The main issues discussed were the frontiers of a postwar Poland and its future government. ... Some members of the exile government in London to be integrated into the communist Lublin government Stalin promised to hold free elections at the end of hostilities The main issue surrounding this provisional Polish government at the Yalta Conference was its status in determining the country's political future The Soviet Union had occupied parts of Poland ever since 1944. As the Russians pushed the Germans out of Poland they backed the establishment of a communist government in Lublin, ...

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These actions resulted in many thousands of deaths and the surrender of Japan. ... First they were dropped to make Japan surrender quickly instead of having a long, bloody war with them. ... North Korea Korea was told during WWII that when Japan was defeated, they would be independent. ... To create a new government, the United Nations setup nation wide elections but North Korea would not let them into the north. ... Japan quickly severed all contact with North Korea because the event shook up the Japanese so much. ...

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In 1917, the Russian Revolution toppled the Tsarist government. From March until November of that year, Russia was ruled by a Provisional Government, which made plans for a democratically elected assembly. ... 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. ... Central to his program was the collectivization of agriculture, in which the government would redistribute the land by taking over the estates of the "kulaks", the wealthiest peasants. ... After Germany fell, he used Red Army troops ...

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The Bolsheviks (later communists), led by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the existing Russian government. ... On 7 December 1941, the Japanese shockingly destroyed a large part of the American Pacific Navy. ... In August 1945, America dropped the world's first nuclear weapon on Hiroshima in Japan. ...

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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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After W.W.II, even though the Soviet Union had a strong military, it was encircled by hostile capitalist governments and felt that if communism was to remain strong, it needed to form an alliance with other communist countries. ... Japan had ruled Korea from 1910 until August of 1945 at the end of W.W.II. Japanese troops north of the 38th Parallel surrendered to the Soviets , while the Japanese troops south of the parallel surrendered to the U.S. ... President Truman remarked that "what the communists, the North Koreans, were doing was nothing new...Hitler and Mussolini and the Japa...

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In today's society more than ever the worry over the nuclear capability of countries is at the foreground of debate, some countries possess weapons of mass destruction a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the most notorious of which are the USA and the Soviet Union. ... For instance, if India does not adhere, the government keeps on testing; Pakistan would match test for test. ... If a radical group with a hatred of the Indian government were to take power, an all-out war would be imminent, possibly nuclear. ... The...

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Between 1973-75 the United States supports Kurdish rebels in Iraq; in 1975 the governments of Iran and Iraq reach an agreement and seal the border, Iraq killed the Kurds and the United States denied them refuge. ... Détente, which was a peaceful however strained policy of coexistence with the USSR, was de-emphasized, and the United States foreign policy was against all government movements under soviet influence. ... After the Nicaraguan Revolution got rid of Anastasio Somoza, the United States accused the new government of aiding Marxist rebels in El Salvador. ... As a result of the Ir...

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Following the defeat of Germany and Japan during World War II the United States almost immediately became burdened with another challenge, that of, containing their former ally, the Soviet Union. ... "McCarthyism", as it was called, forced many government officials and Hollywood celebrities to go before McCarthy and the rest of the committee, in order to deny their involvement with the Communist Party. ... The nation was forever fearful of communists in positions of governmental, academic, and media power. ... In both instances, under one ruling, the court, consistent with the sexually cons...

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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. ...

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After making the decision to end World War II by dropping to atomic bombs on Japan, Truman entered a period of time that he would not even out last. ... This was a huge problem for the anti-communist government of the United States. ...

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The government contained him only once; his last exile in 1913 lasted until 1917. ... Petersburg) upon hearing that the February Revolution had brought about the abdication of the Tsar and the installation of the Provincial Government. ... Stalin argued strongly for the continuation of the war and for cooperation with the Provisional Government. ... On November 7, 1917 (October 25 on the Soviet calendar), the Bolsheviks seized power in a relatively bloodless coup, overthrowing the Provisional Government of Alexander Kerensky. Although Stalin apparently had no role in the October Revolution ...

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A more direct method of gaining allies was the Truman Doctrine of 1946 which was used to justify support for any nation that the United States government believed was threatened by Communism during the Cold War period.2 It was the beginning of American policy for the cold war. ... However the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan, just two years after the war began, as well as the Axis powers declaring war two days after the attack, brought the US into World War II, something that analysts believe sealed the fate of Germany and Italy. ... The American government after the war, realized it was in a v...

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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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A certain role in the development of the situation in this area has played and the position occupied by formally independent (from the USSR), the governments of Eastern European countries. ... One result of the war was the US economic leap, predefined and adequate growth of their political ambitions in world politics, what mood prevailed in government circles of America B. ... The atomic bombing of Japanese cities were, in fact, the act of deterrence aimed primarily against the Soviet Union. ...

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