... in love with an East Berliner, Ana Menz. Victor Ross Believes in Freedom and tries to do the right thing while in West Berlin. He tries to get Ana out of East Berlin. Ana Menz is an East German girl who feels trapped in a cage and is torn between her family and Victor Ross. She also is kept inside of Eastern Berlin ... with help of Karl Pressler. She dislikes the wall and most of all Karl Pressler. Karl Pressler is completely brainwashed by Communism. Karl also likes Ana ... her family too much and decides to stay in East Berlin. She tries to escape repeatedly but Karl Pressler, who al...

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... in present day country's, such as China, is deteriorating. Communism practiced by modern nation-states has been a failure and continues to be currently. One major reason why communism has failed in the past and is failing in the present is because communist governments can never be completely communist because communism really shouldn't have a leader. Actually, almost every who has tried to have a communist ... in" to other countries business. Some countries try to stop communism/totalitarianism in countries because they feel it would be in the best interest of the people of that countr...

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... ? I don't think so. In my opinion everybody follows political situation in his native country. From every election the citizens await some changes, which would be positive or extremely negative. That's why people can have some explainable reasons of their activity or passivity. By examining what the reasons could be I can prove that any person, who loves his country and cares about its future ... don't have time to do it. My friend Oleg doesn't vote because he has to work twelve hours everyday and also he spend two hours to get to the office. It is obvious why he can't vote. My second fr...

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... in debt to Zinoviev. This savior of Stalin convinced Zinoviev he had won the battle to succeed Lenin. But By 1929 Joseph Stalin was in complete control of Russia. Here are the reasons why. Firstly, Stalin's leading rival Leon Trotsky was very arrogant. This made members of the Bolshevist Party and the public dislike him because of his self-importance. Trotsky underestimated Stalin, which ... led to Stalin winning the leadership of the Bolshevist Party. Secondly, Stalin believed in Socialism in Russia, which was a ... blamed for NEP failings. Stalin then turned leftwards and forced indu...

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... 3,000 to 30,000 a month by October 1965. Due to the fact that not everyone had money for college, a lot of the young men from poor working class families were drafted while the rich had the luxury of being able to draft-dodge by simply attending school. Another reason on why I believe the Vietnam war and the policies that followed were not justified up to its completion ... sometimes they would have to do unthinkable things to survive. But that alone does not justify why over 500,000 Vietnamese civilians including women and children were killed during our involvement in the war. One exa...

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... Nicholas II and he is unable to bring the rising masses of Russia under control and therefore the 1917 February revolution succeeded in forced the abdication of the Tsar and with him the Tsarist regime. The first key factor in why the Tsar survived the 1905 revolution was the support of the armed forces. Even though the Tsar had just being embarrassed in the Russo-Japanese war his armed forces were still ... loyal to him. They showed this by the events of Bloody Sunday ... when troops loyal to the Tsar shot at the marching ... ...

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... not Chinese!" This is the second consecutive year when obsolete blue-and-red colonial flags were observed at the annual 1 July March. Yes, this caucus of protesters only takes up a small minority of the Hong Kong society. But their existence is already alarming. Why would anyone even propose such ... do with Portuguese instead, and their handover date was 20th December 1999; thus the expiration of Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration would be on the 20th December 2049. So we ask next: why do some citizens of Hong Kong voice out their wishes for independence, while ... this seems to have nev...

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... came from being a middle power; we were able to get seats at the council, one of the ten rotating ones, more than any other country. The fact that we were a middle power, our military would be used in various places. This is why peacekeeping became important to us. What showed how we were a middle power? ... Well we didn't start things, or invade countries but we were asked to partake in certain situations, and became members of various groups across the world. We joined la Francophonie (French colonies), ... Canada was also able to give grants of money to other countries to keep them ...

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... request to Germany, stating that if Russia and Austria were to enter a war, Austria would have Germany's full support. In response to the request for support, Germany sent Austria a reply, informing them that they'd have their backs if that became necessary. On July 23rd ... the country nearly trickled to a halt, and a rationing system was put in place. Due to the food shortage, the Germans were going hungry, with no consistent financial flow, so, in part, hunger played a role in Germany's surrender. 5. Why did the peace initiative of 1916 fail? The countries involved in the ... war wer...

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... such horrible weapons be used in people rich areas. Correct this was a time of war, but we were not fighting elderly men, or pregnant women, so why was the bomb not targeted at more of a military facility. Could there be an underlying reason that our all powerful government incarcerated cities not bases? Were these attacks on Japan in anyway ... own country then would have died fighting the rest of the war. People in the U.S. were dying from cancer in their own home as a result of the radiation. Entire desert cities were being eliminated with cancer, and this was all the aftermath of t...

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... months ago, and already used to a totally different environment, I'm afraid to say that I don't agree with all the above statements. One of the most important reasons that I chose to come to US in order to continue my studies was my curiosity: What's that nation's secret? Why people around me seem to accept America as a de facto "master-? What makes Americans so confident about ... themselves? In other words, why America stands "up there-? And frankly, I get more and more disappointed every day: does that worldwide famous "American dream- actually exist? Or is it a very bad joke? I've w...

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There are various reasons why the March 1917 revolution was successful. There are relatively widespread but not major facts like the discontent of the Russian people which helped the revolution to be successful and one large reason which really made it all happen. Perhaps the best way of explaining this is to look at why the 1905 revolution was not successful and state the changes that occurred since then. Some ... of the factors which stirred up revolution in 1917 had ... also been present in 1905 although of course they were direr in 1917 since they had had more time to be aggravated. In 1...

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... works. Once that is explained, we can begin to see how it was effective in Poland and other countries such as France. Then, we can examine why it was not successful in the USSR. Blitzkrieg is a strategy that utilizes speed to surround and outflank enemies. It begins with paratroopers being dropped behind enemy lines to cause confusion and chaos. ... France fell quickly as well; blitzkrieg was proving to be an enormous success. With the Battle of Britain stalled indefinitely, Hitler grew impatient and launched Operation Barbarossa. Blitzkrieg won enormous success against the Russian territ...

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... did not want to forever remain subservient to the Soviet Union, as can be seen when they were delegated the responsibility of helping North Korean during the Korean War when the Soviets did not even help, that's why he questioned the legitimacy of why the Soviet Union has to always be the centre of the socialist movement. All these unhappiness caused the tensions between the two countries to build up very fast ... and only further convinced the Chinese the need to find their own path ... ...

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... not deal with the difficult issues. These issues are beyond any cultural differences between the East and West. They have to do with basic human rights. How can society allow young brides in India to be burned to death for not providing enough dowry? Why does society allow children in Iran and India to work 10 hours a day making rugs? Why do we allow ... the Taleban regime in Afghanistan to force women to wear full-length burquas (cloaks) with only a small mesh opening for sight and ... was at the center of the universe and everything revolved solely around the world, including the sun...

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... their Marxist theory which advocated the need to spread revolution throughout the world. On the other hand, some other revisionist historians point at the US foreign policy as the culprit of the origins of the Cold War, culminating in the McCarthy witch-hunts of the 1950s. It can also be argued, however, that 'expansionism' and self interest were the reasons why the Cold War started. French historian ... Alexis de Tocqueville supports this idea and, sort of prophetically, he wrote in 1835 a warning of a balance of power confrontation between the USSR and the USA ... . This was writt...

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... this assessment I will be looking at why the USSR to take 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 ... zones with, Britain, France, USA and USSR controlling each zone. Berlin was also divided into four zones. They also agreed about holding free elections in Eastern Europe. In June 1947 the ...

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... police in June 28, 1956. Khrushchev's speech undermined the political positions of many leaders of the communist parties in the world. They had to explain to ordinary communists why they glorified Stalin before, but now they began to accuse him of all "deadly sins." The mixed reaction of the international communist movement, disorders in the socialist countries of Europe, the events in Georgia, a secondary failure of returning ... Yugoslavia in the socialist camp during Tito's visit to the USSR in June 1956, led the country's top leadership to find answers ... ...

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... government asked President Truman to help Turkey to resist communist forces. To put it bluntly, Britain was asking the United States to take over the leadership of the West, and President Truman was ready to take the new responsibility. What's more, the reason why Turkey asked Britain and the United States for help was that it was introducing a program to keep its territory complete. It was essential ... that Turkey keep its territory complete for the sake of maintaining the order of the Middle East. In order to stop the spread of ... communist forces and save the economy of Turkey and...

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... climbed in to Freedom 7, a tiny capsule on top of a huge rocket booster. The capsule left the earth's atmosphere in a ball of fire and returned the say way, and Shepard became the first American to travel into space. The entire trop which took only fifteen minutes from liftoff the splashdown reaffirmed the belief in American creativity. These important factors helped declare and expand America's race with ... long distance phone. Discrimination led to the civil rights movement which outlawed distinction in public accommodations, housing, and jobs; increased federal power to prosecute civ...

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... why the atomic bomb was used to defeat Japan. The threat of Russian advancement in Europe and in Asia was enough to worry the top officials in the United States and British governments. Wherever the Russians moved through they took for themselves. The imminent invasion of mainland Japan and the allied casualties that came with it were also a factor in the decision to drop the bomb, as said in document A. The ... they would shove bamboo shoots under their fingernails. The American government also wanted revenge for the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. No warning was given by the Japanese t...

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... , JFK ordered a low flying plane to go take pictures of the bombs, they were a sucess. On went the debating of what to do, while the Cuban missiles were only a week and a half away from being ready to deploy. Kennedy decided that it may be best to have a conference with the Soviet leader and ask why the missiles were there, but when JFK asked if weapons even ... existed in Cuba, he denied the whole matter. JFk, feeling as if ... it was better that the Soviets and Cuba didn't know that we new what was happening, didn't lead on any ... ...

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Why Was It That Stalin Emerged as Lenin's Successor By 1929? After Lenin died in 1924, the seven members of the Communist Party Politburo declared that they would share power. They were, Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Stalin, Bukharin, Rykov and Tomsky. The truth is that a power struggle took place between them. After 1921 anyone who stood up to Lenin and the Communist Party was treated as ... contacts of different nationalities around Russia. He was made Head of Peasant's and Worker's Inspectorate, so he had links with the foundations of the party: the workers, peasants and local Soviets. He was...

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... nature. It may even be said that greed is the "ultimate scrooge" of human 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...

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... was being taken away. There were censorship and propaganda. Private ownership was not allowed; instead, the government imposed the system of collectivization of agriculture. The government confiscated all the agricultural products. There were restrictions to the life of the citizens in almost everyway. The freedom of politic, social, culture, and economic were controlled. Communism, in another word, was ... the loss of the governmental support at the back. On the other hand, the economic bureaucracy, fearing loss of its power and privileges, slow down much of his program. Tremendous of ...

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