... was that most workers sent their income back home to their families and the government. Although in its historical context this issue has lost its currentness for the public since German reunification, in the context of the historical investigation of the GDR the subject still is important because to understand foreign things one has to question the conditions and backgrounds of historical themes and most important, to look at subjects from different perspectives . Conclusion The ... significance of the study on the backgrounds of the cooperation between the former GDR and Vietnam lies ...

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... 20 century to unveil the duplicity of both the fictional leader Napoleon and the historical leader Stalin. They both opted for propagating a certain ideology to protect their authority from any public deviation and resistance. Historically, the leaders of the Bolshevik Revolution capitalized upon the Marxist principle of the "dictatorship of the proletariat " to legitimize their repression and suppression of democratic freedoms. Accordingly, Stalin claimed the right to establish a powerful and oppressive state to protect the ... slave that perpetuates public submissiveness and political...

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... will be explained why this shift does not contradict the first assumption. Then, after lingering on the historical happenings of the past fifty years, I will try to underline how the theory is still applicable despite any appearance. Finally, by adopting K. Popper's and J. M. Hobson's argument, I will outline the potential and actual hurdles that this assumption - together with the whole theory - encounters in reality. Let us imagine ... ). Unsurprisingly this claim has sounded a bit pretentious to many ears and has caused not few polemics, concerning mainly the last fifty years of histo...

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... without applying some form of hard power and vice versa. Hard power can be defined as a nation's ability to use military force or economic incentives in order to influence the choices and behaviours of other nations (public diplomacy, 2013). The strategies of hard power actors are geared towards threatening other actors into compliance. It is always used in the context of violence and aggression. It is usually ... most effective when it is used by a political entity against one of lesser military and economic capacity. There are those ... important that both be used simultaneously in or...

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... shift from communism was taking place in a different context altogether. The peoples involved were not looking to affect a narrow set of policy reforms; indeed, what was at stake was a hyper-radical shift from the long-held communist ideology to a western blueprint for governmental and economic policy development. The problem inherent in this type of monumental change is that, according to Ulrich K. Preuss, "In almost all the East ... will turn out. As Preuss writes, "The transition from an authoritarian political regime and its concomitant command economy to a liberal democracy and a c...

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... shift from communism was taking place in a different context altogether. The peoples involved were not looking to affect a narrow set of policy reforms; indeed, what was at stake was a hyper-radical shift from the long-held communist ideology to a western blueprint for governmental and economic policy development. The problem inherent in this type of monumental change is that, according to Ulrich K. Preuss, "In almost all the East ... will turn out. As Preuss writes, "The transition from an authoritarian political regime and its concomitant command economy to a liberal democracy and a c...

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... on false charges. It was said that he and Trotsky and Kamenov had plotted assassinations of leaders. Shot after trials. Took part in the inner party opposition movements of 1925-1927. (Medveder 85, 175) 2. Stalin One move he made was taking quotes from Kamenov and Zinoviev out of context. He used these later to suggest that their views were incorrect and against the party. Started moving in on Kamenov ... 's Moscow organization. In the summer of 1924 he had the secretary replaced. Some debate occurred but ... two men along with Trotsky look bad. Stalin could twist words around and the p...

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... he was a pawn in a war of far greater proportions and therefore emphasized the Cold War aspect in this imperial, regional crisis. The Cold War context was extremely apparent in the distribution of arms to Egypt in 1955. The Egyptian leader had hoped that the threat of buying Soviet arms and therefore alluring to an alliance between the Arab and Soviet worlds would force the "United ... States to supply arms on a generous scale to Egypt," (Adamthwaite, n.d). Despite Eisenhower not wanting to loose influence within the Middle ... Cold War context of the Suez crisis was the issue of the Asw...

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... in the Civil Wars, for example Berlin Crises, Korean War, Cuban missile crises, Vietnam and Afghanistan wars. Nevertheless, although the vast majority of the historical facts are now known and have been studied carefully, it is still hard to decide what should be considered the exact beginning of the Cold War and what were the most significant reasons for its emerging? The most popular view on the ... origins of the Cold War would be considered to lay in the policies of the World War II, others ... World War II played a significant role in shaping the international politics of the post...

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... century ago, are still useful for profiling present day and, hopefully, someday predicting future totalitarian regimes. To demonstrate this premise, an assessment of Saddam Hussein's regime, using the central elements of Arendt's analysis of totalitarianism, will be presented. To aid in the analysis and discussion, some historical examples will be provided to shed light on Arendt's views and to demonstrate how they applied to Saddam's Iraq. Arendt observed that totalitarian regimes take ... form or are born of an ideology, often associated with racist ... ...

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... in some cases). Hitler started to reject Liberalism when he was named Chancellor. Just a month after being named a Chancellor, the Reichstag building was set on fire. He used this to create fear and threat by blaming the Communists for setting the building on fire. He used propaganda to get the people's support, and this led to the passing of the Enabling Act banning all the ... parties except for the Nazi Party, allowing Hitler to pass laws without the Reichstag approval and removing the rights of people such as the freedom of speech, press, and assembly. Not ... Soviet Union in as sh...

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... supporting economic problems as the primary cause of the 1881 dilemma is deeply rooted within a mixture of geographical and monetary problems, such as the high percentage of infertile land available for usage in agriculture or the stagnation of the economy due to the prevalence of subsistence farmers. This is in turn counteracted by the prevalence of political problems which introduces the context of the nation as a primarily autocratic society with ... an extensive hierarchy system as the primary social system, leading to social stigma and discrimination between the levels of society. ...

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... bill annexing the peninsula to Russia. According to President Putin, the annexation of Crimea was a valid and just action considering that the said territory had always been part of their country and never was a part of Ukraine (Mullerson 136). In fact, by the signing of the bill incorporating Crimea into Russia, the latter was doing the world a favor for correcting a historical injustice (Mullerson 136). The Birth of the Crimean Peninsula ... Crimea serves as a perfect naval base for Russia. Apart from the naval and economic advantage, Russia continues to impose its power and authority...

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... into those twin towers to protest universal suffrage or to advance self-determination for the Palestinian people. They want our troops out of Saudi Arabia - and if we don't get out, they are coming over here to kill us any way they can. That is reality. Now while America should use every weapon in her arsenal, from intelligence to diplomacy to war, to prevent terror and to punish terror, we must ... address the central issue: Terror on American soil, and eventual cataclysmic and atomic terror on American soil ... , is the price of American empire. Is the empire worth it ... ...

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... models did not emerge in Russia. The models played a significant role in the transition of the Chinese economy. The major factor that led to the success of the Chinese economy was the existence of a more interventionist state which was absent in Russia's transition. Neoliberal framework might work well in the context of a more developed economy but not any one. Harrison argues that there exists an optimal ... level of state coercion that would assist the mobilisation of resources at the early stage of market development (Harrison, 2002). The sudden withdrawal of the state in Russia caus...

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... he recognized that there was no feasible way to prevent the fall of South Vietnam. The country was an artificial country to begin with, a fraction of the whole Vietnam, was ruled by an uncharismatic, repressive dictatorship that disenfranchised its populace and pushed it to support the enemies, and in the end, would have to be effected by China's political developments due to historical and political reasons. The United States was certainly ... playing at power politics, but wasn't doing it well by fighting such a lost war in his view. Instead, he advocated a return to one ... ...

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... an effective source of added authority to the American Government in the settlement of matters at issue whit the Soviet Union." The bomb was not dropped to end the war with Japan, but as a political statement aimed at the Soviet Union. With this said an ethical examination of our government must be construed. It is absolute murder to kill helpless and defenseless women and children in this ... way. This not even being the worst part. An atomic bomb was decided to be used, but for no better reason to send a message. Not to help save Americans lives, not to destroy the enemy, but to send ...

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Through viewing China's foreign policy under the CCP from 1949 to 1991 in the context of the Cold War, it can be seen that China's hostile relationship with the liberal-capitalist USA was brought upon by China's strive for hegemony and the clashing of capitalist vs. communist ideologies through different foreign policies. Throughout the era of 1949 to 1991, China came into conflict with the liberal-capitalist USA ... and the Marxist-Leninist USSR. During this period there was a changing of relationships ... ...

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... Russia may one day be able to challenge the economic and conventional military might of the U.S., and such threats needed to be taken into account. However, the over-emphasis on the threat of rogue states, largely as a substitute for the real threat of both individuals and networks of terrorists, is symbolic of the failure to recognize and inability to deal with such threats in the context of current military policy and tactics. When one extremist can ... plant a dirty bomb at little cost and with relative ease in a commercial center, wreaking enormous psychological and commercial havoc...

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... , for women reproductive control is fundamental to liberty, but the pressure to restrict the availability of abortion is also mounting in the independent states of the former Soviet Union. This restriction on women's reproductive freedom may be understood in the broader context of patriarchal control of women by the "maternalization of the female body". And this might result in the primary association of women's identities and purposes with motherhood. In liberal ... discourse, a corresponding dualism between women and men justifies the ... ...

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... throughout the story, for example, the 6th commandment is secretly changed to "No animal shall kill any other animal without reason" during the first slaughtering of those animals in secret league with Snowball, and the 5th commandment finding its way to "No animal shall drink alcohol to excess" when the pigs stumble across a large supply of alcohol in the house. In the final chapter, the Seven ... Commandments are modified to form only one rule - "ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, ... Revolution. The statement can not only be used to describe the story of animals, but the events that occur durin...

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... ; the guillotine... will be ready for our enemies... that remarkable invention of the French Revolution which makes man shorter by a head." (Trotsky, Leon) Trotsky thought the Cheka organization was setting a good warning for anti-Bolsheviks. During September and October of 1918, approximately 10,000 to 15,000 civilians were executed regarding the safety of Lenin's plans of war. However, the Cheka organization continued throughout it's years. Without ... the leadership of Lenin, Dzerzhinsky, and Trotsky, by guiding the trusted Bolshevik civilians out of a safe war, the Bolsheviks wouldn'...

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... " caused massive distress on the political, social, and economic status in America. Their pleas of corruption and conspiracy led to the paralysis of independent thought and the welcomed beginning of mass conformity. Throughout the Red Scare, the political landscape of the nation changed drastically. Hundreds were caught up in the tangle of blind paranoia, and there was nothing that could be done except fuel ... containment policy laid the groundwork for the Truman administration's foreign policy and launched and effort to create alliances with weaker countries in order to contain the spre...

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... drastically changed a multitude of times throughout their history. The book China and Japan in the Global Setting, by Akira Iriye; divides the two countries relationship into three different dimensions of international relations: Military power, Economic Power, and Cultural power. It is within these three dimensions that a country tries to define their status as a world power. Iriye used this method of dividing them into ... categories because he feels that it best describes how a country deals with activities in both within and ... the way that their Japanese government had described it...

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... conditions were actually caused by the communist way of thinking. With conditions worsening in the East and tension mounting once more, in December 1988 Gorbachev gave his word that he would remove his Soviet army out of Eastern Europe and 1989 proved to be such an historical and eventful year. "In December 1989 Gorbachev met US President George Bush and they declared that the Cold War was over ... -14. The fall of the Iron Curtain had reunited Germany and with the fall of communism, Europe was once again reunited. But it would prove ... to take a lot of time before the countries of the...

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