... power [constituted] an experience far beyond the experience, and probably far beyond the emotional comprehension, of the Asian poor," and therefore it was more rewarding for the Vietnamese – or the peasants at least -- to die honorably for their own cause, since all they could conceive 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 w...

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... 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 their own ... to happen between the two superpowers. In the case of Greece, the Greek Civil War and the involvement of the Greek co...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... 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 publication is that the documents concerning xenophobic ... aspects in the GDR do not include a lot of source material from the Secret Police of the ... ...

• Word Count: 1950
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• Grade Level: Graduate

... we must learn that every nation has their own agenda and we must learn to work with them because we should not be in the business of picking governments. Kennan continues to rightfully point out that Communism is not a bad thing and Americans must not think that it is; ... remains a strong influence not only because of its good content on diplomacy, but also because Kennan does not make any outlandish predictions about what direction America or Soviet Russia is going. Instead, Kennan takes more of a theoretical approach to the Russian future and uses a Henry David Thoreau quote to illust...

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... as well, even a greater freedom regarding the populace's private life, however was the shift from the powerful Soviet entity towards Democracy, provoked from below and should we consider the factor that the collapse of the regime and the transition was accomplished 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 ... ...

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... as "defending 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 ... These agreements may only rely on the word of the other states and may only involve the respective states conducting such operations as joint military exercises, the communication of security information or ...

• Word Count: 1681
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate