the Cold War? Historians have many different viewpoints of who is responsible for the Cold War. The post revisionist group is integrated by the ones who support the fact that neither the U.S nor the USSR was responsible. Meanwhile, countering this argument there are two more groups, the first one is called the Orthodox view who blame the USSR and the second one is the Revisionist view who blame the U.S. The historical position known as the Orthodox places the responsibility for the Cold War on
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During the years 1945-1948, the development of the Cold war seemed to have been catalysed by various factors. The Second World War created a power vacuum in Europe into which the USA and the USSR were both drawn; large areas of Europe were left without meaningful government or administration. Subsequently much of Europe was left devastated and was in desperate need of reconstruction. The USA and the USSR were to provide the inspiration for alternative methods of recovering Europe, the USA aimed to
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Chinese involvement in the Korean War was merely an instrument of Stalin’s foreign policy rather than as a force for spreading communist revolution. How far do you accept this interpretation? Chinese involvement in the Korean War was largely due to Stalin’s use of manipulation and encouragement towards Mao, convincing him to join the war. To a large extent, Stalin’s motivation behind encouraging Mao to join the war could be due to the possibility of increasing communist influence in Asia. China
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Winfried Herget, Werner Kemp and Walter G. Roedel. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlaf, 1995. The US post-war plan for the administration of Germany was muddled, full of contradictions and retreats. Nevertheless, despite the inauspicious beginnings, the US quickly developed a workable administration that was surprisingly efficient; ultimately, the US army’s efforts were crucial in the reconstruction of post-war Germany. Browder’s work is concentrated upon the US Military’s efforts in establishing order and
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The beginning of Cuban missile crisis-a conflict between two huge atomic nations, the U.S and the U.S.S.R. was a formal presentation made by the CIA to President Kennedy. Experts pointed to the missile base being constructed near San Cristobel, Cuba. No one expected that the Russians would build a base in Cuba for Ballistic Missiles after confirming that the Russians would sign an atmospheric test-ban treaty. This may have been justified by the fact that U.S had a similar base in Turkey near the
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Each level of government entity had a distinct experience and will account for various versions of events that evolved during the Vietnam War. Each level had a distinct role with set missions: strategic, tactical, and logistician. I consider myself a tactical planner in my professional civilian career. As an outpatient clinic nurse workload changes on a day-to-day basis and plan my day accordingly. As an obstetrics nurse in a community clinic, my goal is for my clients outcome of a healthy pregnancy
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risks associated with the second approach would not be worth the benefits. Background: The 10-year cuts already mandated from the 2011 Budget Control Act will reduce the budgets of the armed forces by $350 billion. These figures do not include war costs or Veterans Affairs budgets. Sequestration, like the Simpson-Bowles and Rivlin-Domenici deficit reduction commissions of 2010, would cut another $500 billion or so over ten years. Your administration’s current military plan incorporates those
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from being neutral inert party towards any alliance of super powers, disarmament policy and ideologies of peace to becoming one of the pioneering countries in the field of nuclear weapons developments, nuclear energy deal with the U.S and facing war and aggression from China and Pakistan, two of its neighbouring countries. The Non Aligned Movement (NAM) was created out of the desire to orient India’s foreign policy towards the group of newly decolonized states, hoping to create a larger area
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AP* World History Study Guide and Graphic Organizers – Unit 5: The Modern World, 1914 CE – present 1. World War I Students are required to know the causes, major events, and consequences of WWI 1) Causes a) Imperialism i) No new lands to expand into – some nations didn’t have many colonies (Germany, Italy) ii) Rivalries as nations competed for colonies iii) Sometimes armed conflict in colonial lands for control over resources b) Nationalism i) Pride in one’s nation, want one’s nation to
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in the Ukraine to plan what would happen to Europe after the war ended. An extract from President Roosevelt’s report to the US Congress on the Yalta conference claims that that they although they argued freely and frankly, an animus agreement was reached. It said ‘We argued freely and frankly across the table. But at the end on every point unanimous agreement was reached... We know, of course, that it was Hitler’s hope and the German war lords’ hope that we would not agree-that some slight crack might
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