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    The Cold War was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States with NATO and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in Warsaw Pact). Historians have not fully agreed on the dates‚ but 1947–1991 is common. It was "cold" because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two sides‚ although there were major regional wars in Korea and Vietnam. The Cold War split the temporary wartime alliance against

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    Research and analyze the key historical steps that have lead to the transformation of the Cold War Internet to the modern day age of Internet communication. Unlike Technologies like the light bulb or even the telephone‚ no one singly invented the internet. It has evolved over time. The internet got its start in the United States more than 50 years ago as a government weapon in the Cold War. For years‚ scientist and researchers used it to talk and share data with one another. Today‚ we seem

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    Throughout‚ the cold war a lot of conflict was happening such as; the Berlin Airlift‚ the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan along with the conflict with the Soviet Union. President Truman was trying multiple ways to end the war and bring peace to America. After trying to bring peace President Truman declared war and finally got the United States involved with helping in the war and trying to end communism in the world. After all his efforts failed President Truman raised the game and used the

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    Yes‚ I feel the Cold War was a clash of national interests. It was a clash between the capitalists and the communists‚ who were the Soviet Union‚ ran by Joseph Stalin and the United States ran by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Neither country was worried about the countries’ ideology as much as they were worried about how to run the country. The United States wants to run its country the capitalist way and the Soviet Union wants to run its country the communist way. The United States wants the Soviet

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    From the Mind to the Body‚ Self Comes to Mind The mind emerged from the body through the originations of conscious thoughts in an introspective manner that is accessible to the self. A connection between mind and body eventually developed a proprietor within the thinking mind. The neuropsychologist Antonio Damasio believes that a mind with subjectivity is a conscious mind‚ otherwise one would not know of his existence‚ who he is‚ and what he thinks (Damasio‚ 2010). At some point in time‚ the

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    much greater than those of WANs. Traditionally‚ have provided data rates from about 1 to 20 Mbps. High- speed LANs are now being developed. THE FACTORS THAT DISTINGUISH LOCAL AREA NETWORK FROM ALL OTHER KINDS NETWORKS There are three various factors that distinguishes between LANs and other kind of networks‚ these factors are; THE SIZE THE TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGY THE TOPOLOGY 1) SIZE LANs often use a transmission technology consisting of a single cable to which

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    The Cold War Did you know that during the Cold War over twenty million people died? It was a pretty devastating war. While the reason it is called the “Cold War” is because it never sparked into an actual war‚ there was still a lot of war going on. I’m here to tell you about the what happened during the Cold War. During the beginning of the Cold War (1947-1991)‚ America devised a strategy called “containment” (“Cold War History”). Containment meant that they would try to stop communism from spreading

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    The Cold War is considered a significant event in modern world history. Although‚ there were no actual bloodshed in this war‚ The Cold War is often described as a monumental moment in history. The Cold war was also frequently referred to as an arms race. As described on the website History.com‚ it is specifically “The name given to the tension that developed primarily between the United States and USSR after World War II”. The Cold War was a power struggle between communism and capitalism‚ and included

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    The Cold War was not only a time of competition between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ but also the breeding ground for the famous Second Red Scare in the heart of every U.S. citizen. In a time of post-war economic growth and prosperity‚ the film industry boomed‚ along with this red scare that draped over Hollywood like a dark cloud. In the fall of 1947‚ ten members of the Hollywood fil industry deprecated the campaigns commissioned by the House Un-American Activities Committees (HUAC)‚

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    The Cold War was the state of hostility that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II (Danzer R46). Though it did not involve direct military conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States (Danzer R46)‚ the start of the Cold War had many causes and the consequences affected both international issues and Americans’ everyday lives during the 1950s (CITE). TOPIC SENTENCE--- CAUSES‚ INTERNAL CONFLICT‚ EXTERNAL CONFLICT. The Cold War stemmed from a mutual mistrust

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