... basketball, weighed only 183 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. Plans to begin launching the first satellites began in the mid 1950's. On October 4,1957, Sputnik 1 was launched by the Soviet Union. It circled the earth and transmitted radio signals ... distance communication links. Telephone companies, cable television stations, newspapers, and magazines use communications satellites to transmit data to various parts of the globe. Meteorological satellites...

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To what extent can Hitler be held responsible for the outbreak of world war two? It seems that Hitler did have consistent aims and plans which would be carried out when he came to power. His dream was to build a "new Germany" under his own leadership, ... aims which were: 1.The destruction of the Treaty Of Versailles. This would allow Germany to rearm and regain lost territory. 2.To gain territory (living space) for Germany in eastern Europe. This would a war in order to defeat Soviet Bolshevism. 3.To include all German-speaking people in his proposed "Third Reich", especially ... alone, we...

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... , and I'm happy to meet with you to discuss your ideas (or your paper drafts) at any point. The following are lists of possible topics for research papers. Note that neither list is exhaustive: these are a handful of possible topics (to give you some ideas and to give you a sense ... of the sort of topics I'm looking for, but you're welcome to propose a topic of your own. 1. Primary-source-based papers 2. Analysis of a memoir or set of memoirs (most likely ... recent historians have argued that the Soviet military leadership was surprisingly innovative in its approach. Who's right?) 1. T...

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During the 1900s, Tsar Nicholas II ruled the largest empire in the world of 125 million people. This meant tremendous responsibility and pressure to maintain a balanced and comfortable life for the people of Russia. However, due to his poor decisions and leadership skills, there were numerous events such as Bloody Sunday and World War I that played a key role in the ... was a major factor in the fall of Nicholas II. News of 'Bloody Sunday' swept Russia and suddenly there were protests and uprising all over the empire, creating utter panic for the Tsar. Acts of rebellion flooded the nati...

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... 5, 1914, Austria sent a request to Germany, stating that if Russia and Austria were to enter a war, Austria would have Germany's full support. In response to the request for support, Germany sent Austria a reply, informing them that they'd have their backs if that became necessary. On July 23rd of that year, Austria issued an ultimatum to Serbia and in ... a general mobilization of the German mobility. 2. Was the war inevitable prior to June 1914? Support your reasoning? No. Before June of 1914, there was no definitive reason for war. But the assassination of Franz Ferdinand was motivat...

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... and nomenklatura, fifteen seperate and fully free countries rised.This collapse was celebrated by all the Western countries because they thought that they did this collapse,they were the reason for this monumental failure.But they were faulty,U.S.S.R didn't collapse because of the West,it collapsed because of its bad foundation,and its internal problems.The problems and system had been ... governors raise their potency over the 'proletariat.(S.U Collapsed On Its Own,23).The effects of the policy were no production, no new investments on new industries but big economical loses for state....

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... allies - Italy and Japan, unexpectedly strong and stubborn enemies, but mainly, as I mentioned before, Hitler's massive miscalculations and failures. So, as I said, till the year 1940 things were going good for Germany. After it's quite successful Blitzkrieg, Germany found itself in quite a succeeded position - it controlled already big part of Europe: Denmark, Holland, N&W France, and Poland were under Germany's control. ... 1941 USSR was invaded. Scared of repeating of Napoleon's mistake, Hitler dismissed his general's insistence upon a direct assault on Moscow and made the Soviet cap...

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... and is about to launch. The focus becomes on why two forward doors are on the side of the nuclear weapons submarine. Jack Ryan, a subcontracted analyst for the CIA runs the pictures past a friend who conteplates the idea of a new "Worm" or jet propulsion that would bring in outside water and compress it ... as a threat to national security. Consequently, the US starts its own search. Jack Ryan is placed inside of the US hunt sub, causing some frustration for its captain as they were in pursuit of the Red October at the time they were told to surface. A series of thrilling and very techni...

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... provisional government, Lenin had rejected the idea of the Provisional Government. These 10 points included the immediate end to the war, support for the provisional government would stop and the imperialist government would cease to exist. This thesis attacked the Provisional Government, however the Provisional government ... peasants". This proves that Lenin was in touch with the people of Russia and that they were beginning to support him. Support was growing for Lenin and his movement. Lenin ordered Strikes and mass rallies from the people. Lenin also had support from other political...

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... have ever been fought, so the Treaty of Versailles is the most difficult of Treaties that has ever been made . Britain : wanted to make a lasting peace . Wanted money from Germany for the damage they had caused . France : Wanted revenge ( -> Germany ) Wanted to make Germany pay . Wanted Alsace - Lorraine Wanted security , so Germany could never attack France again . Italy : Wanted land ... from Austria ( south Tyrol ) . USA : Wanted a fair peace -> 14 points Structure of the League : The League included principal organs ( the Assembly , the council and the secretariat ) and Technical or...

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... This shows that young people from all parts of the political spectrum were making their voices heard. While less radical and violent than the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), their approximate liberal equivalent, YAF was generally a very successful college political organization. Few groups of young people have ... been influential enough to take over a political party and get a candidate nominated for the presidency of the United States, as YAF was able to do with the Republican party and Barry Goldwater in the 1960's. As opposed ... Its supporters would destroy equality of opp...

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... the war after Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor. They fought to repress Hitler's ideology, preserving their own ideas of democracy, capitalism, and equality for all. Even though the war ended in 1945 shortly following the death of Hitler, the marks that the War had left on the continent and ... two dotted quarter notes in the same spot in the accompaniment. This hemiola pattern creates a more chaotic, unaligned feel, and completes a perfect metaphor for World War II: the precise duple first half representing the beginning of the war, when everyone was happy to support the war effort and fu...

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... 2nd 1917. He went into reign kicking and screaming and left it very resigned and poised. Nicholas became more enamored with the love for a woman than for want of rule. Before his father's death Nicholas fell in love with a Jewess princess. When denied marriage by his father, he ... love of this woman would dominate the actions of Nicholas. Through all the Guardsman drinking parties, and semi-flings, Nicholas was forever waiting for his princess. Radzinsky suggests that Nicholas agreed to take the throne only after being granted permission to marry the Jew princess. Nicholas, through fi...

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... born in the rich family helps a great deal during the course of your life. You are brought up in the household that provides the best conditions for exploring the world of knowledge. There are no worries about the basic needs like food, shelter or security, and all the resources are provided due to ... school. There will be a little chance that the person will finish high school or even go to college. The family will show little or no support for the higher education, because they will look at the short run problems, they need money now, not four years from now. Secondly, the person will ...

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... off the entire Axis powers" advance towards Asia. The basis of the Cold War was the broken promise from the Yalta Conference. Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met to discuss war plans against Germany in February of 1945. Stalin agreed to give free elections to his people and then later broke the promise by not allowing it. This is the true cause ... ...

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... their safe points and this was only thought to be a minor problem, but this called all planes to bomb the Soviet Union. The president seems to successfully call all the plans back to base, but group six is still headed towards the Soviet Union, they were unable to pick up the calls. The rest of the ... plans are sent out to stop group six and even shoot them down before reaching the Soviet Union. The plans never get near group six due to lack of fuel and fall into the Artic Ocean. After this happens the president ... to make important decisions on what he thought would be in the best i...

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... a dangerous threat to his absolute power due to his superior intelligence and ideas. From these ideas he created the Five-Year Plans,grandiose plans that were obviously unattainable goals for the soviet population. Through a publication called Pravda, which in English means "The Truth" Stalin fooled the proletariat into thinking that ... Squealer is Pravda, official organ of the Communist party in the Soviet Union, and the pigs in general represent the party; Farmer Pilkington stands for Churchillian England, while Farmer Frederick is Hitler Germany; the animal uprising is the 1917 Revolu...

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... and had nothing to do with their desire to seek their own path to socialism. However, some of these ideological causes, like Mao's "Hundred flowers movement" can also be viewed by the Soviets as part of a larger overall Chinese desire to seek their own path to socialism. Another one of ... Matsu crisis in 1958. The Soviets, on the other hand, shook off the blame by saying that it was the Chinese fault for not consulting them about the plans in handling the crisis because the Chinese wanted to be independent and to follow their own paths to socialism. There have been other ... instance, i...

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... in the shortest possible time... The plan, put into action ruthlessly, aimed at making the USSR self-sufficient" (Internet Site 5). Stalin modernised industry through a system called the Five Year Plans. Millions of Russians set to work to build new cities, dams, transport and communication facilities, railway lines including the Moscow underground, farm machinery and power stations to increase electricity. The ... drafted into the Stalingrad area. They were supported from an increasing flow of tanks, aircraft and rocket batteries from the factories built east of the Urals, during the Fiv...

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... 000 state farms, etc. The road to recovery wasn't that easy in the beginning due to the famine of 1946, but steadily improved with the Soviets "Five-Year" plans. Not only had Ukraine suffered the destruction of their country, but they also suffered the destruction of their people. The millions of deaths were caused by Stalin and Hitler because ... to fight in order to maintain their culture against Stalin and the Soviet Union's influence. People think that war is a glorious thing, but in reality it's not. Lives are lost for the cause, people are changed forever, and economies are left i...

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... military matters in Europe. One of the main outcomes was the commitment to the opening of a second front against Nazi Germany by the Western Allies. This second front was important for Stalin, as it would help to take the pressure off the Russians on the Eastern Front. There was a belief that the Allies delayed it in hope of weakening the USSR ... leverage with Stalin. Truman hoped that Stalin's discovery of the American nuclear capability might stop Stalin from extending his communist expansion throughout Europe and influence Stalin to agree to America's plans. The Manhattan Project le...

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... a good sense on what their next move might be. The United States was luckily unharmed, but this crisis should be used as a learning tool for future crises. The United States also had a hard time coming into an agreement with the Soviet Union. The United States could have resolved the crisis ... mistakes so they could not be repeated. Crisis should always be expected and a plan of action should be developed to resolve them peacefully. Another lesson the United States should learn from the Cuban missile crisis is that all crises are manageable. The United States should have resolved their ...

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... from falling more and more behind the more industrialized countries. He would kill many people if had to, and he did. In 1928 Stalin started the first of 2 five-year plans. For the first five-year plan Stalin forced farmers and industry to modernize. The Soviet economy was concentrated in agriculture. By the mid-1920's there were about 25 million farms in ... ...

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... wronged the inhabitants of Animal Farm. Napoleon terrorized animals by killing many of them. He killed four pigs for communicating with Snowball and he killed three hens for confessing that Snowball came to them in their dreams. Napoleon also affected the animals by making decisions for them. When Napoleon decided that there was no longer a need to sing the Beasts of England, a favorite ... humans act and do things when they have power. There are many lessons in the book that can help show what to and what not to do with power. Another lesson it shows is what happens when power is abuse...

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Hollan, and France. By June 14, France had surrendered and Hitler was making plans to invade Great Britain. Hitler played the role as a General in WWII all though he didn't know much about stratagies he knew alot about weapons and made sure his soldiers ... used them effectively. On June 22, 1941 over a million German soldiers launched an attack on the Soviet Union, for weeks they were successful and by November they were miles from the Gates of Moscow. Later Russia's weather would give Germany trouble and give Russian time to reorganize. But Germany ... ...

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