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… difficult decisions had to be made in Canada. If a wrong decision is made, the country may split between the two dominant ethnic backgrounds, the Francophone people and the Anglophone people. On one hand, they could help out their former mother country,…

… played in the onset of the First World War, one may immediately say that Britain didn't play a part in the causal events that led to the Great War, and that the only reason she joined was to come to the aid of Belgium, whose neutrality had been broken…

… is the first thing that pops in your head. That is because you are an American, but it is easy to see that the United States could be just as evil as Russia or maybe even worse. The Soviets thought we wanted to go to war because we elected a general…

… the escalation of the Cold War. This essay is going to assess how these three events contributed to the escalation of the Cold War and how important they were to its continuation. In my opinion the first strains in the relation between the two…

… between 1945 and 1990. It was a diplomatic struggle and arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union; NATO and the Warsaw Pact; East and West. Trillions of dollars and rubles, Russian currency, were spent by the US and USSR. It was a…

… warfare. Holocaust, genocide, concentration camp were the nightmare terms that I had to grow up with. Certainly, every war leaves physical and psychiatric reflection on a nation; however, because it happened only fifty years ago, it took away lives…

… changed America in many ways. It changed the nation's consciousness, thoughts and ideas. These changes were the result of soldiers going over seas to fight, as well as women working outside of the home as a service to their country. WWII gave birth…

… Tennessee and age 9. West Hills California. 2. I made earrings and sold them in a store, but It was not related to the war. 3. My dad was particular about the food, even though we could have had everything because he owned a grocery store. Yet…

… of creating personal friendships who looked upon his fellow man as a mere brick in the future building of the world he hoped to erect. Winston Churchill was a brilliant tactician who fought tirelessly for his people and beliefs. One is regarded…

… in 1956, Khrushchev made many attempts relating to what he earlier termed "peaceful coexistence". His efforts to ease tension between the USSR and US can be considered successful, for it was the first time a Soviet leader initiated cooperation,…