... of Great Britain demonstrated their power by executing their King, Charles I. This showed the first major step to the deterioration of the Royal monarchy and to why Thomas Hobbes philosophized his philosophy, people are fearful and predatory, and submit their freedom to an absolute authority. The State of human nature is the characteristics or qualities that make human beings different from anything else. Hobbes believed ... Hobbes had three main philosophies that he studied throughout his life that revolved around this philosophy. The state of human nature, the state of human nature is...

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... many similarities. Napoleon's invasion to Russia took place in June 1812 and Hitler's invasion to Russia June 22, 1941 they both occurred during the early summer, Napoleon and Hitler's target was to capture Moscow. They both expected a quick victory so they did not prepare them selves for the harsh Russian winter. Russia used the same tactics on Hitler as they used on Napoleon they burned everything ... in site grain fields, they slaughtered livestock so as to leave nothing to the enemy could eat and they retreated. Napoleon ... ...

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... of this barrack and on the bank of the Mukhavets River there were trucks, motorcycles, fuel-servicing trucks of the 31th Detached Motor Transport Battalion. In the first hours of the war the enemy's assault detachment of the 3rd battalion of the 135th Infantry Regiment broke into the Citadel through the Terespol Gate and occupied the clubhouse of the 84th Rifle Regiment and the officers' dining house. The task of the enemy was to capture the Kholm and Triple Arch Gates ... in order to block the exit from the Citadel, but Wehrmacht assault groups ... ...

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... ruins from the war. At the height of the Cold War, the coldest place in the entire world was Berlin which became a center of espionage at the height of the Cold War. Some say that over 8,000 spies were all over the city. Novelist John le Carte called Berlin "a cabinet full of useless, liquid secrets...a playground for every alchemist miracle-worker, and rat-piper that ever took up the cloak"(Mazzetti ... over. -9- Throughout the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union had covert operations. The CIA and the KGB played important rolls throughout the history of the Cold War. The C...

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... to more tensions arising. The Potsdam Conference, the Tehran Conference and the ideological differences that continued throughout the entire war demonstrated the continual failure in creating harmony between the partners resulting, in the outbreak of the Cold War. Military issues prevailed during the development of the cold war leading to the fear of many people. There was a huge competition between the US and the USSR where each nation tried to produce bigger and more powerful nuclear weapons ... . When America had created nuclear weapons, it was destined to win the war ... ...

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... , page 298). His pact was more than enough to take the continent and maybe even Great Britain if only he had looked to the East. The Romanian oil wells had caught Hitler's attention and that is what attracted him to the Soviet Empire. However, if he went towards Greece defeating the little Ottoman states, he would have eventually reached bigger oil wells like those in modern day Kuwait ... and Iraq. "On April 3, Rasid Ali had overthrown the pro-British Government in Iraq and asked for German help ... ." (Cowley, What If, page 301). He could gain British India by curving through Iraq and ...

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... were hungry poor and wanted peace. There ruler the Tsar was much hated and the people wanted a new order in Russia. One group that was not the very large but was very well organized and had excellent leadership, was getting bigger and larger every time. The group's name was the Bolshevik. There was only one problem with Lenin and the Bolshevik were still tied to the Menshevik. Then In ... 1912 Lenin and his supporters organized a party conference in Prague At this conference, ... Lenin formally broke from his Menshevik opponents and the rest of the RSDLP (Russian Social Democratic ... ...

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... liabilities than a military attack- [15]. JFK seemed even to hedge on the blockade. Regarding his directive to board vessels that might resist the blockade, JFK wrung his hands, "What would you do then, if we went through all of this effort and then find out that there's baby food on it?- [39].The humiliation of boarding a ship full of baby food would be miniscule compared ... that he thought Kennedy was a wimp. I'm glad that Kennedy made the decisions he did during the crisis. His delicate approach to the situation enabled me to be born in 1971. RFK's book is full of back-slapping and ...

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... somewhat bias when he talks about Khrushev. The author says Khrushev had "unconventional behavior" (pg. 75) and had a "haphazard and unpredictable approach to problem solving." (pg. 77) The purpose for Norman Gelb to write the book was to "capture the drama of that traumatic moment as well as tell the story of the Wall and the circumstances that led to and grew from the construction of that gruesome moment of human ... discord." (pg. 7) The author did achieve his purpose because the book does explain the story of the Wall. It tells of how Berliners ... woke up on the morning of August 1...

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... 38 The fact that this ideology was at the heart of every foreign policy decision constrained debate over any intervention; former leading foreign-policy protestors such as Claude Pepper and Henry Wallace supported Truman's move into Korea and accepted the decision supported by the new ideology. A survey taken by the State Department showed that 80% of Americans supported sending troops into Korea.39 Americans ... in his inherent belief that his system was strong in contrast to the faltering Soviet Union. This combined with the fact that the Austrians consistently rejected communism in fa...

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... As one paratrooper wrote, "The hearts and minds of all us soldiers...were consumed by Warsaw's tragedy...the privilege of fighting in the ranks of its defenders was our most heartfelt desire." The paratroopers were finally put into action for Operation Market Garden, an airborne assault intended to capture strategic bridges in Holland. The brigade was never involved in direct ... action in support of Poland  (PARA 192). Had it not been for the distraction of politicizing post-war Europe, the allied nations of France, Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union might ... have been ...

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... came to an end because of the Soviet Union. Their desire to increase their fire power and replace missiles with stronger missiles breached the détente. Their move to replace intermediate-missiles with better missiles triggered concerns for surrounding countries. Russia's economy was already sluggish so by increasing fire power all they were doing was getting into bigger debt. This was one of ... many bad decisions that the Soviet Union has made. Their ... actions to invade Afghanistan were crucial for the détente. Their invasion caused the end of the détente because they were no long...

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... control over Eastern Europe after World War Two. I will also look at how the USA responded to the actions of the USSR such as the Truman Doctrine, the Iron Curtain, Marshall Aid, the Berlin Blockade and the Berlin airlift. The USSR were very keen in taking over Eastern Europe. Truman wanted to stop the spread of communism while Stalin wanted to take control over Eastern Europe. Even before ... make things safer Stalin wanted to make Poland bigger and weaken German. Stalin wanted to weak, while USA wanted Germany to become strong again, so they can buy and sell goods off them. Stalin mad...

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... soldiers were captured. His deference to the views of his Generals in 1942 allowed the development of the fighting retreat where Soviet soldiers withdrew to evade capture this submission "saved the Red army." The Stavka, Soviet High Command became the only place in Russia where one could have a heated debate with Stalin and not be purged. The relaxation of Stalin's grip over the army occasioned the tightening of Hitler's. Hitler suffered ... his "greatest loss of the war" in the summer of 1944 ... ...

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... a war broke out it would have been disastrous. After the second World War the world was dominated by two superpowers; the USA and the USSR. "The Cold War was a result of this division of power and of the important policy of spheres of influence. In the post WWII-era the Americans thought that the Russians were aiming to incorporate Western Europe (the US & British sphere of influence) into their sphere of ... Serbia was economically very dependent on Croatia. So here economic reason is the main reason of going to war, not ideological thoughts or beliefs. Since the end of the Cold War a...

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... it will be in German interest to enter the pact as it will give them a bigger bargaining chip in altering the minimum and maximum war reparations it will suffer from. Thus the treaty is necessary for a vast amount of reasons, with the primary one being the military aspect. Economically and politically the treaty also serves to benefit us tremendously. Finally the treaty will insure that no situation like World War ... 3 ever arises again and will keep other rouge nations in ... ...

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... , shells and bombs were defused. Over 91,000 men were captured and a further 150,000 had died during the siege. 2. People and Ideas In the summer of 1942, German forces pushed through the south-western front pushing back soviet troops. They then moved into the large bend of the Don River and then stormed Stalingrad. After that they were then going to move on to the Caucasus Mountains to capture vital ... oil supplies, and take Moscow. Although Stalingrad ... was not part of Germany's initial plan of attack on Russia, Hitler became obsessed with it. He could not see "Stalin's City" stand...

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... ; Russia would have little room to argue due to the overwhelming power of the US. "Stalin had become a popular figure in Europe and in the United States. All across the world sizeable elements were seriously considering the virtues of communism, for few wanted a return to the failed capitalism of the pre-war era." (Isaacs & Downing, Transworld Publishers, 1998. Pg. 39) As the great depression was classed as a cause of World ... War II and as the depression was caused by capitalism, people thought capitalism may be a cause of a possible next World War. As Stalin said and believed, "The de...

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... most logical to attribute the ultimate effect to the shaking of the tree. So too, in the case of the Revolution is it important to find the immediate catalysts that tear the apples from the branch. Despite the conception of history that the Russian Revolution was caused by prevalent social and economic forces, it was truly effected by the state of anarchy in the Russian government and the ruthless opportunism and ideology of the Bolshevik Party enabling ... in history has ever attained mastery unless it has produced political leaders... capable of organizing the movement and leading it....

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... of Jews. Similar to Hitler's policy, Jews were removed from the government and were not allowed to marry any Italian person. Taking away their citizenship meant he rejected Individual Rights and Freedoms. Mussolini, just like Hitler and Stalin, was successful in achieving his goals. He was able to capture Abyssinia and bring the glorious times of Italy back. He eliminated chaos though ironically his ... Black Shirts brought the chaos. Mussolini was able to bring peace even at short a short amount ... of time to the Italians but again the lives of the people can never be brought back. Th...

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... these efforts were to no avail as the Bolsheviks overthrew the government and established Communism . The West's attempt of stopping the revolution convinced Russia that the West was against their new regime. Russia's change of ideology to communism would prove to be one of the most provident causes of the Cold War because this led to a bigger severance between Western Europe and Russia. The West took it as an act of ... treachery which then convinced them that Russia was untrustworthy. Lenin had also established the Cheka, a secret force which brutally crushed out any opposition which ...

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... troops in reserve and there are 110 thousand active, and the headquarters are in Ashgabad. Turkmenistan's activity in WWI and WWII did not exist because Turkmenistan was not a county at the time. It was part of the soviet rule. Though Turkmenistan played no role the country that it was played one of the bigger roles in WWII and that lead to the fall of the USSR and the rise of the many countries ... that came from it. One part of the regional conflicts is the religious conflicts that come with it like the Shia Sunni clash. The other regional conflict is huge and could lead to the fall of...

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... on June 25, 1950. At the time, South Korea was under the influence of the United States while the North Korea was supported by the Soviet Union. In the views of the Americans, this war was extremely crucial for the Korean War as this war intensifies, there was a fair chance of this war becoming a bigger scale war between Russia-China (communism) and United States (democracy). The Korean War ended on July ... 27, 1953, leaving a gruesome result: 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives during the war. Still today, the Korean Peninsula is divided. Cuba and Fidel Castro The Cuban ...

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... missiles in Turkey and Greece. The United States and Russia each removed their missile positions near the other's borders. While trying to increase their spheres of influence, the United States and Russia inched closer to a nuclear confrontation, however, each were simply trying to be bigger and better than the other. The insecurity of both nations gave momentum to this competition. The Space Race was a competition in which the United States and the Soviet Union ... tried to display their superiority over the other through advancements in space technology and exploration. The Russians s...

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... nature. Nearly everyone dreams of being financially secure and being able to better themselves materialistically. This is the driving force behind the theory of capitalism. The society that we as Americans live in today perpetuates the need for greed through the voice of the media. Expensive clothes, overly-excessive accessories, and nice cars dominate television commercials and the pages of magazines. From the time we are born, these luxuries are ... presented to us as normalities, leading us to believe that these items are, in essence, necessities. This, in turn, leads to more greed an...

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