The period following WWII was a period of tension characterized by conflict at diplomatic, economic and all levels short of actual armed conflict between the principals on either side. ... Beginning with the Yalta Convention in 1945, and continuing with the Potsdam Conference later that year, the United States and the United Soviet Socialist Republic became disillusioned with each other over the division of Europe. ... Western border (in compensation) shifted west at the expense of German territory up to the rivers Oder and Neisse, Poland was to gain Danzig. ... The subsequent proposal read...

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As you went further up the river, you went deeper into the origins of human nature." ... Also, he represents the human condition with racist stereotypes, as the Vietnamese symbolize the primitive origins of the species and the Americans symbolize the more civilized side. ...

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These "practical contributions" were the reason of his expelling from the Georgian Social Democratic Party in 1907; when he took part in a series of bank robberies and other crimes (supposedly in order to raise funds for the "professional" revolutionaries like himself). ... It was during this period that Stalin ordered his first executions (mostly of captured Whites and other various political prisoners). ...

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The US was faced with the decision, to watch as its friends in other countries faded into the depths of communism, or to come along side and help its international friends put a stop to communism. ... Even if a soldier did get close to other soldiers, they had to go through the pain of losing them if they died. So if the soldier only worried about himself, then he would not have feelings for other soldiers. ... Due to his inexperience, a green soldier could get himself or others killed at any time of his first few months of active combat. ... In World War II and almost every other war in U...

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After W.W.II, even though the Soviet Union had a strong military, it was encircled by hostile capitalist governments and felt that if communism was to remain strong, it needed to form an alliance with other communist countries. ... These eight communist countries agreed to settle all disputes among themselves or others through peaceful means. ... With Britain controlling the area around the Rhine River, The Prince of Wales believed that Britain's Army of the Rhine should be recognized. ... The United States, wanting to stop the spread of communism, took the side of the South Ko...

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