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Ethnic And Religious President Clinton
821 wordsAn atrocity is defined as "An act of cruelty and violence inflicted by an enemy-armed force upon civilians or prisoners. " Some believe this war in Kosovo is about politics. However, upon examination of the specifics of this conflict it is apparent that this is about religion. People must then decide whom, if anyone is committing these atrocities. Should the United States be involved in the dispute, and is it truly in the best interest of the American people? In the area once covered by the coun...
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Rite Of Spring Major Part
1,791 wordsAn introduction to 'The Rite of Spring', The part I of the Rite of Spring starts with an " introduction ." The texture at the very beginning is extremely thin, and the only instrument in use is the bassoon, in an unusually high tessitura. The bassoon is soon joined by the Horn, and later, a pair of clarinets. This little wind ensemble creates an eerie feeling, and the fact that tempo rubato is employed makes the whole start very unstable, as if the 'grand work' has just had a bad kick-off. Howev...
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World War Ii Cold War
503 wordsWhy was the Cold War named the cold war? It was named the Cold War because it possessed the longest length of time of any war, in modern history, in which two nations were at odds without engaging in direct battle. The Term Cold War was used to describe the shifting struggle for power and prestige between the Western powers and the Communist syndicate from the end of World War II until 1989. After World War II, the West felt threatened by the continued expansionist policy of the Soviet Union. Th...
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Free Market Economy Political And Economic
1,128 words... approved a new constitution that gave the president enormous powers. However, the Liberal Democratic Party, led by ultra nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, won more seats than the Reform Party in the new parliament, called the Federal Assembly. In the 1995 elections, the Communist Party prevailed, winning 157 of 355 seats -- enough to make them the strongest party in parliament and a thorn in the side of the reform-minded Yeltsin. The resurgence of this "new communism" and ultranationalism --...
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Greek Cypriots Anti Americanism
853 wordsThe Greek approach to tragedy Helena Smith in Athens explores why the Greeks seem to have little sympathy for post-attack America Helena Smith in Athens Guardian Unlimited Tuesday September 25, 2001 In the birthplace of democracy, the right to demonstrate is viewed as a hallowed tradition. In the wake of the assault on America, the Greeks have been living up to that time-honoured practice with outbursts of anti-Americanism by protestors who chant that Uncle Sam had it coming. Last week, around 3...
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Who Was To Blame For The Cold War
1,460 words... rooms stationed there. He also gave money to the two governments. This policy was then called containment the prevention of communist expansion. Truman officially announced this policy in a speech on 12 March 1947; this speech has later been called the Truman Doctrine. With the Truman Doctrine came the Marshall plan, an attack on Communist roots. This was an idea from General George Marshall. The idea was to give money to any country under threat from being taken over by the Soviet Union, so...
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World War Ii Billions Of Dollars
1,094 wordsThe Cold War was a time of East-West competition, tension, and conflict short of full-scale war. There were real wars, sometimes called "proxy wars" because they were fought by Soviet allies rather than the USSR itself - along with competition for influence in the Third World, and a major superpower arms race. With the defeat of the Axis powers in World War II, international politics and conditions affecting postwar American strategy changed radically. The cold war was a competition between the ...
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World Trade Centre Bin Laden
1,256 wordsIn the wake of what is undisputed one of the most destructive acts of terrorism ever seen by the world, America and her allies have been quick to condemn the perpetrators as unjustified, unprovoked extremists. The media has painted a picture of an evil regime intent on the shedding of innocent blood; motivated only by rage, hatred, jealously and sheer lunacy in the belief that this martyrdom will take them to paradise. Of course few in the west will doubt that the financial workers and tourists ...
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Greece And Turkey Spread Of Communism
1,688 wordsThe Cold War, which lasted from the mid- 1940 s until the end of the 1980 s, was a battle for longevity amid democratic and communistic governments. After WWII the western powers attempted to curtail the spread of communism but faced fierce opposition from Eastern Europe which sought to prevent the expansion of democracy. The origins of the Cold War can be traced through the motives of the US and USSR, containment policy, and the division of Germany. Americas emergence as a world power was a sal...
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Security Dilemma As Applied To Greece And Turkey
1,097 wordsThe political concept of the security dilemma can be characterized as, fear of an external enemy or external attack. The problem stems from the fact that there are no purely defensive weapons, and countries that strive solely to defend them selves consequently transform into offensive threats. Therefore, countries striving to attain security from outside threats are driven to stockpile weapons to gain security, this makes other neighbors insecure, and thus the cycle begins again. This vicious cy...
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Soviet Union Latin America
625 wordsThe United States must realize that the economies of Latin American nations will play an important part in the future of our own economy, and that it must begin to lead, invest, and aid not just Mexico, but countries such as Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Columbia into the twenty first century. The mainstay in American foreign policy has always been to promote and instill democracy. However, in order to do this in a foreign nation, America must be able to establish a viable economic relatio...
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Central And Eastern Eastern European
635 wordsNorth Atlantic Treaty Alliance, NATO, was created after World War II in 1949 to protect Western Europe from the threat of Communism. In April 2004, seven countries between the Baltic and Black seas, that is, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Rumania, Slovakia, and Slovenia joined the existing 19 members, bringing the total size of the transatlantic military alliance to 26 states and pushing the NATO map eastward across most of the former Soviet satellite states and linking Western Europe all...
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Ethnic Albanians Pay Attention
1,365 wordsSteve Clinton April 5, 1999 English 20 Crisis in Kosovo: Should America Be There? Throughout American history this country has gone from a small set of colonies living in fear of the British government up to our present status as the only superpower remaining on earth. Our success in becoming this superpower has come at the cost of many other people, innocents. We took the land away from the Indians who were in what is now the United States of America and never have done anything, and never can ...
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Soviet Union United States Story
334 wordsRed Storm Rising is a book about the Soviet Union and Russias attempt to overtake the Atlantic so they can launch an offensive against the United States of America and maybe other NATO countries such as England and Germany. The story begins in 1980 at a very productive but old, Soviet oil refinery in Nizhnevartovsk. The refinery is blown up by Islamic terrorists that hope to be heard by their God Allah by commiting this violent action. The devastation of the refinery leads Russia into chaos with...
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Slobodan Milosevic Ethnic Cleansing
1,480 wordsI wouldn t mind if they needed to take [Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic] out, said Chris Walter, 23, a college student living in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. I felt the same way about Saddam Hussein. I think the longer you keep the problem around, the sooner it is going to come back and bite you. From the Washington Post April 18 th, 1999 The horrors of the atrocities committed against Kosovo such as the targeted attacks on civilians, ethnic cleansing, and most certainly mass murder have a greater...
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Ethnic Cleansing World Community
668 wordsSince the beginning of written history, man has witnessed persecution in many forms. The most infamous example of persecution is the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, a systematic killing of Jews killed 6 million in 10 years. It has been over 50 years since the Holocaust ended and yet again we see much of the same thing, albeit on a smaller scale, in Kosovo. Kosovo is located in a historically turbulent and violent part of the planet. The Balkans have caused many wars and skirmishes, the most not...
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Peter The Great Country In The World
3,166 wordsWhen the Soviet Union fell in 1991, due to many pressures both internal and external, the ex-soviet satellites were given their independence, much to Russias dismay. A new trend towards sovereignty made it difficult for the largest country in the world to deny its former members the right to separate. However, even with the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Russia is still heavily involved with the matters of its former soviet members. This then leaves the question, are t...
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Nato Un Humanitarian Nato's
248 wordsThree ultra-accurate laser-guided NATO missiles penetrated the walls of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia from different angles, exploded in the core of the building and decimated it to wreckage. Three people were reported killed, and 21 injured, while one is missing. The Chinese government and people are terribly outraged at Nato's method of expressing its displeasures, calling it a barbarian act and that the U. S. -led NATO should bear all responsibilities. ' NATO explained that they feel regr...
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Political And Economic Fall Of Communism
848 wordsThe collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and in The Soviet Union has presented an array of new opportunities but also problems for much of this region. Although, with this collapse the opportunity arises to establish a democratic government and a market economy exists, the process has shown to be a slow one. With the attempt to restore civil liberties and the hope of enjoying the standard of living similar to that of Western Europe, communist parties are still in existence (under new names an...
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Nuclear Arms Race Weapons Of Mass Destruction
713 wordsAmerica should be allowed to intervene diplomatically in foreign affairs with the cooperation of other nations of the world to solve and correct worldly differences or economic issues. The major cause of U. S. intervention is the nuclear arms race, which results in weapons of mass destruction. In 1992 the tensions between India and Pakistan rose to a certain point that the 2 countries started producing nuclear arms (Page NP). This has the U. S. in great concerns. Another cause that the U. S. sho...
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