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    Cold War in Guatemala

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    The Cold War in Guatemala Guatemala is known for being one of the most dangerous countries in Central America; nevertheless‚ it is not its fault that it is the way it is. During the Cold War there were many factors involved and many events that led to the Guatemala of today. It all began with the election of Colonel Arbenz during the “Ten Years of Springtime” which ended because President Eisenhower was influenced by his connections to Guatemala´s “state within a state‚” (TWT) the United Fruit

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    Beginning Of Cold War

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    1. What was the Cold War? The Cold War was the tense relationship between the United States (and its allies) and the Soviet Union (USSR‚ and its allies) between the end of World War II and the demise of the Soviet Union; i.e. the years 1945-1991. This war was unlike other wars in that two sides never clashed directly in battle. 2. Why did the Soviet Union want to have a buffer zone between itself and Western Europe? The Soviet Union wanted to have a buffer zone between itself because they

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    Political systems are built in a country to manage the institutions of resource allocation‚ citizen’s rights and national security. When the government is no longer satisfactorily maintaining these institutions‚ political change is bound to occur. In Latin America‚ during the 30’s and 40’s‚ the governments of Brazil and Argentina failed and therefore political revolutions overthrew the old regimes. Getulio Vargas and Juan Peron rose to power with Populist platforms appealing to the masses. In order to maintain

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    Surviving the Cold War

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    SURVIVING THE COLD WAR By Stevenisa Eustace Surviving The Cold War When America dropped a bomb on Japan in 1945 it marked the end of World War 2 and the beginning of the Cold War. The government urged citizens to be prepared for the worst; AN ATOMIC BOMB. It was a time of extreme fear. It was a time to take measures in your own

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    Cold War Paper

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    cold w. Conclude with one question for further study on the Cold War era Describe the historical and political conditions of the Cold War era. The Cold War is increasingly treated as a historical period that customarily begins in 1947‚ when the Truman Doctrine sought to contain communism and the expansion of Soviet influence‚ and ends with the decline and fall of the Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc in the late 1980s. My thoughts are that this event occurred after war world II between

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    Cold War and Wwii

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    TERM PAPER The Cold War: What are the origins of the Cold War? What led to the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War? How is this war different from World War II? Societies have prospered from war for as long as we can remember. Ever since the US was founded we have been fighting wars. We have even fought against ourselves to provide freedom to others. Coming into the late 1940 ’s the classification of war had changed. A different type of war emerged known as the Cold War. This was a new

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    When analyzing the ways in which the Cold War manifested itself in the American psyche throughout the post-war period‚ the need to maintain order at stability at home are central. Beginning after WWII‚ Americans looked for a “return to normalcy” to cope with the losses of wartime; the results were magnificent—large economic boom following a short recession‚ massive consumer revolution‚ and advances in science‚ health‚ and technology. Together‚ this created an overall wave of optimism that provided

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    associated with Latin culture ("Marriage Trends in Latin America: A Fact Sheet"). As noted in “Marriage Trends in Latin America: A Fact Sheet‚” (2011) document from the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center website‚ Brazil did not make divorce legal until 1977. “In recent times‚ due to more Western cultural adaptations and increased financial autonomy‚ women face less of a stigma when divorcing and have greater freedom to choose this option ("Marriage Trends in Latin America: A Fact Sheet")

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    Cold War Tensions

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    The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was one of the defining conflicts of the twentieth century. Tensions between America and Soviet Union grew out after World War. The Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union went on for much of the second half of the 20th century. Rivalry led to raised tension‚ mutual suspicions thoughts concerning each other and last an array of worldwide incidents that brought the world’s superpowers close to a disaster.

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    Cold War Essay

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    that was used during the cold war was mostly nuclear weapons. While the Soviet Union had been taking over other nation‚ the United States have been recruiting nation to defeat the Soviet Union. Even though they had more nations the Soviet Union had not taking over the world. In this world it take many years just to settle who would be the top nation. At the end of the cold war Soviet Union fell but the United States just did not win by the original goals of the Korean War‚ Cuban missile crisis‚ and

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