Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer was a German Chief Architect and Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production for NAZI Germany. As “the NAZI who said sorry”, Speer as a historical figure, is often scrutinized by historians engaged in debates surrounding his guilt of crimes against humanity, presenting the ideology that he was either an apolitical technocrat or a master manipulator. Albert Speer possessed an upper-middle-class or haute bourgeoisie status and was born in Mannheim on the 19th
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To what extent were rival ideologies responsible for the breakdown of the relationship between the two superpowers between 1945 and 1949? It was the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan that really split Europe and made the concept of an Iron Curtain permanent during 1947/8. It was the final breakdown of the Allied cooperation over Germany that led to tensions and permanent divisions in the centre of Europe in 1948/9 as witnessed by the Berlin blockade and Allied airlift. It was
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Canada had been steadily involved in the war in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban regime in late 2001. Numerous battles had caused the loss of many Canadian lives and as a result, the Canadian government planned to leave Afghanistan in early 2009. Under the leadership of Prime Minister
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To what extent was the fall of the Berlin Wall a result rather than a cause of the end of the Cold war? The dismantling of the Berlin Wall in Nov 1989 was one of the most symbolic acts of the Cold War. It was a symbol of the changes that had swept through Europe in 1989 and of the end of the divisions that had marked the essential character of the CW: the ideological split between capitalism and communism. In 1989, the DDR was 4o years old and the East German leadership was prepared to celerbraite
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government), or treason. Reckless accusations that the government was full of communists were pursued by Republican-led committees with subpoena power and without proper regard for evidence." ( Michael Barnes). In the making of the McCarthy era the Cold War had a major role in this historical event based on the fear that was expanded,
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economy. From the reconstruction of Germany to the Cold War, the Soviet Union’s actions affected the world second only to the United States. While the second global economy is loosely defined as the era between the years of 1971 and 1998, the seeds of this time period were planted shortly after the end of World War II in the European theatre. Following the fall of Nazi Germany, the United States devised the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economies of war-devastated countries. As a world power, the United
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SECTION-1 INTRODUCTION Background 1. On 26 December 1991 the world witnessed the collapse of the first and the largest communist country - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR). This most historic event of the 21st century marked the end of Cold War and emergence of fifteen independent states. Ever since the Soviet flag lowered from Kremlin, the Russian with their tricolour flag are in search of their identity and new role in the world politics. The academia and policymaking machinery of the
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The Hungarian Uprising of 1956 and the Prague Spring of 1968 were key events that shaped the outcome of the Cold War. Both countries were under the Soviet control during the post-war period. After the death of Stalin, when Khrushchev became the leader and the secret speech of destalinization have seen the daily light both countries introduced their own paths to socialism, first Hungary and 12 years later the Czechoslovakia. Both of the events had similar and different causes and consequences, which
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Impact of the Berlin Blockade Crisis on the Emergence of the Cold War Assess the impact of the Berlin blockade crisis on the emergence of the Cold War The Berlin blockade crisis (BBC) of 1948 was when the Soviet Union (SU) blocked all railway, road and canal access to sectors of Berlin (Department of Politics, 2013). After World War Two (WWII), Germany was split into four sectors. The SU had control of East Germany whilst France, Britain and the United States (US) shared control of West
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Chivalrous knights. Athenian olympic athletes crowned in laurels. Composed samurai. Confederate soldiers with glints of stone-cold malice in their eyes. Professional football players built like massive siege walls. World War II soldiers supported by shining, unmoving medals of honor. From a young age, the idea that boys and men must be creatures of warrior-like stoicism and Herculean athleticness is reinforced, at the cost of emotional depth and academic success. One can find the culprits of this
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