In the late 1700's, the thirteen colonies of the eastern United States struggled to gain independence from Britain. ... The United States has attempted to impose democracy based upon traditions that are foreign to Middle Eastern cultures. According to Day (2006), Middle Eastern ideas of how a democratic government should work are entirely different from how the West views democracy. ...

• Word Count: 3028
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

At that time the new Super Powers were wary of each other, and the new found strengths that both had; the United States, (the more dominant force along with Britain and France, had a prominent place in Western Europe, while the Soviets were the undisputed and sole rulers of Eastern Europe. ... West Germany prospered while the Eastern Germans were left behind. ... The Warsaw Pact of the Eastern European Mutual Assistance Treaty overseen by the USSR, kept strict control over other countries in the pact. ...

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With the U.S.S.R having all of Eastern Germany, which held the city of Berlin. ... To many people that lived in the Eastern half of Germany nothing changed. ... They had Hitler during the war and then in the post war Eastern Germany had Stalin in charge. ...

• Word Count: 4105
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

In the 90s, just after the fall of communism, the countries of central and eastern Europe received the promise of their inclusion in the structure of NATO in exchange for full support of the US political aspirations. ... "The Clinton administration reneged on that commitment when it decided to expand NATO to Eastern Europe". ... In numerous speeches Obama underlines that US needs Russian cooperation with number of global priorities, particularly Iran's nuclear program and stability in the Middle East.12 Another tensions were connected with a widely known case of Edward Snowden, ...

• Word Count: 2773
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Stalin Essay Stalin's Childhood The man who the world would come to know as Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, on December 21, 1879, in the Georgian village of Gori, a small town in the southern reaches of the Russian Empire. He was the third child born to Vissa...

• Word Count: 2506
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• Grade Level: High School

All of which reject any possibility of coherent intention or program in Nazi Germany's foreign policy.(2) The ferocity of this debate, perhaps best personified by the AJP Taylor, Trevor-Roper duels, has only increased the stubbornness of each side, and impeded any sort of configuration of a middle group.(3) It seems almost impossible to prove that any side can be completely and inequivocally correct due to the vast amount of sometimes contradictory statements made by Hitler which can be used by both sides equally. ...

• Word Count: 8102
• Approx Pages: 32
• Grade Level: High School

As if from nowhere, in 1933, a black cloud of hate began to rise over Europe and quickly darkened the sky. Before the storm was over, twenty years later, some forty million people lay dead in its wake. As a result, the map of the world had been reshaped. The only way to explain how such a thing coul...

• Word Count: 3236
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• Grade Level: High School

Eastern Europe and the Balkans witnessed an unprecedented change in the nature and scale of international armed conflicts, in the unprecedented collapse of its established blocs and multi-ethnic empires in a manner that reflected in and influenced by the continued change and advances in technological and scientific innovations. ... In the process, Many Armenians fled to Syria, Western Europe and Middle East in during the First World War between 1914 and 1919. ...

• Word Count: 4488
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When thinking of World War One, the pictures that often come to mind are trenches, stagnant warfare and other items that are associated with the Western Front. When one thinks of War in Africa, items that generally come to mind are old tribal wars, or General Rommel's Afrika Corps, General Montgome...

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• Grade Level: High School

South Korea is located on the eastern coast of Asia, it is the southern half of the Korean peninsula. ... My extended family is quite large, my mother is the middle child of five and my father is the middle child of six. ...

• Word Count: 2751
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• Grade Level: High School

Also after the war, Germany was divided right through the middle of Berlin, Germany. ... With these two different pacts, Europe was torn in half, Western Europe being with NATO and Eastern Europe with the Warsaw Pact. ... Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. ... With the Berlin Wall being built in 1961, through the middle of Berlin, the countries East Germany and West Germany were formed. ...

• Word Count: 3726
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• Grade Level: High School

One cannot help but feel fortunate to live in a country such as Canada; its richness and prosperity go relatively unequaled in the world. Canadians, to an extent, have lived a life of sheltered ignorance when compared to the lives experienced by those in other nations. The problems that the greater ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This doctrine outlined a new stance being taken by the United States regarding eastern countries and the rise of communism. ... Fueled by the will to win the election Truman ran a middle of the road campaign when it came to Berlin. ...

• Word Count: 4238
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School