... political West have been the subject in the center of many analyses. In essence, the end of the Cold War profoundly changed the central parameters of the relationship between Europe and the US. The developments in the Western Balkans have been very important in shaping the EU-NATO relations to be more defined. The following paper will examine the Integration process of ... to establish (UÇK) LKA against Serbian Army. But the situation had worsened by many civilian killed and many Kosovo's villages and cities burned. Javier Solana directed NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR)...

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... in July 1945 Truman was suspicious of Stalin and said that he was behaving like a bully in Eastern Europe by creating a buffer state. Stalin wanted to take control over Eastern Europe and doing so he created a buffer because Russia was invaded by Germany in 1812, 1914 and 19414. Stalin ... France, USA and USSR controlling each zone. Berlin was also divided into four zones. They also agreed about holding free elections in Eastern Europe. In June 1947 the Western Allies introduced a new currency called Deutschmark. In January 194, USA and Britain put their countries together and created Bi...

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... power as scattered and dangerous, and claimed that it must be contained. Truman handled the nation's containment policy with great success that kept the democratic and free market integrity of western Europe. Through Truman's use of economic aid to suffering european countries, establishing military links with pro-democratic nations, and his firmness when responding to threatening soviet acts, Truman handled the ... to use it. By sending this message; Soviet expansion would have to be thought twice about. Following the Berlin blockade, the fear of soviet aggression in Western Europe rea...

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... 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 of the country (459). "Moreover, the open border and possibility of flight to the West placed certain constraints on the entire ' ... opposition which would spark protests ("A World Divided"). The desire of native Germans started to gain popularity among both sides, eastern and western. Many protest and uprising took place in Germany. However, the opening of the gates was totally accidental. On 9th November 1989, the gat...

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... allies) was capitalist "two opposing economic systems seeking global dominance. In addition, the Soviets were afraid that their borders were at risk from a Western invasion, and the United States and its allies were afraid that communism would spread throughout Europe. Tension also existed between the two sides because they could not agree on the terms of peace to be established in ... wanting to deal with Germany as harshly as the Soviets did, believed that the Soviet Union should withdraw from Eastern Europe. They believed that if Germany was allowed to keep some military strength it ...

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... like to discuss the objectives and successfulness of these two strategies. George Kennan recommended the Marshall Plan to shore up economic weaknesses in western European nations devastated by World War II. Kennan felt that such a program would help restore Europe's self-confidence, and in turn, provide an incentive to back the US as an ally in the inevitable containment struggle with the ... , citing that America should not help nations that cannot help themselves. He felt that a balance of power was in order, not an American overpowering. However, if the plan were successful, Western E...

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... In addition, the United States was trying to scotch the influence of the Soviet Union 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 ... States. Until June 30, 1952, when was the end of Marshall Plan, the United States had appropriated 13 billion dollar in total to Western Europe and other countries willing to accept the help of America. Of these European and part of Asian countries, the United States was concerned about Greece .....

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... By 1943, mistrust had developed between the Soviet Union and the western Powers. They could not agree on such problems as the post-war treatment of Germany and the future of occupied Soviet territories on the Baltic and in Eastern Europe. The Soviets also hoped for the opening of a second front in Western Europe to relieve German pressure on Russia. The decision to postpone ... the invasion of France increased Soviet-Western mistrust. The Teheran Conference, November 1943 Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met at the Teheran Conference in ... made a number of important decisions concernin...

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... though the Allied forces had won the war, they now were faced with the enormous feat of rebuilding Europe. The United States played a major role in promoting economic and military security in Western Europe during the 1940's and 1950's. To stimulate economic growth within Western Europe, the United States implemented the Marshall Plan. Also known as the European Recovery Program, the Marshall Plan gave ... over $13 billion to finance the economic recovery of Europe between 1948 and 1951. The Marshall Plan successfully sparked economic recovery ... United States was and still is the all...

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... The natural response was to stabilize vulnerable areas through economic aid (Ambrose 77). The Marshall Plan was designed to rebuild the economic system of Western Europe (McCormick 54). The United States government reasoned if Europe was not restored, it might be susceptible to political volatility and, even more fearful, communist infiltration and insurrection. The Marshall Plan provided for billions ... of dollars to be injected into Western Europe. It was supposed to accomplish containment by rejuvenating and strengthening the shattered economies in Western European countries and to ...

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... help or face economic, social, and political deterioration of a very grave character." So Marshall suggested a solution: that the European nations themselves set up a program for the restoration of Europe, with United States assistance (Chambers). Sixteen European nations formed the Committee of European Economic Cooperation and put together a description detailing what their economic needs for the next four years would ... Harry S. Truman signed the Foreign Assistance Act, the legislation establishing the Marshall Plan and donating $5.3 billion dollars and roughly $7 billion in food, ma...

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... , Germany was seen from both the Soviet and American perspectives as an opportunity to tip the ideological scale. "Germany occupied the center of Europe. Her geostrategic location and formidable industrial potential made her a crucial factor in the European and global balance of power. Whichever side controlled this ... has Germany has Europe," had lost nothing of its truth or relevance." The uniform concentration of the world powers coming out of World War II was no doubt focused on Germany. From the Soviet perspective, Germany was key for several reasons. Pragmatically, the weak Wester...

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... Atlantic Treaty to deter an attack by the Soviet Union on non-communist nations of Western Europe during the Cold War. NATO was also established to keep the peace among former enemies in Western Europe. The purpose of this organization is to enhance the stability, well-being, and freedom ... of its members by means of a system of collective security (Encarta, 1). In its first decade NATO was mainly a military organization dependent on U.S. power for security and for the revival of Europe's economy ... expansion of the organization. The military branch includes three commands, the Allied ...

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... know it the Soviets went into submission. As the Soviet power began to take more and more in Western Europe, The Americans were getting more and more nervous. They Americans knew that the economy of Western Europe was at a low, and was not equipped enough to defend them against Russia. So the Americans decided ... produced the Marshall Plan. This gave economic help to nations outside of the Soviet control. What's even better is that as the economy rose in Western Europe, they began to trade with the U.S. The most influencing event that brought up the most amount of hostility between Amer...

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... the North Atlantic area, the treaty countries exercise control over a humungous bulk of the strength of the free world, and what happens in Western Europe has direct and immediate political and economic repercussions in Africa, the Middle East, the Far East, and Latin America. Thus the treaty will serve ... to benefit us militarily, while also increasing our influence and friendships to countries worldwide. Militarily NATO will aid us tremendously. It will unite Western Europe with the United State's and provide a unified front against any soviet attack. Furthermore it will greatly incr...

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... allies, including Canada, France, West Germany, the Philippines, Japan, Great Britain, and many other countries of Western Europe and Latin America. This group was usually referred to as the Western bloc. Such intense rivalry is known as the Cold War because it has not actually led to fighting, or ... control areas it considers very important to its national interest, including much of Eastern Europe. In 1941, during WWII, Germany attacked the Soviet Union. For this reason, the Soviet Union joined the Western Allies in fighting Germany. For a time it seemed that some sort of union ... m...

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... began to unravel before the end of World War II. When the war ended, the Soviet's Red Army occupied much of Eastern Europe. Western Europe felt the presence of communism spreading even farther into their homeland. The Marshall plan, helped restore Western Europe, but other events in the late 1940s kept tensions high. Communist coups in Czechoslovakia, the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948 ... , and the fall of China and the Soviet A-bomb in 1949, were the events that kept the tensions high. The establishment in 1949 of a Western Alliance, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), a...

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... sides for world domination and the opposing ideals of communism and capitalism. On one side, Stalin sought to spread his influence in Eastern Europe by setting up pro-Russian governments in these states while America, feared for their power and domination over the world and attempted to "contain ... was to blame for the outbreak of this war that lasted for nearly five decades. It can be argued that Stalin's political incursions into Eastern Europe caused unnecessary conflict between Russia and the West. By 1948, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Albania and Yugoslavia a...

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... World War. World War II was set in motion when Adolph Hitler began a campaign of invasion and assimilation of several countries across Central and Eastern Europe, including Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. In 1939, Vaughan Williams' home country of Great Britain, as well as France, declared War on Hitler ... the rest of humanity - in World War I, and to assert his dominance over the world. On the other side were the democratic, capitalist, Western countries, like The United Kingdom, France, and later the United States of America, who entered into the war after Japan's bombing of Pearl...

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... United States) had different views on achieving those goals. While at the Yalta Conference, the three nations; United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union, developed the Declaration on Liberated Europe. This declaration meant that the three nations agreed to hold democratic elections in countries freed from the control of Germany. The Soviet Union did not keep its word and broke ... this agreement. Stalin had driven German troops out of parts of Europe and had established a communist government in Poland. This caused the United States to feel betrayed by the Soviet Union and also...

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... indictment against 24 men and six organizations. The defendants all had individual cases in which they were charged with planning and carrying out the war in Europe, and the brutal and systematic murder of millions of people. "It was the greatest trial in history" were the words of a British judge ... didn't always accomplish what it set out to do." The tensions and arguments over policies by the Soviets to the Western Powers left matters stuck without solutions. Strain on relations intensified as decisions were at hand to be made for the future of Germany. "While ... the Western Allies ...

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... to the middle east resulting in widespread chaos. Having sustained staggering lose during the war, USSR was determined to establish a buffer zone in eastern Europe. Between 1945 and 1948, the soviets sponsored dictators to seize power in Europe's war-torn heart land. In Germanys pivotal arena. The zones of the allied occupations began to harden into political entities. 1949 the west and ... in economic ruin, u.s. secretary of state at the time George c Marshall came up with a program called North Atlantic Treaty Organization or as we know today (NATO) in 1949 this showed western Europe'...

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... if not by borders, then by economic boundaries. The North America has free trade policies, as does the European union. These make North America and Europe the most powerful economic centres on Earth. However, the emergence of the Far Eastern economies shows that the world is slowly being divided into the ... the more that we grow apart, the closer that we come together. The Far East is said to be, "Westernising", in that it is taking Western (i.e. Europe and the USA) ideas about economics, and putting them into practice. The success of this can be seen by how much fluctuations in, for e...

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... Post-WWII era. The United States and the Allied Powers faced many challenges at the end of WWII. America's policy was one that contained the spread of communism in Eastern Europe. Russia, under Lenin's rule called for a world revolution and brought the United States into it. It was not until after WWII, that the cold war really began, when the political ... power of the world shifted from the center of Europe to Moscow and Washington. 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 ... Soviet zon...

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... the possibilities, advantages and risks of such world citizenship? Disappearing borders, in the economic meaning of the term can most clearly be seen today in Europe. The EU has decided on a common currency, the Euro, which became available at the beginning of 1999. This currency may economically be more functional ... of change? Time will show but nobody can say. Are European countries nationalistic? One example is World War II, which started in the middle of Europe- -considered then the most civilized part of the world- because of Germany's belief in its national superiority. This unfo...

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