... , but also used as cheap labor. A significant backlog of States in economic development (that should have lead to a military backlog) was offset by the possibility of a centralized economy to concentrate scarce resources on specific industries and quantitative superiority. Thus, after the defeat of Nazi Germany began to burn a new "war" between the winners for supremacy in the world, which was not ... ...

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... a mode of exporting primary goods while relying on importing high-technology, secondary goods, which are far more profitable compared to food and clothes industries. Since most Third World countries faced a scarce in developmental projects at the time of political and social instability, the developed countries offered them paths to involve them into the theoretical modernization process: borrowing from foreign banks and ... ...

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... were usually obsolete as well. The infantry was also very lacking in strength. Shortage of manpower became an increasingly critical factor later on in the war. Arms were also extremely scarce during the beginning of the war, and production was not increased much at all during the length of the war. And the German navy was not even 1/8 the size of ... ...

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... struck Europe. Everyone is so caught up in battles and killing that thought no longer plays a role. He also says the loves wine is thin, meaning literally that love is scarce in the world. Then Owen talks about the beginnings of art, thought and philosophy in Greece and Rome, comparing each stage of progress to a season. Spring is in Greece, summer ... ...

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... become extremely important. K. Paperback books appeared. L. The dance of the time was the jitterbug. It was considered the first dance in two centuries to allow individual expression. M. Since nylons were scarce, women started drawing a line down the back of their legs to look like a seam. N. Women wore pants. O. Movies were declared by the War Department an essential industry for morale and ... ...

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... too much money to make, approximately ten million dollars to produce one bomb. Plutonium, the most crucial part of the atomic bomb was hard to come by. Uranium-235 was scarce at this time, and plutonium was a by-product of uranium. Not only was the uranium to produce the plutonium hard to come by, it was also hard to process. The ... ...

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... the social and economic problems of the Soviet Union. The economy during his leadership, instead of slightly growing, was declining. He believed that the military was taking in too much scarce resources and wealth. Gorbachev wanted to reduce military spending and to make an agreement with the U.S. about the arms race. Gorbachev had a different view about defense than had Khrushchev and ... ...

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... and national value. Hitler was freed about nine months after his trial. He left prison to find out that the Nazi party had been outlawed. Unemployment was widespread, food was scarce and inflation was bad. Hitler, however, found a way to please the people of Germany, and after the rebuilding of his Nazi dynasty he was back in the race for the ... ...

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