... their own such bomb, which would eventually become the atomic bomb. The research, studying and testing of this atomic bomb received the code name the Manhattan project. President Truman was the one who made the decision to use the atomic bomb, and one of the most admirable things about president Truman was that despite the scrutiny of the use of the atomic bomb, he stood his ground in the decision he made, he didn't try to push ... Europe would fall under the protection of the Atomic bomb and the power it held. "In the first two decades of the Cold War, there were a number of occasions ...

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... . The US intelligence was right as, the missiles were carried on deck, in full pledged view of US observer planes. Things seemed that they couldn't get any worse, but the in the back of their minds, they knew that they could be blown out of existence in a matter of days, and more U2 photographs indicated that the missile base would be fully operational in just a few days! The options ... were laid clear for Kennedy, should he firstly ignore the missiles. This would have been political suicide though, as the Russians would have taken this ... more Russian ships to enter Cuba. This would i...

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... ). Golistyn stated that the Soviets called this plan the "scissors strategy." He explained the reasoning behind the scissors strategy in his memoirs entitled New Lies for Old: Each blade of the communist pair of scissors makes the other more effective. False alliances make it easier to achieve specific communist goals, such as the acquisition of advanced technology or the negotiation of arms control agreements or the spread of communism to the Middle East and ... the West. In 1971, an interesting piece of intelligence surfaced. The head of the PLA, General Biao, reportedly formed a confi...

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... . Lenin was aiming for this goal from the start when he announced his "Call to Power" speech in 1917. "...It would be an infinite crime on the part of the revolutionaries were they to let the chance slip, knowing that the salvation of the revolution, the offer of peace, the salvation of Petrograd, salvation from famine, the transfer of the land to the peasants depend upon them. The government is tottering. It must be given ... the death-blow at all costs." (Lenin, Vladimir) This ... ...

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... the country's further development. The first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869; by 1900 the United States had more rail mileage than all of European countries. The petroleum industry prospered, Andrew Carnegie built a vast empire of steel mills. Textile mills multiplied in the South, and meatpacking plants first established in Chicago (and that's the origin of modern "junk food- ). An electrical industry flourished as Americans made use of a series of inventions: the telephone, the light bulb, the ... phonograph, the alternating- current motor ... ...

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... were under 21 when Castro took over. They have no knowledge or memory of personal liberties, and they are inured to a Communist state that systematically directs their lives and indoctrinates them in the hatred of capitalism. Everything that Cubans see on television, hear on radio or read in their newspapers has been carefully chosen and edited by their Communist government. American ... Streisand films are an exception to the official preference for violence in U.S. movies. "She is a favorite of our people," a Cuban official says. "Anytime we can get one of her films, it's a cultural ...

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... Cold War using their own unique strategy. Some tried executing brilliant ideas laid out in the form of a doctrine, treaty or plan. Others tried a different approach by military operations and tough confrontation with the Soviet Union. Sadly, none of these men succeeded. Relations with the Soviets were at an all time low. The United States had fought a war that many did not believe they should be involved ... almost cost him his relationship with Gorbachev. The Soviet leader finally gave in on SDI, as he never thought it would work, which proved to be right, even though the United States...

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... 32 million tonnes (Mills, 1986. p109)(see Appendix A). Thus the Five Year Plans Stalin introduced to modernise Russia, created the industry possible to create mass amounts of armaments to engage in a war and fight against the invasion of the German forces. "In 1941, Hitler unleashed the might of the German army in a massive invasion of the U.S.S.R. The world held is breath at the scale of this invasion, expecting the Soviet regime to collapse" (Cowie, 1994, p162). On June ... trained German forces. Thus Stalin industrialising Russia years before "The Great Patriotic War", the Russians w...

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... army, it was just enough time for the countries in the West to mobilize and gather enough troops, and supplies to fight back. After the brutal bloodshed of the Battle of Stalingrad, the German army was very much shaken up and was not able to resist the forces of the Allies in the latter of the war. The USSR's Defeat Over Germany Germany invaded the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941 with a prejudice that they could defeat and take ... army, it was just enough time for the countries in the West to mobilize and gather enough troops, and supplies to fight back. After the brutal bloodshed o...

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... through as a result of a terrible nuclear explosion in April of 1986. Accoring to Greenpeace.org the events that led up to the failure of the 4th reactor at Chernobyl was: "The operating crew was planning to test whether the turbines could produce sufficient energy to keep the coolant pumps running in the event of a loss of power until the emergency diesel generator was activated. To prevent any interruptions to the power of the reactor, the safety systems were deliberately ... takes 20 seconds to apply the brakes, that is, well after the bus has slammed into the wall or gone off into t...

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... their allies but they had their reasons. They suffered the most casualties out of all the countries with a total of 6 million soldiers, killed or injured. If the West had realized this, the outcome could have been completely different. Therefore The West were also responsible to create the tension between Russia. The emergence of Adolf Hitler in the 1930s signaled the arrival of a new threat to peace in Europe. Adolf Hitler was a German dictator who formed ... a far right German political system that was known as Nazism. Many of the ... ...

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... the series of events that led to it, including the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Arms Race, and the need for peace. Truman's decision, though with many oppositions, did end the war. It also proved the United State's strength. Unfortunately, it also started the nuclear age, where the survival of humanity was put in jeopardy. The United State's isolationism in the 1930s, ended in 1941. This was when the United States declared war on Japan, following the bombing of the ... Pearl Harbor. This caused quite a stir. After the ... ...

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... the responsibility of collecting taxes to the princes of each area. When the prince of Kiev turned on the Mongols, the prince of Moscow stayed loyal and was thus given the responsibility of chief tax collector. This turned Moscow into the economic capital of Russia and eventually served as the hub of the Russian revolution against the Mongols. To this day Moscow is still the capital of Russia, all because of the use of the Mongolian census and taxing responsibilities. Largely tied in with the ... politics of Russia, the Mongols ... ...

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... was constructed in 2005. This dam helped the northernmost lake expand and drop significantly in salinity. The extreme loss of fish species, the lost connection to major ports for shipping, and significant health problems are just a few examples of how the rapidly shrinking waters of the Aral Sea have caused an extreme amount of turmoil. The Aral Sea is located right in-between Kazakhstan in the north and Karakalpakstan, an independent region of Uzbekistan, in the south. Its ... 's water level and volume several times. The amount of salinity in the water was measured and the effect it had...

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... this after minorities have proven themselves time and time again in many different arenas. However, no matter how far advanced this country becomes in the field of equality, it just can't seem to get over it's prejudices against women; women in the military in particular. Prejudice has been present in the US military since it's founding. The problem then was allowing black men into their ranks. ... During the civil War, an all black platoon proved its valor and triumphed ... units to much success. In Israel, women have been active in combat since the Jewish immigration to Palestine. The ...

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... that meant so much to the Cubans. In Jacob Timberman's opinion Cuban turned out as " a land of silences forged out of apathy or fear." (Time 84) Castro came into power in the absence of Batista. He was a good orator, leading millions of Cuban youth to believe in the new government reform. At first only head of the armed forced, he participated in passing more than 1500 new laws. In 1959 the Agrarian Reform Law, and ... Urban Reform law which they broke up, land holdings and redistributed to the poor. (Edu.Castro) In 1961, he canceled plan elections, and suspended the 1940 constitution. ...

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... and celebrity. McCarthy, along with the obvious civil rights breach that was "The House of Un-American Activities Activities" caused massive distress on the political, social, and economic status in America. Their pleas of corruption and conspiracy led to the paralysis of independent thought and the welcomed beginning of mass conformity. Throughout the Red Scare, the political landscape of the nation changed drastically. Hundreds were caught up in the tangle of blind paranoia, and there was nothing ... that could be done except fuel the fire more by perpetuating the "witch hunt". Joseph...

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... vis -vis the centre, attack the Communist Party and the shortcomings of perestroika and Gorbachev personally- (McCauley 346). The Soviet people would soon realize that it was not necessary to endure the great sacrifices they thought they had to make for the party. By seeing the shortcomings of the system the people of Russia saw the true colors of the communist regime. They had lost faith in the system and government. By exposing the cracks in the system the people saw ... what they were missing. They demanded change and did not have the patience for Gorbachev's slow perestroika reform...

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... which was given authority over the creation of new foreign policy. Shortly after the Truman Doctrine was approved the Marshal plan was proposed. Under the Marshal plan the European nations was coordinate together to rebuild using the United States help. The U.S. contributed over $13 billion to help reconstruct Europe. Of course to preserve the idea of "fair and balanced" politics the Russians were also allowed to participate in the Marshal plan but as could ... be expected refused due the fact that they refused to be part of anything that supported the rebuilding of capitalism in easter...

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... opportunity for his advisors to make decisions that led to the biggest scandal of Ronald Reagan's presidency. His contribution to the scandal was also a result of his ideology, because of his tendency to trust the people around him. Reagan's humanitarianism was involved in the scandal because it was out of his concern for the kidnapped Americans held by radical groups in Lebanon that Reagan wanted to create open relations with Iran ... and foreign affairs as an accomplishment that improved America economically in the years after 1980. Though Reagan received criticism, Pemberton describe...

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... , and what their spies and spy planes found out. This created much fear in both of the countries. Then, on October 4,1957, the Russians launched Sputnik. Sputnik was the first man made object in space. It was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan. Sputnik was launched on an A-1 rocket, and orbited the Earth every 96.2 min at 18,000 m.p.h. for 57 days, before burning up ... her life support ran out. In 1958 the U.S. formed N.A.S.A., the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. With this, the United States' involvement in the Space Race bec...

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... to Russia. He was a Siberian peasant who gained a reputation as a starets with the ability to heal the sick and predict the future. It is said that Rasputin was responsible for the failings of the tsarist regime and his powerful influence on the Romanov family aided in the bringing about of the 1917 revolution. In 1905 Rasputin was introduced to the royal family. Rasputin quickly gained Nicholas and Alexandra's trust and friendship by stopping ... Rasputin as her personal adviser. Major decisions that came to adversely affect Russia, such as transport, food supply and even military stra...

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... administrators and theorists perished." Stalin conned the Soviet Union in making them do exactly what he wanted. Conditions in the camps were unbearable and frequently deadly. By 1940 they were labor camps in almost every part of the Soviet Union. Watchtowers, and razor sharp barbwire bordered the camps. By the end of the 1930's they were 8 million people in the camps. The workers received food depending on the amount of work they did that day. Labor ... camp veteran Ernst Tallgren wrote on the amount of rations, which were given, he wrote, "For those who failed ... ...

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... responsible for the "spark" of revolution. The rest of the animals also play certain parts in the parallel; Boxer as the working class, Molly as White Russia (those who fled Russia), and Napoleons three vicious dogs as the secret police of Joseph Stalin (Napoleon). The statement also describes "the psychological foundation of revolution, its processes and the irony of displacement". When referring to Animal Farm, the psychological foundation ... those that originally revolted against Mr. Jones, turn into humans. These laws should in reality, be unchangeable, but ironically, the pigs amend...

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... and those who are opened for new changes. Actually at the beginning of the 1980s the USSR seemed to be in a strong position in the world, but as R. Reagan became the new American president this changed slightly. He increased the amount of money spending on the military, so the USSR wanted to compete with the US and spent a lot of money to defence, weapons and military. That was their ... the death of 15000 Soviet troops. But that was not the main problem, it also led to the hostility between the USSR and much of the Muslim world. The government hoped to spread out the communist ideology t...

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