On the twenty-sixth of April 1986, very poorly trained technicians (classic Soviet move to cut corners) decided to undertake a systems test of the fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, at one-thirty in the morning. ... As gruesome horror stories about Chernobyl and the nuclear radiation poisoning that followed began to spread among the wheat farmers and belt buckle factory workers, the citizens of the Soviet Union began to lose faith in the state's ability to inform and protect them, and the government quickly began to lose control over its public, whereas before the people...

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On the twenty-sixth of April 1986, very poorly trained technicians (classic Soviet move to cut corners) decided to undertake a systems test of the fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, at one-thirty in the morning. ... As gruesome horror stories about Chernobyl and the nuclear radiation poisoning that followed began to spread among the wheat farmers and belt buckle factory workers, the citizens of the Soviet Union began to lose faith in the state's ability to inform and protect them, and the government quickly began to lose control over its public, whereas before the people...

• Word Count: 1148
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was the conglomeration of America, Canada including many European Countries to create a safety blanket of defense against communism, which declared that if any country receive attack, they will all attack in alliance although this caused conflict with the United States response to war which always lies within the power of Congress to declare war or not. ... Within the 17 year span the containment policy seemed rather successful in its approach and even more virtuous in restoring European glory; although as we can see in future attempts such as the Vietnam...

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