Once the second World War had ended, the U.S and Soviet Union had no further need for an alliance. ... Growing distance between the two nations leaders and confrontational policies lead to a heightening of tensions and ultimately resulted in the era of uncertainty and conflict known as the Cold War. ... At the Yalta conference during the war, Stalin had promised to allow free elections within Poland. ... Proxy wars were wars fought in support of countries that represented their respective political interests. ... This shows how the Soviets actions increased and led to the escalation of the col...

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The Cold War A war that has created controversy amongst two of the greatest world leaders, United States of America and The Soviet Union, is known as The Cold War. A dispute between once allied countries arose in the Post-WWII era. ... The Cold War began after the collapse of Germany in May 1945(http://www.coldwar.org/indexrus.html). The creation of the cold war came from the disagreements for postwar Europe and the Far East. ... The most visible part of the cold war was the arms race. ...

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War was the topic of nearly all conversations and sex and drugs were on everyone's minds. ... Alice of "Go Ask Alice" would have been greatly influenced by this era of time. ... I mean, the 70s were the Sex Revolution, and the Drug Revolution, and the Protest Revolution era of time. ... For example, many other wars were breaking out and many others were beginning to cool off. The Yom Kippur War began in 1973 while the Cold War was ceasing between the US, the Soviet Union and China. ...

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Almost instantly after the end of World War Two, the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union began to tear away at the thin bond formed by the two counties" alliance in the war. ... The anti-Communist hysteria that was taking control of the U.S. came as a result of many different factors following the end of World War Two. ... Also Miller refers to the cold war era as one of "ideological warfare." By this statement, Miller means that while there was no actual war occurring, the ideas of communism and socialism were enough to breed paranoia throughout the United States. ... Sinc...

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Not just empire's but events such as the cold war, WII or even the crusades have brought and gave new revolutionary inventions and equipment. ... The Roman Empire brought a fascinating range of languages as well as that they also used these languages to communicate with each other during war so their enemy wouldn't understand what they were attempting to plot. ... After the period of the crusades, after WWI and WWII there was a Cold War. ... The cold war also saw a revelation in tanks as the most developed main battle tanks with harder shelters and a greater range in shooting power w...

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He brought about massive economic, social, and political changes and helped bring an end to both the Soviet Union and the Cold War. ... Stalin's Soviet Union was a major factor in the defeat of Hitler in World War Two, and Stalin emerged from the war as leader of one of the world's two superpowers, quickly building a 'Communist Bloc' in Eastern Europe. 4. ... Elizabeth was also able to prevent the outbreak of a religious or civil war on English soil. ... Elizabeth's reign is referred to as the Elizabethan era or the Golden Age of Elizabeth. 5. ... Louis XIV of F...

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The United Nations was born into a world of divide from its birth post World War Two in 1945. It was originally an attempt to replicate (but reform) the failed League of Nations set up in a similar world climate of post-war devastation both politically, economically and socially. ... One of the fundamental problems that faces and has faced the United Nations as a worldwide organisation has been the divides within it, largely between regions of its member states, often rendering it particularly in the Cold War era in a position of stalemate. The Cold War ensured that matters of international pe...

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The League of Nations was the first international organization in the modern era , The League continued to operate until 1946 when the " United Nations " assumed its assets and carried in much of its work . Setting up the League : War ends . ... Firstly , America had suffered civilian casualties in the war , and many citizens in the USA wanted to keep America out of European affairs . ... By this time , America had had enough of wars and dealing with other countries problems . ... Also Germany , which started the first world war , did not join until 1926 , and left again in 1933 . ...

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After World War II, Europe was in wreck. ... The end of World War II was quickly followed by the birth of a new war, the Cold War. ... The struggle of these two totally different concepts was the driving force between the rivalry of western and eastern countries during this 'silent' war. ... Furthermore, the fall of the Berlin Wall marks the end of the Cold War and also more importantly it stamps the 'death' of communism in Europe. ... It opened the doors to a new era, to a new Europe, to a new birth of a democratic superpower state in the World, a unified Germany. ...

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The Russians, or known as The Soviet Union in that time, got East Germany and many other countries at the end of World War II. The Berlin Wall was a symbol for the Cold War Era. The Americans could not intervene directly because of the threat of Nuclear War. The American people were petrified with the threat of Nuclear War. ...

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Due to a multitude of reasons, the United States suddenly found themselves on the verge of a war against Communism on Korean soil. ... This internal pressure was a direct result of the intense tensions revolving around cold war era politics. ... This struck fear into the hearts of Americans, as seen in NSC-68, a military report on military power in the U.S. and USSR which called for increased military spending to combat communism; "This excessive strength, coupled now with an atomic capability, provides the Soviet Union with great coercive power for use in time of peace in furtherance of...

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The United States was very anti-communist during this post World War II (Cold War) era, and with the Soviet Union bordering the north of Iran, the last thing he U.S. needed was Iran and the Soviet Union teaming up together against our ally, the United Kingdom. ... The downfall of Mossadegh marked the end of a friendship between Iran and United States, and began a new era of the United States intervening in the Middle East and paving the way for anti-American extremism. ...

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Several dictators have used propaganda during wars in order to dehumanize the enemy. ... The color itself is symbolic and represents the appeal to the war and revolution. ... The fact that Russian cinema was one of the most artistically advanced in the silent production era points its high production value as propaganda. ...

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For the purpose of plan fulfillment, Soviet-era statistics tended to exaggerate actual output. ... Foreign Debt Developments of the Post-Soviet Era The following table and chart demonstrate the amount of foreign aid in loans received by Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union: 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Foreign Loans (in billions of dollars) 9.6 3.4 3.3 7.6 14.3 7.3 17.5 1.4 1 This makes a total of more than $65 billion, less than the Soviet debt that Russia took on, but a respectable sum nonetheless. ... Parliamentary elections, an unpopular war ...

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