... that the Eastern Nations were to be "satellites- for the USSR. America mis-interpertated this as first signs of Stalin's desire to conquer the world. Therefore, America began to be afraid and began seeking drastic measures such as rebuilding Germany as a buffer zone against Soviet influence. America's mis-interpretation of Stalin's actions led America and its Allies to be ... afraid. The fear was seen with Churchill's famous "Iron Curtain Speech- where he stresses for a joint Anglo-American alliance against the USSR. America rejected the idea but the end result further ... ...

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... the Iron Curtain, which separated Europe. This wall became the most symbolic statue for the Cold War. Nowhere else did the Cold War have a bigger impact on families and friends, who were suddenly separated, than in Berlin. Power and government seemed to act arbitrary in this city where two superpowers could divide a city and decide to take the freedom of the ... country a struggle of two systems, capitalism and communism. Every defeat could develop a momentum that endangered the balance between those two, even if it was only of symbolic relevance. Bevin was afraid that after a retreat f...

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... the USSR, effectively leading to the start of Cold War. In the case of Poland, the Russians had been invaded by the Germans through Poland and hence the USSR were afraid that they might be invaded in such a way once more, hence leading to them attempting to secure control over Poland and ensure that Poland would not persist as a security threat ... ...

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... and open - minded. "The land of freedom-, they say. "The land of opportunities- they believe. As a foreigner that came here six months ago, and already used to a totally different environment, I'm afraid to say that I don't agree with all the above statements. One of the most important reasons that I chose to come to US in order to continue my studies was my ... ...

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... in his tightly controlled society. He endeavors his best to conceal the fact that he was more intelligent than the others, we looked upon Union 5-3992, who were a pale boy with only half a brain, and we tried to say and do as they did, that we might be like them, like Union ... been relinquished from the brainwash he had been raised with and discovered himself. The Hutu sympathizers were most likely on the same path. They were afraid of separating with the majority of the population to avail the Tutsis; their lives were at risk. But they knew that it was the right thing ... being oppres...

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... and buried immediately in a common grave (Terror 5)." This quote was described by a NKVD officer, a member of Stalin's elite security force and who later defected from Russia. Joseph Stalin was an evil, barbaric man. He was obsessed with the possibility of losing his position of power and was ... remaining Bolsheviks began to relax, thinking the trials were a one-time aberration. Unfortunately for them Stalin was planning massive attacks against the Bolsheviks and anyone who supported them (Purge 2). This newest attack was called "The Trial of the Sixteen" (Purge 2). It was the first o...

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... the CIA regained its all-powerful image, and received a twenty-five percent budget raise ( ). Also the CIA bought its new home, a one hundred and forty acre plot in Langley Virginia, where over twenty thousand of the CIA's employees work. Casey also divided the CIA into four branches; the Intelligence Division is responsible for gathering information from published sources, speeches by ... the "Fortune 500" corporations as well." ( ). Many of these corporations have an astounding effect on our lives namely "Rockefeller, Getty, Ford, Graham, Mellon" are just some of the influential peopl...

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... and French were in dyer need of troops. This forced the colonial powers to draft Africans for the first time. African troops ,with the exception of those from South Africa who were not allowed to bear arms, were to play a much more combatant role both in and outside Africa. Half a million Africans fought for the French and the British during the ... since Egypt was still a key position in North Africa and clearly the British stronghold. As their supply lines became stretched, the Italians began to loose their foothold to the British. Afraid the North Africa was the soft underbelly of Eu...

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... Americans needed someone to blame, and as early as 1946 began to question the loyalty of government employees, especially those in the State Department who negotiated treaties with the Soviets after World War II. As an effort to get rid of any disloyal Americans, President Harry Truman established ... passing along, when he decided communism was the issue he was looking for (Winkler 32). In 1950 McCarthy gave a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, which gained the attention he desired (Rovere 6). Shortly after, February 20, 1950, he took the senate floor where he claimed to give what ... a...

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The most characteristic feature of the Cold War, indeed the very reason behind the name, is that superpowers were afraid of the potential consequences between them, as epitomized by the fear of nuclear Armageddon.  As a result, both sides were dedicated to fighting the battle through proxies rather than directly. These ... the December, 1979 invasion of Afghanistan and 'Reagan's Jihad.' At the time, Afghanistan was largely divided by ethnicity, language, culture, and religion. The region was largely pastoral, but those who did attend college became attracted to Marxism and the idea of ...

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... believe that we must reexamine our own attitude - as individuals and as a Nation - for our attitude is as essential as theirs. And every graduate of this school, every thoughtful citizen who despairs of war and wishes to bring peace, should begin by looking inward - by examining his own attitude toward the possibilities of peace, toward the Soviet Union, toward the course ... . The United States led the fight against Communist nations, like Russia. But these intense rivalries didn't just go on in the type of government that should be used or in who could develop the most advanced and mos...

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... . At last he sought solution in military force. Eventually, this led to the building of Berlin Wall in 1961. The intention of this was to stop the flood of refugees who fled to West Germany to seek for freedom from the Communist government. (The Berlin Wall (1961-1990)). This illustrated the weak point of the communist rule in East Germany. The ... of mass arrests, the truth about the purges and the labor camps were not allow to be discussed in the media. Stalin had his own secret police to arrest people who disobey these rules. In school, Marxist and Leninist theories were explained in ...

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... style that is both informative and engaging. As Reed himself put it "this book is a slice of intensified history". John Reed was an American reporter who went to Russia in 1917 to report on World War One from the Russian front. Little did he know then that he was about to witness one ... powers and the masses of the people had no voice. The war effort put a huge strain on the ordinary people of Russia. It was they who bore the costs of the war, the humanitarian effort (fighting at the front) and the economic hardships brought about by the war. Food supplies quickly ran ... very eyes. Thr...

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... in the private enterprises that Gorbachev had encouraged. He also encouraged the Russian population to express themselves. When he came to power, people had low morale and incentive and were afraid to speak up. Due to the previous experiences they had from the previous governments, people showed different character to the state and different inside their homes. Gorbachev wanted to ... eliminate these feelings and made actual moves for that such as for example, he allowed to 100 people who were opposed to Gorbachev's policies, to form the "Democratic Club" where people from any city could...

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... economic status of all individuals the same. It abolishes the inequalities in possession of property and distributes wealth equally to all. The main problem with this is that one person who is very wealthy can be stripped of most of his wealth so that another person can have more material goods and be his equal. The main reason for the Bay ... ). Analysts in Washington were frightened by this news. They were getting scared that Cuba might try to attack the United States with Soviet missiles and missile launchers. Also, they were afraid that Castro might attack other Latin American countr...

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... protect the borders of the fatherland. "With Communist regimes in place, the nations of Eastern Europe could be controlled by Russia and, by their location, protect it" (Healy 1). Roosevelt was afraid of losing ally while he was still facing a war with Japan, so he agree to sign the treaty on February 11th, 1945 with USSR and Britain in Yalta. In return ... distinctions among peoples are not ideological, political, or economic, but they are cultural. Peoples and nations are attempting to answer the most basic question that human can face that is "who are we?". People define themselves i...

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... clerk revealed documents proving the existence of Russian espionage in Canada. Igor Gouzenko was born in January 13, 1919 in Moscow, Rogachov. With a father who was a definite Communist believer, Gouzenko felt pressured to live in this ideology. In 1926, he had joined the Youth Communist League where he was trained ... interest. The night editor, Chester Frowde found it difficult to believe what he was revealing. That night, Igor grew frightened of the Soviets who would soon find out what he had done. And so he gathered his wife and infant son to stay with their neighbor, Sergeant Main ....

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... protect the borders of the fatherland. "With Communist regimes in place, the nations of Eastern Europe could be controlled by Russia and, by their location, protect it" (Healy 1). Roosevelt was afraid of losing ally while he was still facing a war with Japan, so he agree to sign the treaty on February 11th, 1945 with USSR and Britain in Yalta. In return ... distinctions among peoples are not ideological, political, or economic, but they are cultural. Peoples and nations are attempting to answer the most basic question that human can face that is "who are we?". People define themselves i...

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... no top and no windshield as the driver does not stop to be inspected and goes rite under the barriers. One of the most interesting escapes came from two families who worked on a hot air balloon in their basement. The men drilled and soldered together gas burners, platforms and a makeshift flamethrower, while the woman stitched a sixty foot wide and seventy five ... engineers and technicians moved from East to West Germany during that period. That comes out to a total of 36,759 people with academic and professional qualifications and 11,705 students who left East Germany in search of a b...

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... acted as though the real threat was the Mensheviks and attacked them at every meeting. In 1905, Stalin married Yekaterina Svanidze, a Georgian woman who died two years later. Upon her death Stalin said, "She was the one creature who softened my heart of stone. She is dead, and with her have died my last warm feelings for humanity." Pointing to his heart ... the Communist Party, a position which gave him control over appointments and helped establish a base for his political power. But Stalin's rude and aggressive behavior brought him into conflict with Lenin, who wrote a political state...

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... Armenia until the early 7th century AD when the Byzantine Empire took complete control for a little while, eventually giving it up to the Arabs who had recently conquered Persia. With near autonomy, Armenia was ruled by a noble family put in power by the Arabs until small Armenian kingdoms ... to suspicion of pro-Russian sentiments. Hundreds of thousands were exiled to Syria and forced to march at the hands of Ottoman soldiers who were not afraid to pull their triggers. By the end of the war, over 800,000 Armenian casualties resulted from these massacres, and atrocities continued ... 1991...

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... that lasted 7 years. Large number of atrocities led to it being labeled the "dirty war". Charles de Gaulle helped get France out of the mess. Jacobo Arbenz - leader of Guatemala who was deposed in 1954 when a small-scale insurgency composed of Guatemalan dissidents and CIA pilots forced the leftist regime from power. The operation that the Bay of Pigs was based ... Dulles - Secretary of State for Eisenhower. Was given lots of control over foreign affairs, hated the Commie bastards and wanted a hard line policy to deal with them. Dulles was not afraid to threaten nuclear war to get Ameri...

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... "illustrates the contradiction in capitalist societies." Cubans understand full well the rules laid down by their leaders, and most obey unquestioningly. They know who is authorized to speak with foreigners and that the efficient security police watch for deviations helpful to "Yankee imperialism." Two vignettes illustrate the care ... Cubans take to avoid trouble: After a long conversation with a visitor about life in Cuba, a 45-year-old party member who fought in the mountains with Castro during the revolution and now is an industrial manager suddenly says: "Don't identify me even by ...

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"He who would speak truth and proclaim it to mankind is bound to suffer. My sorrows have taught me to understand the sorrows of my fellow men persecution (has not) dimmed the ... the women "choose" to go through "female circumcision" or to wear oppressive cloaks to keep up the rituals of their culture. Could it be that these women are just too afraid of what their society would do to them if they didn't abide by the rules of their culture? "Numerous reports exist of women (in Afghanistan) having limbs amputated because they ... -net/~chadly 1/lord_of_the_flies) Simon represents the truth in ...

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... series of events that led Americans to fear communists around the world, in their own country and the possibility of a nuclear holocaust.  Karl Marx, who founded the idea of communism, had a theory that socioeconomic systems are holding human societies' progress through class struggle: a conflict between ownership class and ... of communist rule to other countries (Doc B). Also in 1948, under the Truman Doctrine, the United States pledged to support any person, anywhere, who was resisting, "armed minorities, or outside pressures", like the communists. However, Greece and Western Europe c...

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