was not in those states and regions where conflict did arise. ‘From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic‚ an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw‚ Berlin‚ Prague‚ Vienna‚ Budapest‚ Belgrade‚ Bucharest and Sofia‚ all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet Sphere‚ and all are subject in one form or another‚ not only to Soviet influence
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tactics/ Fulton/ Greece/ Truman Doctrine/ Marshall Plan/ Cominform/ Czechoslovakia YALTA Conference (February 1945) 1. Churchill‚ Stalin and Roosevelt agreed to Divide Germany into 4 zones (France‚ Britain‚ USA‚ USSR)/ to hold free elections in Eastern European countries./ to set up the United Nations./ to set up a government of Communists and non Communists in Poland. 2. On the surface‚ everything seemed friendly‚ but there was tension behind the scenes POTSDAM Conference (July 1945) 1. At Potsdam
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takes advantage of the economies of different location to produce goods. For example- Indian labor is used by a lot of companies. To an extent IKEA does follow adaptation approach. For example IKEA has opened many emerging stores in Eastern Europe. The people of Eastern Europe have low purchasing power and accordingly IKEA has offered a smaller selection of furniture to fit the cramped living style typical in former Soviet bloc countries. IKEA follows a standardized approach with a touch of adaptation
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Germany. However‚ Truman wasn’t happy about the agreement‚ as he was worried that the countries in Eastern Europe would be under Stalin’s “sphere of influence”‚ meaning that Eastern Europe would be slowly turned into a communist country. But even though Truman did not approve of the “percentages agreement”‚ there wasn’t much he could do‚ as the Red Army was already occupying the territories in Eastern
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There comes time in the history of our world‚ where a quote defines and embodies the actual event. Some people remember both when both President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Present George W. Bush said those famous words regarding the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States‚ by saying‚ “it will be a date that will live in infamy”. Present Reagan‚ whom some would say had a memorable quote when it came to the end of the Cold War. On June 12‚ 1987
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from an advisory perspective (i.e. investment banking or consulting) and ultimately from a leadership role within a manufacturing entity‚ preferably a start-up venture. This prophecy‚ in part‚ has evolved from my past experiences in western and eastern Europe which‚ in turn‚ have formed my opinions about certain opportunities that should emerge in the future: there should be‚ with a good degree of certainty‚ immense windfall gains and comparative advantages for US-trained/thinking business leaders
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Nowadays‚ rising transportation and labor costs in the manufacturing centers in the coastal regions of China also have manufacturers eying Eastern Europe and pulling manufacturing back to Europe from China and India because container costs and fuel costs favoring local production. The trend is evident with a number of companies who are now setting up factories in Eastern Europe to move at least part of their manufacturing back. Example: Wal-Mart buys most of its plastic products from China. Those
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Curtain‚ which was the division of a free‚ democratic West and a totalitarian East. Socially‚ NATO and the COMECON were established‚ which formed the west and east into different blocs. Politically‚ the soviet assertion of dominance in Eastern Europe gained momentum in Eastern Europe and economically‚ Germany was separated into two separate states. Socially -NATO= North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Included Belgium‚ the Netherlands‚ Luxembourg‚ France‚ Britain‚ Italy‚ Denmark‚ Norway‚ Portugal‚ Iceland
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There is a debate among historians about whether or not the Cold War was inevitable. Some argue that despite their alliance during World War II (WWII)‚ the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) had conflicting ideologies and postwar plans in Europe such that the Cold War was inevitable. However‚ there is evidence to support that the Cold War was not inevitable. Roosevelt and Churchill’s commitment to the Big Three‚ Stalin’s actual goals after WWII‚ and the Soviet position on the inevitability
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Immigration in the United States is a complex demographic activity that has been a major contribution to population growth and cultural change throughout much of the nation’s history. The many aspects of immigration have controversy in economic benefits‚ jobs for non-immigrants‚ settlement patterns‚ crime‚ and even voting behavior. Congress has passed many laws that have to do with immigrants especially in the 19th century such as the Naturalization Act of 1870‚ and the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882
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