a direct result of the Cold War era. The Intelligence Community grew from the 1980’s‚ to more than 100‚000 federal employees working throughout 25 organizations specializing in numerous different aspects of collecting and analyzing data. After the Cold War ended the number of agencies and employees were reduced due to reduction in budgets and the military intelligence suffered the deepest cuts. However‚ the vast intelligence capacity had grown so large during the Cold War era that our enormous capacity
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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENCE IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AND THE EFFECTS OF THE ESPIONAGE SYSTEM ON THE WAR Lauren E. Caulder HIS 318-C Fall 2011 Espionage at the commencement of the American Civil War was not an organized system; however the war necessitated the development of more structured intelligence systems for both the Union and the Confederacy. By the middle of the war the dimensions of the espionage system had augmented significantly. Thus espionage came to play
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I was walking around on the streets with my family glazing at the French windows and architecture. The atmosphere was serene and so we went to the beach and while staring at the waves I thought how do some people raise themselves above humanity or are they simply human to live such lives here. I was at Auroville City‚ Pudducherry. I had come to visit my elder grandparents for a few days who have lived there their entire lives and devoted themselves to Mother‚ Sri Aurobindho and Auroville Ashram
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The concept of ’balance of power is an important consideration in the analysis of the cold war which in theory was successful in avoiding any global conflict during the years 1945-1989. It was an ideologically based concept; communism versus democracy‚ USSR and its allies versus USA and its allies. Balance of power speaks to a situation in which peace is ensured by maintaining equilibrium of alliances between major powers. This equilibrium places checks and balances on any move towards hegemony‚
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Containment during the Cold War refers to the United States’ methodology of dealing with Communism. Proposed by George Kennan‚ this policy (along with the Truman Doctrine) would be the driving force behind many of the United States’ decisions throughout the Cold War. The idea involved stopping the spread of Communism and influence of the Soviet Union by keeping it within the borders it already lies. Kennan believed that the system of Communism was a deadly force as it spreads‚ similar to a parasite
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The Cold War was a period of time in which there was a rise in political and economic tension between the USA and the Soviet Union post World War 2. The purpose was to prevent the spread of communism and the domino theory.This event lasted from 1945 to 1985. The Cold war had a large effect on the United States domestic policy and American society. Things‚ people and events all played an effect on generations rapidly. One example of that had a large effect on the United States domestic policy and
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Who was most to blame for the Cold War? The Cold War was the tense relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) during the 46-year period following the World War II’s end‚ but before the end of the Soviet Union. It refers to the time between 1945 and 1991. The war was unlike any other war‚ because the two countries’ armies never directly went to war with each other. Many people feared that the relations would end in a nuclear war‚ but that never happened. The meaning of ‘Cold
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Effects of Communism During the Cold War With the growth of the Soviet Union after World War II‚ Communism had spread worldwide mainly in Eastern Europe‚ which was mostly lands occupied by the Soviets‚ and in Southeast Asia. During that time‚ those Asian regions were oppressed by poverty and from the government too because of that. Communism is often a response from these poor lower class or working class people‚ tired of their life like that. They believed that by adopting Communism system of the
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yifeng 11235946 Gened 111-16 The cold war The Cold War was out broke between the 1940s to the 1990s. It was the conflict between the United States and the USSR together with their respective allies. The powers at war engaged in boosting their respective defense systems that led to massive spending of their national resources.( Ronald 157) The Cold War was surely expressed through in many areas‚ according to Ronald Kidd(2009)‚ author of The
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against the Soviets during the Cold War was not effective. The United States was able to intercept suspicious activities and investigate further to expose what the suspicious activity was‚ but they failed to intercept critical movements of the Soviets before they occurred. Looking at the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ American signals intelligence was able to respond to Soviet movements and prevent much escalation‚ but they were unable to learn about and stop such movements preemptively. During the Cuban Missile
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