... time all the way up to the "war on terrorism." "I prefer to try to tell the story of the discovery of America from the viewpoint of the Arawaks, of the Constitution from the standpoint of the slave, of Andrew Jackson as seen by the Cherokees . . . the postwar American empire as seen by peons in ... the US made during this unfortunate war. For the most part, I agree with Zinn in acknowledging that the Vietnam War did take the lives of thousands of innocent Vietnamese civilians and American soldiers. However, I believe that there is one war in which Zinn is not justified in condemning. Tha...

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... war, the Cold War. As a result, the situation emerging from 1945 and so on, was laying the foundations of a new chapter in history that would stamp European biography and global politics once and for all. According to Ross, this separation of Germany caused approximately 3.5 million people out of 18 million, many of them who were skilled workers and intellectuals, to head towards the western side ... had won? Reunifying Germany and placing it under the umbrella of capitalism and democracy was one huge step for Germany toward the western politics of the world. It closed the chapter of Hi...

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... that reported not only events, but their opposition towards the war. Also, the military kept body counts but didn't differ whether they were Viet Cong or South Vietnamese. Therefore, much of the public was turned against the war; some Americans fled to avoid the draft while others protested for peace. This led to the development ... and beliefs, proudly defying such social constructs. After the beatnik generation from the preceding decade diminished the hippie took its place. Hippies were usually middle-classed whites with shallow knowledge of politics who advocated for peace, sexual fr...

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... the Soviet Union. After signing to destroy the wall, Gorbachev successfully restored peace into Russia. In my opinion, this was truly the "end of history." After the tearing down of Russia, Europe as not broken out into war, thus making Gorbachev a key factor in European History ... thought to have killed at least six million people. In the same decade, Stalin launched his 'Great Purge', a ruthless campaign of political repression, persecutions and killings that is estimated to have resulted in around four million deaths. These are conservative figures - as ... new and vastly controversi...

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... and the West. By 1948, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Albania and Yugoslavia all had Communist governments. The setting up of pro-communistic regimes in this region appeared to the West to be a direct outlash against them, because all the allies had agreed in Potsdam ... political expansion because twice in twenty years, Germany had attacked them through the Polish corridor. Secondly, the large numbers of casualties and loss of land and other resources made the Russians believe that they deserved war reparations and they felt justified in their expansions ... its f...

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... spread communism, President Truman had no choice but to issue a response. On March 12, 1947, he issued the "Truman Doctrine" with the objective of containing Soviet communism by providing financial and other assistance equally to Greece and Turkey. As a result, he articulated the U.S. new foreign policy of international peace, free from coercion. Greece and Turkey were weakened countries surrounding Russia that ... to each country by the United States. Offering this assistance and going providing aid directly against Russia was cause for a shift in U.S. foreign policy. President Truman ...

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... may have for going to war, may never be completely understood. Still as the first days of war go on, no one thinks as to the importance it will have in their history. How future people will read and talk about it. As was in Vietnam, the importance is not seen until all is ... protest began to spread. The United States being a great democracy, these events had an unseen effect. It was not clear to see until the post years of war, but public opinion turned out to be a problem in Vietnam. How so one may ask. As we struggle to keep America's freedom, our democratic ... , and the communist ...

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... will inflict on the earth and mankind as a whole. III. Past and Present U.N. Action The United Nations has been avidly aware of overpopulation and it's widespread ramifications. Several conferences have been held, but no easy solution has been found. The beginning was in Rio ... next and it provided another key step in realizing the devastation of overpopulation. The conference in Kyoto, Japan of December 1997 was also another essential step, yet the problem is still worse than ever. Chapter 2 of Agenda 21 entitled Sustainable Development is also very important seeing as ... how Agenda...

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Book Report on The Politics of Rich and Poor; Wealth and the American Electorate in the Reagan Aftermath by Kevin Phillips The accusation that the rich got richer and the ... and put towards national defense. Remember the Cold War? Large corporations gained substantial wealth do to these policies while middle and lower income population suffered. The deregulation of business led to an even greater divide between rich and poor. There were increases in real estate interest rates, which were profitable to bond holders and led ... increase in government housing and apartment style living. This j...

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... ."(Wells 75) Wells found Britain's colonial policy cruel and immoral. Like the vampires of folklore or the Martians in this book, Britain exploited her colonies of their riches, food, and people. This view parallels the British treatment of her Colonies. Britain treated her colonists like slaves, sucking the blood out of the land, leaving the colony starving and poor. The Martians were also technologically dependent ... goods and technology. Seeing this trend, Wells predicted in his book that sooner or later England would be more technologically advanced than the rest of this world, and ...

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Book Report on The Politics of Rich and Poor; Wealth and the American Electorate in the Reagan Aftermath by Kevin Phillips The accusation that the rich got richer and the ... and put towards national defense. Remember the Cold War? Large corporations gained substantial wealth do to these policies while middle and lower income population suffered. The deregulation of business led to an even greater divide between rich and poor. There were increases in real estate interest rates, which were profitable to bond holders and led ... increase in government housing and apartment style living. This ju...

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... cold war tensions. Communism versus Capitalism, Dictatorship versus Democracy. Each economic system calls for the destruction of the other. The US was desperate to end the spread of communism and dictatorship. We provided much legislation in an attempt at containment. We used tools such as ... the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine to attempt to contain communism. In the Truman doctrine, Truman asked for major economic aid to Greece and Turkey to oppose communism. In the Marshall Plan, western European nations provided $12 ... knowing that the US had atomic power, an atomic bomb was ...

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... Some workers were sent to respond to the disaster and were ordered to encase the reactor in concrete. In the following weeks, tens of thousands of Soviet citizens from around the Glorious Union arrived in the area to try to help clear the accident up. The government, on the ... years later, the once Glorious Soviet Union ceased to exist. It was once a place where the citizens were generally satisfied with and trusting of their government, however this satisfaction and trust blinded people to issues such as public safety and "political transparency." As some contradictions became ... mor...

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... imperialism was justified, but many others were totally opposed with it. The United States needed to imperialize for economic and military reasons. In his book, The Interest of America in the Sea Power, U.S. Navy officer, Alfred T. Mahan, explained why he supported and why the U.S. needed to imperialize. He stated ... Americans opposed imperialism. It was not justified because it allowed the United States to take over other countries without their will. For example, some of the people who opposed this were: The American Anti-Imperialist League that stated: "It's aggression ", "No man is g...

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... through with his promise led to the rising tensions between the U.S and the Soviet Union. According to George F. Kennan, the main goal of the United States was to prevent Russian Expansive Tendencies (Doc.3). The Soviet Union had shown a clear interest in creating many satellite states to ... counteract their actions to protect the freedom of countries. Overall the United States was forced to implement containment in order to prevent the Soviet's aggressive actions, this increased tensions and furthered the conflicts between the U.S and the USSR. On March 12, 1947 President Truman annou...

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... things. War creates hatred between the two enemies or more if more nations are involved in the battle, this hatred can go on for a long period of time. It may also never be reconciled. War can also cause governments to be overthrown, shortages, it could hurt the economy, and innocent people can be ... deal with. War changes people no matter what, no exceptions. In the book Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien, we learn of Cacciato struggles to escape the war, and how it affects the lives of all others involved. Cacciato who the book mostly focuses around leaves his platoon to go to Paris,...

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... brightening Britain's future. His most important aim was to reform Britain's economy and therefore improve the social conditions. Labour was a Socialist form of government in that it hoped to aid all citizens, with ideas including free healthcare and more jobs, no matter what class. These had long ... turned this down and ran a successful campaign, making them appear strong and capable. The Labour government started the groundwork for the release of their land outside the motherland starting with India. They realized the difficulty and expense involved in keeping the Indians at bay as th...

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... one should hold due to the fact that, I am a capitalist which means that I believe in business prospering and making money, even if it meant squashing a few of my competitors. Also the time Americans were afraid of communist, because they thought every communist would be out to destroy America, Americans were afraid that the communist would take their rights away, also all Americans should ... American family should look like in their eyes. If Americans lost their rights that means that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and, of course, Be...

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... speaks from experience after pulling Soviet troops out 20 years ago after a decade-long fight, believes it will be hard for the US because of their long history with Afghanistan. "We had hoped America would abide by the agreement that we reached that Afghanistan should be a neutral, democratic ... said they supported this, but at the same time they were training militants -- the same ones who today are terrorizing Afghanistan and more and more of Pakistan." The US first armed Islamist fighters during the Cold War and is now fighting against them. Gorbachev questions, "But what's the alter...

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... this obsession may be the widely believed concept that all communisms emerged from the same source and had a unified goal: to challenge imperialism and take over the world. The source of communism at that era was Soviet Union, which possess a great power equaled only by U.S. A decade earlier, Senator Joseph McCarthy ordered a witch-hunt to track down all individuals involved in ... , it quickly led into beliefs that communism are threatening their lives, whether it exist in U.S. or outside U.S. The Bay of Pigs incident highlights such paranoia. According to Peter Kornbluh in his book, "...

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... remain in reserve if needed). D Doherty, Fighting Foreign Military Bases, International Secretary for Pax Christi International. URL: http://www.paxchristi.net/PDF/SD04E98.pdf The purpose and significance of these military installations has been debated by public and politician alike. However, Pine Gap was and still is set up with a fairly definite intention which is 3CI, or to ... or replace such an expensive and unique facility. Nurrungar was a control and data processing station for US satellites giving early warning of hostile rocket and missile launches.. Year Book Australia, 1992 Sp...

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... This resolution gave President Johnson the authority to act on further involvement. In March of 1965, President Johnson sent the first troops to Vietnam. (The History of the Vietnam War). In 1968, my grandfather was drafted, trained, shot, and discharged. The story of my grandfather's survival follows. Russell E. Sherman was nineteen years old when he was drafted ... barracks, they were stunned. The living conditions in Vietnam for U.S soldiers were very rough. The barracks were crowded and hot, and most of the time my grandfather wasn't able to sleep due to the fact that where he was s...

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... European Recovery Program was announced and created in 1949, its purpose was to rebuilt European countries by creating a stronger foundation for the allied counties of Europe. United States even offered money to communist countries in Europe, including the Soviet Union. By rebuild Europe after World War II to prevent ... showed the Soviets that we could beat them at any price even though it cost us a fortune. The Berlin Airlift also demonstrated the success of the containment policy. Also it made sure that Berlin would not be taken over by the communist. In North Korea, a communist gover...

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... United States reflects its confidence as a military force. Each region seeks a world system that will complement its own position of power in the world, one that will guarantee the greatest degree of security for itself. Europe has little military power, and thus stands to benefit from working within international law and establishing diplomatic relations. America, however, is a strong military power that desires ... the past decade, it makes the most sense to Europeans that they avoid military force and focus on diplomacy and security organizations. Until Europe regains a power that co...

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... song they titled, "Russians", as a way to get the world to see that the Cold War was a useless war that must end. The arms race, lack of trust for political leaders, and peace are major issues covered in "Russians". Throughout the years many advances in technology have make life on earth easier. On the other ... hand, the advances in technology have made life more difficult because weapons of mass destruction are being produced. In "Russians," "Oppenheimer's deadly toy" hints around about the government of Russia stocking weapons because they fear a war with the United States would happe...

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