Group Project: Cold War Literature - Fiction Many novels throughout the 1950's sought to show the ills of communism. A reoccuring trend in these books is that they show the world from an apocolyptic stand point; possibley to show the negative outcomes from a war on Communism. After the apocalypse the world was run by a stringent set of rules that mirrored communism. These novels also tried to let the public escape to a sci-fi world where the fear of the Russians did not exist. Animal Farm by George Orwell Animal Farm written by George Orwell is a true spoof on Soviet Communism. It demonstrates...

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... and resourcefulness. Above all, the ANZAC spirit means loyalty to your comrades and friends. On April 25 1915, tens of thousands of ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) soldiers, along with allies from Britain and France, stormed the beaches of Gallipoli. The aim was to capture the peninsula to clear ... Simpson Kirkpatrick, who selflessly exposed himself to mortal danger to carry wounded soldiers to safety on the back of his donkey - were brave and heroic men. The First World War continued until 1918 and by the end of it over 60,000 Australian soldiers had been killed and 156,...

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... the American dream. Abraham Lincoln stood tall and led us through the Civil War with the belief that the United States should have a new birth of freedom. Americans fought valiantly for the red, white, and blue in both World Wars, while the tomb of the Unknown Soldier still burns bright in the minds of Americans. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a courageous man with polio ... who could no longer walk with ease, brought the world's aggressors to their knees as America triumphed in victory at the close of World War II. 58,202 American sons, daughters, mothers, and fathers are inscribed on the ...

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