Study Guide: Cold War Exam #2 Algeria - the largest of France's North African colonies. In 1954, radical nationalist groups merged to create the National Liberation Front, and launched an uprising in cities all around Algeria. France, having just lost Indochina, sent a bunch of troops and fought a war that lasted 7 years. Large number of atrocities led to it being labeled the "dirty war". Charles de ... This alliance proved counter-productive as it helped to alienate the Egyptians and other Arab nationalist states, paving way for increased Soviet influence in Middle East. Bandung Conference -...

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... fall helps modern students relate to its symbolic role as an "Iron Curtain" (Rise). The Berlin Wall was erected for one main reason: to keep East Berliners from escaping to West Berlin. After WWII, Berlin, the capital of Germany, was a ruined city. The WWII victors, the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union, divided Germany and Berlin in four sectors ... a communist dictatorship. By 1948, the Soviet Union and democratic allies began to fight over how to govern Berlin, and on April 1, 1948 the Soviet Union blockaded routes in and out of East Berlin which trapped some...

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... Cold War really began with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's speech where he described an "Iron Curtain" which was an imaginary line that separated the East and the West. The East was the Soviet Union and its countries of influence. The West was the United States and their major allies being Canada, France, Britain, and Japan. The War involved the use ... there. Rules restricted their freedoms, but there were no such rules on the other side of the city so thousands crossed over the freedom and capitalism of West Berlin. The government of East Germany built the wall to stop this...

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... to the Moscow line. After 1956 however, with Khrushchev's new approach to Socialism and his denunciation of Stalin, there were increasing calls for independence among the communist bloc countries who had never been truly supportive of the communist regime. In East Germany in 1953 there were a series of strikes and protests. (8) The Russians, under Stalin, used their armed forces to put down ... predicament and their backwardness. These measures continued until Gorbachev came to power. This point leads onto the most important factor which contributed to the eventual collapse of communism...

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... to the Moscow line. After 1956 however, with Khrushchev's new approach to Socialism and his denunciation of Stalin, there were increasing calls for independence among the communist bloc countries who had never been truly supportive of the communist regime. In East Germany in 1953 there were a series of strikes and protests. (8) The Russians, under Stalin, used their armed forces to put down ... predicament and their backwardness. These measures continued until Gorbachev came to power. This point leads onto the most important factor which contributed to the eventual collapse of communism...

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... to the Moscow line. After 1956 however, with Khrushchev's new approach to Socialism and his denunciation of Stalin, there were increasing calls for independence among the communist bloc countries who had never been truly supportive of the communist regime. In East Germany in 1953 there were a series of strikes and protests. (8) The Russians, under Stalin, used their armed forces to put down ... predicament and their backwardness. These measures continued until Gorbachev came to power. This point leads onto the most important factor which contributed to the eventual collapse of communism...

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... Gorbachev declared that "the Soviet Union has no moral or political right to interfere in the affairs of its East European neighbors. They have the right to decide their own fate." (Available at: http://www.russianet.ru/~oldrn/history/gorbachev.html). By the end of 1989, all the citizens throughout Eastern Europe were protesting for mass reforms. The "Iron Curtain" crumbled ... and the most symbolic fact of this was the fall of the wall between East and West Berlin. "As the chorus of protests mounted, the Soviet leadership became faced with the defection of Eastern Europe. In semi-democ...

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... from the long-held communist ideology to a western blueprint for governmental and economic policy development. The problem inherent in this type of monumental change is that, according to Ulrich K. Preuss, "In almost all the East and Central European countries, the collapse of authoritarian communist rule has released national, ethnic, religious and cultural conflicts which cannot be solved by purely economic policies" (47). ... without the necessary institutions and without the corresponding value system will bring about more harm than good (politically). The imposition of the Basic La...

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... limitations. The five nations also lost some territories. The Settlement of Germany After the war, the decisions made in various wartime conferences concerning Germany were put into effect. Germany was divided into four occupied zones. Territories annexed by Hitler were restored to their former owners and Germany lost territory in the east to Poland and the Soviet Union. German war criminals were ... no longer seemed possible. In 1949, Germany was divided into two states. The three Western zones were united as the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The Soviet zone became the Germ...

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... USSR, USA, Britain and France. This agreement acknowledged that all the signatories controlled an area of Berlin. This agreement was made to facilitate détente, a period of reduced tension during the Cold War. The East Germans believe their claim to the whole of Berlin had been sacrificed. An agreement between East and West Germany - The Basic Treaty - was signed in December 1971. There was ... no reference to the reunification of East and West Germany in this agreement but it did provide for ... improved communication between the two Germany's in terms of trade, culture and personal c...

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... into Vietnam and they left in 1973, accomplishing nothing. The United States was unable to defeat communism in South-East Asia between those years because of their ineptitude, and the superior tactics of the Viet Cong. There were many problems that the Americans faced. Firstly, they didn't get along with the ... Hawks wanted in Congress – to show the US military power. Johnson rarely consulted with military chiefs in what targets to bomb. The unpreparedness of the Air Force was exposed during this operation, aircrafts and pilots had been geared for strategic ops against the USSR, not ...

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... . Most people do not even know Turkmenistan exists. Turkmenistan is a country located in the Middle East and somewhat in central Asia. They drive on the right side of the road. The nationalities consist of eighty-five percent Turkmen, five percent Uzbek, four percent Russian, and six percent full of other nationalities. Turkmenistan declared its independence from the Soviet Union on October 27, 1991 but ... conflicts were the one previously stated about the soviet rule and all of the banning's and preventions of most religions in Turkmenistan, and the other is the fight between the Shia ...

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... between Communists and non-Communists nations. On one side are the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and its Communists allies, often referred to as the Eastern bloc, which by the mid 1950's included East Germany, Albania, Hungary, Poland Romania, China, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and ... Bulgaria. On the other side is the United States along with its democratic allies, including Canada, France, West Germany, the Philippines, Japan, Great Britain, and many other countries of Western Europe ... with attempting to sop revolutionary activity in other countries. Another contribution to the ...

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... He also felt that Russia needed to be appeased in order to gain their support in the war against Japan. To the surprise of Roosevelt and Churchill, Josef Stalin failed to keep his promises. He quickly prevented popular elections in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and ... from Europe by distance. Across the iron curtain, Stalin was disassembling the factories of Poland and East Germany and literally rebuilding them on Russian soil. It was an amazing but devastating accomplishment. Part of his collectivization plan moved peasants and factories to the cities. The factory re- ... l...

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... evaluate the danger in a situation such as the Berlin crisis, one must look beyond the statistics and military buildup and into the mindset of the heads of the powers involved to determine whether war was an viable possibility, or simply a political device. Although allied in World War II, US ... following discourse: West Berlin has strengthened economically. This is seen in the fact that about 50,000 workers from East Berlin are now still working in West Berlin. Thus, a part of the qualified working force goes to work in West Berlin, since there are higher salaries there. For example, .....

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... in US Dollars. It was not so easy for America to take leadership economically because there was different society ideologically, like Soviet Union, East Germany and Main Land China. There were two World Wars, which Involved many countries. America helped other countries no matter how different their ... Americans ideology religiously, and some religious group like cult groups caused terrorist acts in America like in September 11, 2001, which killed thousand of innocent people who worked in World Trade Center in New York. America has to fight against terrorism in some countries like Arab. ...

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... travel the country. During this time views changed from liberal Democrat to conservative Republican. In 1966 Reagan's political career began. He ran for Governor of California and won by a landslide, and was re-elected in 1970. Running for president was the next step to his political career. When he ... and strengthen national defense. Sandra Day O'Connor was the first women appointed to the Supreme Court, and she was appointed by Reagan. In the fall of 1982, the nation went into recession and as many as 9 million people were unemployed. Among the recession, tax reductions, and increase ...

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... Crimean War (1854-1856), France sided with Britain against Russian aggression in the Near East. Russia lost and tensions grew between the two. However it is difficult to see this as an actual cause of the Cold War, as the world was very different then, than it is in ... their worst fears. In 1946, Churchill described how Russia and the west were separated by an "Iron Curtain". This meant that anything to the east was highly secretive and that a great division did lie between them. It showed that the communist Russia, the worlds only other proper superpower, were ... no longer support Gr...

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... the Tsar ". Nicholas, like many past and future Russian leaders, wanted to expand his country's territory. Looking to the Far East, Nicholas saw potential in Port Arthur, a strategic warm-water port on the Pacific Ocean in southern Manchuria (northeastern China). When Russia built its ... a few commanders loyal to the Tsar who forced their soldiers to shoot into the crowd, killing several people. With Petrograd in the hands of revolutionaries, Nicholas had no choice but to abdicate the throne. Believing that he could somehow still save the dynasty, Nicholas II signed the ... government...

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... into this, I feel that money does not be (sic) the incentive that you need to work for, what about pride, patronage [non monetary] and love of the state? I think you attribute captialist (sic) ideas to communism, and thats (sic) why communism naturally seems foolish to you ; someone raised within a ... his successor, John Kennedy, foolishly went along with the idea without seriously considering the consequences. He sent the 1,500 invaders to Cuba; most of them were captured. Castro then openly declared his ties with the Soviet Union. In 1961, in response to fleeing citizens, the Soviets c...

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... extraordinary performance results from an incredibly efficient architecture design that has been continually refined by the Elbrus team. Over the decades, it turns out that it was often far ahead of Western rivals, introducing cutting-edge technologies such as superscalar design, shared-memory multiprocessing and explicitly parallel instruction computing (EPIC) before similar products. Supercomputer Architect, Boris Babain, who leads the ... five to thirty percent. In addition value-added-taxes (VAT) are applied to almost all imports and is currently rated at twenty percent. Russia is cu...

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... the tribe give bloodcurdling chants and join in killing Simon. E.g. "Kill the beast!" "Cut his throat!" "Spill his blood!" (Golding, W. 1988. "Lord of the Flies", pg. 168). "Truly, to tell lies is not honourable, But when the truth entails tremendous ruin, To speak dishonourably is pardonable."- Sophocles (496 ... magazines. Eventually, though, the truth became apparent to the public through advanced communication technology such as satellite television and their own poor conditions of life. The truth was revealed and the Communist society failed. People began to demand their freedom and ...

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... her. While escorting loaded British ships across the Atlantic, the two fleet came under surprise attack from the German. Hitler had ordered sinking of any cargo ship the Germans met at sea. This prompted the British prime minister, Winston Churchill, and President Roosevelt to hold a secret ... , Korea, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. America feared that her Philippine and Guam islands would soon fall into Japan conquest. While trying to study their enemy, America managed to crack a code the Japanese used in relaying secret messages. In an attempt to suppress Japan, Roosevelt ordered ... occ...

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... can truly determine what is real and what is unreal. The Azande, to some, may seem "primitive" for their beliefs in witchcraft and their ways of explaining the functions of the world around them, but that is what they have learned to believe. We all, individually, have ideas and beliefs that do not necessarily coincide ... fascinating about that. In fact, rarely does one get questioned as to why one believes in God. The idea is so "normal" and matter-of-fact, that it has lost of all its mystery. (The Americans have even gone so far as to state that belief in their motto, which they openly...

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... Georgia was an independent country until the Russian Tsars conquered it. One book that had a deep affect on Stalin was a book similar to that of Robin Hood. His name was Koba and he hated the Russians and avenged their crimes against the Georgians. His acts were very ruthless and bloody. Stalin ... , the capital of Georgia. The theological seminary building was dark and depressing. The students could have no privacy and were spied on by the Russian Orthodox monks. The monks also checked their rooms to see what they were reading and carefully scheduled each day, with prayer and study. Stu...

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