... times, pressure from the Soviet Union, and impact of westernization that did not give any freedom or opportunity to develop Kazakh traditional fashion industry. Despite these negative effects on Kazakh culture, Kazakhs are improving their fashion and clothing at current days by having a good financial situation and with the help of developing the economy of Kazakhstan. Initially, it is completely ... the World War times due to the Soviet Union's pressure for our nationality Kazakh people could not develop their light manufacture. The policy of Russification push people to forget their cu...

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... Kennan successfully displays an objective view on the topics he discusses in the lecture. Kennan's lecture gives the reader a panoramic view and solid background of American thinking about themselves and the rest of the world, with respect to events leading up to the conflict with the Soviets. As a result, Kennan ... he was such an authority 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 ch...

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... Of Containment The American Policy of Containment created and executed by United States after the WWII it was a key purpose in the Truman Doctrine of 1947. The Soviet Union wanted a world the way they ... needed, they might become or fall to communism, with huge consequences throughout the region. The policy finally receive the support of Republicans who controlled Congress and sent $400 million in American money, but they did not send any military forces, to the region. The effect was to end the Communist threat, and in 1952 both countries (Greece and Turkey) joined NATO ... , a milit...

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... political and economic repercussions in Africa, the Middle East, the Far East, and Latin America. Thus the treaty will serve to benefit us militarily, while also increasing our influence and friendships to countries worldwide. Militarily NATO will aid us tremendously. It will unite Western Europe with the United State's and provide a unified front against any soviet attack. Furthermore it will greatly ... insure that no aggression is brought against any allied nation without immediate response by the entire force of NATO. Economically the treaties importance is unrivaled. The treaty wil...

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... Oil Company (AIOC) and democracy, but taking away most of the Shah's powers in the process. By nationalizing the company and claiming back the territory on the Persian Gulf, the British were outraged and decided to launch numerous campaigns against him in order to claim back was rightfully theirs. If Dwight Eisenhower hadn't been elected to office, chances are the coup ... for help from the Soviet Union in case the situation against the United Kingdom got too serious. Regardless of this, President Truman refused to get involved, as much as the British and the Prime Minister, Winston Chu...

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... March 1941 (9) A: U.S. government passed the lend-lease act to supply countries with goods for war that were "allies". R: Germany responded by sinking any American ships they could. Rome/Berlin/Tokyo Axis. (10) A: Japan was sympathetic to Germany and signed a treaty with them. R: U.S. had already been angry ... control of El Alamein and the Suez Canal which would be a huge blow to the British. R: The British held a counteroffensive with some American help and drove the Germans back. Some considered it the "turning point of the British military fortunes". Battle of Stalingrad. Winter of 1...

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... as a result of a lack of soviet veto. This was still somehow an uni-lateral motion as the vast majority of troops was American and the rest was mainly from NATO-friendly countries. However the Soviets returned to the Security Council later that year, when it was their ... interests of either Bloc. In 1956, the Egyptian government nationalized the Suez canal, built by the French but part-owned by the British. Egypt was receiving American support until it became apparent Egypt was being given Czechoslovakian weapons. The cut on the finical aid trigger the state appropriation of the ... ca...

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... the old regime before World War II in order to keep benefit in Greece for itself. To suppress the Democratic Army of Greece, British government supported Hellenic Army to fight back. America also supported Hellenic Army. This civil war had lasted three years and ended with ceasefire ... Meanwhile, although Britain won World War II, it did not have enough money to support Greece to rebuild its homeland. For this reason, British government informed President Truman to aid Greece. President Truman realized if he did not deliver Greece from economic hardship, Greece would be controlled by .....

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... former Axis and Axis controlled countries. Germany and Austria were each divided into four zones under American, British, Soviet and French control. In eastern Europe, Rumania, Hungary, and Bulgaria (which had been allies of Germany) were placed under Soviet ... control. British and American forces occupied Italy. In Asia, Japan was occupied mainly by American forces; Korea, by the American and the Soviet Union; and Manchuria, by Soviet and Chinese forces. The Paris Peace Conference, 1946 ... had to be reunified. Early attempts to reunify all occupation zones economically failed because...

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... friendly bonds between nations. Not only this, but establishing these spheres can help a superpower preach its beliefs and ideologies effectively. When a superpower initiates the formation of alliances, it is forming friendships along with spreading its beliefs and ideologies and policies. A perfect example of such an alliance is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) which was formed in 1949. This ... American alliance included most of western Europe. The purpose of this alliance was to guarantee the security and freedom of member countries through a system of collective defense....

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The Romans, the Mongols, the British and the Spanish empires and many more have all made us who we are today; from one empire another one was given birth to, but also as the culture, language, and food and even combat transformed and developed. Not just empire's but events such as the cold war, WII or even the crusades have brought and gave ... but a bit bland). It would have been a delicacy to eat as most people enjoyed eating this unusual mixture of food. After the Romans the next food extravaganza occurred in the British Empire which brought a lot of spices to the west of the world but the...

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... the war Roosevelt sent Britain 500,000 rifles and 80,000 machine guns In September US traded 50 old destroyers for leases on British military bases Building Americas Defenses Roosevelt asks congress to increase spending for national defense 18 countries had larger armies than the US ... aid to Stalin, they argued that Hitler was doing the US a favor by attacking the communists. -Churchill: "If Hitler invaded Hell, the British would be prepared to work with the devil himself. German Wolf Packs -To prevent delivery of lend-lease shipments, Hitler deployed hundreds of German subs ... week...

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... bad press. Stalin was getting excited because he could almost taste Greece and some of the Middle East. Greece was struggling to make amends after the British decided to stop supporting the Greek government, and they asked the US for assistance. They asked for $400,000,000 to repair the country's ... would have plumated and he would have lost his dissintegrating power. The Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact was misleading for Americans. The French and the British went to Moscow to try and make a deal with Stalin not to go into negotiations with Hitler but Stalin saw this as an opportunity f...

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... element of any US policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of a long term, patient but vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies". X turned out to be George Kennan, an American Foreign Service officer stationed in Moscow. These beliefs led to no compromise, which then led to containment; the idea that the Soviet Union and Soviet communism should not be allowed ... had then risen in Germany. At the end of World War II, Germany was split into 4 zones controlled by the British in the northwest, French in the west, America in the south, and Soviet Union in the east. The French...

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... four sectors, each controlled by one of the four countries. At first, Berlin citizens could move freely between the sectors to work or to visit with friends and family. The American, British, and French sectors became democratic and capitalist, and the Soviet sector became a communist dictatorship. By 1948, the Soviet Union and democratic allies began to fight over how to govern Berlin ... and painted slogans to put capitalist ideas in East German's minds. Furthermore, East Germans learned about the West by listening to newscasts from Radio Free Europe, Radio in the American Sector, the...

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... 't start things, or invade countries but we were asked to partake in certain situations, and became members of various groups across the world. We joined la Francophonie (French colonies), British Commonwealth, and Pan American Congress. We were also a part of Red Cross, NATO, NORAD, United Nations, Royal Bank and G8. We never took sides during the war, as we would be asked ... that we don't have nuclear weapons. We do have nuclear power, just no weapons, as we side on America for the weapons in case of war. Also because of the British Commonwealth, we are able to have ties with India, H...

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... Chinese starved to death during the Great Leap Forward, making it one of the worst man-made disasters in history. In 1964, China explodes its first nuclear bomb. In 1965, American forces enter Vietnam and the Chinese support North Vietnam while the United States take the South's side. Mao, in the end wants to restore peace with the United States and ... is also another place of conflict during the Cold War. Germany after being defeated in WWII is divided. Berlin, which is in the Soviet zone, is divided into four sections, American, British, French and Soviet rule. When West Germany plan...

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The cold war erupted in 1945 for various reasons. To a large extent of hostility arose from the American's side, as well as from the Soviet's side. There were many things that occurred during 1945-1948, from the first conflicts between Russia and the U.S. in Iran to the Berlin ... also began to take over parts of northern Iran. This began to spark a little tension out of the Americans and the British, for they feared that if not acted upon sooner, the entire country would have been taken. Therefore the British and the Americans decided to put some pressure upon the Soviets and push them from...

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... women from the lower middle class and the working class challenged bourgeois dominance in such the same way that the bourgeoisie had earlier challenged and eventually overcome the aristocracy. Mass culture triggered negative responses in most serious artists, writers, and musicians, who preferred the difficult and somewhat remote style of Modernism. The leaders of Modernism, partly because of the extreme ... warned of the dangers of repression in capitalist society. Throughout the interwar period art, architecture, and film advanced quickly. Movies became published as the world's most ...

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... , were landed on the beaches Normandy. The beaches chosen for the landings stretched from the estuary of the Orne River to the southeastern edge of the Cotentin peninsula, with the British and Canadians troops taking the eastern beaches while the Americans attacked western. Four of the five beaches, code named Utah, Juno, Cold and Sword, were taken with relative ease, however ... have come to know it as "Bloody Omaha", massive numbers of Americans laid down their lives to obtain the beachhead. The Allies' supremacy in the air was a pivotal factor. British and American pilots destroyed mo...

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... , but Britain's economical position left it unable to control the vast empire it held around the world. Thus the collapse of power for the British commenced. After the war, the former Prime Minister of Britain, Winston Churchill, was voted out of office. The people believed the change they ... India run by Indians. After long non-violent protests led by Mahatma Gandhi, an agreement was reached and India was set apart from the British Empire. "British plans to prosecute Indians for treason, for having briefly fought on the side of the Japanese, had to be abandoned." Atlee also gained ......

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... the Soviet Union. His offensive soon began to struggle greatly and Germany now faced enemies on two fronts. On December 7th, 1941, the war took another dramatic turn. Japan attacked American, British, and Dutch territories in the Pacific. On December 11th, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. On June 22nd, 1941, Germany and its allies launched Operation Barbarossa, a massive ... in Europe was over, but the war in the Pacific was still unfinished. On December 7th, 1941, Japanese carrier-based bombers struck the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. With lots of further bat...

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Adolf Hitler did no want to only defeat Russia but destroy her altogether. He would eliminate the government, culture, kill and punish the people, and destroy everything in his path. Hitler hated Communist and Slavic people, which he wrote about in his book called Mein Kampf. He perceived them ... to much." The Great Purge led to inexperience on the battlefield and off of it in Key positions. Everyone in Russia feared Stalin more than they feared the Germans. The British even attempted to warn Stalin six separate times. Churchill wrote a personal letter to Stalin and pointed out Hitler's pla...

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... movement toward the right that is often overlooked. Though less recognized by history, the Young Americans for Freedom were an important part of the culture of protest in the 1960's. The social and political movements of the 1960's were largely characterized by the involvement of young people. Never had ... States should actively try to rid the world of it. One of the YAF's most successful examples of activism was their campaign to stop American companies from trading with the Soviet Bloc. They used demonstrations, letter-writing campaigns, and boycotts to make their message heard. Thes...

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... for people. With increasing numbers of hotel mergers and management lease by large corporations, in conjunction with an already well-developed western corporate culture, it seems like globalization hit the hospitality industry with all its might. Hotels, much like any business, are intended to generate either ... to think on their feet. Staff behavior changes according to their individual cultures and according to the culture of the country they work in. for example, an American working in Russia cannot expect to be given the same amount of information as he would be given ... superviso...

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