... international crises (Berlin crisis, the Cuban missile crisis, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Afghan war, and others.); conducting a massive "psychological war", whose aim was to promote their own ideology and way of life, as well as discrediting in the eyes of the population "enemy" countries and "third world" the official ideology and lifestyle of the opposite block. To this end, we set up radio ... finally "caught up with" the enemy. Historians should reconsider this myth, like many other myths. In our view, an objective in the course of the Cold War, the nature of the confrontation...

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... political system. The changing relationship has evolved from a forced partnership, a possible world war and now finally a steadying friendship. The entire world was watching as the Cold War went from moments of détente, to hours at the brink of world war three. The Germans and the Russian had an alliance at the beginning of the war but Hitler turned on the Soviets. This caused the Soviets to join ... quickly; the answer today is so simple the plans were stolen. All aspects of life for the United States and the Soviets were to beat each other. Tensions stayed high in the Olympics, the s...

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... on other nations to take the initiative in resisting communism."" Ideas such as these would lead to American involvement in the Korean and Vietnam War, and mass hysteria over the spread of communism. By the early 1950s, Americans had become utterly terrified as a result of the Cold War. There were three main reasons why Americans had become so alarmed by this time. These reasons consisted ... , and McCarthy's fall was the start of the declining hysteria. The Cold War originated because of Soviet expansionism and American fear of communism. This unusual war drastically changed American fo...

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... central infantry to continue their push for Moscow with the addition of the 2nd Panzer army. This, their final advance for the campaigning season, was codenamed Operation Typhoon. Although victory seemed so close the strain on men and vehicles was beginning to tell. Supplies were scarce with the rail system under ... Soviet Union. The battle for Stalingrad, which began in September 1942, was the most bloodthirsty battle during the invasion of the USSR. The city became the symbolic crux of the entire war. The two great armies fought hand-to-hand, street-to-street and house-to-house. The ...

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... . The changing relationship has evolved from a mutual partnership, a possible world war and now finally a steadying friendship. The entire world had watched as the Cold War went from moments of silenced fear, to hours at the brink of world war III. The Germans and the Russians began their relationship with an alliance at the beginning of the war but Hitler had other plans for the Soviets. Turning on them ... nuclear weapon so quickly; the answer today is quite simple, the plans were stolen. The competitive nature of the two nations reached great heights. Tensions stayed high during the O...

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... education, and her status on a global scale. To understand how the impact came about, we have to know how she engaged in the war, her enemies and allies. The 20th century marked the bloodiest century not only in the American history but globally. It was the century when America ... the German forces fired on an American ship. In response, Roosevelt ordered the Navy to shoot back at the German boats and submarines. This war being undeclared was not enough to draw America into the global stage. Japan felt her land was not enough and was determined to conquer her ... neighbours. This incl...

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... overshadowed by the crucial Sino-Soviet-US triangle. Indeed the others owed much of their dynamic to the course of events in this main triangle." Through the 1960s, there were 4 main triangles in the Asian political arena: Soviet Union-China-North Vietnam, Soviet Union-Japan-US, Sino-Soviet-Indian- and Soviet Union-China-North Korea. In the 1970s, however this changed not only ... because more triangles were added, but because they included a new kind of triangle, the Sino-Soviet-US triangle. "Normally triangles are not thought ... a useful concept for understanding the transition from...

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... , the British pilots were highly trained and very efficient, they were ready to take off at a moments notice. At the height of the battle, they would be fighting practically all day, just landing for fuel and ammunition. By the beginning of July 1940, the RAF had built up its strength to 640 fighters, but the Luftwaffe had 2600 bombers and fighters. In the ... skies, above South East England, the future of Britain was about to be decided. As the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill put it; "What ... the same as in WW1. Some say that overwhelming industrial power does not always lead to vic...

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... . Through it, many significant things in the world changed, from the decolonization of Africa and India, Indochina and others, to the incredibly important invention of computers and other technological advances in the later days of the so-called war. We were also tested in many ways: the Korean and Vietnam wars, the bloody wars for independence in countries such as Indonesia and Angola, ... Fidel Castro overthrew the 1959 regime of Fulgencio Batista, after returning from exile with his band of guerrillas. Afterward, Castro assured the Cuban people that he would stop relying on the America...

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... --in September 1939. Germany invaded Poland, and Great Britain and France immediately declared war on Hitler's Reich. (America, as it had at the beginning of World War I, remained neutral.) Hitler's armies quickly crushed the Poles, and tensions at the French-German border immediately settled into a quiet stalemate--the so-called "phony war," which would last well into 1940. JFK began his senior year at Harvard ... rights bill, which would eventually be shepherded through Congress by Lyndon Johnson in the form of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Just as the turmoil of the late 1960s was foresh...

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... in more than 20 years. The Angelo-Iranian Oil Company, which was owned by the British government continued to produce and market Iranian oil. In the beginning of 1930s, some Iranians began to support to the nationalization of the country's oil fields but after 1946, it caused a major common movement . Mohammad Reza Shah replaced his father on the throne on September 16, 1941 ... the Shah, and the country came close to a war. The opposition was lead by Ayatollah Khomeini, who lived in exile in Iraq and later in France. His message was distributed through music cassettes, which were smugg...

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... with addictions. So, maybe Alice would have been okay. There's no way to really tell. One can be certain though that with her steadfast and determined way of thinking, she probably would have been protesting the Vietnam War from the very start and the right of nuclear power plants to be in operative mode. She probably would have thought President Nixon to be one ... Revolution, and the Protest Revolution era of time. Everyone knows that. But other things occurred during this troublesome decade that would have affected and even re-molded many lives, including Alice. For example, many oth...

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... and Mao, and shaped them into the mainstream military headache known also as "Guerilla Warfare". Since World War II, the guidelines of Guerilla Warfare have been used by hundreds of countries and thousands of small revolts. It was represented through out the entire Vietnam War, and it is currently being used by fundamental Iraqis to battle the American occupation in Iraq. Because the Soviet ... partisans effectively used guerilla warfare against the Germans, its popularity has grown significantly. From the origination of Partisan Warfare, to the reasons ... Germans at Stalingrad, and w...

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... enemies. For many years the United States has played a large role in keeping the peace around the world, for example WW1, WW2 and also Vietnam, just to mention a few. Even though our interference usually made a huge difference it was not always welcome. While trying to develop allies we ... situation is not so far-fetched. In the 60's the United States was put into a situation that engraved s turning point in the history of the cold war, the Cuban Missile Crisis. President Kennedy was the president and was responsible to resolve a serious problem concerning out relationships with Cuba an...

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... surrender and listed peace terms. It was while Truman was at Potsdam that he received a most unusual message. 'Babies satisfactorily born,' the coded message read. Those three words spelled the beginning of the Atomic age. Now a weapon, more devastating than any other in history, was available for use against the Japanese (Collins, 1988, p.75). Military advisers had told Truman that a potential loss ... , which had two objectives. It would send U.S. aid to anti-Communist forces in Greece and Turkey, and also create a public agreement so Americans would be willing to fight the Cold War. I...

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... stop the Soviets. In 1961 the North Vietnamese began developing a supply line through Laos into South Vietnam. The Ho Chi Minh Trail, a network of roads armed with Soviet weapons, ended the neutrality of Laos guaranteed by the 1954 Geneva Accords. Kennedy chose not to confront the USSR. When the ... . Castro would gain security, and Khrushchev would shift the balance in the arms race because his shorter-range ballistic missiles would be capable of hitting the United States. Kennedy's measured restraint regarding the Berlin Wall and Laos was meant to avoid crisis. In reality, the administr...

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... also used throughout the Cold War by both superpowers to either further an agenda or frustrate the others agenda. The Soviet's were trying to broaden their sphere of influence while the United States was trying to contain communism at all costs. As for the use of surrogates a few examples are Korea, Vietnam, Angola, and many more so called wars of liberation, which in reality were ... communist inspired uprisings. The reunification of Germany in 1990 marked the end of 45 years of political and military confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. This was a political .....

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