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    As I looked down from the helicopter I could see a sea of chaos. I jump out and land on my pedals. I slightly rolled my tarsal but I wasn’t gonna let that stop me. As I got closer to the scene my nasal could not take the smell of Pyrodex propellant‚ and blood. I search the desert wasteland with my orbitals to see if anyone was in need of immediate attention. Then I spotted a wounded soldier‚ with the weight of medical supplies wrapped around my coxal. I ran towards him in short breaths. But when

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    direct war with each other (source 11). This meant that the USSR was only able to support North Vietnam through supplying China with arms who in turn would arm the North Vietnamese (source 11). Nevertheless‚ the Vietnam war was still composed of the “classic Cold War” scenario (source 11)‚ as there was support from the Capitalist west as well as support from the communist East in conflict against each other. In addition‚ the opposing ideologies of the Cold War further influenced the Vietnam war. The

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    deterrence has failed‚ they are used to actively resist the attack. In light of the unacceptable costs of nuclear war‚ military strategists and planners have devoted a great deal of attention to the requirements of deterrence in the nuclear age. Strange as it may seem‚ the main problem with the concept of nuclear deterrence is that (fortunately) no two nuclear-armed states have gone to war with each other using their nuclear weapons. The result is that none of the alleged requirements of nuclear deterrence

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    To What Extent was the Korean War a Part of the Cold War? The Korean War‚ that began on the 25th of June 1950 and lasted until the 27th of July 1953‚ was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). It was initially the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. American administrators divided the peninsula along the 38th

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    Was the cold war inevitable? As we all know‚ the two superpowers; the Soviet Union and the United States rose to victory after the Second World War and many argue that after WWII‚ there was clearly going to be a long-lasting cold war. With regards to why the cold war started‚ there are a couple of main reasons that are said to have started this war. Some believe that it was because of the Soviets and Stalin‚ and some believe that it was a cautiously assembled plan for the United States and UUSR

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    so it destabilized the sovereign nation. To many‚ this was the bad side of the cold war because rivalry among powerful nations caused regional wars that created ideological differences that have not be resolved to date. Even though it seemed necessary‚ America’s involvement also seemed unnecessary because there probably could have been better ways to intervene. On the other hand‚ there is an opinion that the cold war created some fundamental changes that defined the American societal evolution. Cultural

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    one week 150‚000 Soviet soldiers were either killed or wounded. This invasion broke the German-Soviet nonaggression pact that Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin created. Hitler’s betrayal caused Stalin to join the allied forces‚ which also caused post war conflict between other countries. “Thanks to the Nazi-Soviet Pact‚ Hitler had achieved a degree of domination over Europe unknown since the time of Napoleon. Like the French Emperor‚ Hitler turned against Russia to consolidate his grip on the Continent

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    The Cold War? The blame for the Cold War cannot be placed on one person -- it developed as a series of chain reactions as a struggle for supremacy. It can be argued that the Cold War was inevitable‚ and therefore no one’s fault‚ due to the differences in the capitalist and communist ideologies. It was only the need for self-preservation that had caused the two countries to sink their differences temporarily during the Second World War. Yet many of the tensions that existed in the Cold War can

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    The technical‚ sociological and political concepts that arose during the Cold War made a notable difference to the landscape of the next 60 years. Under the atmosphere of impending doom‚ many novel concepts were conceived that dramatically altered the psyches of generations to come. Mutually Assured Destruction‚ nuclear winter and the concept of psychological resistance are all good examples of how the Cold War altered the social fabric for years to come. The first‚ and best remembered‚ of

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    The event of Cold War was shocking and controversial event which is still being discussed today. It is necessary to examine the many reasons why it started and how. While the why of what happened is still being argued‚ the what is fairly clear. The beginning of the Cold War was a basis of deep ideological differences as well as a series of misunderstandings or actions taken during WWII. The two immense powers USA and the USSR were showing some extreme behavior against each other. The conflict of

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