Interestingly the first scholarly mention of the term American exceptionalism actually comes from a man called Max Lerner in his book titled "America as a Civilization".13 He mentions that one of the main institutions that is singled out as the root of American exceptionalism, is the constitution. ... For Americans what claims their pride is the declaration of the independence. ... They state that narrow focus on the constitution "has distorted our understanding of American constitutionalism and inflated our sense of America's difference.... However American involvement wa...

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Sino-Soviet-North Korean triangle 3. ... Through the 1960s, there were 4 main triangles in the Asian political arena: Soviet Union-China-North Vietnam, Soviet Union-Japan-US, Sino-Soviet-Indian- and Soviet Union-China-North Korea. ... The Soviet-Japanese-American triangle drove Soviet policy towards Japan, since the Soviets viewed Japan as a creature of American engagement in Asia. ...

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The separation of Germany also polarized America and Russia. ... In the 1950's, another issue polarized America and Russia. ... North Korea was backed by the communist countries, The Soviet Union and China. ... In June of 1950, the North invaded the South. ... The Chinese were the major supporters of the North Koreans. ...

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One aim was to build up strong anti- Communist countries and it helped American industry by creating markets for American goods. How convenient for America. ... The Americans, the British and the French controlled West Germany and the Russians controlled East Germany. ... The Russians and their Communist ideals were ruffling the Americans and their capitalistic feathers. ... Continued Russian attempts to align more countries on its side made the United States (primarily) set up the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949. ...

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As soon as the war ended, the relations between America and Russia cooled. American's regretted their isolation in the years between the wars. ... American's believed strongly in democracy and were deeply hostile to communism. ... America fully agreed with the "Iron Curtain" speech." ... The Truman Doctrine was the beginning of American policy for the Cold War. ...

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A number of states have not signed up to this convention Egypt, Libya, North Korea, and Syria for example. ... India wants to continue as a nuclear power to try and deter the Pakistani government from launching into Indian Territory, if the United States were to build their Anti Ballistic Missile system (ABM) in North America, it would be a clear violation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty signed in 1972, thus forcing the U.S withdrawal from the treaty and with the most important player ejected from important treaties the US would be reluctant to sign any other treaties in the near future c...

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Introduction Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in the village of Gori, in the Russian province of Georgia, on Dec. 21, 1879. His father was a shoemaker with a penchant for drunkenness, who left Gori when Stalin was young to seek employment in the city of Tiflis. Thus Joseph's...

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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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The common belief about the end of the Cold War was very strong in American political circles. ... Valid arguments can be made against NATO enlargement, but this particular argument is spurious.7 To sum up this part of essay, NATO is a key part of American military domination in Europe. ... Americans started preparation to take their part in the war in Near East with almost full support of most western countries including (at least formally) Russia. ... It affected also oil industry technology and services, though gas remained unaffected.14 Starting from 90s it has changed many assumptions ...

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Setting the Scene As suggested by scholars like Loescher (1996, pp 11-92; 2001 pp21-81) and (Erika, 2001; Labman, 2009), the issue of refugee crisis is old wars and conflicts around the world-from Europe to the Balkans, to the old Soviet Union, Asia, to the Americas and to Africa, the story of wars and conflicts can never be divorced from the associated mass refuge crisis. ... But also before then, the war between Russia and Poland did not help as the dismemberment of Russian empire and the associated famine of 1921 many refugees fled to mostly France and Germany .others who could not make i...

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The Germans had an idea that was quite similar to one that the Americans had in its early days. ... Germany knew that the tide of the war was turning when the American, British, and Soviet forces entered Germany. ... Article 12 was amended to say, "The United Kingdom, United States of America, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics shall possess supreme authority with respect to Germany. ...

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Russia was in the midst of a civil war between the Bolsheviks and a number of opponents (including a considerable number of foreign cadres--among them British, Czech, French, and American detachments). ...

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