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    Power Cold War Worksheet Power‚ Ideology‚ and Terror in the Atomic Age Worksheet The Cold War Answer each of the following questions in a single paragraph: 1. What role did atomic weapons play in the Cold War? Summarize nuclear developments from 1945 to 1991. Capitalist and communist nations distrusted each other and wanted to further their own ideals while stopping the spread of the other. This led to the formation of NATO and other pacts to protect their respective “areas”. This

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    Korean War The first significant Canadian event that I picked was the Korean War. The Korean War was a conflict in Korea between North and South Korea spanning from June 25th 1950 to July 27th 1953‚ the south backed by the United Nations and the north backed by China with some material aid from the Soviets. The war was started due to a political division of Korea due to an agreement with the allied forces after WW II. After that the American administrators proceeded in dividing the Korean Peninsula

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    Despite the total victory and unconditional surrender in the recent World War II‚ the Korean War was not along the same lines whatsoever. The Korean War began when the North and South were divided at the 38th parallel; suddenly‚ the Communist North invaded the south and most of it was consumed except for a final southernmost city. There‚ General MacArthur was sent my President Truman to Korea for a “police action.” With U.N advancements up near the Chinese-Korean border‚ the Chinese sent their

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    Topic: How the Cold War began‚ ended‚ and Canada’s involvement in the Cold War. In October 1962‚ U.S. planes spotted that the USSR was installing nuclear missile bases in Cuba. These images showed that the threat of a nuclear war could be coming true‚ and the United States would be vulnerable to get attacked within minutes. The world sank into panic until the Soviet Premier agreed to dismantle the missiles. How close it was the whole world could have been set on fire and destroyed! The ideological

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    on Earth a big endeavor is taking place‚ an important plan‚ on which realization we are allowed to collaborate as faithful servants‚ certainly will not succeed.” The Collapse of the Soviet Union is a large example of this quote being true. Emerging from the Russian Empire‚ the Soviet Union was a union of several Soviet states including Armenia‚ Georgia‚ Ukraine‚ Estonia‚ Lativa‚ Belarus‚ and many more. The USSR‚ at one point‚ was a global superpower in the 1900’s that was ruled by communism. Within

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    and War" Abstract: Women of Afghanistan are forced to live under oppressive regulations set forth for them by the men of their societies. Women have virtually no rights to do anything for themselves. There entire lives are controlled by and lived for someone else. Through their songs‚ they lament the conditions of their lives and are able to convey a beauty in their verses that all people can identity with. (67 words) Key Words: Pashtun‚ women‚ honor‚ oppression‚ songs Love and war‚ two

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    IWorld War I (WWI)‚ which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939‚ and the First World War or World War I thereafter‚ was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It involved all the world’s great powers‚[5] which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom‚ France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally centred around the Triple

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    The moment Mikhail Gorbachev became the Soviet Union’s leader was the beginning of the end for the Cold War. Appointed in 1985‚ Gorbachev was left with a broken nation‚ whose people had little freedom to voice their beliefs without facing repercussions from the communist society that was so ingrained in the Soviet at that time. Faced with economical problems along with the current government’s poor treatment of the people‚ Gorbachev knew he need to ameliorate his degrading and suppressed nation.

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    POL SCI 180 PATRICK COATY WAR ON TERROR I‚ myself‚ before September 11‚ 2001 did not know what terrorism was. It is completely a new term for me‚ and I could never figure how terrible it is. But then‚ experiencing and witnessing the feeling of losing the one you loved who was a victim of that disaster‚ I recognized that the world is no longer as safe as before. Today‚ not only America but also Britain‚ Spain‚ Indonesia…became the target of terrorists. The terror tissue is the most challenged

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    The Cold War was a period of hostility‚ fear‚ and tension between the United States and the Soviet Union from the end of the 1940s to late 1980s. Like what Winston Churchill said‚ the world has been divided by the “Iron Curtain” during the Cold War between the Communists and the capitalists. It was called the Cold War because it was only a psychological warfare with no active wars between the two nations‚ which were due to the fear of nuclear arms. The result of the Cold War affected the world

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