... modern than men about the consequences of working. For example, women are not worried as much as men that working could affect the development of their child. However, that distinction between men and women was bigger in the West than in the East. More men in the East were able to make the experience that a working wife doesn't led to the negative consequences Western men are afraid of ... . Of course, the age is an important factor, only 29% of ... the adults under 30 years agreed that it would be the best solution if women stay at home and ... ...

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... 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 increase the bargaining power of the democratic and capitalist world with the communist one, and will serve as a rival to the Warsaw-Pact recently ratified in the Soviet Union. Finally it will insure that no aggression is brought against ... and in effect create thousands of new jobs for American workers to function in. Our political influence will spread exponentially with the ratification of...

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... Since there were so many starting points in the Vietnam War it complicated to say the causes of the U.S entry. There are a number of reasons that the U.S got involved in the war, and these grew more over time. Every American President called the enemy in Vietnam-the Vietminh. 1960's successor, the National Liberation Front (NLF) : and the government of north Vietnam which was led by ... Ho Chi Minh as agentsof global Communism. Most Americans called communism the "antithesis of all ... they held dear." Communists accused democracy of Violating human rights, created close state economics...

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... a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western world led by the United States with NATO among its allies, and powers in the Eastern hemisphere, dominated by the Soviet Union along with the Warsaw Pact. This began after the success of their temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany, leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with major economic and political differences. Back ... have full control over the city of Berlin and later expand to the rest of Germany and surrounding countries. It is interesting to point out that the US and...

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... far worse than that of any other European countries on account of the currency depreciation and the inflation brought by the failure in World War II. On the other hand, the communist influence of the Soviet Union was rising and spreading from the east of Europe gradually. At the same time, the United States had excess commodities produced under the New Deal and was desperately looking for market ... sell. As a result, aiding Europe was good for both Europe and America. In addition, the United States was trying to scotch the influence of the Soviet Union spreading in the east of Europe w...

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... ambitious of expanding their policies. For example, the Marshall Plan could have been seen as a capitalist plan for gaining support from the western part of Europe and then from the eastern. In fact, it gained support from, especially, Western Europe. By the same way, The Cominform could have been seen as a communist way of indoctrinating Eastern Europe. On the other hand, in 1949 the proclamation of a communist government in China ... make the Americans fear of an advancing tide of communism. To prevent ... ...

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... between Stalin, Truman and Churchill already threatened it. At the Potsdam Conference, there was already a division between the partners where Truman and Churchill were determined to secure political freedom and democratic governments throughout post-war Europe whilst Stalin was determined to dominate all of Europe and impose communism on its nations. Each side could not tolerate their ideologies therefore ... , resulting in the incapability of trusting each during the Cold War. This split in ideology drove to the development of the 'two camps theory', which was that the world split...

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... asked for major economic aid to Greece and Turkey to oppose communism. In the Marshall Plan, western European nations provided $12 billion to rebuild economies and resist Soviet pressures. We wanted to protect our interests abroad and we saw the USSR as a threat. The US failed to open up a second front. They were repeatedly asked by the USSR, but they waited a full two years before compliance ... supplies and materials that it desperately needed. America wanted to be the dominant nation, and took many measures to insure that the USSR would not expand following WWII. For example, without...

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... II most of Eastern Europe was communist and China was also communist. This growth of communist countries threatened Western countries and surrounding Asians countries. The fear of communism aggression was founded upon the "Domino Theory". The Domino Theory was the idea that if any nation fell to communism, the surrounding nations would be likely to fall to communism, starting a chain reaction in which countries fell like ... communist North Vietnam, all of Southeast Asia might also "fall" starting a communist chain reaction. Another reason why the Australian government sent Australians ...

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... allies, often referred to as the Eastern bloc, which by the mid 1950's included East Germany, Albania, Hungary, Poland Romania, China, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Bulgaria. On the other side is the United States along with its democratic allies, including Canada, France, West Germany, the Philippines, Japan, Great Britain, and many other countries of Western Europe and Latin America. This ... group was usually referred to as the Western bloc. Such intense rivalry is known as the Cold War because it has not actually led ... each bloc's vision of the world. On one side, the US, wants a wo...

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... the first steps to establishing the critically important network of allied states (such as Japan and South Korea) that would sit alongside a rejuvenated Western Europe as a bulwark against Soviet expansion. NSC 68 focused heavily on the ideological differences of the superpowers and the threat posed to America, mentioning the term 'freedom' frequently as this would become not just the public front of the Korean War to the American people, but to all ... people via the U.N. – a war of ideology, of freedom vs. slavery or ... ...

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... years, spent billions of dollars in war equipment and economic aid. But the Vietcong, aided by North Vietnam, remained a constant threat to the government in the south. In 1965, President Johnson sent the first American combat troops to South Vietnam, and at that point, it became an American War. When the first American troops went to war in Vietnam, Americans went to war at ... that our support of non-Communist South Vietnam was necessary to prevent the expansion of Communisim in Southeast Asia. They thought that if North Vietnam took over South Vietnam and other southeast Asian countr...

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... successfully contained soviets within their own borders and protected Western Europe. Some historians argue that Truman's actions were poorly carried out and all but provoked soviets for their aggressive actions. It is argued that the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan could be seen as threatening acts towards the Soviet Union as the U.S bribed Western Europe to side with them. It is also said ... the Berlin Crisis could have been prevented if the U.S, France, and Britain had not deceitfully ... the steps taken by Truman were all in the best interest of the protection of freedom. With t...

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... One horrifying statistic that really shocked me was that when the attacks began, the city had a population of 3 million, but at the end, only 600,000 people remained. One final argument that challenges this statement is that Western allies broke their promise on the "single most important military issue of the war three times"(Chafe 38). On each occasion there was good reason for delaying, but ... the Soviet Union viewed the delays with skepticism, ridicule, and even hostility. I think ... these feelings are agreeable. I think of it as depending on someone to do you a favor. When ... ...

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... a bitter, cold-hearted person but in actuality was probably the character that felt the most in the book. Like the typical Englishman, he kept his emotions to himself, and out of sight from others. He had his own stand points on religion and politics that he definitely stood by. In the war, England did not take sides, on account of their immense losses during WWII, and like ... them, Fowler did not take sides. Different people in the story felt that "One has to take sides. If one is to remain ... future. Pyle was "a very quiet American"(17). Only he does possess one flaw, he is an assa...

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... divided into four parts, which was United States, Great Britain, and France controlled the three divisions that were formed in the Western half, and the Eastern half was controlled by the Soviet Republic. The Western division united to make a federal republic, while the Eastern divisions became communist. Berlin layed deep within the Soviet part, the Allies thought it best to divide this capital. Berlin was also divided into ... together and make one country out of their three divided parts. These three parts formed West Germany. when all the land was divided the Soviet Union controlled ...

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... had a further strong influence on the desire of both organizations to adapt to the new environment. Meanwhile the relations of these two most important organizations of the political West have been the subject in the center of many analyses. In essence, the end of the Cold War profoundly changed the central parameters of the relationship between Europe and the US. The developments in the Western Balkans have been very ... -to-day consultations, including close cooperation between the North Atlantic Council, the EU's Political and Security Committee, and permanent, day-to-day liaison arra...

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... we are born, these luxuries are presented to us as normalities, leading us to believe that these items are, in essence, necessities. This, in turn, leads to more greed and the jealousy of others. Without this greed, however, there would be no need to become successful. There would be no need to further oneself through education. There would be no need ... to work hard and provide for the society. Everyone would have identical possessions. Everyone would be, in a sense, equal. We would live in a communist society. While the theory of socialism and communism may look appealing on paper, d...

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... of its unique position, any action against a group or state would have to involve the Americans. As the attack of a country requires a large commitment of resources it is logical that any attack would require the Americans to lead the way. Now it is reasonable to assume that, especially within the western world, the dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, is an international criminal and vindicator of terror. It ... war, not only wouldn't this speech be written but allot of American officials wouldn't be now wondering why they have to do it all over again. After the Gulf War the United Nation...

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... "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." This became known as the Truman Doctrine and committed the United States to containing the spread of Communism. After World War II Europe was left in ruins and was on the verge of an economic collapse which left many countries in Europe vulnerable to communist influences and takeovers by ... continued to build up their arms and increase their nuclear capabilities, the U.S knew the Soviets had the ability to overrun Western Europe, launch air attacks against lines of communication ...

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... 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 plans a new German state in their zones, the Soviets blockade the city. The North Atlantic Treaty is signed and Western Europe and North America become allies. This shows that the United States is beginning to get more and more support ... against communism while the Soviets are still turning countries little by little towards communism. "The dominoes fall in the Cold War" (CNN). The Soviet block begins to break up first ... border...

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... 1970 and another in June 1971. The Moratorium campaigns were different from other anti-Vietnam and peace movements of the years between 1965 and 1970. The moratoriums were nationwide and involved a high degree of organisation and coordination; even cabinet ministers were involved. They were non-violent protests and there were people participating from all walks of life. Soldiers in Vietnam ... thought that the protestors only consisted of uni students and hippies, but they were very wrong. There were protestors young and old, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and ... children (peop...

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... from 1945 and so on, was laying the foundations of a new chapter in history that would stamp European biography and global politics once and for all. According to Ross, this separation of Germany caused approximately 3.5 million people out of 18 million, many of them who were skilled workers and intellectuals, to head towards the western side of the country (459). "Moreover, the open border and possibility ... of flight to the West placed certain constraints on the entire 'construction of socialism' in East Germany" ... ...

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... , thus the Containment. The Marshall Plan worked out perfect as Western Europe rebuilt its prosperity and Communism did not spread to those region. After World War II, the Soviet Union controlled East Germany and West and East Berlin while the US controlled West Germany and West Berlin Which was in East Germany. The Soviet Union had a wonderful plan to starve the people in Berlin by blocking all the supplies ... policy. Also it made sure that Berlin would not be taken over by the communist. In North Korea, a communist government was established by the Soviet Union. Their first leader was...

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... military fought in it from 1962 to 1973, and at the time, it was the longest that Australia had participated in all-out war. Just over 60,000 Australia soldiers fought in the war with 521 Australian's killed and approximately 3,000 wounded. The Vietnam War was fought not only in Vietnam but also in surrounding countries such as Cambodia and Laos. There are many ... contributing factors for the beginning of the Vietnam War which was all linked to the Cold War. The term ˜Cold War' refers to the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union (Russia) which began after World W...

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