... in a fairly peaceful atmosphere, in the absence of external invasion or violent internal upheaval?6 According to a study performed by David Kotz and Fred Weir, the party-state elite, or in other words the people who hold the governmental power have contributed the most for the collapse of the regime. A group called "Movement for Socialist Renewal" which includes party and ... intelligentsia, were people of high rank, who have "betrayed" the Socialist system and shifted their beliefs and commitment from one socio-economic formation to another one, or in other words from Communism to Capi...

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... the determination of the Vietnamese nationalist movement, and held out believing that they were a weak and ideologically malleable people, until efforts proved otherwise. The American view of the Asian "other" largely affected American assumptions from the beginning, as they believed most Vietnamese were politically immature and lacking a sense of nationhood. As we can see from the beliefs of the ... a means to an end -- to global strategic considerations at the time, to which Mecklin added that "to communicate a sensitive understanding of the Asian masses to Americans, as well as oth...

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... eventually lead to the World Wars were silly "jealousies" and at times "were not worthy of our attention." The United States underestimated the drive and power of Russia, Japan and other nations who were trying to expand their influence. Kennan continues to accurately dissect things when he says that Americans were and remain to be very narcissistic and felt they were ... above everyone else and how that helped fuel the situation with the Soviets. Instead of embracing other nations" differences and working together, Americans look down on other nations which, in the case of Stalin, crea...

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... from or resistance against attack" . From these definitions we can safely state that Collective Defence in its literally meaning is the principle of several countries guaranteeing the security of each other, against the attack from another. A more accurate definition for security study purposes can define Collective Defence as "an agreement between two or more states to work together on ... North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Informal agreements comprise of a much less unofficial understanding between states on their security arrangements. These agreements may only rely on the wor...

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... in the Seventies, the GDR focused on cooperation with socialistic developing countries like the SRV, because it had a greater bargaining position towards them, regarding their relative wealth in contrast to other socialistic countries. Because the government couldn't argue that with due only to economic reasons, since this would have damaged the GDR's reputation of being a helping country, the agreement to ... of the foreigners through so-called solidarity funds with the goal of putting down a marker against the imperialistic Western States. Unlike the 'brain drain' common in the the US...

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... as it set the framework and foundation for the subsequent American policies as part of the containment policy to contain Soviet expansionism. However, other factors stemming from American intentions prior to the Truman Doctrine, Truman's hesitance in directly confronting the Soviets and the Marshall Plan's success are ... important in causing the Cold War as it was only a mere declaration of American intentions which were present before 1947, and there were other factors which limited the Truman Doctrine, hence eliciting no response from the Soviets. The Truman Doctrine was arguably an im...

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