Cold War Historiography: New Evidence Behind Traditional Typographies Timothy J. White For Americans and many in the world‚ the Cold War dominated international relations from 1945-1991. Only the nuclear balance of terror prevented this uneasy peace from becoming all out war‚ and few if any events could be understood outside of the context of this bipolar rivalry. As the Cold War came to an end‚ some thought we had witnessed "an end to history."(1) Instead‚ we have witnessed a fundamental change
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War on Poverty I believe poverty is a big social issue in America. Poverty can be the main cause of robberies‚ drugs‚ alcoholism‚ prostitution‚ and homelessness. These are some examples that concern me the most. Many people in this country don’t realize how serious this issue is‚ although we see it happening all the time. This issue is so overwhelming that it’s not brought up by many people nowadays. Poverty in this country has been since America was established. There has always been poverty
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of Politics and History: Volume 52‚ Number 3‚ 2006‚ pp. 439-454. A Prehistory of Australia’s History Wars: The Evolution of Aboriginal History during the 1970s and 1980s LORENZO VERACINI Australian National University While an extensive debate has recently addressed more contemporary contributions to historical scholarship‚ the historiographical background to Australia’s History Wars has rarely been appraised. This article proposes an interpretative narrative of the evolution of Aboriginal
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when they are upset‚ we can see that our behaviors are always determined by our emotions. Yet‚ people tend to perform more helping behaviors when they feel guilty or sympathetic. How do these negative emotions push people to help their neighbors? Guilt is an emotion that occurs when people believe that they have violated a moral standard while sympathy is the feeling of being sorry for somebody showing that people understand and care about somebody’s problem. They are both negative rather than positive
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Notice for Scholars This monograph was originally published as the September 1972 issue of Southeast Asian Perspectives‚ a publication of the American Friends of Vietnam‚ an organization which was formed in 1955 and prior to its demise two decades later included on its board such diverse figures as Senators John F. Kennedy and Mike Mansfield‚ Socialist Party Chairman Norman Thomas‚ and Journalist Robert Shaplen. It is reprinted here with the permission of the author. Please note that in formatting
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WAS THE KOREAN WAR AN EPISODE OF THE COLD WAR? The Korean war that was fought between the Northerners and Southerners of Korean with the support of the USSR and the United states of America; in the name of United Nations was one of the major events of the cold which increased the tension and contributed so much to the development of the cold war. The involvement of the super powers triggered the extent to which the Korean War can be referred to as one of the episodes of the cold war. In addition
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The war in Vietnam and the war in Iraq differ in many ways such as; the reason for war‚ US support‚ the cost‚ number of deaths‚ and the time and place. In this essay I am going to compare the Vietnam War with the war in Iraq describing three ways in which the war in Vietnam differs from the war in Iraq. Three ways the two wars differ are the reason for war‚ number of deaths‚ and the cost. The Vietnam War was a war over communism that started in 1950‚ when Ho Chi Minh‚ the national leader of
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The Coldest of Wars The exact definition of a cold war is a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats‚ propaganda and other measures short of open warfare‚ in particular. Many historians believe that the Cold War officially started at the end of World War 2 but others will argue that it began with the October Revolution in Russia in 1917.With many primary sources like‚ The Marshall Plan‚ The George Kennan’s famous long telegram‚ the Nonproliferation Treaty‚ the Cuban
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Is the war on terror a war that can be won? ‘Less than 12 hours after the 9/11 attacks‚ George W. Bush pro- claimed the start of a global war on terror. Ever since‚ there has been a vigorous debate about how to win it.’1 However more than 12 years on there is still no indication of how close it is to being won and whether it can actually be won. In fact‚ many such as Jonathan Steele (journalist and international affairs author) suggests it is ‘A war that can never be won.’2 However‚ before we
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meeting with the witches‚ Shakespeare makes Macbeth so full of guilt and despair it turns him mad. After the murder of Duncan‚ Shakespeare makes Macbeth look ashamed and filled with guilt. Saying to himself; “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No‚ this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas in incarnadine‚ Making the green one red.” Shakespeare has made Macbeth describe the blood like his guilt saying it shall never leave him. When talking to his wife earlier
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