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    One of the most brutal battles in American history is the civil war. This battle was a battle was a make or break moment for the U.S. One argument about the civil war was on the generals. Historians are still arguing this question. Who was a better general Robert E Lee or Ulysses S. Grant. Unfortunately this question does not have an official answer on which general is better. People often speculate that question. Ulysses S. Grant was a better general than Robert E Lee because the north won the

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    Question 1: Why were the U.S. and the U. S. S. R suspicious of each other after WWII‚ and what events between 1945 and 1949 heightened the tensions between two nations? The mistrust between these two countries has been there even before the WWII because they had different beliefs and different goals. The U.S.S.R was a Communist country controlled by a dictator that was not respecting a freedom of human rights comparing to the USA that was a capitalist democracy with valued freedom and human rights

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    Chapter 8: From a World War to a Cold War (Contains Cuban Missile Crisis) Why did Cold War break out? This portion of the content deals with the reasons for the outbreak of the Cold War between the USA and the USSR Competing Ideologies: The Cold War confrontation between the USA and the USSR was a clash between the opposing ideologies of Communism (USSR) and Democracy (USA) Supporters of Democracy felt that Communism was akin to slavery and that only Democracy could offer freedom. On the

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    private steel factory owned by Electro Steel Casting Ltd. 40 kms from Bokaro. All 500 workers employed in the plant are local workers. 100 workers’ services were terminated for participating in union formation activities. JKMU organised a dharna and blockades with the help of local villagers and forced management to reinstate all workers. The Deputy Labour Commissioner also put pressure on management to take back the workers or else the factory license would be cancelled. The newly formed union held meetings

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    Was The Use Of The Atomic Bomb Justifiable? "The use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender..." Admiral William D. Leahy (Alperovitz‚The Decision To Use The Atomic Bomb‚ date of publication unknown) There have been many issues involved with the use of the atomic bomb because of the high cost of lives‚ and that it was considered to be immoral and unethical. However it

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    Cold War Research Paper The Cold War was a competitive rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union. It lasted from the late 1940s until 1991‚ which was the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Berlin Airlift and the Vietnam War altered the worldwide bond between the Western Powers‚ Soviet Union‚ and Vietnam. These two historic conflicts that occurred during the Cold War impacted the nations involved. The Berlin Airlift was one of the greatest aviation engagements in history; while on the

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    throughout Europe. 2) During the rule of Napoleon‚ there were some challenges his empire had to face. Napoleon intended the Continental System to impact the British economy greatly. This was a system in which Napoleon ordered his empire to set up a blockade to discontinue trade with Britain. He hoped this would lead him to victory but it did not. Although‚ Napoleon was successful in plummeting Britain’s economy‚ it resulted in affecting the economies of the European Continent. Not only did the economy

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    This cartoon was published on October 30‚ 1962 immediately after the thirteen days of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Edmund Valtmun. After 13 days of being on the brink of war‚ Khrushchev finally agreed to remove the nuclear missiles from Cuba. This cartoon depicts Khrushchev doing just that by way of dentistry in the mouth of Cuban leader Castro‚ saying “This Hurts Me More Than it Hurts You‚” revealing that the removal of missiles in Cuba ultimately meant that Khrushchev had lost the non-combat

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    After the First World War had ceased on the 11th of November 1918‚ there were a lot of negotiations on the issue of how to sustain peace‚ and how to treat the Central Powers‚ which consisted namely of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Turkey and Bulgaria. France wanted urgent reparation for the damages Germany had caused‚ and did not consider giving her a “mild punishment”‚ such as the one Britain had suggested. There are several important reasons as to why the Central Powers lost World War One. During this

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    Position Paper: Agenda 1 Country: France “Peace cannot be built through violence. Peace is built on the basis of dialogue and of negotiation between sides.” The alternative sieges‚ blockades‚ rocket fires and capture of hostages among many other attacks that imperil the Gaza Strip have made it a region of open prolonged fighting.The French government expresses deep concern over the escalating violence in Gaza since the beginning. France appreciates the efforts of the Security Council which

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