... ?dimensional definition. Liberalism is an ideology whose central concern is the liberty of the individual; liberals see the establishment of the state as a necessary part of preserving liberty either from harm by other individuals or by states; the state must always be the servant of the collective will, not ... Treaty on European Union in 1992, there are common themes underlying Liberalism; in this instance, the theme is the importance of submitting the separate `wills' of individual states to a general will agreed by states acting collectively. To return to the Treaty on European Union...

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... War II. The Soviet leadership, therefore, was ruthless in marshaling all available human and material resources for the job of modernization. The harsh discipline and economic austerity that were necessary could be imposed only by an unrelenting dictatorship that could control all citizens' activities and suppress any hint of dissent or autonomy. The resulting system of total control has been ... principles of democracy during the Middle Ages. Slaves ceased to constitute a major portion of national populations. As feudalism ended, a rich commercial middle class arose, possessing the mon...

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... insight and understanding of the precarious factors of the Cold War. Obviously, neither the United States nor the Soviet Union felt war to be necessary; John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev considered themselves and each other to be men of reason. In documentation to be later presented in this ... sides that this crisis was far from being resolved. Though tensions escalated on both fronts of the Cold War, neither side felt that a war was necessary or even probable. Khrushchev knew that if the Soviets followed through on their threats and signed a peace treaty with the GDR, the U.S. wo...

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... bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the first act in the Cold War, as it was intended as a warning to the Russians and was not necessary to defeat Japan. While not all agree that the vicious bombings were part of the Cold War, the Cold War mentality is certainly seen in ... German Problem' with the division of Germany into two separate states. The global situation in the post-World War Two time period therefore established the necessary tension for the Cold War to begin. Other factors which contributed to the origins of the Cold War include that the United States had much ... put forw...

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... of them had escaped from the "totalitarian" Communist nation. They wrote for a predisposed (Cold-War and post-Cold War) Western audience, among whom was the established consensus that Mao was evil, and the Cultural Revolution was madness, so any successful interpretation should have reflected this. This social and political context led them to be geared against Mao and his policies, and ... to a popular shift against their ideology. The objective truth is likely to lie between the allegations of both parties. On one hand, when reaching conclusions on the subject, it is necessary to ackn...

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... smoke of World War II, a world where two large and colossal countries were bitter adversaries, both with nuclear weapons. It was Capitalism vrs Communism. Ironically, it was not the godless, evil communists that had used a nuclear weapon, rather the Democratic peace- loving nation that bombed the two civilian cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki using atomic bombs. World War 2 had made the ... points made earlier, the United States saw it in its best interest to provide economic aid to the war- torn countries of Western Europe, whereas the Soviet Union saw it necessary to form an economic a...

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... those without power thus inducing them to work in coordination with the motives of the superiors. The extreme opposite of the liberal rational view claims that human nature is essentially evil. The rightist philosophy argues that a sovereign is needed to keep society under control because nature is at a state of war and chaos and without superior intervention, human society will ... order. The chosen few, similar to aristocrats apart from maintaining order would also determine resource allocation and plan methods of production. Finally the Christian philosophy acknowledges both the goo...

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... that, in accordance with one view of the teachings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, advocate the abolition of capitalism and all private profit, by means of violent revolution if necessary. "Marx organized the International Workingmen's Association, or First International; when this congress met at Geneva in 1866, it was the first international forum for the promulgation of Communist doctrine. ... managing - the unintended side effect. (4) Both socialism and communism are structured in such a way that an inherent inequality develops from the administrative top of the power structure f...

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... currently ineffective in solving international disputes; however, humanity cannot afford to abandon a valuable institution for its imperfections. The United Nations, especially if its flaws are identified and corrected, will be necessary - along with its many supplementary agencies - in the future. On October 24, 1999, the United Nations turned fifty-four years old. It was an urgently needed child of a world ... successful, and unsuccessful in the past, however it is not able to solve international disputes because of the ever-changing and tremendously diverse world. It will however, pr...

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... were not equipped to fight in and this is why so many people saw Stalin's plans as genius rather than monstrosities; hard work and death as a necessary sacrifice for advancement. Stalin or "Uncle Joe" was seen to be saving the country by so many, rather than destroying its people. Conditions in the labour ... after all the propaganda, after personal experiences of previous hardship people genuinely believed that the estimated 25 million people who died under Stalin's regime were a necessary sacrifice for the progress of Russia and it's people. No one can say where Russia would have been ...

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... The Soviet Union brought nuclear missiles into Cuba and aimed them at United States targets, prompting a tense standoff between the two countries. However, this brinkmanship was necessary in that if either country had fired upon the other, nuclear war could not have been avoided. The United States demonstrated that by a show of military ... power they could force another country to back down, thereby avoiding nuclear war. The Cuban Missile Crisis entailed a necessary show of force by the United States (Thomson 339). In the 1960's, United States spy planes, the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft...

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... from Gleb. As a result of Dasha's sacrificed love for the Soviet cause in place of her daughter, Nurka dies. The death of Nurka is painful for Dasha, but recognized as a necessary adversity. Nurka is a child who was originally born into love but who is incapable of understanding how to survive and develop into the New Soviet citizen under new conditions. The ... the post-revolutionary construction in a Russian village. Through emotional insight into the main characters, Dasha and Gleb Chumalov, Gladkov is able to explain the notion of sacrifice and suffering as a necessary gateway to be...

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... . In this way, the Far East has been characterized by its industrial structure dependent on natural resources. The self-sufficiency of foods in the Far East is only about 50%. Necessary foods and other consumer goods have been provided by the European Russia and other Republics, which are far to the west. As a result of the breakup of the Soviet Union ... production enterprises in taxation as well as measures to return foreign currency deposits with foreign banks to Russia should be taken. b) A lack of preferential treatment of foreign capitals. It is necessary to take adequate preferent...

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... intermediate footholds, 5 defensive barracks, 7 gunpowder magazines and 38 artillery batteries on the outside line of the Brest Fortress defense. After the First World War broke out in 1914, it was necessary to complete the earlier started intensive construction works that were to strengthen the defensive fortifications along the western border of the Russian Empire. To put on military readiness, it was ... necessary to complete the construction of 5 forts and some intermediate temporary and permanent fortifications in the outer defensive ring line of the Brest-Litovsk fortress. The pre...

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... . Consequently but unless otherwise stated, this essay would make extensive use but not limited to the works of Gil Loescher. Other authors and scholars would be made reference to where necessary. Setting the Scene As suggested by scholars like Loescher (1996, pp 11-92; 2001 pp21-81) and (Erika, 2001; Labman, 2009), the issue of refugee crisis is old wars and ... was to form international organizations that would be able to take direct responsibility for these refugees which arguably was the first attempt at developing the international refugee regime. This became necessary because it wa...

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... of all democratic elements of the population and pledged to the earliest possible establishment, through free elections, of governments responsive to the will of the people [and] to facilitate, where necessary, the holding of such elections." However no instrument was created to implement these democratic goals The final issue to be discussed at Yalta dealt with the Soviet Union's involvement in ... to have been effective. Attacks on the Japanese held territories in Manchuria hastened action by the emperor himself to surrender before having his country fully swallowed up. Soviet interve...

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... person whom the invasion was meant to topple, Fidel Castro is still in power. To understand the origins of the invasion and its ramifications for the future, it is first necessary to look at the invasion and its origins. The Bay of Pigs invasion of April 1961 started a few days before the bombing of Cuba on April fifteenth by what appeared ... in one of his messages, "That a so-called small war' can produce a chain reaction in all parts of the world. We shall render the Cuban people and their Government all necessary assistance in beating back the armed attack on Cuba."" Kennedy replied...

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... World War II. The Soviet leadership, therefore, was ruthless in marshaling all available human and material resources for the job of modernization. The harsh discipline and economic austerity that were necessary could be imposed only by an unrelenting dictatorship that could control all citizens' activities and suppress any hint of dissent or autonomy. The resulting system of total control has been ... some principles of democracy during the Middle Ages. Slaves ceased to constitute a major portion of national populations. As feudalism ended, a rich commercial middle class arose, possess...

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... , the person that the invasion meant to topple, Fidel Castro, is still in power. To understand the origins of the invasion and its ramifications for the future it is first necessary to look at the invasion and its origins. Part I: The Invasion and its Origins. The Bay of Pigs invasion of April 1961, started a few days before on April 15th with ... in one of his messages that a, . . . so-called "small war" can produce a chain reaction in all parts of the world . . . we shall render the Cuban people and their Government all necessary assistance in beating back the armed attack on Cuba . . ...

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... place was not the super-protector that it had always claimed to be. They realized that all of the sacrifices made for the support of the Party were not entirely necessary. Gorbachev's new freedom of the press policy fostered this belief greatly. The Soviet citizens, exercising their newly-found voices wanted to see reform occur faster on a local level. Thus, the ... home front as well. Now with the military rule gone, and the oppression of the strongly nationalistic republics gone, the reworking of the Soviet Union as an institution became absolutely necessary. In conclusion, the 1980s ...

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... a Market Economy At the heart of the difficulties plaguing the Russian Federation are the economic reforms that the Yeltsin regime has imposed upon the Russian people. Capitalism is viewed as a necessary ingredient (though not sufficient) contingency of a stable democracy. All established democracies are located in countries that place economic manufacture and aggregation in the hands of privately owned firms, with distribution ... . For a stable democracy to take hold in Russia, Yeltsin and future presidents must not become institutions themselves. The personalization of transition poli...

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... that as well as having a flexible agriculture, the Soviet Union had a workforce of peasants who could be moved into industrialisation to create the proletariat society those communist academics argued was necessary for the survival of socialism. However, whilst the communist party benefited from the social engineering that collectivisation and industrialisation offered Stalin benefited greatly from the opportunities that industrialisation presented him ... of the proletariat increased, so did the size of the industrial economy and over ten years, Stalin did make up the fifty to a hundre...

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... days: "The only time I felt a fear of nuclear war or a use of nuclear weapons was on the very first day, when we"d decided that we had to do whatever was necessary to get the missile out. There was always some background fear of what would eventually happen, and I think this is what was expressed when people said they feared they would ... make an agreement with the U.S. about the arms race. Gorbachev had a different view about defense than had Khrushchev and Brezhnev. Khrushchev and Brezhnev had believed that Soviet military prowess was necessary to restrain the capitalist powers from ...

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... 1956, receiving a warm reception from the critics. With its introductory declaration that "in the days ahead, only the very courageous will be able to take the hard and unpopular decisions necessary for our survival," Profiles in Courage cemented JFK's reputation as an intellectual, a thinking man's politician, and made him a darling of the New York and Washington press. Accusations that the book ... ensure their safety. JFK was sympathetic to the Civil Rights Movement--southern segregationists certainly regarded him as a villain--but he was wary of political risk, and acted only when a...

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... was then split up into sections which governs the various musical genres. Composers had the moral obligation to submit their work to the USC for approval. Although it was not necessary to submit work, failure to do so would almost certainly result in national criticism and the work not being successful. Because Stalin had with the USC controlled the arts, in ... same, throughout time, society has changed and will therefore view these intentions differently than they would have fifty years previously. So, can music be political? When answering this, it is necessary to take a number of th...

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