... his 27 year regime, Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin was responsible for deaths of 37 million people. However, he went into history as one of the most beloved leaders. When he died people cried on the streets, and the whole country was in mourning. Such is a power of a charismatic, cunning man. Stalin, though unimpressive physically and a man of unpredictable temper, had projected an air of stability. He ... was surrounded by men far more brilliant them him, yet he was still able to render a man that people in a country racked by chaos could associate with ... . By promising the world and...

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... of the parallel surrendered to the U.S. The parallel was not intended to be a boundary. Since the parallel became a boundary, the country was divided with the Communist North and the non-communist South. Korea would be a -5- divided country full of hostility for many years. In June of 1950, the North invaded the South. This alarmed the United States, but the U.S. really did not want to get involved in the conflict. President Truman remarked that "what the communists, the North ... to commit any crime, to lie, to cheat, in order to attain that"(The Cold War: A History 268). The nuclear a...

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... . Others tried a different approach by military operations and tough confrontation with the Soviet Union. Sadly, none of these men succeeded. Relations with the Soviets were at an all time low. The United States had fought a war that many did not believe they should be involved in, mourned the loss of a beloved president, and witnessed scandal at the highest level of office. Americans were ready for a change, so ... "issued a joint message declaring an end to the Cold War- (Schaller, 521). The Soviet Union, unable to "afford the massive diversions necessary to keep up with the United Sta...

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... held by the United States and the Soviet Union on the various civil wars during the middle of the twentieth century as well as their direct confrontation during the Cuban Missile Crisis led to a major rise in political tension between the two superpowers and contributed to the longevity of the Cold War. 1) "Despite all Woodrow Wilson's efforts in establishing the League of Nations, the USA did not join the League because of objections raised in the Senate ... to Isolationism - being an independent country and not involving itself in other countries affairs. America also strongly disagre...

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... like a peasant from Volga"(2) "Lenin was one of them. He was a Russian from the Volga region, the heart of Russia his speeches were powerful but without a hint of polish or elegance. He was confident but never haughty, refined or pretentious." (3) These quotes further the notion that Lenin's personality, conviction and status in society were main reasons why so many were drawn to him. This success ... in gaining support meant that even early on his policies were able to take shape meaning that one day he would ... as prematurely as it did under Lenin. These quotes and sources convey th...

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... ends with Vassili killing Major KÖnig during a huge bombardment on Stalingrad from the Germans. If the film is trying to convey a message, I think that it would have been to never give up, no matter the odds. Vassili was facing an older, much more experienced sniper in Major KÖnig, but even when all seemed lost, Vassili would find a way to escape ... kill Major KÖnig. As far as I can tell, the story is authentic and is told in a very believable manner. The movie depicted both the Russian and German soldiers quite realistically. The Russians were depicted as not caring about individu...

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... an actual face to face conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union (New World Encyclopedia). Do you think the policies of the United States were justified during the Cold War? The foreign policy of the United States during the Cold War had support due to the direct conflict of goals of the U.S. and how the spread of communism could prove dangerous for Americans. The primary goal of communist nations was to ... ). For example, Stalin already had a dominating influence over several countries because of setting up Soviet-controlled governments in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hunga...

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... Street stock market crash of 1929 precipitated the Great Depression; The worst economic downturn in the history of the nation. The depression had devastating effects on the country. The stock market was in shambles. Many banks couldn't continue to operate. Farmers fell into bankruptcy. A quarter of the working force or 13 million people were unemployed in 1932, and this was only the beginning (Encarta Encyclopedia). The depression lasted over a decade, with hundreds of thousands ... to send reparations from the defeated Germany to help rebuild the war-devastated Soviet Union. Kent State...

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... relationships between the Soviet Union and the USA continued to improve. In 1966 the bilateral treaty was signed by both the USA and the USSR. In 1966 a direct air service began from Yew York to Moscow. In 1967 -1968 diplomatic offices were set up in each country opposing sides. 1968 the nuclear non ........................... AGreement was signed by the USA, USSR and others. The cuban missile crisis also indirectly began the strategic arms limitation ............................. The world had ... now been pushed to the edge of a world ... ...

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... and a cause of the Cold War. "1 After the war Germany was sectioned into four occupation zones: The Russian zone in the East, the American Zone in the South, the British zone in the North-West and the French zone in the South-East. Berlin was cut into four zones as well with a Soviet zone in the East and the other three in the West. In the Potsdam Conference in 1945 it was decided that every country with its Commander-in-Chief had a Veto, so ... . Every country in Western Europe was afraid of a Soviet takeover.9 Not even the USA wanted to risk a war with them in 1948 and when it came to ...

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Josef Stalin's use of mass murder and extermination was perhaps the most horrific act in history. His complete disregard for human life was basically unmatched by any other dictator in history. He covered the entire country of Russia in a blanket of fear, the fear that their life could be taken at any moment for having the slightest connection to anything that Stalin disliked. Maybe it was a greed for ... faced such things, is the extreme intensity with which the terror bore down not only upon its victims but upon the population as a whole." This makes it quite clear that this mass murder had...

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... the country could afford to participate in this extremely expensive war. The USSR was also involved in another costly conflict. This war was in Afghanistan was another factor behind the decline and fall of the Soviet Empire. The USSR entered Afghanistan in 1979 in what has been described as, an attempt to expand the Soviet Empire by direct force. This was a costly war, both in economic and psychological terms. It is estimated that the war in ... . Boris Yeltsin, a supporter of immediate reform, called on the people to resist the coup. Demonstrations and strikes broke out across the count...

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... the country. His reform policies of "Perestroika", "Demokratizatsiya" and "Glasnost" meant restructuring, democratization and openness. The purpose of these reforms was to elevate the Soviet standard of living in order to regain the citizens" loyalty towards the Communist Party and to enable the rebirth of the Soviet economy and ideal. He also wanted let the Russian people participate in the modernization of the ... . Perestroika also shut down many ministries and bureaucratic centers. With these policies, Gorbachev planned to modernize Russia. In other words, he aimed for the country's w...

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... their government systems were sufficient for themselves, and other countries all over the world. Although direct military conflict never took place between the two, diplomatic and economic struggles occurred. The Cold War began when the leader of the Communist Party, Joseph Stalin, used the Red Army to take control of most of the countries of Eastern Europe. The United States as well as Western European countries were greatly concerned ... chemical and nuclear weapons. Gorbechev accepted German reunification and the country's entrance into the NATO. German officially reunified on Octobe...

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... viable possibility, or simply a political device. Although allied in World War II, US-Soviet relations deteriorated rapidly in the scramble to divvy up the territory rescinded by Germany. Clearly, there was a clash in ideologies. Communism and Democracy, rather than merely different forms of government, became direct rivals. One of the most prominent sources of contention was the city of Berlin. In November 1958, Nikita Khrushchev proclaimed to a Moscow audience ... workers were lured to West Berlin with the promise of higher salaries. In 1959 about 144,000 persons fled; in 1960 the fig...

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... injuries, and radiation. Over the following 5 years, 275,000 people had died as a direct result of the atomic bombs (Sullivan, pg 129). Overwhelmed with the devastating results, Japan finally surrendered, announcing the end of the Second World War, with Emperor Hirohito's speech: "The enemy had begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do ... damage is indeed incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. ... in the desert in secret. Japan's unresponsiveness to calls and warnings from the U.S., gave them a window of opportunity to use Japan's stubbornness a...

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... happened because America was scared that Communism would spread to their democratic West. Russia being the huge superpower in the east was Communist, and after the Russian Revolution, Lenin was planned on making Communism worldwide, this petrified the west. America believed in the Domino Theory, which was that if one country became Communist, then the neighboring countries would soon follow, like dominoes falling down. A good example of this was ... Castro is still at present the president of Cuba, and is adored by its citizens. Also according source D5, Kennedy and Khrushchev realized th...

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... of Cuba to make their lives tolerable. " First, we will develop bipartisan legislation to meet humanitarian food needs on the island. Second, we will streamline and expedite the issuance of licenses for the sale of medical supplies to Cuba. Third, we will resume licensing direct humanitarian charter flights. Finally, we will restore arrangements to permit Cuban-American families to send remittances to their relatives ... , there are many reasons why the embargo should remain in place. Cuba remains the only country in the Western Hemisphere not committed to democracy and a market economy....

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... happened because America was scared that Communism would spread to their democratic West. Russia being the huge superpower in the east was Communist, and after the Russian Revolution, Lenin was planned on making Communism worldwide, this petrified the west. America believed in the Domino Theory, which was that if one country became Communist, then the neighboring countries would soon follow, like dominoes falling down. A good example of this was ... Castro is still at present the president of Cuba, and is adored by its citizens. Also according source D5, Kennedy and Khrushchev realized th...

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... major error was that he under-estimated the strength of the Japanese. He believed his fleets would crush them. However, the Japanese defeated the Russians and destroyed all her fleets. The defeat in this war and the expense it incurred were direct causes of the revolution which occured just a few weeks later. The biggest cause of the revolution happend becuse of the what's known as Red Sunday. January ... five-mile radius of their shanty. In the bottom of the peasant's heart, he or she carried a deep, imbedded bitterness and hatred for the government. All moves toward industrialization...

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... due to the fact that was the basis that our country was founded on. Therefore, when Dwight Eisenhower became president, the subject matter was much more easier to convince, especially by the Dulles brothers, who proposed the idea that Joseph Stalin could possibly invade Iran. The Eisenhower government saw the Iranian government as too heavily influenced by the Soviets, and acknowledged the spread of communism even more possible in the near future ... , Iran, in November 1979 were in direct correlation with our involvement in the coup. Also, as stated in the Preface, the Iranian woman cla...

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... Cuba. -In the years 1963 - 1967 the USA first, then the SU, followed later on by France and Great Britain introduced a direct contact between the different governmental authorities. This should prevent the nuclear powers from misunderstandings and eleminate the danger of false informations which could loose the nuclear war. This contact was called the ,,Hot Wire". -The armament race of the nuclear powers arranged a sort of peace - keeping, because each country had to ... think of a nuclear strike back in case of his first nuclear strike ... ...

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... full of turmoil and unrest we are placed in between a rock and a hard place. Ethics or financial stability, can we afford to stand by idly and just watch another country be taken over by an aggressor or let a dictator reign with an immoral iron fist? Or should we involve ourselves as "policemen of the world," and be criticized by other nations due ... oppressive rule. I can't give all the credit to the United States, because it wasn't us that single handedly fought off all the Axis Powers. We were the last ones to join the Allied Forces, which included Great Britain, and the Soviet Unio...

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... . Today the UN plays a vital role in most world affairs. Following WWII however problems still arose. Both the United States and the Soviet Union came out of WWII as the "Superpowers" of the world. The Soviet Union tried to expand and spread communism while the United States practiced containment, constantly checking communist growth. The conflict in interest between the two nations was almost responsible for an Atomic war. WWII was a direct result ... of WWI and the events that followed because of it ... ...

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... some people to cross into West Berlin to visit relatives. In response to the growing pressure, the wall was torn down in 1989. This reunited East and West Berlin and paved the way for German reunification. The one conflict that brought both sides closest to direct war was the Cuban Missile Crisis. The most significant turning point in the Cold War was the Cuban Missile Crisis, tensions between both sides decreased after ... both sides realized the risk of starting a nuclear war. Throughout history, many political, economic and social conditions have often led ... ...

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