... it also becomes more complicated, and will eventually over-extend it's obligations; and hence, become more difficult to sustain. It suffers from the ailments that inflict empires when they age: a loss of direction, fiscal excess, cultural degradation and a bloated military. When a dominant empire declines, another empire emerges to replace it. It is a cycle that has held true throughout history. ... Rome replaced Carthage, Britain replaced France, and America replaced Britain. Like past empires, America can neither sustain its power indefinitely, nor can it exist statically under the we...

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... feed its population properly since 1995 after successive years of floods and droughts wiped out farmland, crops and food supplies. The economy was already in a state of decline following the loss of trade with the Soviet Union and other eastern European countries when those country's socialist systems of government collapsed. Access to cheap fuel, resources and other necessary equipment from those ... of the country's food grain, primarily rice (Goodkind, West 2001). Then in 1997, North Korea experienced above average temperatures and below average rainfall causing drought. The drought ...

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... forces responsible for the fall of Communism are the topic of many a book, but it is clear that a large factor in the revolution was a loss of the minds and hearts of the masses. Perhaps Stalinist Communism, more than any other type of authoritarian rule relies upon not only its subject's obedience ... , but also their strong belief and faith in it. The total loss of credibility suffered by the official rhetoric of the Party was therefore a key factor in causing the revolutions. I intend to examine the reasons behind this ... of the party showed that it had no faith in it. The eventual r...

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... him as the US President. This marked the end of the war in Europe. In the Pacific, however, nothing had changed; the war was still on. Japan incurred the major loss until she had the Japanese army and the Kamikaze as their only defence. By 1945, the American marines had taken control of the Jima; a Japanese island. Later in April, they ... took control of Okinawa, which was only 350 miles from Japan. The bitter struggle ended in June with Japanese having incurred the heaviest loss in comparison to their counterpart; the US. Despite the heavy loss, Japan did not surrender. After the conq...

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... people while the Germany middle class was financially crippled by the inflation crisis of 1923. Also, the stipulations in the Treaty of Versailles, such as the German loss of its international colonies, which caused the loss of foreign markets, shipping and investments, the restriction of its boundaries, and the occupation of the Ruhr, made it very hard for Germany to rebound from ... , while Hitler completely revamped German politics. In Germany, Hitler single handedly united a broken Germany. He rose to power in a Germany that had a floundering economy and many social concerns followin...

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... Russia where one could have a heated debate with Stalin and not be purged. The relaxation of Stalin's grip over the army occasioned the tightening of Hitler's. Hitler suffered his "greatest loss of the war" in the summer of 1944. In Operation Bagration Hitler "senselessly" refused to allow encircled German troops to retreat and demanded they fight until the end, creating "avoidable ... losses," three times greater than D-Day. His repeated military blunders "assured Germany's loss of the war." In the early stages of the war, Soviet numerical superiority was deceptive, many divisions were...

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... get worsen. Since Gorbachev decentralized economic controls and encouraged corporations to become self-independent on finance, the rate of unemployment increased because the loss of the governmental support at the back. On the other hand, the economic bureaucracy, fearing loss of its power and privileges, slow down much of his program. Tremendous of work and huge amount of money was required for ... ...

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... Cuban people. The disintegration of the Soviet Union exposed the degree to which Cuba's economic model was unsustainable without the artificial "life supports" of massive Soviet subsidies. Even before the loss of Soviet subsidies, Cuba progressively and predictably lost ground economically relative to other countries in Latin America (Jose Marti). Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright stated "that President Clinton decided to ... rights abuses." The disintegration of the Soviet Union exposed the degree to which Cuba's economic model was unsustainable without the artificial "life suppor...

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... remained after the film. Because of the paranoia associated with the time, it would have been sensible to avoid such overtly political films. Fears of brainwashing by communists and the loss of identity were elements of invasion movies such as "The Body Snatchers". Though science fiction of the 1950s depicts exotic aliens, some films suggested the alien was within. The House ... further influenced popular culture through religion. This saw in the rise of revival movements all over the nation. Protestant revivals opened up all over America after the disclosure of the loss of nuclear mono...

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... our unwillingness to have nukes that close to our borders. Dienbienphu - village in which the Vietminh surrounded the French and attacked for two months, finally defeating their colonial rulers. This loss sealed the fate of France, and they were forced to pull out of Vietnam. Allen Dulles - first Director of the CIA, staged many successful coups and revolts, but had some ... , but then against French and U.S. for Vietnamese independence. Was given little help from Communists in China and Russia, but was able to push invading forces out and win independence. Huge loss for U.S. Hungarian U...

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... into another sort of fighting where the likelihood of entire urban communities being wiped out without a moment's delay was a reality yet as I would like to think Russia conveyed the most weight and obligation in beginning the chilly war, the principle reason being that they made division that brought dread, an absence of trust and tension, into the world....

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... Soviet Union collapsed on itself. Communism's demand of giving up one's personal freedom finally took it's toll on the population and the USSR could no longer survive under it's own weight. This achievement and historic event is credited to Reagan because even though he wasn't in office, he started the movement and called for reformation. Reagan had four major achievements during ... ...

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... response to the addition of West Germany into N.A.T.O., formed the Warsaw Pact with Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and Romania (The Western Alliance, 20). The Warsaw Pact acted as a counter weight to the noncommunist N.A.T.O. countries. The Warsaw Pact's duration was set at 20 years and then a 10 year extension if there was no disapproval of it before it expired. The Warsaw ... ...

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... Lockheed plant in Burbank, California for a total of $850,000.00 each . After arguments with jet engine manufacturers on how an airplane would work at 70,000 feet Johnson eliminated weight by losing the tricycle landing gear and using only two wheels and "pogo" sticks on the ends of the wings . The sticks would drop off after takeoff. The first model ... ...

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... happened in late 1917."" (Pipes Three 18). For the first time in Russia's history, its political structure finally crumbled by all the collective immediate and long term forces bearing their weight upon it. The tsar would soon abdicate his throne, and a provisional government was put in place to establish equilibrium in Russia once more. But it was corrupted and weak, setting ... ...

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... and Nicholas become more unpopular amongst his people. Although Nicholas believed in his government, when it came to fighting in world war one, it was their downfall, resulting in their loss. Tsar Nicholas II was a weak ruler, this is shown through his lack of leadership and atrocious decisions throughout his running as a Tsar and while running the military. A long term cause ... ...

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... first address the zero-sum game, which is structured in a way in which what a side gains, the other side automatically loses. Such that one side gains unequivocally an equal net loss of the other side, in other words the conflict is absolute. In a diplomatic ambit, this would be a dispute over territory in which both States want the same portion of land ... ...

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... the 4th reactor at Chernobyl was: "The operating crew was planning to test whether the turbines could produce sufficient energy to keep the coolant pumps running in the event of a loss of power until the emergency diesel generator was activated. To prevent any interruptions to the power of the reactor, the safety systems were deliberately switched off. To conduct the test ... ...

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... holds true to life in the USSR outside prison walls. Generally, heavy indoctrination of the Soviet people, censorship and terror instigation being used as primary tools of indoctrination, cause a significant loss in perceived value of human life. Prisoners are sent to camps for no reason without receiving any information about the state of their loved ones. When prisoners like Shukhov realized ... ...

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... desire to surrender until after the dropping of the first bomb. After the battle on Okinawa the Japanese were revitalized with a twisted sense of confidence and even gloated after their loss. "American war leaders feared that relaxing the terms of surrender would lend strength to Japanese bitter-enders," Newman writes.27 The Japanese were willing to negotiate, but not ... ...

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... to triumph over the other in increasing their influence abroad and their security by creating allies in these regions. For one of the superpowers to triumph in one area was a loss to the other, and although war never came about between the two, proxy wars, coups, and other forms of conflict within foreign countries became the means to outdo the other ... ...

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... 1985. Finally an attempt was made to make things better when a dam was constructed in 2005. This dam helped the northernmost lake expand and drop significantly in salinity. The extreme loss of fish species, the lost connection to major ports for shipping, and significant health problems are just a few examples of how the rapidly shrinking waters of the Aral Sea have ... ...

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... West Berlin. Stalin wanted to force the Western Allies to either let go Berlin or change their new policy. Because of reasons already stated above the USA knew that the loss of Berlin was no option. In their opinion the danger of Europe falling to communism was too high when Berlin would lose its western zone. The Western Allies had now ... ...

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... , and everyone else in the motion picture industry were terrified of being blacklisted, thus they made sure that they publicly demonstrated their anti-communist beliefs. Countless amount of jobs were loss over speculation of ones political beliefs, which exemplifies the fear of communism that the cold war brought to Americans. Commonly ideological films did not make large amounts of profits; studios ... ...

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... known in November 1986, which caused a enormous public commotion. North lost their jobs and was prosecuted, President Ronald public image was tarnished, and the United States suffered a serious though temporary loss of credibility as an opponent of terrorism. Throughout the Cold War era, many Latin American countries were forced to pursue alternative forms of government to deal with the economic, social ... ...

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