has been through so many wars including domestic war‚ and foreign war. War created this great country; since war has effect the US from the beginning‚ it is one of the important element to create this country. Cold War is considered as a significant war that effect the Modern World history. The Cold War was a persistent condition of political and military pressures between the Communist and Capitalist nations‚ principally the Americans and the Soviets‚ after World War II. These strains were somewhat
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and how should they be treated? Following World War I‚ many nations agreed the treatment of prisoners was unacceptable. As the community of nations worked to address the horrible treatment of prisoners‚ they drafted changes to the international treaties known as the Geneva Conventions. Many nations agreed to these standards of treatment for prisoners of war‚ including the German government. World War II was the first major conflict where these new standards of treatment were used. During World
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The Coldest of Wars The exact definition of a cold war is a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats‚ propaganda and other measures short of open warfare‚ in particular. Many historians believe that the Cold War officially started at the end of World War 2 but others will argue that it began with the October Revolution in Russia in 1917.With many primary sources like‚ The Marshall Plan‚ The George Kennan’s famous long telegram‚ the Nonproliferation Treaty‚ the Cuban
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Examine the impact of Soviet policy during the Cold War on the Middle East. The Middle East played an influential role during the Cold War as the Soviet Union attempted to incorporate it into its sphere of influence through implementing an expansionist foreign policy. These policies towards the Middle East were not homogenous‚ rather changing with events of the Cold War and the leadership changes within the Soviet Union. These policies have seen an array of positive and negative outcomes take
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economic unbalance‚ political corruption and severe gang wars. Guatemala is a developing country with a population of sixteen million inhabitants‚ which makes it the most populated country in Central America. Approximately seventy six percent (twelve million) of the population of Guatemala lives under the poverty line and expresses no trust in the police. (Taft-Morales) Guatemala is considered one of the most dangerous nations in the world with a rate of 34 homicides per 100‚000 people. (Taft-Morales)
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The purpose of this essay is to prove that Cold War had an enormous impact on society and institutions of US. This effect will be demonstrated on the basis of a few examples. First of all‚ I must mention Central Intelligence Agency which was created in 1947. CIA frequently support anticommunists in Europe inter alia in Greece. They attempt to deliver weapons and ammunition for fighters against socialists in the civil war. CIA tried also to uncover KGB activities in the USA. In the 50s agency had
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On December 25‚ 1991‚ the Soviet Union flag lowered for the last time. With the lowering of the flag‚ Mikhail Gorbachev resigns from the post of President. As changes are occurring from Gorbachev’s steady hand‚ people all around the world watched in disbelief as the Soviet Union was split into separate nations peacefully. These changes could not have transpired without the revolution that Gorbachev brought forward. His reform efforts would be the eventual catalyst towards demanded freedom from
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and Cuban Missile Crisis happened during the Cold War. This was a tense event following World War II. This almost caused Russia and US to be involved in a nuclear war. Another symbol of the Cold War was the Iron Curtain which divided the Soviet Union after World War II from Europe by the Berlin Wall. Soviet Union built this this wall to prevent people from leaving the Soviet Union and prevent interaction with Europe. People were segregated from the rest of the world. This tension between the United
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Throughout the Cold War‚ Soviet culture was something feared by nations outside the Iron Curtain‚ but embraced by those inside it. This was likely correlated with communism‚ and many nations were forced to take upon the Soviet way of life. In Central Asian countries especially‚ Soviet control allowed Soviet culture to spread and endanger traditional culture. It all began with Bolshevik forces conquering the region of Central Asia‚ which in the modern day consists of: Kazakhstan‚ Kyrgyzstan‚ Tajikistan
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During Stalin’s Soviet Union during‚ it is recorded that some economic factors were considered‚ while some were disregarded due to the uprising of industrialisation‚ collectivisation and command economy‚ which had effected the Russian population in a negative way. Industrialisation‚ collectivisation and command economy were to be seen as the major economic factors regarded by Stalin during his rule‚ as it helped and achieved his belief of “Socialism in One Country”. Understanding the concept of collectivisation
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