... between the two superpowers. These actions did not go without consequences, which would drastically change the United States and the rest of the world. Due to the Korean stalemate, the loss of China, and the Soviet development of the atomic bomb, the American people had developed a growing fear of internal communist subversion, which resulted in overall hysteria. This hysteria gave rise ... of the Cold War. There were three main reasons why Americans had become so alarmed by this time. These reasons consisted of the Soviet development of the atomic bomb, the loss of China, and the Korea...

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... get worsen. Since Gorbachev decentralized economic controls and encouraged corporations to become self-independent on finance, the rate of unemployment increased because 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 work and huge amount of money was required for ... ...

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... was to destroy the Kulaks, which would then end private ownership as well as Capitalism in the agricultural sector. However, this "liquidation of the Kulak class" caused a huge amount of loss of livestock, for example in Kazakhstan 83% of cattle, 87% of sheep and 89% of horses were killed especially by the Kulaks in order to stop all the crops and ... produce at state-fixed prices, they sabotaged the trade "threatening the very existence of Soviet power" with their "anti-collective-farm propaganda" according to Y. Kukushkin. There was also an important loss of human lives as 13 million ...

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... . They lived in luxury while their people starved to death and died of disease. In Animal Farm one of the animals noticed that Napoleon did not seem to be losing weight but actually gaining! This is because Napoleon was taking away most of the food from the other animals to feed himself and his loyal friends. They covered this up by ... ...

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... more productive, more capable, more promising for the people. Perhaps the zero sum mentality of the Cold War brought its end. The belief that a gain for one superpower resulted in a loss for the other could only endure for so long before one competitor must admit defeat. Perhaps the zero sum mentality prolonged and intensified the Cold War, forcing each side to ... ...

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... created by any country. Although the use of this bomb was highly cautioned, the United States saw using the bomb as an opportunity to end the war sooner without the loss of our own men. Germany had also been searching for this bomb and we were afraid that they might find it first. The first atomic bomb killed 70,000 people ... ...

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... them almost instantly out of isolation and left the US fearful of possible further attacks, angry at the way they were attacked and they felt vulnerable due to the dramatic loss of many of the US Navy's fleet. From this point America was interventionist and was going to play a key role in world affairs and this can be seen as a cause ... ...

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... and turmoil. Warfare and their lack of Industrialization kept the country poor. With the defeat of the Russian army in the Russo-Japanese war, and the Crimean war, and the loss of so many lives during World War I, the Russian people, especially the peasantry, were left looking for an answer. Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili or Joseph Stalin's main goal for Russia was ... ...

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... ,000 German casualties. However, the damage inflicted on the German Army by the partisans cannot solely be assessed by the number of dead and wounded, and the supplies destroyed. Immeasurable loss of battle efficiency and striking power are also accounted for. If a soldier is fighting in a country where every civilian is a potential partisan and every unusual noise could be a signal for ... ...

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... Europe as a matter of security and not for political expansion because twice in twenty years, Germany had attacked them through the Polish corridor. Secondly, the large numbers of casualties and loss of land and other resources made the Russians believe that they deserved war reparations and they felt justified in their expansions into Germany. In both these cases, the west, led ... ...

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... , America begins making alliances to prevent the spread of Soviet influence in Western Europe. Military might is also shown with the defence of South Korea by the United States. The loss' of China to Communism upset America's interest with Asian trade and influence. America became determined not to loose Korea and Japan to Communism. Thus, with the onset of the Korean ... ...

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... them almost instantly out of isolation and left the US fearful of possible further attacks, angry at the way they were attacked and they felt vulnerable due to the dramatic loss of many of the US Navy's fleet. From this point America was interventionist and was going to play a key role in world affairs and this can be seen as a cause ... ...

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... period. Life was very hard, factory conditions were very dangerous. Any kind of discipline problems such as lateness or absence would be punished with sacking, which could also mean the loss of homes. The rapid growth in the number of industrial workers living in cities meant that more food was needed. Stalin believed that this could be achieved by collectivising agriculture ... ...

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... " with the USSR allowed Great Britain to re-gather their forces and eventually initiate another attack on Germany. This mistake led to a split in the German forces and an eventual loss in the war. All three turning points throughout the course of the war coincided with each other and caused Germany's defeat. ...

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