing quadrangle, it is the strategic geometry within the quadrangle that is most interesting and illustrates best, the changes and nuances in the transition from Cold War to post Cold War. ... The most obvious and famous of the triangles linked the Soviet Union, China and the United States, but the Soviet-US- Japan triangle was also important. ... Indeed the others owed much of their dynamic to...

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There are many events that have shaped the history of our country. Some of these events have had a dramatic impact on us and they are remembered forever. ... While none of these events are earth shattering they still shaped the history for that time and I am sure that there are many individuals that were impacted by these events. ... On May 8th, veterans of the Vietnam War whose lives or children and wives lives were affected by the use of Agent Orange during the war accepted a settlement in their class action suit. ... The herbicide had been used in large amounts by the United States milita...

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This sphere of interest became more specific and eventually led to a study of inconsistencies regarding historical justifications of Khrushchev's dismissal of war hero Marshall Zhukov. ... It was also an event for which no definite argument had been published, so it was optimal for this task. ... Common events to both histories include the Soviet 20th Party Congress and the de-Stalinization process which followed. ... Essay The context in which history is written influences its interpretation of the events. ... His writings on the Cultural Revolution are published amidst Western ch...

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After the war, the Bolsheviks renamed themselves the Communist Party, and declared Russia the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ... Meanwhile, World War II was fast approaching. ... But he wanted to avoid war at all costs, and in 1939 he signed the Nazi- Soviet Pact, which pledged that the two dictatorships would not attack one another, and granted Stalin permission to take over the Baltic States and eastern Poland, and prosecute a war in Finland. ... The Cold War had begun. ... (It is important to note that Stalin stood directly behind these trials--he delegated respon...

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