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    Reasons for the Cold War

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    The Cold War With the aim of preventing East Germans from seeking asylum in the West‚ the East German government in 1961 began constructing a system of concrete and barbed-wire barriers between East and West Berlin. This Berlin Wall endured for nearly thirty years‚ a symbol not only of the division of Germany but of the larger conflict between the Communist and non-Communist worlds. The Wall ceased to be a barrier when East Germany ended restrictions on emigration in November 1989. The Wall was largely

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    Cold War Winner

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    From 1945-1960‚ the Soviet Union was more successful in achieving its goal of spreading communism than the United states was at achieving its goal of containing it. Russia directly spread communism to China‚ the northern half of Korea‚ and all of Eastern Europe. In addition‚ it forced heavy expenses on the U.S. through the Berlin blockade‚ beat the U.S. in achieving orbital flight‚ embarrassed president Eisenhower with the U-2 incident‚ and caused wide-spread panic in the U.S. government itself.

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    Cold War Essay

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    One of the main reasons was that there were huge differences in the way that the East and West were led and the disagreements about this point. The West was (still is) a democratic state where many parties are allowed to stand and where elections are held. Secondly the relationship between Churchill‚ Stalin‚ and Roosevalt was untrustworthy and they disagreed about reparation and what to do with Germany. Thirdly the reason for the breakdown is because of the Soviet aggression in Eastern

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    key historic nature that developed in the Cold War with direct relation to fighting against Communist Soviet Union. Holding both domestic and international pillars that were statured upon military use and fighting against anything that stood for evil. Neoconcervation developed this notion of the democracy being the light of good and any competing ideology shadowed the darkness of evil. This can be directly seen with the progression Bush took against the War on Terror. Where Bush use complete and total

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    Cold War - Chinese

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    The Cold War Chinese Perspective In the Cold War China was the weakest of the big Five. They had the weakest economy‚ second weakest military‚ no United Nations seat‚ and no ability to participate in the Olympics. Several things that happened in the simulation and in the real world kept China in this weak state. Our simulation beginning in the fifties contained many things that actually happened in real life‚ and many things that did not. Also China started with being involved in 3 wars.

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    Jfk and the Cold War

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    The Cold War (1945-1991) was basically an ideological standoff between the ideas of Communism supported by the Russians and Democracy/Capitalism supported by the Americans. Communism is a political ideology which has the central principle of ¡§communal or communist ownership¡¨ of all property and therefore the abolition of private property. Democracy is a form of government in which the people vote‚ have a representative government and via these representatives ¡§govern themselves¡¨. During the period

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    Cold War Coursework

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    Using these four passages and your own knowledge‚ assess the view that during the Second World War the relationship between the ussr and the west was characterised more by co-operation than by disagreement. The four interpretations are in agreement that during the second World War the relationship between the USSR and the West was characterised more by cooperation than disagreement. There was major conflict over various issues regarding Communisms security in Eastern Europe‚ specifically expansionism

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    The Cold War (MKULTA)

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    of World War II in 1945‚ the United States economy began to prosper. However‚ the end of the war brought on another kind of war‚ the Cold War. With suspicion and tension between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ the United States began to conduct research on alternate means to protect the national interest through an improved interrogation processes. One of these highly classified programs was known as “Project: MKULTRA.” According to Dr. Horowitz (2001)‚ the basis for MKULTRA was the use of

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    common saying that peace is never bad‚ war is never good. But if we look back in the history‚ a thing is clear. That there have been wars since prehistoric ages‚ they marked an important part of our evolutionary process‚ and today we still study them with great fascination.So yes‚ although I don’t support war and violence‚ i have to admit the reality which it is that war and violence are an inevitable part of human nature. I have chosen this topic because war and conflict are a thing which rises an

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    definition of war is this: war is an actual‚ intentional and widespread-armed conflict between political communities." (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/war/). This definition did not seem fit for the conflict between capitalism (United States of America)‚ communism (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)‚ and their followers. The struggle was later dubbed the Cold War‚ referring to its lack of physical conflict. Though‚ if every aspect of this struggle is examined‚ the name "Cold War" doesn’t serve

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