The uniqueness of Poland's unfortunate geographic location led to a variety of political, ethnic, and other unified groups who all brought their personal agendas to the fight. ... Jewish, communist, and other groups began operating with increasing pace and all had a different political endgame in mind for post-war Poland. ... The 'Kielbasowcy' for example was a bandit gang with over sixty members wielding forty sub-machine guns and two heavy machine guns among their armament. ... Polish ground forces as opposed to other allied soldiers to secure liberated territories would have...

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They had lots of political instability with no political great leader and a lack of natural resources. ... The reasons however for this are ˜much more political than technological'. The advances in weaponry in the 19TH century with innovations of quick firing artillery, machine-guns and repeating rifles were the cutting edge of the 'new imperialism' abroad. ... The army law of May 1913 increased the army's peacetime strength 515,000 to 544,000 and more artillery and machine-gun units were raised. ... The problem for Germany was political because Russia were able t...

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Life in America after World War II was immersed in social and political turmoil. ... Things like the washing machine, refrigerator, automobile, radio, and television - invented shortly after WWII - tremendously saved time in suburban families (Reynolds). ... Dylan paved the way for popular songs to discuss political and social unrest. ... Songs like "Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall- - written about the Cuban Missile Crisis - and "Masters of War- - condemning political leader's pugnacious tactics - brought to the forefront the political and social issues occurring (Szatmary). ... The reason:...

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Ford found a job in a machine shop. ... After a few years Ford set up a small machine shop on the farm and began tinkering with engines and machines. ... After the war Ford became increasingly interested in politics. ...

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Before we can discuss the defining characteristics of the present system, we need to define what we mean by the term "system" - and what makes the world political arrangement a system? ... In the international political system, these parts are nation states, international organisations, and several other entities that have power on an international level. ... Multinational corporations can influence, even force countrie's economic and political policies. ... Other, more powerful movements include the anti capitalist movement, militant Islam, and political movements such as the freed...

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The Chinese troops set up positions on Zhenbao Island and when the Soviet soldiers were within 100 meters of their position, they opened fire with machine guns and small arms fire, killing seven Soviets during the initial volley. ... This would be an opportune time, since the United States was heavily invested, both economically and politically, in the Vietnam conflict in 1969. ... Both the Chinese and Soviets hoped the United States and our Western allies would deem this rift as a sign of regional and political instability between the two Asian nations, resulting in military cutbacks and a...

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This is not the story of machines run by artificial intelligence, these are real people, friends, and neighbors of the reader. ... The novel also highlights some very interesting political processes involving ambassadors and diplomats. ... that is required to accomplish an agenda in international politics. ... As the face of world politics change, it is evident that the works of Tom Clancy will change as well. ...

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Also, Germany proposed a network of bilateral trade agreements that was designed to somewhat unite a politically divided Europe. ... By 1933, Hitler had turned Germany into a war machine and the phrase, "Today Germany, tomorrow the whole world "3. ... He furthered Lenin's work by forcing the Russian population to conform to the beliefs of his political party. ... However, his system already had a foundation in Lenin's work in the Russia prior to him, while Hitler completely revamped German politics. ... When compared to Stalin, Hitler's political movements are very similar exce...

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Hitler also took part in political ideas which were later used in Germany. He believed a political party must know how to use terror. He also discovered the value of appearance in politics. ... Hitler and his troops stormed into a political rally and began shouting. ... Another three-quarter of a million Jews were put to death by machine guns of Special Tasks Forces. ...

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Political theorists, historians and writers all contributed in the 18th and 19th century to the development of European fascist thought. ... In the 1920s and 30s, liberal policies and institutions had failed, and fascism has only prospered politically in times of either economic crisis, or fear of communist take-over (or both). ... A common attack to a fascist's political enemy (if he hadn't been killed yet) was to label him less patriotic, or even a traitor (RoSo, 2002). ... In Germany, Hitler aimed to not only control all political power, but also courts, churches, universities,...

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Furthermore, one cannot say that women's participation in politics was nil. Subjects pertaining to women, as distinct from general political, social, or economic questions, did not seem to have been crucial in determining how women voted. ... The Nazis also did not have a comprehensive political programme concerning women which does not appear to have prevented some women from joining or voting for the NSDAP (National Socialist German Worker's Party), or as the presidential elections in March 1932 exposed. ... Groups, which were often linked with the political Left, which advocated ...

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Huntington Theory & Disagreement Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" is a theory based upon geographic locations and political movements. ... Various conflicts in the world illustrate how religion is emerging above other political ideologies. ... Apart from the demise of the political ideologies described earlier, Huntington gives six specific reasons for civilizational identity. ... Fifth, cultural characteristics are "less easily compromised" (Huntington, 1993) than economic or political ideologies. ... We know from translations of his own speeches that Saddam Hussein used ...

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Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born on April 20,1889. This was the beginning with horrible plans for power and control of other people. Some of the things that Hitler did throughout his life were very cruel things; first of all, he was a man who loved war and fighting. Second, he was in ...

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In his book, he describes his childhood, the Nazi Party, his future plans for Germany, and his opinions on race and politics. ... Some of the experiences Wiesel describes include burning pits of babies and adults, babies being tossed up in the air and used as target practice with machine guns, people killing each other over small scraps of food, children being hung, and more (Wiesel). ...

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The Armistice stated that "all territorial conquests achieved by the Central Powers had to be abandoned, and that the German army had to surrender 30,000 machine-guns, 2,000 aircraft, 5,000 locomotives, 5,000 Lorries and all its submarines (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWarmistice.htm)." ... This leads to the first fascist political movement led by Mussolini. ...

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Before it is possible to delve into the aforementioned themes of the futile agonies of war and the perils of Nationalism, it is necessary to understand the political and social climate in which Remarque was writing. ... Likewise, the rigorous propaganda and training created machines of patriotism out of the young men. ...

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Defections for political reasons happened quite often during the Cold War. ... Using a historical fact, Clancy shows how cruel the Communist system is with no respect for the humans but only for political power. ... Because of his political reliability he'd been taken from his military academy, along with a number of cadets, and sent to help suppress the 1956 counterrevolution. ... The references to real military hardware allowed the reader to experience the action by imagining existing machines doing all the action and adding to the realism...

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Also, people were also concerned with the political ideas immigrants brought with them such as communism, anarchism, and socialism that were seen as a threat to democracy. ... If more Americans had more money and more time on their hands, then they would spend it on the latest products such as radios, refrigerators, washing machines, etc., thus increasing consumerism. ... Americans failed to notice because they paid no attention to politics and instead remained interested in material goods and the image of prosperity (Document G). ...

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Since the economy was in such good shape, many Americans could afford to purchase refrigerators, washing machines, and radios. ... Hitler explained his political views in his book Mein Kampf or My Struggle. ... Hitler used the suffering of the masses to gain political support. ...

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The post-war generation came with food-canning, the telephone, gas illumination, the linotype machine, which made office work easier for women, and the bicycle which opened the door for more comfortable clothes, railroads also made travel more easy. ... Women were very excited about their new political power and the National American Woman Suffrage Association was turned into the National League of Women Voters. Many women planned to go along with the existing political system, but in 1923 one woman by the name of Alice Paul planned a whole new system of equality. ...

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The Japanese economic miracle is complex and can only be explained by looking to political, cultural, and economic reasons. ... "It is their sense of identity and destiny which gives their industrial machine its effectiveness. ...

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For Roosevelt, the attack brought a politically divided America together behind him, and allowed him to pursue the plan of action against the Axis that he wanted supported (Infamy). ... As said by F.D.R., the day that will live in infamy forever remains a bitter reminder of the destructive machine called war. ...

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Changes are continually occurring in the social, economic, political, environmental, as well as cultural aspects of life. ... The process of sharing information has become faster due to the inventions of the car, train, and airplane, as well as, telecommunication innovations such as the internet, e-mail and fax machine. ...

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The definition of a cold war is an 'intense economic, political, military, and ideological rivalry between nations, short of military conflict,' (Dictionary.com, 2014), and in this context the nations were the Soviet Union and the USA. ... When he was out with a platoon of soldiers in patrol, he would stand fifth from the front, just behind the machine gunner. ...

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