"To what extent can the Korean War be regarded as a Cold War proxy war?" The Cold War was the continuing state of political conflict‚ military tension‚ proxy wars‚ and economic competition existing after World War II between the Communist World – primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies – and the powers of the Western world‚ primarily the United States and its allies. The Korean War was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea‚ supported by the United Nations‚ and
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Lewcock/Filice World Core 3/4 11 March 2013 War to End All Wars In history‚ World War I was one of the most important wars; it has historically been referred to as the “War to end all Wars.” It exposed the good and bad a war can create. Gandhi’s quote about violence says‚ “the good is only temporary‚” but “the evil it does is permanent.” Historically‚ the “good” is shown throughout World War I‚ as when people initially believed the war was beneficial‚ enabling people to demonstrate
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The Korean War The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea. However it was fought between people who wanted Communist rule in Korea versus people who wanted freedom and democracy. It had no winners. All it had was people who lost their lives. Korea is a peninsula adjacent to China on the west. On the east‚ across the East Sea lies Japan. Korea is approximately 5000 square miles. It is about the size of Utah and is very mountainous. (Oberdorfer‚ 3) In Korea lies the most militarized
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The Just War Tradition is a justification for how and why wars are fought. A just cause is clearly the most important rule setting the tone for everything else.1 The two basic rights for a just cause are the rights of the state and those of individual citizens. International law affirms these rights and further identifies legitimate governments (states) to have rights.2 To be legitimate the state must be recognized as legitimate by its people and by the international community. The state avoids
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The Peloponnesian war was fought between the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta‚ from 431 B.C. through 404 B.C.The Persian war was a series of battles between the Greek city states and the Persians. Both of these wars were significant to the unity and disunity of the Greeks during the fourth century. Throughout these wars‚ it at times brought city states together and other times created turmoil within Greek society. Between 490 and 479 B.C.E the Persians wanted to place their own tyrants to rule
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Compare Chinese New Year with American New Year Difference: Following is two differences between two customs. Dates are different: The Chinese New Year is based on lunar--calendar‚ but the American New Year is based on solar—calendar. So‚ both the dates of New Year are different even if the New Years are on January 1. Festivities are different: In the America‚ Americans like to have parties at New Year’s Eve. At ten seconds before midnight‚ people count down. After. People hug and kiss
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Success Is An Option I Choose November 11‚ 2012 Professor John Kennedy Success Is An Option I Choose It is possible to be born into a successful family‚ but it is not possible to be born successful. The responsibility of being successful falls greatly upon me as an individual. While others can give an opinion‚ theory‚ or share their beliefs it is ultimately up to me to make my own decisions. At most I can adopt someone’s beliefs‚ I can imitate their actions‚ or even mimic their
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The Election of 1996 Clinton vs. Dole In the 1996 election between Clinton and Dole‚ most of the issues at hand were social instead of economical or issues regarding foreign policy leaving a lot of room for mud slinging and taking shots at one another through campaigning and commercial advertisement. In 1994 the Republicans gained control over both houses‚ giving them great influence over legislation. House Speaker Newt Gingrich had constructed the Republicans’ “Contract with America” which was
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The cold war was marked by a conflict that spanned from 1947 to1991 involving subtle surveillance in the biggest cities of the world to violent battles in the tropical jungles of Vietnam. Its general ideas were for the United States to hinder the spread of communism or for the Soviet Union to expand their communist government. With this the cold war largely influenced the economic‚ revolutionary‚ and humanitarian aid of both rivaling nations for areas that suffered the most after World War II. Their
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Total No. of Pages: Register Number: 5753 Name of the Candidate: M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION‚ 2010 (ENGLISH) (FIRST YEAR) (PAPER-III) 530. ROMANTIC AND VICTORIAN PERIODS Nov] [Time : 3 Hours Maximum : 100 Marks SECTION-A Answer any FIVE questions (5×8=40) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 1. a) To
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