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Spread Of Communism Soviet Union
1,198 words
In the years following the end of the Cold War,
many historians and social scientists have written
accounts of what were some of the causes and
effects of this period when the threat of war was
almost always present. One such person was Melvyn
Leffler and his work, The Specter of Communism,
which described the origins and conflicts of the
Cold War. Out of these accounts several
interesting questions come to light about the true
nature of the Cold War. One such question that has
surfaced recently...
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News World Report Korean War
1,910 words
War! That word is a scary word for a lot of
people. Back in 1950 that word was especially
scary for the people of Korea, when war broke out.
This war was to last for three years. Three years
of bombings, hand-to-hand combat and misery. In
some cases, however, the soldiers were the safest
people of all of them. Especially, if you were one
of the lucky few who got to be pilots. Whether you
were a pilot for Russia flying their new top-notch
MIG- 15, or were flying the US, also new and
top-notch, Sa...
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India And Pakistan Jiang Zemin
1,389 words
... ge Bush ordered the withdrawal of all US
nuclear weapons aboard US naval vessels back to
the US. Gorbachev acted in return, by withdrawing
all USSR missiles from Warsaw pact countries. This
has resulted in missiles being stored in over
crowded and unsecured conditions. 63 In September
1998, a team of US experts visiting Moscow was
shown a building containing 100 kg of highly
enriched uranium, which was completely un-guarded,
as the facility could not afford the $ 200 a month
security guard. ...
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Second World War Republic Of China
1,462 words
The five countries examined are Japan Taiwan Korea
Singapore Through his study the author
demonstrates that there was no miracle They
applied specific strategies that were adapted to
their local Some of these strategies worked some
didnt The author says that by examining these
nations one may be able The book is divided into
three parts Places the author tells where these
countries started fromThe people of these
countries had different outlooks on the world thus
different behavioral tendencies ...
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Analysing The Growth Of Korean And Japanese Economy
1,449 words
South Korea (henceforth referred to as Korea) is
being looked upon as the role model by different
countries for their economic development. Korean
history and culture, state intervention, policy
reforms, and Chaebols have been the corner stones
for Koreas success. As B N. Song (1990) describes
The way the Korean economy has grown, and the way
the Korean people have shared the fruits of
economic growth, have been greatly influenced by
Koreas history and culture. Korea was among the
very poorest c...
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North Korea Working Class
552 words
He was born on April 15, 1912, Pyongyang, to a
poor family. His family, a most patriotic and
revolutionary one, was in the best of the people's
fight for many generations, from the beginning of
the modern revolutionary movement of the Korean
people for the independence of the country, the
freedom and liberation of the people and for the
victory of the noble revolutionary best of the
working class. He grew up, receiving his
revolutionary education at home and acquiring a
revolutionary outlook on ...
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38 Th Parallel Britain And France
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The Cold War is the closest the world has ever
come to complete destruction. In this period of
time, two world super powers were in a stalemate
economically and militarily and were constantly
competing to be the superior. The Cold War started
as result of World War II, the United States and
the Soviet Union had some differences on their
perspectives of the world. United States being the
richest country in the world promoted democracy
and capitalism in the world. The newly formed
Soviet Union tho...
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Percent Of Gdp Short Term
1,407 words
The Asia turmoil begun in the middle of summer of
1997. The problem started in Thailand when Bath
(known as Thai s currency) was geting weaker and
weaker against US dollars. At that point, the rest
of the world started to see that Thai s economy
was starting to fall apart. Some people predicted
that the problem would not stay longer than a few
months. However, it was wrong. As manner of fact,
the problem spread among's some of Asian
Countries. Even the mighty Japan was effected by
this problem. ...
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Rebuilding Secondary Education In The Republic Of Korea
687 words
In conclusion one could say that education is
accorded a high priority in nation building in
order to cater for socio-economic as well as
political needs and requirements of the society,
which is undergoing a rapid socio-economic change.
With this respect, 11 years of education system is
aimed at providing a sufficient pool of
well-educated, highly-skilled and strongly
motivated labor force as well as to produce
responsible citizens with high moral and ethical
values. The government is facilitat...
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37 Years Of Korean Martial Law
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37 years of Korean martial law The modern South
Korea is counted among twelve most developed
countries is the world. It is usually referred to
as an Asian Tiger because of its economy rapid
growth. Yet by the beginning of sixties South
Korea used to be poor agrarian country with highly
corrupt government, low standards of living and
huge unemployment rate. The governments used to be
replaced very often, because of political
scandals. This, of course, didnt help regaining
the economy. People righ...
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World War Ii Republic Of Korea
721 words
American Foreign Policy The direction of U. S.
foreign policy was affected further by the onset
of the Cold War, the post- 1945 struggle between
the United States and the Soviet Union. In March
1947, when President Harry S. Truman announced
that the United States would lead a global effort
to combat Communism, both Congress and the
American public rallied to his support. Truman's
new policy later became known as the Truman
Doctrine. Truman instituted a policy of
containment to thwart Soviet expa...
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Division Multiple Access Worlds Leading
1,696 words
... else was interested in their technology
(outside the U. S. ). Korean companies now have
their own CDMA technologies they are looking to
export, and the Korean government appears willing
to get involved in backing this technology over
GSM. Budde doesnt hold out much hope for their
efforts and the future of CDMA elsewhere in the
Asia-Pacific region. It will only be successful in
Korea, he declared. There will be a few other CDMA
systems but GSM will remain the leader. The
industry hopes to uni...
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Second World War Balance Of Power
1,708 words
At the coming end of the Second World War, there
was much distrust between the United States and
the Soviet Union. Throughout most of WWII, the U.
S. and the Soviet Union had made an alliance. The
foundation of this alliance relied on a common
goal of each country: to defeat the Germans. (This
was decided in 1943 at the Tehran Conference that
consisted of Great Britain, France, the U. S. ,
and the Soviet Union). However, once the war was
over and the German nation was contained, many new
conflic...
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Cuban Missile Crisis World War Ii
2,391 words
The Soviet Union and the United States, after
World War II, began a military competition that
led to the buildup of massive nuclear arsenals.
Although both countries did not want a nuclear
war, they continually built up their offenses to
counteract one another. Before the Cuban Missile
Crisis of 1962, the United States and the Soviet
Union lived with questions about how the other
would react in a nuclear showdown. After the Cuba
Crisis, both countries, sure that the other was
determined to preve...
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Spread Of Communism Republic Of Vietnam
569 words
The Cold War in Asia 1945 - 1980 Asia was the
second battleground of the cold war. To Marxist
ideology, Asia was not a good place for a
communist revolution as it was not an
industrialised country with a large proletariat.
However, neither was russia. The Chinese Civil War
was probably the first sign of the cold war coming
to asia. The communist forces, led by Mao had the
support of the rural population while the
nationalist forces tried to cling on to their
decaying powerball. The civil war act...
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Yin And Yang Daughter In Law
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World Religions Project: Confucianism FOUNDERS
Confucius is the founder of Confucianism. The name
Confucius is the Latin name for Kong Qiu-zi.
Confucius was born in the village of Zou in the
country of Lu in 551 BC. He was a poor descendant
of a disposed noble family. As a child, he held
fake temple rituals; as a young adult, quickly
earned a reputation for fairness, politeness, and
love of learning, and he was reputed to be quite
tall. When he was 35 years old, Duke Zhao of Lu
led his country t...
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Kim Dae Jung Kim Jong Il
300 words
June Jubilation in Korea Korea, a country of
struggle still affected by its war fifty years
ago, celebrated its 50 th Anniversary on June 25
th. Unlike the commemorations of past years with
military parades and big extravaganzas, this
half-century parade and its battle re-enactments
were cancelled. Instead of such extravagances, it
was replaced with photo exhibits and dinner
parties for the veterans of the war. Most veterans
were pleased with the idea and endorsed it, but
not all the veterans we...
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Spanish American War United States Entered
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Monroe Doctrine The Monroe Doctrine: Monroe's gift
to mankind On December 2, 1823, Monroe went to
Congress and delivered one of the most important
speeches of his life indeed one of the most
important speeches in the history of the United
States. The contents of this speech became known
as the Monroe Doctrine. During this period of time
many Americans believed that there should be
enough land for every American citizen, what was
known as the Manifest Destiny, and the only method
in which the Uni...
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Cold War South Korea
560 words
Post WWII the cold war began and many problems
came about. U. S. officials, concerned over Soviet
pressures against Iran and Turkey, interpreted a
1946 speech by Stalin as declaring ideological war
against the West. In 1947 the president proposed
the Truman Doctrine, which had two objectives: to
send U. S. aid to anticommunist forces in Greece
and Turkey, and to create a public consensus so
Americ 8 ans would be willing to fight the cold
war. He achieved both goals. That same year,
journalist Wa...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases National Catholic Reporter
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The Unspoken History of The Comfort Women Overview
The story of comfort women has been a story of
silence for the last 50 years. Comfort Women was a
term used by the Japanese Imperial Army during
World War II, to refer to the women and girls who
were coerced into sexual slavery. Between 1932 and
1945, approximately 200, 000 women were forced
into prostitution. The women came from China,
Philippines, Taiwan, Burma, Indonesia, Japan and
Korea. They were recruited through deceit or by
force. Some w...
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