Stalin's revolutionary career began in 1899, when he joined the Social-Democratic party as a propagandist among Tbilisi railroad workers. ... Unlike the intellectual party members, his contribution to the cause was practical, not theoretical. ... Stalin edited briefly the new party newspaper, Pravda (Truth) and at Lenin's erge wrote his first major work, Marxism and the Nationality Question. ... Until Lenin arrived in April, Stalin and Lev Kamenev dominated all party decisions. ... Nevertheless, Stalin was re-elected to the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party on April 27, 19...

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Industrialisation was the primary goal of Lenin and Stalin, as well as many communist party members. ... The five-year plans presented an opportunity to Stalin to glorify him at the foundations of the communist party. ... The N.E.P had created a large amount of friction within the party at all levels and this was beginning to cause problems for the USSR. ... It is true that the plans bought huge amounts of glory to Stalin as well as securing his ultimate power within the party, but this glory was justified by the revitalising effects of industrialisation on the soviet people and the communist ...

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Arms control is arguably one of the most prominent issues every nation of the world has to deal with, this is because every man woman and child on the planet may potentially be affected by the arms another country posses. In today's society more than ever the worry over the nuclear capability of countries is at the foreground of debate, some countries possess weapons of mass destruction a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the most notorious of which are the USA and the Soviet Union. These two countries became the s...

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By the 1970's, the destructive capabilities of the world's two superpowers along with an emerging third power in the nation of China, had combined to make the world a dangerously unstable place. ... S. anti-communist fervor as a backdrop, seemingly shared by both Republicans and Democrats framing an increasing distrust between the Russians and the Chinese, Kissinger saw an emerging third Superpower in a competitive communist China as an American advantage which needed to be exploited. ... Despite typical differences between parties; there was nonetheless general agreement on the main...

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In the spring of 1992, Najibullah's government collapsed and, after 14 years of rule by the People's Democratic Party, Kabul fell to a coalition of mujahidin under the military leadership of Ahmed Shah Massoud. ... On November 9, 1989 East Germany's Communist party leader Gunter Schabowski, said that the Berlin Wall's border would be opened for "private trips abroad". ...

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The premier of Russia and the head of the Communist Party, Nikita Khrushchev, felt that the United States was a threat to the Soviet Union and decided to place missiles in Cuba in retaliation for the missiles in Turkey (Finkelstein 13, 23). ... The third would be to turn to Fidel Castro, the dictator of Cuba, and inform him of the danger his country was in by siding with the Soviet Union. ...

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Immigration of various populations into the United States and other parts of the globe occurs as one of the topics that has and continues to be explored by various scholars. Worth noting is the fact that after the World War II, there are various factors that offered a comprehensive platform that enhanced entry of immigrants into the United States. One of the most comprehensive factors that enhanced entry into the United States is the policies that were set after that Second World War. The 1965 Immigration Act of the United States occurs as one of the most comprehensive policies enacted after t...

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As the bombs continued to fall and the fires continued burn a question arose from the rubble of what was once Germany. The question was how to deal with Germany. Germany was responsible for the start of World War II and they were partially responsible for the start of World War I. Since Germany has ...

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF ASIA "This is the only region in the world where so many combinations and permutations of two- three and four- and even two plus four or three plus three- power games can be played on the regional chessboard with all their complexities and variations." introduction T...

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If one were to discuss life after the Second World War, if they were not a historian would perhaps not talk much about Harry S. Truman as a major factor. Truman is ranked seventh among forty one presidents ranging from Washington to Clinton . Truman succeeded Roosevelt, after his death, and the da...

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"Participants in the Geneva Conference were the four parties that had called for the meeting, France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States; also present were China, Cambodia, and Laos; and representing elements within Vietnam itself were spokesmen Bao Dai's government and for the Vietminh. ... Charter, which required previous Security Council authorization,; and third, that in any case, the United States was not legally bound to respond with force. ...

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