ideological tensions of the East and West Blocs. The ideological systems of the two powers were viewed as being complete opposites in their goals and experienced increasing animosity toward each other. This in turn influenced the economic policies that drove the main powers of the Cold War even further apart. By far‚ the biggest contributor to the formation of the Cold War was the fact that both sides believed the communist Soviet Union and the capitalist west ideologies were incompatible with each
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economy (1945-1991) When de Second World War finished in 1945 Germany was divided in two parts‚ the east part‚ the German democratic republic was under the influence of the URSS. The west part was formed by the zone liberated by the USA army during the war and also west Berlin ( berlin was in the east part nevertheless the west part was a lander of east Germany and was separated from the rest by the famous Berlin wall) it was a real democracy and a capitalist country. East Germany was a socialist country;
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portion became American‚ British‚ and French zones‚ whilst the east was given to the Soviet Union. They will be more commonly known later as the eastern and western zones‚ after the American zone combined powers with the British and French areas. The west was controlled by a capitalist style government that focused on economic recovery from the bloody war that left millions of German people homeless. The east was ran
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economic effects of free movement in between West and East Berlin. Since the division of the city‚ East Germans had been able‚ with enough money‚ to leave the GDR through Berlin which was described as a “gap in the Iron Curtain”. Between 1949 and 1961 in fact‚ up to 4 million had fled to the Western Germany‚ around 20‚000 per month by 1960. Most of these were skilled workers‚ educated professionals and scientists attracted to the wealth and prosperity of the west as well as dissatisfied with the political
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as early as 100‚000 years ago‚ by way of the bering straight and about thirty thousand years ago in a worldwide maritime undertaking that included journeys from the then wet and lake filled Sahara towards the Indian Ocean and the Pacific‚ and from West Africa across the Atlantic Ocean towards the Americas. According to the Gladwin Thesis‚ this ancient journey occurred‚ particularly about 75‚000 years ago and included Black Pygmies‚ Black Negritic peoples and Black Australoids similar to the Aboriginal
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apart – literally so‚ he is systematically divested of body parts – teeth‚ eye‚ thumb‚ scalp‚ leg – with painful regularity as he seeks to make his fortune and lay claim to that mythical‚ tarnished dream of American wealth and happiness. In doing this‚ West explains‚ his intention was to ‘rewrit[e] the Horatio Alger myth – from barge boy to president of from shirt-sleeves to shirt-sleeves in one generation.’ It is hard to tell whether one likes or dislikes this novel. It is a peculiar‚ hallucinatory
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1.1. Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” In my opinion‚ this is probably the best album by Kanye West. My opinion is based on the realization that this album includes elements from Kanye’s all previous four albums. It has a soul sampled based production of 2004’s The College Dropout‚ the symphonic sound of Late Registration‚ the gloss of 2007’s Graduation‚ and the emotions and elements of electro music of 2008’s 808s & Heartbreak (EW Staff‚ 2010). Kanye spent $3 million to produce this
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II. After the war‚ the Allied Powers split Germany into four sections: American‚ British‚ and French powers controlled the west while the Soviet Union controlled the east. As the relationship between the Soviet Union and Western allied powers became increasingly hostile‚ the cooperative atmosphere in Germany turned competitive and aggressive. Also‚ living conditions in West Germany and East Germany became distinctly different. On 24 June 1948 the Soviets‚ who occupied East Berlin‚ decided to
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The Berlin wall was built to efficiently cut-off Soviet-controlled East Berlin from the capitalistic west and stop East-Berliners fleeing towards the west (due to better economic conditions on the other side). Throughout the decades after the initial construction‚ the wall was improved and upgraded to become a virtually impermeable monument to oppression. It had mines‚ barbed wire‚ electric fences and guard posts. The population of East Berlin was forced to build the wall on the night of November
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The Berlin Wall Was a wall ordered to be erected in July of 1961 by Walter Ulbricht. It was built to separate the USSR controlled East Germany and the modern West Germany which was shared by France‚ Britain and the United States of America. It served it’s purpose and kept millions of East Germans trapped on their side of the country. The presence of the Berlin Wall changed Europe and ended the Soviet Dream of communism. The wall fell as quickly as it was built in November of 1989. One of the most
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