... construction of the Berlin Wall. It separated East Germany (DDR) from West Germany (BDR). The reason for its construction was that many people from East Germany, who suffered under the totalitarian communist system, escaped and resettled in the democratic state of West Germany. East Germany threatened to bleed out' and to prevent further escapes the Wall was built. But even after ... the most spectacular ones was the one from two DDR citizens in November 1986. They were called Dirk Deckert and Karsten Kluender. They both were unhappy to live under the totalitarian communist government. ...

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... Britain, Winston Churchill, was voted out of office. The people believed the change they sought could be accomplished by voting in the Labour Government. Clement Atlee came to power in 1945 with many hopes for 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 since ... been Labour's aims, but Atlee had reformed them for his 1945 program. ...

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... spreading in the east of Europe while aiding Europe with Marshall Plan. Western European countries agreed to receive the aid of America, so American government provided them not cash but credit to purchase commodities, equipment, and machine tools in the United States. Until June 30, 1952, when ... , although Britain won World War II, it did not have enough money to support Greece to rebuild its homeland. For this reason, British government informed President Truman to aid Greece. President Truman realized if he did not deliver Greece from economic hardship, Greece would be controlled by...

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The American superpower was the dominant leading force of democracy between 1945-1962 and seemed absolutely unconquerable in its superior government. However, rising in the east were newly liberated governments as well as the menacing Soviet Union choosing to follow ... affairs and agreements such as the Marshall plan, Truman doctrine and the creation of NATO in order to decrease the appeal this socialized form of government had to offer to the other European countries. Following the economic whiplash World War II had on all European countries, leaving many with an a ... win back some of the...

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Since 1910, Korea had been under control of the Japanese government. In 1945, the communist Soviet Union invaded North Korea, quickly forcing the Japanese to surrender. The United States, sticking true to their foreign affairs policies regarding communism; "In helping ... to withdraw troops from Korea as early as 1948, they were forced to remain, as communist North Korea threatened to invade South Korea. Backing his unwavering support of Syngman Rhee's government, and other free nations around the world, Truman said, "If we falter in our leadership, we may endanger the peace of the world -- ...

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... War. However, their focus is in the ideology of Stalin in particular, and the Stalinist regime. Historian John Lewis Gaddis suggests that it was Stalin's policies coupled with the Soviet totalitarian government that drew the West into an escalation of hostility and an arms race. He writes in 1997 that the justification for all the USSR's actions and for their whole system ... ...

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... of Nicolae Ceausescu's reign in Romania, and, on Oct. 3, 1990, Germany's formal reunification. In June 1991, the Communist government in Albania fell, and by the end of the year, the Soviet Union itself followed. (Andrew Nagorskip,42) In economic factor, the collapse of totalitarian communism has left intact the evils of the democratic liberal societies, ruled by the demon of money. As ... ...

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