Jerry Covington Professor Marianne Shablousky Intro to Psychology 17 November 2013 Munchausen by proxy This presentation is an overview of the condition factitious disorder by proxy‚ also known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MBP). We’ll begin by highlighting the definitions of the disorder and the etiology. Then we’ll analyze relevant symptoms of the perpetrator and the reasons they abuse the child. Some methods of abuse are highlighted and the social psychiatric illness common in the
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The Cold War was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States with NATO and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in Warsaw Pact). Historians have not fully agreed on the dates‚ but 1947–1991 is common. It was "cold" because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two sides‚ although there were major regional wars in Korea and Vietnam. The Cold War split the temporary wartime alliance against
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significance of events in Korea (1950-1953) on the development of the Cold War In July 1953‚ an armistice was signed at Panmunjom to signal a ceasefire between the Sino-Soviet backed North and the US-UN backed South Korea. Although the Korean War was not the beginning of Cold Wa‚ the events from Korea are important in assessing the development of the Cold War. Whilst it is sometimes seen as a watershed in the development of the Cold War‚ a more compelling analysis is that it was a catalyst which accelerated
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Did Eisenhower’s nuclear threat end the Korean war? American Secretary of State John Foster Dulles often bragged about how nuclear brinkmanship by the United States finally brought the other side to agree to a negotiated settlement of the Korean War in July 1953. According to him it proved that the threat of massive retaliation or a "a bigger bang for a buck" could work. It is true that America let it slip that atomic weapons being placed in Okinawa‚ that Chiang Kai-shek was being permitted to
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The Cold War was a long period of tension between the democracies of the Western World and the communist countries of Eastern Europe. The west was led by the United States and Eastern Europe was led by the Soviet Union. These two countries became known as superpowers. Although the two superpowers never officially declared war on each other‚ they both sided with different countries in proxy wars such as the Korean War and the Vietnam War. They also fought each other in the arms race and the space
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Second World War‚ and the split of Korea‚ the North became Communist and the South anti-Communist and undemocratic. In September 1950‚ with the start of the conflict‚ Communist advances pushed the South Koreans into the very South Eastern corner of the mainland. At this point‚ Truman sent advisers to the area to asses the situation. He also put huge pressure on the U.N. Security Council to condemn the actions of the North Koreans and to call on them to withdraw their troops In the cold war atmosphere
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Korea: Rebirth of Limited War How did miscalculations contribute to the outbreak of the Korean War? Miscalculations of opposing sides are very often what lead to conflict. In fact‚ if opponents could accurately predict the actions of the others‚ conflict would be increasing avoidable as it is often the lease desired alternative. In the case of the Korean War‚ each of the involved countries made miscalculations of commitment which lead to the outbreak of the Korean War. In 1949 the United States
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extract from an about 100 pages enfolding diploma thesis of Martin Eisermann‚ student at the Fachhochschule Rosenheim (University of Applied Sciences)‚ Germany. It contains the results of performance tests‚ accomplished with MS Proxy Server 2.0‚ MS ISA Server and Linux Squid Proxy. This work reflects the personal impressions and test results of the author‚ made with web performance testing software‚ described later in this document. The paper is a translation from German into the English language
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How far was the Korean War a militant and political success for the US? The world was by taken by surprise when North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel in June 1950. The war that followed soon snowballed out of proportion‚ spreading out to involve China‚ the Soviet Union‚ and the UN and is said by historians to have shaped US foreign policy as it is today. But was the war a success‚ or was it merely another black whole swallowing the lives of American‚ Korean and Chinese soldiers? From
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the Cold War The Soviet-American combat‚ known as the "Cold War" hung heavy over global affairs for more than forty long years; structuring the world with extensive military buildups‚ an unceasing nuclear arms rivalry‚ intensive surveillance‚ and relentless technological emulations. Further elaborated are the causes and repercussions of this menacing fracas drawn upon the world by the two superpowers; the United States of America and the Soviet Union. The Cold War dominated
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