... Interestingly the first scholarly mention of the term American exceptionalism actually comes from a man called Max Lerner in his book titled "America as a Civilization".13 He mentions that one of the main institutions that is singled out as the root of American exceptionalism, is the constitution. He wrote; & ... vehicle to win the hearts and minds of the German people by conveying to them the tenets of democracy and the American way of life. These ideals came wrapped in the triumphal post war consensus known as American exceptionalism.'32 The best example for identifying the importance ...

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... , competition and individual reward, and the right of voting, variety of political parties and freedom of speech and press among others (liberal democracy). On the other hand, the USSR supported Communism, which meant interference of state in economy, everyone working for a collective good, the state distribution of goods, no individual freedoms and no political parties (one party state). Thus, this enormous gap ... the outbreak of the Cold War. Ideological struggle between Capitalism and Communism was a definitive fact that stimulated rivalry: the USSR wanted to shape the future and rec...

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... , "the appropriate geometric metaphor was and still is the strategic quadrangle." The interactions of these four main powers-sometimes in cooperation, other times in conflict- have shaped the international relations of Asia. How this took place during and after the Cold War is in many ways quite dissimilar. However, more importantly than the all encompassing quadrangle, it is the strategic ... cornerstone of its foreign policy; Japan's policy of "expanding equilibrium." Today's US-Japan-China triangle also reveals Japan's increasingly independent stance from the US, the US's stress on d...

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... States has always prided itself as the "Great Bastion of Democracy". However, the history of the US in Latin America is much more ambiguous than the vision of a great nation freeing Latin Americans from dictatorship and sowing the seeds of liberty and democracy; instead, the US has all too often acted in its own interests and has allied itself with some very unsavory ... characters to promote such interests. The 1800s Even in 1820, when America was a fledgling nation still insignificant in the eyes of world-class powers such as Britain and France, it ... same countries: Nicaragua, Guat...

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... , and betrayal. Since humans created this supposedly perfect government, and run it, then how can those just morals be applied? Since the beginning of Democracy, the United States have had normal occurrences with problems as like many other countries, but the problem is that the United States is unjustly spreading this ... so-called perfect government, and forcing others countries that we have "freed" to adopt Democracy. These other countries should have a choice, and who are we to say, "This is how it should be!" By forcing and ruling the ... we have just learned, all have some little...

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... interests than an expression of the Truman Doctrine." is a valid statement. At the time of the cold war, the world consisted of two superior powers, America, and the USSR. Nearing the defeat of Nazi-Germany in WWII, The 1945 Yalta Conference (Winston, Churchill and Roosevelt) decided that the countries which were liberated from Nazi control, could have governments which were " ... resistant to the internal growth of communism and Soviet political warfare". This demonstrates the paranoia of the US Government, to any possible communist influence in Latin America. During the 1960's, the US ...

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... the Soviet Union, was for the sole purpose of protecting Israel and maintaining relations with Arab countries. The United States, throughout the war and its ensuing conflicts, successfully protected democracy in Israel and its sovereignty as a nation. The motivations of the United States, to fulfill this commitment were both political and moral. The political motives revolved around one vital component ... to the political importance of Israel to the United States, there is also a moral duty of the United States to aid a fellow democracy in distress. Henry Kissinger backs up this theory...

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... send by the US diplomat from Moscow: he argued that Russia would always look for the opportunity to extend communism throughout the world and that America should be prepared to help "freedom fighters" and to give them the whole support. The Potsdam conference is sometimes seen as the actual beginning of ... Cold War. On July 25, 1945, two month after Germany has surrendered, the Big Three - Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman met in Potsdam in order to discuss the fate of Germany. By 1945, Stalin was the veteran revolutionary, a man who had held the reins of Soviet power a...

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... and his entourage, the beginning of mass rehabilitation of repressed people and the criticism of dictatorial governance. Congress made changes in the ideological concept of the party: sounded rejection of the idea of the dictatorship of the proletariat was sounded and the thesis of "the state of the whole people". Political and economic failures of previous decades were combined with ... , named "On Overcoming the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences," was published. It was the resolution, in which, in contrast to Khrushchev's speech, did not mention the negative traits of Stalin as ...

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... launched a loyalty program that had the FBI check all government officials to make sure they had no ties to the communist party or anything else that seemed suspicious (D1). His main reason for doing this was to keep communism out of the government. Congress also launched a new program called the House of Un-American Activities Committee. This committee was supposed to ... Truman's administrations had been infested with communists. The Cold War also frightened Americans to the point that they changed their way of life. As the threat of a nuclear war was in place, some built bomb shelter...

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... Snatchers presents a clear picture of a society being overrun by another kind. The characters are faced against intergalactic pods who wish to replace human kind with clones formed by the pods. In America, people feared the idea of Communism replacing capitalistic society. Evidence throughout the film supports the tie between Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Communism. For example, there are many shots ... citizens could not tell who was Communist just by looking at them. The concept of covering up what seems strange and unusual is also present in the film. For instance, the police ch...

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... minds of Americans. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a courageous man with polio who could no longer walk with ease, brought the world's aggressors to their knees as America triumphed in victory at the close of World War II. 58,202 American sons, daughters, mothers, and fathers are inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall with the sober reminder that the ... the Berlin Wall crashed down, the seeds of democracy stood up worldwide. Desert Shield and Desert Storm triumphed because of the leadership of two men who believed in the American dream. General Powell and General Schwarzkopf acte...

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... meanings now. The another aspect relates to the end of the Cold War. Since socialism with the Soviet Union as its top had collapsed, the confrontation between America and the Soviet Union had disappeared, and America's hegemony over the world was established. Owing to this fact, American values and standards are promulgated as the global standards. The second megatrend is regionalism, ... countries (SCs) more viable today than they were "yesterday", the external environment is enhancing smallness. In view of globalization tendencies and increasing importance of economies of scale and sc...

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... nation into one like theirs. The ability for them to Christianize them and to educate them was to the President, their duty.(Doc 3). The expansion of America had also pleased many people be, especially African Americans. They wanted another race of people to be considered inferior to them. If the Filipinos were to ... socially and would be less discrimination on their part and more for the colonized people. They also feel that if they served in the Army, they will be more respected (Doc1). Those who oppose this feel that is feel it is hypocritical for the U.S. to engage ... had previou...

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... to benefit the people of small Latin American countries like Nicaragua and El Salvador. The United States was aware of this happening, and that is when it became more involved in Latin America. Since the 1960's the US was already concerned with the threat that communism would bring to other non-communist countries ... destroy the FSLN army. This was the beginning of what is known as the Nicaraguan War in which 1,580 Americans lost their lives in a period of 3-4 years. Another nation in Latin America that was attacked by communist guerrilla forces was El Salvador, located in between of G...

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From the creation of Democracy in America and the writing of the Constitution, society as a whole trusted and believed in the doings of the government. In the time of our great forefathers like Washington and the great Abe Lincoln there was not any skeptical thinking and worrying of our well-being. Throughout the "Red Scare", (1918- ... sent Federal agents to arrest and deport communist, socialists, and anarchists. This was the initiation of questioning our government. During the late 1960's and early 70's America was opening its eyes and broadening our knowledge in technology and space. Histo...

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... States believed that the Soviet Union was responsible for any communism in any country, and that the goal of this was to envelope the entire world in communism and wipe out capitalism and democracy. Many in the U.S. also believed in the Domino Theory: the idea that once one land became communist ... , the surrounding areas would follow suit. The theory was cause for fear in Americans that, like a disease, communism ... be sent over, the reserves ran thin. The draft system was established and was a key example of the mistakes made by America in its involvement in the Vietnam Civil War. T...

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... , 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 ... art changed modern painting- I think that it is true that American civilization consisted through multinationals, rather than monocultural influence through Europe. What I would like to a...

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... and of course it had its own reasons. Although the diplomatic mistakes, the wrongness of the economical system are focused, nationalism is one of the main reasons. Because nationalism was caused by the historical, environmental and political reasons so it is the effect (which occurred as a result of the effects ... ). The important points are Why did USSR had collapsed and USA did not if it is mostly related with nationalism? Which areas were the main problem areas? Why did these areas become problem areas? And today people wonder what should West do about those places where there are hig...

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... felt by many as threatening and bullying. The issue that Iraq holds the highest percentage of oil production in the world clouds the issue of America's motives. The issue of democracy in Iraq is also one that the Americans wish to address. Their strongest ally at the moment is Tony ... tanks to shortcut to Iraq. As a reward Turkey is given a billion dollar package in aid. A number of countries are offering logistical support in the form of chemical warfare suits. An ultimatum by America and Britain giving Saddaam until March 17 to come clean on his banned weapons or face ... war, was f...

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... that will inspire a patriotic attitude on the part of fellow Americans." The film begins with reporters asking a group of green berets questions that enable the soldiers to explain why America must fight in Vietnam. After putting the situation into terms "everyone can understand," Sergeant Muldoon states the argument, "They need us. And they want us." At the end of the conference, a ... bad guys, and the peasants are the frightened townsfolk who need protection and the rule of law." The Green Berets give aid to and protect the villagers while fighting for democracy. Thus, through the m...

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... on Japan justified? Response The dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan was justified. In 1945, the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan to end the war. The bomb was dropped on the Japaneses because America wanted to end the war without Soviet Russia getting involved. America had to decide whether it was the right decision to drop the bomb and ... sick of fighting, even though they knew that they were going to win due to Japan's lack of supplies and military. America had no choice but to drop the bomb because they wanted to end war without any help and in addition to see what re...

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The American Answer: Containment in the 1950's Containment began as a new answer to a radically different international dilemma. Communism posed a grave threat to democracy everywhere. If the U.S. failed to stop it, then capitalism would inevitably crash. Truman opted to diplomatically ... political and social levels. The Cold War marked the beginning of an era of ceaseless paranoia and fear. On every level in America, people fought down this panic by dreaming of security. Americans could only harness the threat of new technology through invulnerability. On ... radicals so that the U.S. gover...

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... military numerical superiority with swiftness and surprise. Only European intervention prevented Japan from gaining a network of colonies that would most likely put Japan in the dominate Asian position for an indefinite amount of time. Around the time of the first World War, Japan and China began industrializing ... economics partially tie into the cultural aspect, such as 1922 when Japan devoted 7.7 million pounds from the Boxer Rebellion to establishing cultural projects in China. In 1923, Japan brought over hundreds, possibly thousands, of Chinese students to Japan to study. The remain...

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... individual initiative encouraged. He expanded the authority of the Soviet presidency and transferred power from the Communist party to popularly elected legislatures in the union republics. In international affairs, he withdrew Soviet troops from Afghanistan, normalized relations with China, signed a series of arms control agreements with U.S. ... , and from nationalists and secessionists seeking independence for their republics. The hard-liners, who included many top government officials, staged a coup in August, placing Gorbachev under house arrest, but within three days the reformers ...

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