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Ho Chi Minh Republic Of Vietnam
977 wordsDo you know why the Viet Nam war started, or when it really began? Well, it may surprise you to know that the war actually began shortly after the end of World War II. When WWII ended many countries had taken control of smaller countries in Asia. Vietnam was controlled by the French, but after WWII Vietnam wanted its independence. France did not want to give up its colonies because they needed the extra income to help rebuild its country after WWII. A man named Ho Chi Minh, who declared their in...
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38 Th Parallel Republic Of Korea
1,712 wordsBegun as a war between South Korea (Republic of Korea) and North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), after the North's invasion of the South, the conflict swiftly developed into a limited international war involving the U. S. and 19 other nations. From a general viewpoint, the Korean War was one of the by-products of the cold war, the global political and diplomatic struggle between the Communist and non-Communist systems following World War II. The motives behind North Korea's decisi...
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Spread Of Communism Soviet Union
1,198 words... the President that nuclear weapons may have to be used just to keep the communist back. The President dismissed this for fear that it may draw the Soviet Union and its nuclear weapons further into the war. After three long years of fighting, the Americans and North Koreans ended their fighting with an armistice that created borders that were almost the same as those at the beginning of the war. The United States fought its first limited war to stop the spread of communism, and it came away w...
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Cuban Missile Crisis World War Ii
1,036 wordsDuring the Truman administration, a containment policy was developed. The policy eventually became the central concept defining U. S. foreign policy in the Cold War. To contain Soviet Communism, President Harry Truman used American military and financial resources to help rebuild Western Europe after World War II. Under the Truman Doctrine, President Truman requested Congress for funds to build up Turkey and Greece, two countries that came under pressure from the Soviet Union. Truman stated that...
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Khmer Rouge Pol Pot
853 wordsIn this semester, we read many incredible survival stories of the youths under disastrous historical crisis. These characters, we read about, went through enormous of hardships and fears; but with courage and determination, many of them survived and lived on. However, in many cases, these characters did not begin their lives in miseries. Many of them, in fact, were born in the comfort of wealth and privilege. In this essay, I will discuss four wealthy families, which we read, and how the main ch...
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Czar Nicholas Soviet Socialist
1,689 wordsThe roots of the Russian Revolution of 1917 were deep. Russia had suffered under an extremely oppressive form of government for centuries under the rule of the czars. During the 19 th century the nation was filled with movements for political liberalization. In the long run there were several revolutions, not one. The first rebellion, known as the Decembrist uprising, took place in December 1825. Members of the upper classes, including many former soldiers, staged a revolt after the death of Ale...
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Beer Hall Putsch People Of Germany
1,509 wordsDuring the 1920 's and early 1930 's Germany was unstable socially economically and politically. The governments were more often in a state of disarray than not, the populace was disillusioned and scared, and the Great Wall Street stock market crash of 1923 saw the economy crumble before the population's eyes. These unfavourable factors combined to create a nation of precarious stature, a country which was looking for a savior. This came in the form of fascism, an ideology in which the individua...
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Final Battle Communist Party
1,083 wordsOn the 18 July 1936, leading Generals of the Spanish Army led a revolt against the democratically elected Popular Front government of Spain. Within days the country was plunged into civil war with the Republicans fighting the insurgent Nationalists for control of the country. The various democracies of the world turned their backs on Spain's plight and even hindered the Republicans by supporting non-intervention in the conflict. However, many people came to help the Republic. Las Brigades Intern...
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Worker Bees Everyday Lives
1,264 wordsThe last Tsar of Russia abdicated the throne in February of 1917. With the fall of the old regime, many old gender barriers fell, as well. The period after the Bolsheviks rose to power was a time of many changes for all Russians, but none were more affected than the women of the time. Lenin, the leader of the Bolshevik party (later called the Communists) was greatly disturbed by the domestic enslavement of Soviet women, and almost immediately granted political equality for females throughout the...
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Cold War Term Causes
2,223 words... aking. One has to remember that the Cold War dominated many plans, with the drive for eastern superiority governing this sector. However, many of the policies were ill thought out with little foresight, with historians such as McCauley arguing this as a key trait of Khrushchev. An example of this lack of planning could be seen in the late fifties, when the president ordered the quantity of beef produced to increase. Farmers promptly went out and slaughtered every cow in sight. This obviously...
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Adolf Hitler Nazi Movement
1,008 wordsThe Nazi consolidation of power was a gradual process that took place in many steps and was due to many factors, although a great deal happened in the first few months of Hitler's rule. However, the purge of the SA in June 1934 was a major turning point as it tremendously increased Hitler's power over the state. By the time Adolf Hitler was elected as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, the consolidation of power was not having the desired effect. Hitler immediately called another election, a...
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Great Britain And France Millions Of Dollars
1,594 words... e slaughter in Hungary, but that is no reason for destroying the nucleus of international cooperation. This was the foundation of the brutal confrontation of the now infamous water polo semi-finals between the Soviets and Hungary. Hungary was leading 4 to nil with two minutes left. In a loose-ball struggle, a Russian hit a Hungarian, blood poured over the Hungarians eye. The Russians exited the pool before the match even ended. Wally Wolf, a veteran polo player from America claimed They were...
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Animalism Vs Marxism In Animal Farm
1,747 wordsIntroduction Long before the invention of the television or telephone, much less the computer, people had to communicate by word of mouth or written documents. It was not a peculiar happening for a critic of religious, political, or economical affairs to write his opinions in an allegorical and sometimes satirical fashion. Public awareness to many social wrongs has long been fed by such writings. In 1944, even after the modern means of communication had arrived, George Orwell, an Englishman, exp...
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Great Leap Forward People Republic Of China
1,331 words... Mao would initiate again during the Cultural Revolution; it was a symbol of Mao's belief in harmony and order. This campaign aimed at purging the party of Stalinist supporters. 35 Purging of dissident elements within the party created unity according to Mao. The Rectification Campaign was a turning point for the Communists. With a strong leader, unity within, and a specifically tailored Chinese political ideology, the Communists made steady gains against the Guomingdang in the Chinese Civil ...
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Upper Saddle River Nj Prentice Saddle River Nj Prentice Hall
2,036 wordsThe conflict in ideologies between capitalism and communism resulted in one of the greatest conflicts of the twentieth century. The belief that freedom and democracy would die under communist rule caused the United States to start a conflict that would last for decades. The decisions made by the United States in W. W. II caused tensions to rise between the U. S. and the Soviet Union. Fear of Communism in capitalist nations, caused the United states government to use propaganda to raise Cold War ...
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Ayn Rand York Alfred
1,204 wordsCommunism has failed in Europe because of its lack of care for the individual, its corrupt leaders and also because it went against human nature. Two novels that demonstrate this statement are the semi-autobiographical We the Living by Ayn Rand, and Julian Barnes The Porcupine. According to Ayn Rand, Communists were pitiless. When Kira, the protagonist of the story, begged for help to save her lovers life, the only answer she received from the general was Why in the face of the Union of Socialis...
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World War Ii Women And Children
1,943 wordsJerzy Kosinski? s The Painted Bird is a tragedy narrated by a young boy with dark hair and eyes who is abandoned in eastern Poland, at the outbreak of World War II. He travels from village to village throughout the war years, occasionally protected, but more often terrifically abused by the local inhabitants, due to their ignorance, superstition, and fear of recourse from the Nazis. ? He seeks asylum in huts and farms and, everywhere he is exposed to murder, rape, sadism, sodomy, incest, and the...
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Great Leap Forward Cultural Revolution
1,525 wordsMao was born in 1893 into a peasant family in the village of Shaoshan in Hunan province. His father was a strict disciplinarian and Mao frequently rebelled against his authority. Mao's early education was in the Confucian classics of Chinese history, literature, and philosophy, but early teachers also exposed him to the ideas of progressive Confucian reformers. In 1911 Mao moved to the provincial capital, Changsha, where he briefly served as a soldier in Republican army in the 1911 revolution th...
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Secretary Of Labor Red Scare
822 wordsThe Red Scare took place twice in American History. First in the period of 1919 to 1921 which was triggered by a Communist take over of Russia. The Red scare never really stopped since its first appearance, but occurred again in the 1950 s. It was a label given to the actions of legislation, race riots, and the hatred and persecution of revolutionary objectors during that period of time. After the war formally ended on November 18, 1918, there was an ideological war still going on in the US. It ...
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Russian Social Democratic Social Democratic Party
2,045 wordsStalin and Trotsky: Patrons of world domination One of the most well known countries in the world is Russia. Since the Paleolithic Period, Russia has faced misfortune and difficulties through its brutal leaders. Every change that has made this country more inclusive has been won with toil, tears, and blood. The year of 1879 was the beginning of another great new chapter (Flachmann p. 357) in Russias history. It was the year two patrons of world domination were born. These patrons were Joseph Sta...
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