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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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    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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    Development of the Cold War

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    was Berlin to the development and outbreak of the Cold War‚ 1945-1961? The first period of time we need to look at is the year of 1945‚ when the Second World War ended. This was also the year when the Yalta‚ in February 1945‚ and the Potsdam Conference‚ in July 1945‚ was hold in order to discuss certain problems and plans that occurred or should have been done after the end of war. The tensions‚ which had lead to the beginning of the Cold War started to emerge more intensively at those two conferences

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    Cold War Globalization

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    Nicholas Powell Dr. Reinhold Wagnleitner Fall 2014 American Power in a Globalizing World How has globalization impacted American power following the Cold War? Since I am not only a History major that has been focusing on both American and European history‚ I am also a Global Studies minor. One important conclusion that I have come to is that the events in a particular location‚ usually have global ramifications. Ramifications normally present themselves in the form of changes in policy‚ research

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    Our world is plagued. Never thought that things would end up this way. Without warning nations fell‚ bodies stacked‚ and there’s very few survivors left. At least that’s what I think... They said this would be for the greater good‚ but seems like the total opposite. “This is a new era in warfare!”‚ “World peace at last!”‚ their voices scream in my head. To me‚ it’s all bullcrap. Look at where it got us. No world peace. No safe haven. I look and see emptiness.The city is empty‚ quiet‚ and lifeless

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    Cold War Dbq

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    locked in a Cold War. For about forty-three years‚ although no war between the superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union was ever officially declared‚ the leaders of the democratic West and the Communist East faced off against each other. The war was a dreadful time for both sides‚ keeping all citizens on edge. Many major events in global history including the rise of the Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile Crisis were related to the Cold War. There were many fears of the Cold War that the

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    The orthodox view of the Cold War’s origins was challenged by antithesis known as “revisionism”. Revisionists proposed new emphases its reasoning by stressing on the importance of American pursuit of its economic survival and that the Soviet Union was not solely to blame for the Cold War. Revisionists such as William A. Williams explained the emergence of the Cold War in terms of “dollar diplomacy”. Revisionists view the U.S foreign policy as inherently linked to the needs of Capitalism. In his

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    Cold War Dbq

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    Cold War DBQ Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1 -- 14. (Some of the documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that: • Provides an appropriate‚ explicitly stated thesis that directly addresses all parts of the question and does NOT simply restate the question. • Discusses a majority of documents individually

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    Causes Of The Cold War

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    across the globe‚ exhausting all powers of social‚ military‚ and economic influence to further develop democratic policies. In 1945‚ one large-scale war was concluded and another one had just begun. Even though there was not a direct military campaign between two key adversaries‚ the Cold War continued roughly for about 45 long years. It was named Cold because no actual fighting took place‚ but both the U.S. and USSR were bulking up their militaries‚ as if they had both been infiltrated or attacked

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    Sputnik and the Cold War

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    The Launch of Sputnik Russian Studies On October 4‚ 1957‚ when the Soviet Union Launched the first artificial satellite‚ Sputnik I‚ people all over the world would see a new age of technology. The launch of Sputnik added a lot more tension to the cold war. While the Sputnik launch was a single event‚ it marked the start of the space age and the U.S‚ U.S.S.R space race. The Sputnik launch changed everything. As a technical achievement‚ Sputnik caught the

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