... 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 dealing with the experiences of Soviet or ... partisans or people who lived on German-occupied territory). If you want to do a primary-source-based paper, check in with me soon about possible topics. In this case, your preliminary assignments will be focused less on a bibliography a...

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... Europe, while he covertly set up their governments to act as puppet satellites, forming a protective barrier around the U.S.S.R. The Soviets reluctance to reunify Korea and the strong Communist atmosphere in North Korea also disgruntled Americans and hurt diplomatic relations. Overall, each step that the Soviet Union took to strengthen its power and the power of the Communist party was viewed ... the continuous arms, technology, and espionage race that dominated U.S.- Soviet politics. The C.I.A. was established out of fear, because the U.S. felt threatened by the Soviet influence in ot...

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... analyzed a number of different things. They researched the initial problem for the sea's downfall and discovered why the sea started to shrink. They closely measured the sea's water level and volume several times. The amount of salinity in the water was measured and the effect it had on certain things such as ... . As of 2007, the receding sea had exposed and dried 54,000 square kilometers of seabed. Since the dam was completed in 2005, two years later the rise in water went up by 2 meters. (Micklin and Aladin, 2008) Many fish have returned and the amount of metric tons of fish ... stati...

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... the Bering Straight and landed in Alaska, where they hunted blue fox, the fur seal and sea otter which they sold to some Asian countries. Their first colony Kodiak was built in the northwest and their first governor was Baranov. The Colony was growing and the Orthodox Church decided to find a Russian Orthodoxy mission. Schools and churches were built for natives and now, after ... , a kind of misunderstanding or the Americans have not just learnt their own history. What a pity. Russians were one of the first groups settled in America, especially in Alaska, for hunting. So what does these...

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... of transports and tanks. Second, the Polish army consisted of cavalry. Against the tanks, the cavalry obviously did not have a chance. Poland fell in a matter of weeks. Moreover, despite Britain and France condoning the attack and declaring that Poland was not alone, they were geographically unable to assist ... Luftwaffe could simply fly over this defensive structure. The Nazi's plan was to simply avoid it "letting the French stay in their line. The French also planned for this contingency and believed that the Germans would come through Belgium again "a la Schlieffin Plan 2. Instead, t...

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... Russia, a "Time of Troubles." Nicholas held rule over another "Time of Troubles" in Russia, but instead of bringing Russia out of it, his rule is, in part, to blame for instigating it. The Russian Tsar was a "nationality in itself" (Radzinsky 13). The Romanov blood had been so mingled with the other blue bloods of Europe, that not much of it was truly Russian anymore. This ... life-threatening events Nicholas saw everything that happened as God's will. He could do little to change what was inevitable. This deference to God's will, left little for Nicholas to become excited about, in ter...

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... 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), British Commonwealth, and Pan American Congress. We were also ... Bank and G8. We never took sides during the war, as we would be asked numerous amounts of times to join the US in military ventures in stopping communism. We disagreed in going to Vietnam, but maintained friendly with the US as we still made trades...

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... interference with Government matters. Because neither was very bright on political matters their countries did not benefit from any input on their behalf. It was not only the common people in Russia that suffered financial difficulties. The Russian rule was so poor that supplies were scarce during the war and the country was vulnerable to attack from the Germans. Rasputin was ... and the countryside. In townships workers carried out demonstrations and strikes. Workers organisations began to sprout up spontaneously, trade unions also began forming. The riots and demonstrations were of a ...

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... had to be taken out of Cuba by any means available. The genius of the policy he adopted resided in his skilful use of toughness with flexibility, and coercion with caution. Kennedy also tried to keep the Cuban Missile Crisis a secret for as long as he could so he still went to visit Chicago and other states even though he was under ... , Khrushchev was successful because he did not surrender to the whimsical demands of his opponents in the Kremlin. He knew that the use of force would culminate in a catastrophe, no matter who won. Robert Kennedy respected Khrushchev for properly determini...

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... letting go of the control over enterprises and their production and flows of resources. After all these issues are met then you can begin adding in your demands for the market economy (Anders 1995). The Negative Side of Reform While trying to get to a prosperous economic system, Russia has had to ... who already have it. Somehow the poor just keep getting poorer. The only things that seem to be rising are "death rates, unemployment, homelessness, air and water pollution, environmental devastation, organized crime, prostitution, teenage rape, pornography, spousal and child abuse, and just...

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... the first global war? On July 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 ... the war, the major feminist groups were committing themselves to supporting their government and in return, they anticipated that due to their efforts, women's suffrage would come to an end. And after the war in...

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... . The main object of the Soviet Union was to modified and balance the atomic weapons displayed in the war, till then inconvenient for the Russ. The crisis began on October 15,1962 for the United States, when they examinant photographs reveled Soviet missiles under construction in Cuba. The next day they informed president John F. Kennedy about the missile installations. Kennedy immediately organized the EX ... Cuba. October 27th was the worst day of the crisis. A U-2 was shot down over Cuba and EX-COMM received a second letter from Khrushchev demanding the removal of U.S. missile in Turk...

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In 1991 the world's the greatest socialist empire was collapsed and from these lands,which had been ruled for over seventy-year by dictators 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 ... 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.Therefore...

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... one major power. The United States, after the fall of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (U.S.S.R.), was left alone as the major, thriving power in the world that every nation may need to turn to turn to for help (Rourke 64). The help that the United States provides to the United Nations is costly. Here are some of the expenses the United ... States have in the upkeep of the United Nations: $6.6 billion promotes peace in third world countries, $2.4 billion helps set up democracies and promotes prosperity, $1.7 billion is used in caring for children in third world countries, and $21 ...

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... the citizens of Germany to turn against the Jews. Hitler also took people and made them the doormats of society. Similar In 1984 Oceania is always at war with other countries and battling for power in the book he Oceania is at war with 2 countries constantly, Eastasia and Eurasia. Germany made the Jews much like the ... of society and people were asked to stay away from them much like the prowls. For many other reasons also but mainly for their own safety also. Another parallel the book has to real life is the rationing that was going on in this novel. At the time Orwell was growing up t...

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... . This paragraph will tell you about some of the causes of the revolutioin. The main causes of the Russian Revolution are deep in Russia's history. For years autocratic and repressive czarist regimes ruled the country and most of the population lived in bad economic and social conditions. During the 19th century and early 20th century, students, workers, peasants, and members of the nobility ... was inexhaustible but the industrial production, which should have supplied the army, was poor so there wasn't much equipment for the soldiers. Russia's casulaties in World War I were greater tha...

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... while others rely on various things to pull them through. Shukhov survives the prison camp by observing various acts of humanity and in doing so stays civil. For example, early in the book, the reader learns that Shukhov often gets up early in the morning so that he may have a little time to himself and may even "go the rounds of the warehouses, offering ... to be of service, sweeping this or fetching that" (Solzhenitsyn 18). In addition, Shukhov performs odd jobs such as, keeping a place in line for his squad leader or going to the mess hall to pick up bowls from the tables and take th...

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... world divided into two large camps, these rouge nations were eager to slip out from the shadows of the superpowers. This presented obvious problems for the world's last superpower as it struggled to retain influence and dominance over the world. Iraq was the leader of the pack so to ... predictable. They were radical in their conservatism but formulaic in their decisions. In a way the chess board was more organized. Each country had a piece to move in response to one another. For example when the United States positioned nuclear missiles in Turkey targeting the Soviets, the Soviets pos...

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... to be unanimous. The Assembly met once a year . Their aim was to improve working conditions and collect statistics . It was composed of three representatives for every member state, each state having one vote. The first meeting was held in Geneva, on November 15, 1920, with 42 nations represented. The last meeting was held on April 8, 1946; at that time the league was ... the assembly . Although the League of Nations ^was much of the work of President Woodrow Wilson , America never joined the League . This was for several reasons . Firstly , America had suffered civilian casualties in t...

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... Anderson), rituals, symbols, flags, songs, collective events and the expression of goals. Sunny claims that, "Especially under Lenin, the development of nationalism was encouraged in the Soviet Union which lead to inner conflict and desire for the new nations to break free from the Diets, from Russians' rule" (www.worldhistoryhub.com book review, Sunny, the Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution ... of Russification and forcing the nations to be like Russian. The use of violence over the minorities (especially by Stalin) had seemed to work for a while after the WWII. But in fact t...

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... 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", especially those living in Austria, the Sudeten area of Czechoslovakia and Danzig. 4.To create a "racially pure" German state that would be the ... deep routed resentment among them. It was not just Hitler's expansion, but Hitler on a wave of public feeling that led to expansion. Hitler cannot be held solely to blame...

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... set example by the surroundings. When people that you feel close to have accomplished some things in life it is only natural to want to strive for something high in life. Influential people in American society, just like in any other societies have a great deal of appreciation for education and schooling in general. On the other hand, we have a poor family. A person that was born to a poor ... higher education as the person who was born to a rich family. The surrounding of that person does not provide the proper environment for the logical thinking in terms of long term life goals, beca...

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... lower ranking soldiers were thrown into the mud with the rest of the Jews, while the higher ranking officers were given lighter workloads and larger food rations for the day. This can be seen in the film "Le Grande Illusion", which tells the story about a group of French officers captured during World War I. Even though they were prisoners of the Germans, they ... on items was drastically changed during the war as well. At home, they valued security, nourishment, and shelter, but they took it for granted, never thinking that it would be stripped away. Their focus lied in material object...

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... cigarettes and bear were also airdropped mid-siege. On top of this there were massive drugs and sex problems, in 1971 only 5000 troops were treated for combat wounds but 20,000 for serious drug abuse. The way the Americans had things did not help, they had a massive lack of discipline ... '. The latter being where they would use small units to wear down the Americans and damage their morale. Although the Tet Offensive in January 1968 was a military failure for the VC, they gained a massive psychological edge. On the holiday of Tet, the VC simultaneously attacked dozens of South Vietnames...

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... , only how well that person can perform their job? Although it seems obvious, and only a natural progression for women to serve in combat, others don't. They have many reasons to argue against it in fact. They argue that women simply don't fit in on the front lines for many reasons. It's believed that women will ruin the military cohesion of a male combat unit, and therefore ... field, and sometimes privacy just isn't an option, and that would make both the women and men uncomfortable. The biggest argument against women serving in combat though, is that women naturally aren't suited for ...

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