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World War Ii Britain And France
1,963 wordsTHE RISE OF THE SUPERPOWERS: HOW WWII BUILT THEM THE RISE OF THE SUPERPOWERS: HOW WWII BUILT THEM It is often wondered how the superpowers achieved their position of dominance. It seems that the maturing of the two superpowers, Russia and the United States, can be traced to World War II. To be a superpower, a nation needs to have a strong economy, an overpowering military, immense international political power and, related to this, a strong national ideology. It was this war, and its results tha...
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Second World War Britain And France
1,511 wordsThe Second World War gave rise to a multitude of new ideas which changed the course of modern society, the idea which has had the greatest impact on the world as a whole is the concept of the superpower nation. To be a superpower, a nation needs to have a strong economy, an overpowering military, immense international political power, and related to this, a strong national ideology. It was this war ( WWII), and its results that spawned the formation of superpowers and lead them to experience suc...
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World War Ii Economic Growth
1,847 wordsAccount for the Rise by the 1970 s of Japan as a Global Superpower To understand Japans economic boom and rise as a global superpower after the war one must also look at their history. Without the creation of the industrial economy during the Meiji Japan this economic growth after the World War Two could have not happened. To look even closer, we should examine the period before, called the Tokugawa period, from 1630 's until the 1860 's. Smith explains that "during this period Japanese economy ...
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Unable To Cope Spheres Of Influence
2,088 wordsCold War My first inclination would be to answer the first question with a clear YES. But come to think of it, the causes of war really have not changed at all, or at least very little. Rather than changes, there has been a shift in the causes. The cause of war which has dominated the last 50 years was the cause of ideology. However, due to the recent end of the Cold War, this cause of war, has significantly declined and is almost trivial. The causes of war have shifted from mainly ideological o...
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Athens And Sparta Peloponnesian War
262 wordsThe Peloponnesian War America can be compared to Athens and Sparta in terms of being the superpower nation in its time. For America, we can learn lessons from the Peloponnesian War to help us be better informed of the causes of war. One reason for the cause of war between Sparta and Athens was their involvement of allies in which President Washington warned us against doing. Because of alliances, Athens and Sparta the two superpower in its time were responsible for protecting their weaker states...
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