... responded to Churchill's Speech "Capitalist impearilism is a call for a war on the USSR-. So, America begins using methods to "contain- Soviet influence. By 1946 the Americans started to adopt the policy of containment'. On March 12, 1947, President Truman gave an address to Congress that would later be known as the Truman Doctrine. He called for $400 million to aid to ... the concept that would shape the entire Cold War: containment. Truman asserted that the Soviet Union, like Germany before it, sought world domination. As William Chafe has written of containment policy: "...containmen...

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... most efficient of the totalitarian dictatorships. He unleashed a flood of coercion and terror that was unprecedented and unparalleled. The sheer efficiency of this control could easily stamp out any move of meaning opposition to him. Stalin's regime involved a series of plans for change with regards to the ... the final component involved the collectivisation of all the agricultural land under state control. In order to promote this plan Stalin set about implementing a series of five year plans. In 1928 Lenin's New Economic Policy was replaced by the first five year plan which sought t...

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... important in causing the Cold War as it set the framework and foundation for the subsequent American policies as part of the containment policy to contain Soviet expansionism. However, other factors stemming from American intentions prior to the Truman Doctrine, Truman's hesitance in directly confronting ... arguably an important cause of the Cold War as it provided the framework for later American policies as part of the containment policy to contain Soviet expansionism. American intervention was called for when countries faced Soviet pressure, hence setting the direction for subseque...

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... in 1941, Stalin discontinued his Jewish intolerance and supported the formation of the Jewish Antifascist Committee (JAC) in 1942, contradicting practiced Stalinism and amending his previously unquestionable policy. Even after WWII, Stalin collaborated with the United States and supported the creation of a Jewish State in Palestine. Soviet Jews raised great hope for future friendship ... from WWII to his death. The effects of Stalin's inconstancies were inevitably destructive to his legitimacy and authority. What compelled a fanatically unyielding and calculating dictator to alter his p...

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... in 1941, Stalin discontinued his Jewish intolerance and supported the formation of the Jewish Antifascist Committee (JAC) in 1942, contradicting practiced Stalinism and amending his previously unquestionable policy. Even after WWII, Stalin collaborated with the United States and supported the creation of a Jewish State in Palestine. Soviet Jews raised great hope for future friendship ... from WWII to his death. The effects of Stalin's inconstancies were inevitably destructive to his legitimacy and authority. What compelled a fanatically unyielding and calculating dictator to alter his p...

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... aware of the Soviet actions through two sources. In March 1946 Winston Churchill gave his famous Iron Curtain speech, warning the USSR had control of the Eastern Europe countries and also Kennan's Long Telegram was sent from Moscow in February 1946. This warned of the Soviet's need ... Long telegram was the basis for the Truman Doctrine introduced in March 1947, which was formulated to stop the USSR's further expansion. This policy was directly apposed to communism saying it was "based upon the will of the minority forcibly imposed on the majority. - it was promised ... Eisenhower McCar...

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... In 1815, at the Congress of Vienna, Tsar Alexander was quite prepared to use the congress to pursue the traditional aims of foreign policy, in particular the aims of westward expansion and European dominance, which greatly angered the Western states. Also in 1815, Russia joined Prussia ... , they failed to stop communism taking over Russia. In December 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R) was created, under the communist control of the ruthless, Joseph Stalin. President Woodrow Wilson, and the United States, offered an alternative to communism. Wilson had initially ke...

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... sure the troops stayed loyal. Above all, Trotsky's fairness made the Red army different from the imperial army; Trotsky used both means of control over his troops, implying harsh disciplines whilst being liberal with them. Therefore, Trotsky was loved and respected by his troops, and together ... Russia. As without planning to improve Russia's welfare, and improving conditions in Russia, Stalin would have lost all support. Stalin maintained control over the peasants through a policy of Collectivisation. Most farms were small, because of the way land had been shared out after the Revoluti...

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... the Russian people. At the same time he needed to strengthen the control of the Communist Party over the Empire. Lenin had solutions for these problems; the replacement of War Communism by a new Economic Policy and the appointment of Joseph Stalin as General Secretary of the Communist Party ... , Lenin enforced great hardship upon the majority of peasantry of Russia-the economy relied heavily upon agriculture-by pursuing a policy of War Communism which ruthlessly enforced state control of all industry, by ending private trading and the use of money. It also involved the seizure of grain f...

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... industrial reforms to dramatically bring Russia from a mainly agrarian market to an industrial power, Nazi Germany would have inflicted a severe defeat on her in World War 2. Therefore, Stalin implementing his policy of "socialism in one country" led to the introduction of the Five Year Plans thereby creating a colossal Russian industry, saved the nation after a bitter war. When Lenin died there ... the way. Stalin thought that Russia was industrially too weak to carry out a proletariat revolution in other countries and if attempted the capitalist nations would destroy Russia and communi...

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... perestroika."" This was the organizational restructuring of the Soviet economy and government apparatus. In an attempt to make a more tolerant and open political environment, Gorbachev began the "Glasnost- policy. This emphasized openness with regard to discussion of social problems and shortcomings. The purpose of these reforms was to elevate the Soviet standard of living in order to reaffirm the ... the "Program for the Deepening of Economic Reforms in Russia- was approved. The goals that it outlined were: deregulation, a balanced budget, privatization, demilitarization, structural chan...

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... life, encompassing everything from culture to religious practice and political thought. The foundations of these were forged through precise economic speculation that sought to control the means of production and those who worked for the owners of such. The latter, Marx believed, would inevitably revolt against the owners ... the schools to young people, as well in the Komosol and in numerous state publications. Beginning in 1921, Lenin instituted the New Economic Policy (NEP), signaling the end of war communism, which was full of policies despised by the peasantry. In essence, NEP was a...

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... its aggression - that is the Orthodox theory. Others supported the revisionist view and would claim that it was not an aggression but a self - defence policy and that the American involvement in the South America and therefore its Imperialism resulted in the Cold War. The post - revisionist view is that the Cold ... 1945 the war time allies between the USA, UK and the USSR began to break up. A major factor was the Stalin's foreign policy. He wanted to build up Russian control of the Eastern Europe that was seen by the west as an act of aggression. In 1946 Churchill, who had been the UK ...

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... diplomatic and economic struggles occurred. The Cold War began when the leader of the Communist Party, Joseph Stalin, used the Red Army to take control of most of the countries of Eastern Europe. The United States as well as Western European countries were greatly concerned. In response to Stalin's ... in 1947. President Truman asked that the United States aid any country that asked for help in resisting communism. This was known as the policy to keep communism from spreading to other countries. "Should we fail to aid Greece and Turkey in this fateful hour, the effect will be ... Union...

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... which he subsequently built up into the most powerful in the country. After Lenin's death in January 1924, Kamenev and Zinoviev governed the party. During this period, Stalin advanced the policy of building socialism in one country, in contrast to Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution. Stalin would quickly switch sides and join with Bukhrain. Together they fought a new opposition of Trotsky ... the leadership and the following year Trotsky was exiled. From then on Stalin can be said to have exercised control over the party and the country, although this was not complete until the Gre...

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... Stalin because the USSR realized if the West and the East Germany united, the influences of the Communist in the East Germany would lose control. At last he sought solution in military force. Eventually, this led to the building of Berlin Wall in 1961. The intention of this ... began (The Greenfield History © site). This was also the direct result of Khrushchev's de-Stalinization. The Hungarian sought for independent from the Communist control. The revolution was begun with students' demonstrations, and then with the involvement of the Hungarian troops. (The Macmillan Encyclopedia 2001)...

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... Stalin had secured his position as the sole leader of the Soviet Union. One of Stalin's first moves as leader of the Soviet Union was to replace Lenin's New Economic Policy with a series of government controlled five year plans. These plans called for a highly ambitious state guided crash industrialization, and the collectivization of agriculture. Although the first two five year ... who destroyed their crops and; live stock, and labeled them traitors. Stalin walked away with a clean set of hands. During the 1930s Stalin's ruthlessness and paranoia really started to take control of him....

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... which haunted the agriculture sector, came back to life. The peasants were not happy and in regards to the farms, there was an absence of control from the top. Consequently, Khrushchev's combated the problems with more reforms. Thus the "vicious circle" continued. In short, "The improved incentives and ... the fact that every important decision had to be taken there stultified local initiative" (McCauley 218). He wanted to move the control away from Moscow and move control to more local regions thus instituting regional economic councils. Khrushchev reform of 1957 was known as sovnarkho...

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... which haunted the agriculture sector, came back to life. The peasants were not happy and in regards to the farms, there was an absence of control from the top. Consequently, Khrushchev's combated the problems with more reforms. Thus the "vicious circle" continued. In short, "The improved incentives and ... the fact that every important decision had to be taken there stultified local initiative" (McCauley 218). He wanted to move the control away from Moscow and move control to more local regions thus instituting regional economic councils. Khrushchev reform of 1957 was known as sovnarkho...

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... in the Party. He thought that Trotsky and Stalin were chiefly to blame for this. The Rightists (Bukharin, Tomsky and Rykov) believed that the government must continue Lenin's New Economic Policy for at least the next twenty years. Bukharin hoped that NEP would encourage the peasants to grow more food and that townspeople would get jobs in the factories. Gradually, both ... was General Secretary of the Party, with the power to give his supporters posts at every level of the Party. Finally, Stalin, as the head of the Control Commission he had the power to control Party membership (that is...

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