... visit westernized Russia because Peter adopted the European customs, practices and manners. He planned the preparation of the first Russian book o etiquette to teach Western manners. He made men cut their beards and shorten coats because westerners did not wear beards or have long-skirted coats. Peter was so determined that he imposed the new look at court by shaving the nobles" beards and cutting their ... coats at the knees with his own hands. Outside ... the court, laws were enforced by barbers and tailors planted at town gates with ... ...

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... Reed explains how American culture is portrayed as if it consists of a civilization created by the people of Europe. Where, in fact, it is made out of multinational influences. He mentioned some examples of countries that are not European, questioning their influence on American civilization. In his "America: The Multinational Society" essay he said " Is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which includes Turkish marches ... , a part of Western civilization, or the late nineteenth- and twentieth-century French paintings, whose creators were influenced by Japanese art? ... is none existent. Now a...

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... WAR. It included US, Great Britain, and Soviet Union that lasted from the 1940s to the late 1980's. 3 Schools of thought were created as to what caused the cold war between the US and SU. The orthodox (traditional) consider Soviet Union imperialism the case. The second thought, the revisionist (during Vietnam) consider US to blame for hostility generated bc US had desire ... to prevent revolutionary movements that threaten economic status. The 3rd, the tragic or inevitable, sees the cold war as unavoidable or natural consequence ... of power imbalances. Economic pressure, nuclear intim...

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... involved in the Cold War were The United States of America and The Soviet Union. The two countries were constantly battling over who is the most powerful on the planet. The supposed threats were mere techniques of propaganda used to scare the other countries public into believing they were more powerful. Over and over again the U.S would flex its muscles and then The Soviet Union would flex it's muscles until eventually one country couldn't. The Cold ... War lasted a very long time and it was fought through battles such as the Korean War and Vietnam. Each battle split the country and th...

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... missile treaty was a result from the cold war, bipolarity and the technology at the time. The idea being that since both the Soviet Union and the United States were building their ballistic missile defense reserves to out power one and another. Both sides realized that having so many giant missiles in their country could be a target for the other side's missiles. Fearing attacks on their missile ... being a reduction in defenses would lessen the offensive reserves. The anti-ballistic missile treaty allowed research, development and deployment of anti-ballistic missiles. In SALT I talks ...

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