... , and I'm happy to meet with you to discuss your ideas (or your paper drafts) at any point. The following are lists of possible topics for research papers. Note that neither list is exhaustive: these are a handful of possible topics (to give you some ideas and to give you a sense ... of the sort of topics I'm looking for, but you're welcome to propose a topic of your own. 1. Primary-source-based papers 2. Analysis of a memoir or set of memoirs (most likely ... recent historians have argued that the Soviet military leadership was surprisingly innovative in its approach. Who's right?) 1. T...

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... 5, 1914, Austria sent a 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 of that year, Austria issued an ultimatum to Serbia and in ... a general mobilization of the German mobility. 2. Was the war inevitable prior to June 1914? Support your reasoning? No. Before June of 1914, there was no definitive reason for war. But the assassination of Franz Ferdinand was motivat...

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... and nomenklatura, fifteen seperate and fully free countries rised.This collapse was celebrated by all the Western countries because they thought that they did this collapse,they were the reason for this monumental failure.But they were faulty,U.S.S.R didn't collapse because of the West,it collapsed because of its bad foundation,and its internal problems.The problems and system had been ... governors raise their potency over the 'proletariat.(S.U Collapsed On Its Own,23).The effects of the policy were no production, no new investments on new industries but big economical loses for state....

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... have ever been fought, so the Treaty of Versailles is the most difficult of Treaties that has ever been made . Britain : wanted to make a lasting peace . Wanted money from Germany for the damage they had caused . France : Wanted revenge ( -> Germany ) Wanted to make Germany pay . Wanted Alsace - Lorraine Wanted security , so Germany could never attack France again . Italy : Wanted land ... from Austria ( south Tyrol ) . USA : Wanted a fair peace -> 14 points Structure of the League : The League included principal organs ( the Assembly , the council and the secretariat ) and Technical or...

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... which were: 1.The destruction of the Treaty Of Versailles. This would allow Germany to rearm and regain lost territory. 2.To gain territory (living space) for Germany in eastern Europe. This would a war in order to defeat Soviet Bolshevism. 3.To include all German-speaking people in his proposed "Third Reich", ... , we see that Hitler is prepared to fight in order achieve his objectives. Many of Hitler's policies were achievable only through war; he knew that for him to succeed, Germany must become involved in a European conflict of some sort. Probably the best-known exposition of the l...

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... born in the rich family helps a great deal during the course of your life. You are brought up in the household that provides the best conditions for exploring the world of knowledge. There are no worries about the basic needs like food, shelter or security, and all the resources are provided due to ... school. There will be a little chance that the person will finish high school or even go to college. The family will show little or no support for the higher education, because they will look at the short run problems, they need money now, not four years from now. Secondly, the person will ...

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... 2nd 1917. He went into reign kicking and screaming and left it very resigned and poised. Nicholas became more enamored with the love for a woman than for want of rule. Before his father's death Nicholas fell in love with a Jewess princess. When denied marriage by his father, he ... love of this woman would dominate the actions of Nicholas. Through all the Guardsman drinking parties, and semi-flings, Nicholas was forever waiting for his princess. Radzinsky suggests that Nicholas agreed to take the throne only after being granted permission to marry the Jew princess. Nicholas, through fi...

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... to fight in order to maintain their culture against Stalin and the Soviet Union's influence. People think that war is a glorious thing, but in reality it's not. Lives are lost for the cause, people are changed forever, and economies are left in tatters. War can lead to achievement but it leaves behind a long road of destruction. Ukraine knows this to be ... ...

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... falling more and more behind the more industrialized countries. He would kill many people if had to, and he did. In 1928 Stalin started the first of 2 five-year plans. For the first five-year plan Stalin forced farmers and industry to modernize. The Soviet economy was concentrated in agriculture. By the mid-1920's there were about 25 million farms in ... ...

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... Farm take the place of their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are filled with enthusiams with togetherness. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars, and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn: All animals are equal. No animal shall drink ... ...

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... lived during the horrible time during Stalin's rule. The author reviled painful thought provoking ideas of killing and deep fear. During a time where 15,000,000 people lost their lives for a crazy man who had an overwhelming untreated case of paranoia. And how this man changed history in Russia forever....

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At the inception of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was on the verge of amassing a great deal of power, and it was this possibility that frightened the United States and brought about the Cold War. Any Soviet act of aggression was countered by the United States, further raising diplomatic tension. One such act of aggression came when the Soviets attempted to gain complete control of Berlin by forming a blockade against all of the other Allied forces. Despite the barrier, the United States airlifted tons of supplies to those who were in need of them in Berlin. This was the very beginning of anta...

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... the land to ensure that Germany did not rise again. The transportation and communications were mostly destroyed as the German army fell back into the mother land. The main reason for the fall of the German economy was the relentless bombing. The main problem facing Germany's economy after the second world war was the government. The way it was split into ... ...

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... wall was built to divide the eastside and the west communist. The Berlin wall was constructed as a heavily forted barrier that is about 26 miles long. Berlin was a focal point for changes. the fall of the Berlin wall which will always be remember as the end of "The Cold War". this made west available to the middle east resulting in widespread ... ...

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... of their own countries and of Europe as a whole." The plan was implemented by then Secretary of State George C. Marshall. The United States offered aid to any country who asked for it; however most of Eastern Europe refused the aid. The Soviet Union was very suspicious of the United States and their programs. They viewed the Marshall Plan as an attempt ... ...

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... tremendously, and cut back on business regulations to strengthen the business sector of the economy. By making this change, the inflation rate fell 13% to 2%, and created thousands of jobs for Americans. When Reagan entered office, the unemployment rate was 10.8%, when he left it was 5.3%. This economic growth would have never come if Reagan did not have the will to ... ...

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... Yeltsin, Gorbachev's main opponent from the Russian Republic, announced the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The republic saw Yeltsin as a hero, and he destroyed Gorbachev in his quest for personal power. On December 25, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as the president of the nonexistent Soviet Union. Communism in the USSR failed to produce the benefits Marx envisioned. The communist government ... ...

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... . He quickly prevented popular elections in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria by assigning permanent Communist governments to each and suppressing all democratic supporters. The response against Stalin was little, for his army extended across Eastern Europe and controlled the region by force. The United States, busy in its war against Japan and not wanting to lose a powerful ally, did nothing ... ...

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THEME AND RELEVANCE THEME: The Animal Farm concerns with the Revolution for an ideal, and about how the ideal is violated until it disappears altogether from the new society after the revolution. It tells how the animal captured the Manor Farm from ... ...

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The Great Depression of 1929 along with the "Dust Bowl" caused the citizens of the United States to search for a helping hand, which came in the form of communism. Vladimir Ilich Lenin is said to be the father of communism, because although he was not the first to think of ... ...

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... able to do this to an unwilling majority, you need to use force. Lots of force. The state must be the absolute ruler then. And he must be absolutely unquestioned for it to work. The state must be united in their goal, which was his goal. ...

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... friendly, but the number of war heads they had could still destroy the whole world. 4. The Soviet Union collapsed in eastern Europe in the late 80's. There are several reasons for it. In 1979 after a decade of the Detent, USSR invaded Afghanistan Americans were not happy about it, Reagan used it as a propaganda weapon to attack the soviet union by calling ... ...

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... by the Germans were a lot worse than the errors on the other side of the war. We won the war despite our errors, but Germany lost because of theirs. Luckely for the rest of the world Hitler would not listen to any strategy other than which he had already decided was right. The officers who refused to cower, and disagreed with ... ...

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... was difficult but MacArthur was successful until the Chinese got involved. The Korean War ended in a stalemate, and both South Korea and North Korea remained. The Truman Doctrine is a policy for providing military aid to a free nation that is threatened by external opponents. Clearly, South Korea was a free nation that was threatened by an external opponent, North Korea. Truman acted in ... ...

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... War II end? World War II ended in 1945, leaving a new world order dominated by the United States and the USSR. l: Well I think that's enough questions thank you very much for you time. : Alright, April. This concludes my interview with my grandfather. Now that I have heard his feelings about World War II it makes me think how the world can go ... ...

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