the way the American people interacted and also how they took their minds off the stress of day to day life. The Forties was also a transformative time for jazz in how they were arranged to the addition of certain instruments. The birth of computers‚ NATO‚ and the start of the manhattan project. One of the biggest things the forties is known for is the Second World War. A big change that came with the war was that women began working outside the home in large numbers due to the need to replace men
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a nation does in relation to other nations. The CIA runs intelligence operations worldwide‚ while the Department of Homeland Security is tasked with protecting America from terrorist attacks. The US is part of many national security conglomerates‚ NATO being the most prominent. The UN exists to create peace between nations‚ through diplomatic efforts instead of war. American foreign policy is a very important aspect of the government‚ and serves to protect the United States. The United States began
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The Korean War was the first major ‘proxy war’ of the Cold War‚ and was relatively significant to the development of the Cold War due to a number of factors. Overall it can be seen as a clear example of the United States’ policy of containment in action‚ leading to the vast growth of America’s military capability‚ as well as the globalisation of the Cold War due to the military alliances constructed by the US. Along with this‚ the Korean War ended with the emergence of China as the frontrunner of
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The 1940’s was dominated by numerous major events which would influence and shape the future of the American society. Some of the events that took place in the 1940’s involved breaking the sound barrier‚ the NBA being founded‚ NATO being established‚ and of course World War 2 along with many more events. Life back then was nothing like it was today. Most of the men were off fighting in the war‚ minimum wage was $0.43‚ and the women were trying to support their families. The base of the 1940’s revolved
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Germany unification Why? Growing ties between the two Germany’s and a certain revival of a sense of German national identity preceded reunification during the 1980s. With the decline of the USSR and the end of the cold war and the fall of the Berlin wall allowed for German unification in 1990s. When? How? On October 3rd 1990 GDR and FRG were formally united. German reunification posed the challenge of introducing new markets to an economy with none. The formerly communist German Democratic
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In 1776 a new nation was born in the western world. The Declaration of Independence birthed the United States of America. The same forefathers that drafted the declaration‚ including George Washington‚ all took part in establishing a new form of foreign policy‚ known as unilateralism. (Encyclopedia.com‚ 2008) In its infancy‚ unilateralism in the United States‚ then referred to as “isolationism”‚ focused on one guiding principle that is still followed today: never agree to a policy that benefits another
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In 1961‚ a wall divided the city of Berlin‚ Germany. People crowd the streets begging for food. Armed guards keep the crowd under control. Chaos ensues the scene. This was a pivotal time in the Cold War between democracies and communist governments‚ particularly the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War caused the two major powers to clash‚ leaving people in fear of a nuclear war. U.S. officials had the near impossible task of predicting the endeavors of Nikita Khrushchev‚ the leader
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The character of the 21st century will be war-prone. It is not possible for mankind to renounce of organized violence. The nuclear threat is not banned‚ despite all the progress. The global society has a new warfare‚ which the soldier is replaced by hackers. Initial hopes for a world without war after the end of the Cold War were sadly disappointed. Although‚ initially the immediate threat to mankind was banished with an all-out nuclear missile war‚ but a large number of military conflicts and
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impacts the United States missions and jeopardizes many lives. The espionage act of 1917 was enacted to improve national security for the war effort of World War One. Sergeant First Class Clyde Lee Conrad conducted espionage against the United States and NATO allies. Within this paper you will learn how Conrad was able to go against the interests of the country he swore an oath to‚ and the under lying reasons. The Information leaked by Conrad was enormous and greatly impacted the security
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To what extent was the Soviet Union responsible for the origins of the Cold War? (15 marks) The Cold War was the periods of hostility and high tension between USA and USSR that stopped just short of war‚ in the time period 1945 to 1991‚ and sometimes dated back to 1917. It was essentially an ideological conflict between the communist USSR and the capitalist USA‚ which was marked with arms race‚ economic rivalry‚ development of huge espionage networks‚ propaganda and proxy wars‚ formation of the
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