"not one of these crusades ever enlisted Emily Dickinson’s energies" (Gifford 14). Even the devastating Civil War produced little direct inspiration for her work‚ as she "refused to join the Union march" or "make bandages" (Gifford 15). This was the reason critics glossed over the Civil War when analyzing Dickinson’s poems‚ it had been believed she did not care about it. Yet‚ in the 1980’s three poems of Dickinson’s were discovered in a newspaper for the Union cause. While it could have been written
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After World War II‚ the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as two of the strongest powers in the world. Each had a strong influence on the rest of the world‚ and as a result of this‚ they faced half a century of conflict. While America held strong to its democracy‚ the USSR was convinced that communism was superior‚ and before long‚ the Cold War began. During the Cold War‚ the struggle between American Democracy and Soviet Communism brought about a newfound pride in the American way of life
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The Cold War is used to describe the conflictive relationship between the US and the Soviet Union after World War II‚ which the two powers fought through proxy wars‚ yet they themselves never fought against each other directly and physically. During World War II‚ the US and USSR were allies because they had the same enemy‚ which was Nazi Germany led by Adolf Hitler and the Japanese; however‚ the mutual enemy was the only reason why the two super powers cooperated. In fact‚ the leaders of the two
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The American people have questioned Harry S. Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb for years. Some people believe the release of the bomb was beneficial to both parties involved in the war‚ however others believe that it was cruel and unnecessary. Either way the decision was one that caused many people to speculate‚ asking questions such as; did the release of the bomb prevent the death of millions of the Japanese and Americans‚ or was the United States trying to show the Soviet Union how much
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should be evaluated. The idea of a credible and effective CFSP has been a constant theme of European integration since the early 1950’s. The failure of the EDC Project in 1950’s was followed by “Fouchet Plan”in 1960’s. After two desperate initiatives‚ last but successful initiative was the establishment of European Political Cooperation (EPC) in 1970’s and 1980’s which enabled the construction of the CFSP in large scale. The modest experience of the EPC‚ therefore laid the framework for the establishment
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After the American Civil War in 1865 the United States entered a period called the Era of Reconstruction. The Civil War left the South in shambles‚ economically‚ infrastructurally‚ and socially. Therefore‚ the responsibility of repairing the South fell on the United States government. The physical damage of the war was the first to be addressed. The government was not only repairing physical damage‚ but economic damage‚ too. The Civil War destroyed the South’s economy‚ with many plantations and farms
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Google would define communism as “advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.” Communism is exactly what Americans wanted to prevent during the Cold War. The Cold War started on March 12‚ 1947‚ when Europe had been split in half. Soon after World War I was over‚ an economic and political war between capitalist and communist countries‚ America and the Soviet Union began. Subsequently
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COMMUNISM IN POLAND ! ! By the end of the Second World War a Communist regime had taken power with the help of the Soviet Union. Poland was a satellite state of the U.S.S.R‚ and were ruled by a one-party Communist regime‚ since the takeover during the Cold War (1945). The Cold War was a brief time of tension between the Untied Sates of America (U.S.A) and the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R). Without actual combat‚ the war lasted from 1945 to 1991. The U.S.S.R was trying to gain total power and
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Why did the UK lose its status as a world power after the Second World War? The two World Wars had a tremendous impact on the British economy. Similarly but worse than the World War l‚ Britain experienced a huge loss of her wealth after the Second World war (1939‐1945). The extinction of British Empire mainly started with the outbreak of the Second World War. As a result her status as a world power weakened. There are many various factors that affected Britain so that she lost economic and political
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Empire) will win the war .I feel this way because before the start of the war Germany and Austria-Hungary have very strong military powers ‚ their powers even stronger than Britain and France. Moreover ‚ the Russian economy was becoming very poor and because of this communism is going to take over the country and The Russian army will exit the war in 1917.Moreover‚ Germany and Austria – Hungary are part of the same race so they will help each other in the war. I feel the alliance
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