... for political economics at Rostock and lived in the former GDR, so she has an intimate knowledge of political events of the time. Lothar Elsner also lived in the GDR and has a deep understanding of the period due to long-term research work preferential on the history of international migration and the foreigner policy in the 20th century and his work in the SED Rostock. The purpose of the book ... lto focus on themes that are rarely discussed - like the life of foreigners in the GDR-, and to deliver a more diverse view on the history of those years. The main limitation of this publicatio...

• Word Count: 1950
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• Grade Level: Graduate

... of in life was their social ties. Therefore, the more the Americans escalated the conflict to intimidate them, the more the Vietnamese could muster solidarity, lose "less and less to lose by fighting on", and gain a "capacity for endurance in suffering [as] an instrument for exploiting a basic weakness of the Christian West," (Hoopes 2). The lesson the Americans learned was that this war for the Vietnamese meant far more than Communism, but to ... achieve an "unfulfilled national purpose [from the first Indochina War]" and that by being the formidably stronger opponent, the Americ...

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... , were responsible for the start of the Cold War. Overall, this essay seeks to argue that Soviet aggression was responsible for the start of the Cold War as despite the other factors contributing to the start of the Cold War, Soviet aggression still holds a degree of responsibility in the start of the Cold War through the actions taken which greatly heightened the tensions between the superpowers. Soviet aggression was responsible for the start of the Cold War ... as the actions taken by the Soviet Union were offensive, based off ... ...

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... discusses this from a subjective and objective point of view in order to back up his opinion and present a clear case without discussing the situation at a complete slant, which I think shows how qualified he was to influence American foreign policy because he had every right to ... and had good insight due to his ability to look at the situation from every perspective, not just the American perspective. I believe Kennan attempting to be as unbiased as possible in this lecture allows him to give anyone reading the book a good chance to develop their own argument, which is ... of this wou...

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... regional security in existence and range from traditional mechanisms such as such as Collective Defence to the more contemporary approach of Co-operative Security. Each of these mechanisms contribute to regional security via numerous methods depending on that particular security need for the region. Collective Defence, although dated as a security mechanism, can still be seen as contributing ... an important role in regional stability under the specific environment in which it is created and employed. Alternative security mechanisms, however, may provide a broader ... or resistance aga...

• Word Count: 1681
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... 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 government officials of senior rank, has claimed itself as the authentic voice of the Soviet elite. The group has published a manifesto, which according to Martin ... and Perestroika, Gorbachev released new paths open to discussion regarding Capitalism as the best alternative for the current unstable political situation. As th...

• Word Count: 1300
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate