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    The Vietnam War had finished and on the 30th of April 1975‚ the Vietcong took control of Saigon and renamed it Ho Chi Minh City. President Thieu surrendered and fled the nation. Vietnam turned into a unified nation and races were held in 1976 . The Domino Theory proceeded into Laos and Cambodia yet not Thailand‚ Singapore‚ Malaysia and the Philippines. Aside from this fleeting impact‚ numerous short and long haul consequences for Vietnam once the Americans had cleared out. There is a comparative

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    Is the rising might of the Asian giants - China and India‚ a harbinger of a new cold war era? A blunt answer to this question would be China’s attitude towards India. It’s not that‚ being an Indian i am taking a patriotic or chauvinistic stance‚ the unilateral aspect of my answer has many a reason. I will be delving into the macro-level details‚ but before that i would show due respect and reverence to my neighbouring nation‚ China‚ for its fabulous performance over the last couple of decades

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    two centuries‚ Russia and the United States have shared a diplomatic relationship. Whether that involved trading or the military. Foreign relations between the former Soviet Union and the United States were driven by a complex set of ideologies‚ political agendas‚ and economic factors‚ which led to the superpower rivalry that has been on display over the past two-hundred years. Presidents from both nations have been involved‚ from President Ronald Reagan to most recently‚ President Barack Obama. For

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    measured in power. To better understand how war acts as a means to this end‚ scholars have proposed many theories. The three most plausible theories are offensive realism‚ the power transitions theory‚ and defensive realism. After applying these theories—offensive realism‚ power transitions‚ and defensive realism—to World War I and the Cold War‚ this paper examines them in the context of the present climate of Eastern Europe‚ and argues that while great power war will occur in the next fifteen years‚

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    Towards the end of the Second World War‚ three of the world’s leading powers came together with their main interest being to defeat Nazi Germany. The Big Three of the Grand Alliance was made up of the leaders of the United States‚ Soviet Union‚ and the United Kingdom which included Roosevelt‚ Stalin and Churchill (Duiker & Jackson‚ p. 712). The Big Three held two major conferences to plan the defeat and division of Nazi Germany which were known as the Yalta Conference‚ and the Potsdam Conference

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    It wasn’t the same person that he was used to seeing in that military garb. His body had been much larger and more imposing when he was at war‚ and he had lost a considerable amount of weight since the war had ceased. Even regaining his appetite and eating a fair amount of food at The Resort was not enough to put any more weight on his frame. Trent felt sunken. How could he possibly get to the bottom of what was happening

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    of the Cold War through the end of the Truman administration was an important era. The only countries left with any power after WWII were the US and USSR. America needed a vigorous free market in Europe and the Soviets were apprehensive about Germany invading. The USSR wanted to create a communist buffer in Poland to keep Germany out. The US didn’t like this conception because they thought the communism would spread and that they would lose foreign markets for their goods. Thus‚ the Cold war commenced

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    Thesis Paragraph: During the time of the Cold War the Soviet Union were making advancements and trying extremely hard to beat the U.S and still trying to spread communism all over Eastern Europe. In Afghanistan there was an Holy War going on between the Mujahideen (Muslims wanting to overthrow the government) and the Amin government (1). The Amin government was for communism‚ which is where the Soviet Union would come in (1). The Soviets would join the war to help the Amin government maintain their

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    The Cold War is considered a significant event in modern world history. Although‚ there were no actual bloodshed in this war‚ The Cold War is often described as a monumental moment in history. The Cold war was also frequently referred to as an arms race. As described on the website History.com‚ it is specifically “The name given to the tension that developed primarily between the United States and USSR after World War II”. The Cold War was a power struggle between communism and capitalism‚ and included

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    “The Insider Prospective Of The Cold War” Artie Swift Kaplan University SS310-09: Exploring the 1960s: An Interdisciplinary Approach Professor Aine Lorie Unit 2 Essay July 17‚ 2013 I recently conducted interviews with three soldiers of the United States Army pertaining to their views of the Cold War between the United States and The Soviet Union. The information I collected from the soldiers helped me prepare a special in-depth view of event told directly from their opinion of the events

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