There were many different reasons resulting in communist victory after the War against Japan in 1945.The last phase of the Chinese Civil War‚ lasted from 1945 to 1949. At the time‚ the CCP‚ led by Mao Zedong‚ and the GMD led by Chiang Kai Shek‚ were vying for power to lead the whole of China. To begin with the GMD had the advantage with support from the United States‚ who provided advanced weaponry as well as financial aid through its Marshall Plan Scheme. It was officially accepted as the real government
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Gandhi‚ King‚ and Mandela: What Made Non-Violence Work? All through history governments and empires have been overthrown or defeated primarily by the violence of those who oppose them. This violence was usually successful however‚ there have been several situations‚ when violence failed‚ that protesters have had to turn to other methods. Non-violent protesting never seemed to be the right course of action until the ideology of Mohandas Gandhi spread and influenced successful protests across the
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Assembly should be convened to make the most important decisions about the Russian future. Lenin was reluctant to adhere to the commitment but felt that the Bolsheviks had no choice but to allow the election to proceed: the people wanted an election although Lenin knew that they would lose. Election was held in November 1917 and results show that the SR’s attained the most number of seats to be followed by the Bolsheviks. The vast majority of peasants‚ who made up 80% of the country at the time
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conflict between the superpowers‚ but eventually war did not happen and the crisis ended with a compromise. Both sides could thus emerge from this crisis claiming victory‚ but there was little doubt as to who the real winners and losers were. Therefore the question I will try to answer in this essay is the following: How can we assess victory and defeat of the parties in the Cuban Missile Crisis? Perceptions and misperceptions are very important in every conflict because there are significant
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The Role of the Economy in Presidential Elections There are many factors that can influence a presidential election in the United States. One of the most important factors is the economy. It is always one of the top debate topics which candidates must pay close attention to. What makes it such an important issue is that it does not matter what state the economy is. Whether it is in good shape or bad shape‚ it is still going to play a major role. However‚ if the economy is suffering than is
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STUDENT ELECTIONS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE INTRODUCTION “A 10% failure rate in Lebanese universities! What happened?” wrote the famous editor and write Khalil Hanna in one of the newspapers. He continued his piece talking about the elections in the universities. One can’t but ask those questions: Should university heads allow such event on campus? Are students benefiting from their university’s educational experience‚ or are they investing their time in preparations for elections‚ thus
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In his short story “Victory Lap”‚ George Saunders used characterization to draw attention to how some people find it easier to cover up reality instead of facing it. He first emphasizes on that covering things up habit near the beginning of the story when Alison Pope’s imagination bring her to recreate a situation where a hunter kills a deer. Alison then asks the hunter to‚ “lay her out in a field of clover‚ with roses strewn about her.” With that particular act of putting flowers around the body
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| Victory in The North | A synopsis on the outcome of the U.S. Civil War | | [Type the author name] | 11/6/2010 | | Since the final battle of the American Civil War was fought in 1865‚ scholars have debated the reasons for the Union’s victory over the Confederacy. Historians have attributed the war’s outcome to many factors‚ some of which include Lincoln’s superior leadership‚ the South’s failure to diplomatically secure foreign intervention‚ emancipated slaves enlisting in the
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immediately preceding the election. No literacy‚ property‚ or other substantive requirement shall be imposed on the exercise of suffrage. III. Elections An election is a decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office. This is the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy fills offices in the executive and legislative branches of government‚ and could either be national or local level. Regular elections are those held regularly
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Agenda-Setting and the Presidential Election The agenda-setting function of mass media has largely been influenced by news coverage and the public’s view about the significance and the truthfulness of the stories covered by mass media. Some theorists have stated that news editors and anchors have a significant impact on determining the public’s views of social reality. Mass media has a huge influence on how people think and their perception of what they are reading or listening to . One of
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