“The Concept of Arms Race‚ Sino-Soviet-American Relations‚ and the Persian Gulf War” Political Science 170 Winter 2009 Dr. Kendall Stiles February 12‚ 2009 For centuries‚ and particularly during the last one hundred years‚ nations have sought to develop‚ manufacture‚ deploy‚ and improve weapons in reaction to the similar efforts of their adversaries. We call this an “arms race”. As defined early on by Gray‚ an arms race involves the following characteristics: [T]here should be
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Life at a prison camp during the American Civil War was not an easy one. It is estimated that nearly 56‚000 men died in various camps throughout the country (Hall). That casualty rate is much greater than that of any battle. This high mortality rate was not on purpose but mostly caused by carelessness‚ ignorance‚ and lack of supplies. James Robertson‚ a history professor at Virginia Tech‚ stated “Intent and malice were never intended.” In the Civil War‚ two out of every three soldier deaths was caused
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The Cold War was an ideological war when there was a great political and military conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. The two powers were on the opposite ends of the economic and political spectrum. The United States is the capitalist state‚ while the Soviet Union was Russia. Though there was no fighting between the two states‚ there was always the threat that could have triggered a full-blown world war. The Cold War lasted about 45 years and it changed the global political and
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Greek Literature GREEK LITERATURE. The great British philosopher-mathematician Alfred North Whitehead once commented that all philosophy is but a footnote to Plato . A similar point can be made regarding Greek literature as a whole. Over a period of more than ten centuries‚ the ancient Greeks created a literature of such brilliance that it has rarely been equaled and never surpassed. In poetry‚ tragedy‚ comedy‚ and history‚ Greek writers created masterpieces that have inspired‚ influenced
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shaped our country of what it is today. How did Abraham Lincoln’s values defined society during his time of power? Abraham Lincoln values defined society by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation which ended slavery in 1863. Abraham Lincoln became the first republican president and used federal power for income taxes and free public colleges. Abraham Lincoln played a vital part during the civil war by‚ claiming victory‚ reunite the Union and Confederacy.Abraham Lincoln had leadership‚ Freedom‚ and success
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On December 26th during a blizzard‚ Washington led his army in a surprise attack. The monumental task of crossing the Delaware River and marching to Trenton became a turning point in the Revolutionary War. George Washington leadership was questioned and his army was on the verge of expiration after being defeated in New York. If Washington was to lose this battle there would be no second chance. The Continentals Army needed a victory and all success depended on the battle of Trenton. In the midst
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The Vietnam War was a major conflict in the cold war. Vietnam was divided into two. The north was communist controlled. The government in the south‚ although ran by a dictatorship than a democracy‚ was supported by the United States. In 1960‚ the United States started the war against the north Vietnam. Men as young as eighteen were being drafted for mandatory military service for the Naval and the army. In 1965‚ the United States increased the number of the United States troops and authorized the
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division in the country between North and South widened. However‚ in spite of the rising rhetoric‚ the state of Georgia was far from becoming a "war machine." In Marietta‚ the Georgia Military Institute went to the state for funds only three times between 1852 and 1863. Throughout the state‚ railroads were being built up for economic reasons‚ not reasons of war. Atlanta was concerned about fighting equipment for its newly formed fire department‚ not for some secret military unit. Life went on "as
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Ever since the end of world war two‚ tension between the US and USSR has constantly been present. This long constant tension between the two countries came to be known as the Cold War. Many attempts of soviet communistic expansion occurred over the span of the cold war‚ where many of those occurrences are tied to the US. Instances of communism in Germany‚ Asia‚ and Cuba could be highlighted as the most diplomatic of the cold war‚ and were all handled differently by the United States. After the
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foreign policy of the United States during the Cold War. As a result‚ I spent a lot of time researching the many aspects on which he left a very visible mark. Not only did Kennan cause the creation and usage of the containment policy‚ but he also later disagreed with the way the United States government applied the policy. George Kennan provided the United States with much of the Russian and Soviet historical background information that it would know during the Cold War‚ he suggested solutions to the
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