Power, Pressure, and Persuasion "Power is the ability to get another actor to do what it would not otherwise have done" (Goldstein, 73), this declaration is a accurate. ... Since the political arena always has and continues to be based on power balances. ... Power is indivisible; and military and economic weapons are merely different instruments of power" (Betts, 62). ... The love spoken of in the previous quote incorporates respect and honor. ... Alliances are established to create a balance in power or to increase power of those states that would normally not be perceived as a treat. ...

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Henry Kissinger's quote, "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac" has been depicted throughout history. ... Correspondingly, "soft power" was presented as an opposing tactic to "hard power.... Others have cleverly been able to combine hard and soft power and call it "smart power.... In this first example, it can be proven that a soft power can exist without a hard power. ... In the second example, it can be proven that a hard power can exist without a soft power. ...

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In the 1950's he found his issue, Communist power and subversion. ... He died three years later, on May 2 1957, a broken man whose end had really come at the Army hearing, when the nation recoiled from him and his power to inspire terror was halted. ... This condemnation ultimately led to the end of McCarthy's power over the people and destroyed McCarthyism One of McCarthy's victims was quoted saying that "to write freedom into a law is not enough. ... They were still fresh in the mind of Lieutenant William Calley when he was found guilty of Murder he was quoted saying tha...

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President Truman was the one who made the decision to use the atomic bomb, and one of the most admirable things about president Truman was that despite the scrutiny of the use of the atomic bomb, he stood his ground in the decision he made, he didn't try to push it onto someone else to better his popularity with the people as he quotes, "Let there be no mistake about it. ... The use of the atomic bomb not only saved many lives because Japan surrendered but it also saved lives by showing to the rest of the world the power the United States had and the horrific scene that atomic warfar...

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It would devastate Japan and almost certainly elicit surrender, and it would also demonstrate the superior power of the U.S. ... It has even been said that if surrender was the only goal, all Truman might have needed to do was demonstrate the power of the bomb before some Japanese generals. ... As you can see, Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb not only because he wished to swiftly end the war in Japan, he also wanted to 'flex America's muscle' and power to Stalin, with the objective being that he would be wary of America's power and not attempt to conquer post-Nazi...

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He quotes multiple high ranking officers discussing their sentiments about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... The author quotes Dwight Eisenhower as saying," During his recitation of the relevant facts, I had been conscious of a feeling of depression and so I voiced to him my grave misgivings, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, and secondly because I thought that our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I thought, no longer mandatory as a measur...

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Over our lifetime we develop: greed, power, lust, hate, deceitfulness, and betrayal. ... By forcing and ruling the people of the world with censorship and brainwashing, we have built ourselves up to the image of "Big Brother" (George Orwell, 1984), which is a thought controlling power ruled by a Dictatorship and covered up by a equality facade through censorship. ... When this pact was put into action right away something was going to go wrong such as Adolph Hitler gains power in 1933, Joseph Stalin begins his Reign, and Mussolini rises from the ashes of Italy's economic depression. ... A...

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Potter quotes, "The incredible war in Vietnam has provided the razor, the terrifying sharp cutting edge that has finally severed the last vestiges of about illusion that morality and democracy are the guiding principles of American foreign policy," (845). ... Kerry quotes, "But we are here as veterans to say we think we are in the midst of the greatest disaster of all times now because they are still dying over there-- not just Americans, but Vietnamese--and we are rationalizing leaving that country so that those people can go on killing each other for years to come." ... Although we are a w...

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Lenin made himself the dictator and the Communist parties held the total power. ... Lenin, for example, obtained his power through the Civil Wars between Reds and the Whites. ... He came to power, 1917, with coercive tactics. ... After Lenin's death in 1924, Stalin came to power. ... Marx's famous quote was "Religion is the opium of the masses-; religion was not a need for a communism state, it would only blocked the process of communism. ...

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World War Ï began as the YCP grew in size and power. ... Tito's Communist military power expanded and became the National Liberation Army. ... Finally, the book includes several direct quotes and writings from Tito. ...

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Kennedy's under lying sentiments in his speech on Russia's Gibson II nuclear stance around the world in the first week in October 1962 could have been the catalyst to have changed the out come of the Cuban missile crisis, the above quote was what set Russia to end the diplomatic stale mate and launch against the united sates and we to retaliate in the same. ... Without power, communication and the ability to travel they have no way of contacting any local or national government or even civilian authorities to know the extent of the damages caused. ...

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He writes in Kings: Letter from Birmingham Jail "why is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice" (Jacobus 384) King was trying to make it apparent to people that whites were not backing down to blacks because they were scared of loosing power. ... This quote is trying to say that mankind should think beyond the set norms and question things around them. ...

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Our assignment was to write a paper using Robert F. Kennedy's book Thirteen Days: a Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis. We were asked to examine the Cuban Missile Crisis as: a) an example of the Cold War mentality of the early 1960's or b) a demonstration of the Kennedy administration's decision-making process. While pondering which approach to take I decided that both choices were inextricably linked. JFK's pragmatic approach in dealing with the USSR led to the outcome of events related to the Cold War in the early 1960's. ...

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Born on the Fourth of July Patriotism, bravery, freedom, are all words to help describe the qualities of the United States. As Americans, we all have a sense of loyalty and respect toward our county. What happens when one comes to the realization that our country stands for one thing, but in ...

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Historically, Huntington describes the transition from "the Peace of Westphalia" (Huntington, 1993) to the French Revolution, quoting R. ... This ultimately left democracy as a prevalent ideological structure, but it also allowed for more power and culture to emerge and rise along the very fundamental lines of religion. ...

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