and democratisation. But once glasnost let people say what they thought‚ many people said: "We want out." By December 1991‚ the Soviet Union ceased to exist. Gorbachev’s foreign policy‚ which he called "new thinking"‚ also contributed to the Cold War’s end. Gorbachev said that security was a game from which all could benefit through co-operation. Rather than try to build as many nuclear weapons as possible‚ he proclaimed a doctrine of "sufficiency"‚ holding only a minimal number for protection
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War‚ in particular‚ persists largely‚ in part‚ due to fear. During the Cold War‚ the United States operated on a fear of communism spreading called the domino theory. In the minds of US leaders at the time‚ the emergence of communism in China and the Soviet Union would lead to its further spread in surrounding countries‚ weakening western hegemony and threatening the current world order that conveniently allowed the US to comfortably rule at the top. As such‚ proxy wars sprout up all
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The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy Ryan Butler Darryl Nettles POL300 02 September 2012 Summarize a situation that required U.S. diplomatic efforts during President Reagan’s time in office. The situation that required U.S. diplomatic involvement was the Reagan Doctrine. In the 1980 election‚ Ronald Reagan advocated the elimination of all assistance to the Nicaraguan government. As a candidate‚ he ran on a platform that condemned the "Marxist Sandinista takeover of Nicaragua" and pledged support
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In the Cold War‚ propaganda played a major role in politics in order to ensure that moral and support for the government stayed high. Propaganda was used to influence the general public’s opinions on people‚ such as Castro‚ political preferences‚ such as communism‚ and events‚ such as the Cuban revolution‚ Bay of Pigs‚ and Cuban missile crisis. One such example of the propaganda in a newspaper article from the New York Times on January 31‚ 1961. This article was used in multiple newspapers. The article
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Aljazeera to watch the news about Syrian civil war. The Syrian civil war is an ongoing conflict that’s happening in current time. The problem started in early spring of 2011 within the context of “Arab spring” protest and nationwide demonstrations against the policy of the Syrian government. Although the United States of America has a policy of intervention and involvement in country like Syria‚ they should not do it because it could increase the civil war even more‚ it could make even more people immigrate
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The Cold War is often thought of a war only between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States of America‚ however that is not the case. There were proxy wars in countries like Vietnam‚ Korea and Pakistan. The Cold War itself is a complicated subject that was seen as “good (capitalism)” vs. bad (communism)”‚ which in itself was a bad idea that wouldn’t allow for a case by case analysis of the conflicts around the world. But in a time of “Domino Theory”‚ President Eisenhower’s
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During the cold war years there was too much hysteria. Not only in the United States but the whole world had its fears. In our case the United States fears were the spread of communism‚ nuclear technology and the US economy (A).The administration of President Dwight Eisenhower address this fears in a successful way his major concern was the safety of the people. One of the major fears that I believe the people had was the spread of communism at home. On 1954 Eisenhower said that the fear “unwise
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Amongst many other countries during the Cold War‚ Hungary was a satellite nation of the Soviet Union. Hungary had been under the control of the Soviets since 1949. They lived under harsh Stalinist rule until around 1989 when the people of Hungary rose up in rebellion to demand the rights they believed they deserved. This uprising is considered to be the first rip in the "Iron Curtain‚” or the post-WWII "barrier" between the Soviet Union and the non-communist areas in the West. In November of 1944
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based on the best features of a socialist economy and of a capitalist one. The factors that also helped the economic miracle that Germany underwent were: Cheap labor force due to a huge number of immigrants. Access to cheap raw materials. The Korean War which was at its peek by then allowed them to make money by producing weapons and military material for the USA. The Marshall Plan also played a significant role as it basically set the FRG on its feet. Adenauer was very pro western and was very fortunate
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was driven from economic theories of Karl Marx (Gans et al.‚ 2012)‚ and Capitalism‚ which mostly comes from theories of Adam smith (Gans et al.‚ 2012). This disagreement led to biggest and most effective phenomenon of 20th century called Cold War. During this war a silent and humble but courageous and effective movement started and developed in Basque‚ Spain. The idea was simple; workers‚ owners and managers are same people. Their idea was brilliant and sustainability and development of the cooperatives
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