During this period, the Social Democrats split into two factions, the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Lenin, and the Mensheviks. ... This touched off the "Great Terror," a period during which Stalin had all of his enemies, real and imagined, put to death or shipped off to Siberian prisons. ... Even during the war, he made inflexible demands of his new allies, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain and President Franklin Roosevelt of the United States. ... The Cold War had begun. ... He gave Kim Il Sung of North Korea the go-ahead to start the Korean War in 1950, and launched a new ...

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The crisis also highlighted the Cold War climate engulfing the globe. ... Nasser was aware that he was a pawn in a war of far greater proportions and therefore emphasized the Cold War aspect in this imperial, regional crisis. ... Furthermore it is a prime example of Cold war behaviors and politics in order to gain geographic and cultural alliance, just as it was seen in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan. ... The speed and organisation against Egyptian forces during the Suez War saw Israel crowned militarily dominant within the region. ... Arab nationalism grew and with it the anti-western att...

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The origins of the Cold War can be traced to conclusion of World War II and the disagreements between the USSR and the Western Powers. ... The communist ideology and the western reaction to it had not changed by the end of the World War II. ... Events before, and after the war, as well as conflicting ideologies and the U.S. military involvement in Japan as well as the prevailing military reality resulted in the inability of the Great Powers to solve those conflicts and led to the Cold War. ... Western allies during the First World War sent in arms and troops to support the White army to de...

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