He was even willing to interfere with people's personal lives and regulate their behaviour. ... He had total control over the population, which meant that his plans would be easier to bring to life. ... Food was being rationalized and the standard of life was in a depression. ...
The Life and Death of Détente: Nixon, Carter, and Reagan, 1968-1988 "If we can learn to live together on these issues and work together and negotiate on these we may change the world. ... Essentially, it caused doubts regarding the usefulness of the chosen means towards containment: not only was success unrealized, but the war had become grossly expensive relative to American lives and its resources (435). ...
One cannot help but feel fortunate to live in a country such as Canada; its richness and prosperity go relatively unequaled in the world. Canadians, to an extent, have lived a life of sheltered ignorance when compared to the lives experienced by those in other nations. The problems that the greater ...
Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. ... Stalin was rather sickly as a child; he was badly scarred by smallpox, and another illness crippled his left arm (later in his life, in 1916, this disability will prevent him from joining the Russian army). Nevertheless, he is described as having been in excellent physical shape as a teenager; throughout much of his life he was muscular and well built. ...
I offered him my leather shoes for my life and he agreed. A life here is worth no more than a pair of torn leather shoes." ... It seemed as though Stalin placed no importance on the value of human life. ... Louis Fischer, The Life and Death of Stalin. This statement conflicts with a statement made by Stalin himself around the time Gulags were operating, "Of all the treasures a State can posses, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious." ...
Sometimes life presents insignificant moments as well, but even these moments are considered part of our countries history. ... Only two days after my birth, Kathy Boudin, received a sentence of twenty years to life in a stat e penitentiary. ... She ha originally faced three consecutive sentences of twenty-five years to life but pleaded guilty and in exchange for a reduced sentence. ... On May 8th, veterans of the Vietnam War whose lives or children and wives lives were affected by the use of Agent Orange during the war accepted a settlement in their class action suit. ... James Durward H...
The people of East Germany realized that they were trapped in East Germany, and if they wanted out they would have to risk their lives in doing so. ... The people of East Germany knew there was nothing they could do, so they tried to live their lives as best they could. ...
For the rest of Stalin's childhood, Joseph and Yekaterina lived in the home of a priest named Father Charkviani where the hard-working woman attempted to make sure that her only son would be educated enough to escape the drudgery of a lower class life. ... The Church played a strong role in his early life: he lived with a priest and his schooling was religious. ... Thereafter his father was never a strong presence in Stalin's life. ... Smallpox had left Stalins face scarred and pitted for the rest of his life, and a case of blood poisoning caused his left arm to grow shorter tha...
Thus Joseph's mother, Yekaterina, made the more profound impact on his life--it was she who directed his education, first in the local Gori Church School and then, thanks to a scholarship, at the Tiflis Theological Seminary. ... It was the end of any trace of "normal" family life for Stalin, and witnesses saw tears in his eyes at her funeral--the only report that we have of the great dictator crying. ... Large-scale purges struck the country, targeting all levels of society--including children: Stalin reasoned that parents were more likely to confess to trumped-up charges of subversion...
It would appear that they have indeed met, for Fidel Castro himself has said: "Make human life more rational. ... The new government now responsible for all aspects of its citizens' lives, and eager to show its incontestable superiority, followed the trends of the time. ...
He was very active in his childhood and youth stages in early life. ... This was just but the beginning of his endeavors in life judging by the adventurous life he had as a teenager. ... His teenage and early adulthood life was full of challenges given that he changed his name from Bronstein to Trotsky after he immigrated to London in the year 1902. ... Despite this fact, the Russian empire was the home of mainly peasants who were farmers even though it is believed that the lives of the Russians was improved in the year 1861 from which they were serfs, implying that they were owned and traded ...
Proposal Type of study -Overlooking contrasting approaches to a historical personality, issue or event -How has history been constructed and recorded over time? -Why have the approaches to the construction of history changed over time? This essay was originally to deal with debates regarding Soviet Russian history. This sphere of interest became more specific and eventually led to a study of inconsistencies regarding historical justifications of Khrushchev's dismissal of war hero Marshall Zhukov. However, while a variety of sources were available regarding his Western counterpa...
