marked use of statistics‚ questions‚ comparisons‚ contrasts‚ and quotations from many sources. Statistics make up a large part of Dillard’s rhetorical evidence. “Two million children die a year from diarrhea‚ and 800‚000 from measles. Do we blink? Stalin starved 7 million Ukrainians in one year‚ Pol Pot killed 1 million Cambodians‚ the flu epidemic of 1918 killed 21 or 22 million people… shall this go on?” Dillard bombards us with overwhelming numbers to get an emotional pull out of the reader‚ and
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After the ending of World War II l‚ the United States and the Soviet Union rejoiced. The worst war in human history was over. However‚ the peace did not last. The United States and Soviet Union had many ideological differences. The Soviet Union was the birthplace of communism and a huge proponent of it. Communism and capitalism are directly opposites. This caused tension between the countries which eventually led to the culmination of the Cold War. It was an obvious fact that the Soviet Union wanted
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the blessing of the United Nations and the other in the north under the direction of the Soviet Union. Observing this Soviet posture on the Korean peninsula‚ North Korean leader Kim Il-sung asked for Soviet support to arm North Korean forces and Stalin fully supported Kim and secured newly-born Communist China’s support for the cause. Judging that it needed a buffer zone against the West and Soviet aid for nation building‚ the Chinese government readily accepted a role to aid North Korea‚ specifically
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refused to answer any more questions until he consulted with officials from Berlin. Many reports came in to Stalin‚ who opposed the idea that Germany would invade‚ hinting that Germany would start the invasion within the coming hours. Stalin could not come to terms that the situation was becoming out of his control. That night‚ after long discussions with senior commanders of the Red Army5‚ Stalin agreed to dispatch a signal to all military-district headquarters in the West. The message read‚ “In the
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The Katyn Wood Massacre (1940) remains a topic of interest as it questions the motives behind the hidden agenda of the USSR. The truth behind the massacre was hidden for more than fifty years‚ while the USSR upheld the guise that the Germans were responsible for the massacre. It is theorized that both the USA and Great Britain were aware of the massacre at the hands of the USSR‚ however‚ they protected the USSR as she was an allied force and they needed her aid. This poses the question of whether
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Ralph B. Levering’s The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History Review by JD Sharp Ralph B. Levering breaks down the complexities of the Cold War into phases‚ allowing readers to digest the information with ease in The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History. Based on his previous works‚ it would seem as Levering is qualified to write on this topic. Levering Received his advanced degree from Princeton University. He currently history teaches at Davidson College and has taught at a myriad of other
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Putin’s presidency has always retained elements of theatricality. Ever since his inauguration‚ the State orchestrates every public appearance he makes in order to portray him as a robust figure that contrasts starkly from the decrepit Yeltsin. Putin’s power‚ after he instituted the “vertical of power” and picked all the members of his advisory body‚ is minimally regulated: if he wants something he just takes it and does not explain his rationale to anyone (Dawisha 272-273). In this regard‚ he is
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Leadership & Management‚ MBA 710 November 17‚ 2009 Communist Leaders of the 20th Century Vladimir Lenin‚ Ho Chi Minh and Moa Zedong were all leaders who were visionaries and revolutionaries who changed the world. They used communist ideals and propaganda to engage peasants and the working class to fight for freedom and to preserve their cultural values. Each leader and his followers successfully changed the economic and political structure of their countries as well as influencing
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the leaders‚ Adolph Hitler and Stalin. During Adolph Hitler’s time‚ the government had absolute control over everything. This could also be called totalitarianism‚ which was frowned upon by 1984’s author‚ George Orwell. Hitler had complete power over the daily life‚ hunger‚ and even the "vaporization" mentioned in 1984. Big Brother‚ the omnipotent leader in 1984‚ also had complete and total jurisdiction over the lives of every character in the novel. Stalin‚ the second leader of the Soviet
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Sidimohammed Mbarki Professor Whittaker History 3352 Fall 05 Wanderings Through an Inferno: An Analysis of the Great Terror as Seen Through the Eyes of Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg The following paper will be an analysis of "The Great Terror‚" that is‚ the arrest and often execution of millions of Russian and Russian minorities from 1936 to 1938‚ carried out by the Soviet secret police‚ known as‚ and hereafter referred to as the NKVD. The analysis will use Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg’s‚
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