During World War I, an extreme patriotism took hold in the United States. ... But, the suspicion and distrust was also directed against German-Americans (Germany was the main enemy of the U.S. and its allies in World War), immigrants, and people who were considered to have "radical"" or extreme political beliefs that were thought to be "anti-American." ... Another event that occurred during World War I, and continued in the immediate years following the war, was the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the successful formation of a Communist or Socialist state in Russia. ... Arrests, searches withou...

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War communism was the policy pursued by The Bolshevik party during the Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1920, until Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy. During the civil war Lenin had geared the economy towards the war against the opposition forces, the various strands of the divided "Whites". ... Major agricultural regions were occupied by the white armies during the Civil War, intensifying the food problem further. ... Another important aspect of war communism was the red terror, carried out by the Cheka. ... This was evident in Stone Age groups when people had no concept of private prope...

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Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev was an important figure in history because of his willingness to end the Cold War and Communism as it was known in the 1980s. ... But his economic reforms came at a huge price - his enforced collective farming led to a famine in the early 1930s that is thought to have killed at least six million people. ... Elizabeth was also able to prevent the outbreak of a religious or civil war on English soil. ... Francis Bacon Because of Bacon, people began to think differently and question ideas like the church, which had previously been the biggest, unquestionable stre...

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Workers soviets, unions and Zemstvo played an important role in the early development of Russia. ... The main threat to Lenin's new empire came in the form of the white movement, a movement from within, a movement from abroad, but in all cases a civil war. ... Service argues that Lenin during the Civil war was too quick to resort to the Cheka and Red army stating; "Lenin preferred to overdo the blows than to risk letting an opponent survive the assault"[5] this could be seen as especially significant when we re-examine Lenin's use of force during the Kronstadt mutiny, alth...

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World War I began on July 28, 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. ... During the Franco-Prussian war, Alsace and Lorraine were taken from France. ... The treaty's declaration that Germany was entirely to blame for the war was humiliating to the German people. ... They fought a war of ideas called the Cold War. ... All the events previous to today are very important and significant in society. ...

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Lenin can be seen as the backbone and driver in the events now referred to as the October revolution, where the Bolshevik's (Lenin's party) took over the Russian government in St Petersburg and were not only successful in seizing power but able to hang onto the position during a long civil war and thereafter. ... During the war and the years leading up to the February revolution Lenin found himself in neutral Switzerland. ... "Convert the imperialist war into a civil war... This was an important tactical move by Lenin. ... People were worried about the arrival of Kornilov's troo...

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At the time, Russia lagged economically behind European countries as a direct result of World War I from 1914-1918 and the Russian Civil War from 1917-1922. ... World War I and the Russian Civil War led to the establishment of a Communist government in Russia, which leveraged its tight control on the film industry in order to forge unity amongst all social classes. ... This treaty was fairly generous to Russia, since she was fighting a national civil war that was of higher priority. The Russian Civil War was fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the Anti-Bolshevik White Army. ... A firm Co...

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The similarities between the men are staggering: each followed the teachings of Socialism and Marxism, each had the tribulations of applying their methods during hostile resistance, war, economic collapse, and foreign invasion. ... Lenin, who was the more accomplished theorist and author of the two, outlined the major points of his work in his most important work: "What is to be Done." ... The culmination of this style of rule came with the formation of the Red Army, which staged a ruthless civil war against the opposition from 1918 to 1921. ... During this time the Russian economy was in ...

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The dissolution of the Soviet Union in the 1980s is one of the most important events of modern history. ... On March 6th, 1996 thousands of Chechen fighters infiltrated Grozny during a 3 day surprise raid (Souleimanov). ... Another unsuccessful shot at independence following the Russian Civil War in 1920 just intensified the hostility of Chechnya towards Russia (Souleimanov). ... This theory explains the cause of civil war through two pinnacles; greed and grievance. ... Grievance argues that people rebel over issues of identity and suppression rather than economics. ...

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The full modernization of Russia has happened step by step, however if it wasn't for Russia defeat in the Crimea war then cause to change to modernize Russia would be later on in the future then in 1861 during Alexander II's emancipation of the serf. ... The Military conflict that gave a steady pathway for the making of modern Russia was the civil war. ... Furthermore the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918 and the Bolshevik Revolution made Russia's situation worse, as 1/3 of the population was lost in the unasked war and only to be left more vulnerable by the Russian civil war 1918-1...

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Later he was captured by the Russians to serve for the Red Army during the Russian Civil war of 1918. ... During the war Tito supported Yugoslavia's participation in the communist revolution. ... After the Russian Civil war Tito returned to Yugoslavia. ... Equality was important to the people, for most wanted to rid Yugoslavia of the old order. ... Tito's foreign policies were tested during the cold war. ...

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In a world of battling monsters, Canada seemed quiet during the constant dissension of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. ... During the end of 1940's through the 1980's, the world was hushed in fear of a battle brewing between the former war allies, United States and the Soviet Union. ... "During two years of life in Canada, I saw the evidence of what a free people can do. ... This spy ring was made up mostly of civil servants, scientists and a Member of Parliament. ... This event ignited the start of the Cold War. ...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. 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...

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The year 2001 was extremely important for both USA and Russia political life. ... Vladimir Putin during his speech in Munich accused USA of overusing the terms of democracy and peace to pursue particular interests of the US. ... Worth mentioning is a fact that at that time people started to talk about the beginning of a New Cold War. ... What is more important, this brings back a popular belief that Russia had a possibility to change borders using its power, yet they did not do that. ... The first quarter after the end of the Civil War was more of mutual cooper...

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During his time as dictator he moved the Soviet Union to a world power, while starving and arresting his own people. ... During the first world war, moral was low in the Russian Army. ... From 1918 to 1920 civil war broke out between the Bolsheviks (know as the Reds) and the Counter Revolutionaries (know as the Whites). ... His job was to help decide on all emergency issues during the very difficult fist period of the civil war. ... Although the number of looses in the war are unclear, the Soviet Unions suffered the most loses of any country during World War II. ...

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Economic development is a very important issue discussed in Isbister. ... This number increased to almost thirty percent after the Baath revolution in 1968, but decreased to eighteen percent during the Iraq-Iran war. ... In the 1980's, Iraq's main foreign policy was the war in Iran. ... Nationalism is the aspiration for national independence felt by people under domination. ... They would do this by changing the government and through political campaigns designed to eliminate exploitation, social inequities, sectarian loyalties, apathy, and lack of civil spirit. ...

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They are in many ways the two extremes, Czechoslovakia - 'The Velvet Revolution' so named for being civil and without deaths. ... The government during communism was quite different from the present system. ... Such human rights provisions as states own constitutions, and international covenants on political, economic, civil, and cultural rights. ... The American war for independence can be dated back to times of the British victory in the French and Indian War. ... Moreover, the war generated substantial resenment towards the colonists among English leaders, who were not satisfied ...

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They are in many ways the two extremes, Czechoslovakia - 'The Velvet Revolution' so named for being civil and without deaths. ... The government during communism was quite different from the present system. ... Such human rights provisions as states own constitutions, and international covenants on political, economic, civil, and cultural rights. ... The American war for independence can be dated back to times of the British victory in the French and Indian War. ... Moreover, the war generated substantial resenment towards the colonists among English leaders, who were not satisfied ...

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He would die before World War I. ... Revolution Stalin played an important, but not vital, part in the revolution. ... Armed uprisings broke out and grew into civil war. ... The Bolsheviks won the civil war in 1920. ... Production of industrial machinery and farm equipment became more important, and production of cloth...

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During this period, the Social Democrats split into two factions, the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Lenin, and the Mensheviks. ... The new government, led by Lenin, made peace with the Germans and undertook a bloody, three-year civil war, in which Stalin commanded on several fronts. ... Even during the war, he made inflexible demands of his new allies, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain and President Franklin Roosevelt of the United States. ... This brief swell of dissent only shows how egregiously people still misunderstood the nature of Stalin's rule. ... (It is important...

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The Soviet leaders did not want a civil war in Poland. ... The Catholic Church was an important part of the Polish culture and national identity. The Church demanded respect and civil rights for all human beings. ... Jaruzelski announced astate of war,? ... However, the Polish people won their rights back one by one. ...

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During his few weeks as Vice President, Harry S. ... During World War II he headed the Senate war investigating committee, checking into waste and corruption and saving perhaps as much as 15 billion dollars (whitehouse.gov). ... The American people would not of been able to trust a man who regretted or second-guessed his actions in a time of crisis. ... One of the most important tactics to counter communist influence was the introduction of the Marshall Plan (Divine 670). ... Unfortunately, the lack of troop support from the Americans and lack of morale and leadership from the Nationalist le...

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Mayhem immediately arose on the Ole Miss campus, with uprisings resulting in two people dead, hundreds of people injured and countless other people detained, when the Kennedy administration summoned 31,000 National Guardsmen and supplementary federal forces to impose command. ... "Meredith attempted to register four times without success" (Civil Rights Movement). ... "Doyle also noted that two other factors were equally important: John F. ... During the University of Mississippi riots "two people were killed and many others injured in the ensuing chaos" (The Integratio...

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The Western powers supported the Anti-communists in the Russian Civil War proving that they wanted to fight against communism. ... The allies co-operated during the war, supplying each other with arms and attending conferences together, such as Yalta and Potsdam. ... During the last years of the Second World War, the Red Army was moving forward and leaving behind pro- communist governments. ... Speeches like these did cause nervousness during the Cold War, instead of only distrusting countries indirectly, like in World War II; the West was clearly saying that it did not trust the East. This ti...

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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 infrastructure inflicted by the First World War and the civil war. ... Dissatisfaction was building among those who fought the civil war for the reds. Stalin's drive for the five-year plans was popular throughout the lower sections of the party, and communism being the government of the workers; it was hard for the more important officials to object to it. ... To...

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