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Soviet Expansionism, 2004.
This paper discusses that the Cold War was the result of Soviet Expansionism.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 6 sources, $ 87.95
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In this article, the writer discusses the Cold War as the result of Soviet Expansionism. The writer maintains that the expansionism was fueled, in part, by Stalin's paranoia. The writer studies the roots of Soviet expansionist activities. Further, the writer discusses expansionist policies in the post-World War II era.
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"World War II was the most horrific and costly conflict ever waged on planet earth The world emerged from the fighting, bloodied and exhausted only to be plunged directly into a wider and more insidious conflict the so-called Cold War, which held the world in its icy grip for over four decades. Historians and scholars have argued bitterly about the causes and consequences of the Cold War. This paper will advance the argument that the Cold War was the direct result of Soviet expansionist policies coupled with ... "
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Western Expansionism, 2004.
An overview of the benefits and pitfalls of Western expansionism.
991 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper examines the advantages and disadvantages of the prosperity of Western expansionism in order to demonstrate that expansionism's value for European nations, in all probability, did not fairly equate to the inflated price that the innocent were forced to pay. It analyzes the effect of Western influence from colonization to the cultural influences on Eastern countries, such as China and Tibet.
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"With expansionism to North America, European countries largely brought death and destruction to the native populations. Smallpox epidemics and the advent of western diseases like chicken pox and measles decimated the native populations of North America who had little or no natural immunity to these diseases, and settlers and governments forced native populations off their traditional lands. In addition, the traditional cultures of many native populations were lost, as elder members passed away, and did not pass on this knowledge to younger members of the splintered tribes. While it is true that today Canada and the United States are prosperous nations, this prosperity has largely come to the descendants of the colonialist powers, rather than to the Native American groups that were the targets of this expansionism."
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German Expansionism, 2002.
A paper on expansionism in Germany.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 71.95
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A paper on German Expansionism.
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Racism and American Expansionism in 1898, 2006.
An analysis of late 19th century American history from the perspective of the inherent racism which motivated a policy of expansionism.
1,430 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper analyzes American expansionism at the turn of the 20th century from the perspective of race and racism. The author maintains that the U.S. is a country founded and developed on racist principles. She points to the Declaration of Independence, which defined equality only for the white colonists of the New World, in order to set them on equal par with their white counterparts in England. The author maintains that this racism, which taints the very notion of equality in the U.S., is especially apparent in the arguments for and against expansion to the west at the turn of the twentieth century.
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"At the foundation of a racist ideology is the belief that people of any race different from one's own are inherently inferior, less moral, heathen, savage, and genetically unfit. This unfitness is then used to deny entire cultures and nationalities basic human rights. The belief is that these individuals are sub-human and thus there is no consideration of basic rights needed. Racist ideologies have been used throughout recorded history to take land, belongings, freedom, and lives with the only justification being felt necessary is that the other race is inferior and their subjugation is best for them."
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Global Expansionism, 2004.
Explores the business trend of global expansionism and the need for companies to adapt to the trend, or face failure if they don't.
1,615 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper looks at the trend in the business world today, whereby businesses that do not adapt to a global mindset risk losing market share, momentum, and the ability to compete with digital businesses. The paper also looks at the many factors related to the process of entering the global marketplace, with the Internet cited as the major factor in this process.
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"Today, global expansionism is still a threat to the wellbeing of American companies, and thereby the wellbeing of Americans. However, today the threat arises not from the issuance of a dictator?s decree. Today?s businesses encounter the threat of global expansionism if they do not engage the opening marketplaces around the world, but do stay limited to traditional product and service delivery channels. When the internet arrived on the business horizon in the late 1990?s savvy internet consultants were known to say ?if your business is not operating on the internet, you will likely not remain in business.? Today, less than a decade later, this sales pitch has become reality. Businesses which do not adapt a global mindset are loosing market share, loosing momentum, and slowly loosing the ability to compete at the new rate at which digital business competes."
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President Mckinley and Expansionism, 2000.
A historiographical analysis of his role, intentions and motivations in his expansionist practices and policies of the U.S. Government in the late 19th and early 20th century.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 111.95
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This essay will examine, from a historiographical perspective, the role, intentions, and motivations of President William McKinley in the expansionist practices and policies of the United States government at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. The essay will consider specifically whether McKinley was an opportunist of a representative of the vanguard of American liberty. While McKinley's motivations and intentions may have been mixed, the..."
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U.S. Expansionism, 2005.
Examines two major events in U.S. history that led to large acquisitions of territory.
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper examines the acquisition of territory in early American history. In particular, the paper compares the Louisiana Purchase and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and how these two historical events led to vast land acquisitions by the U.S. government.
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"The United States of America grew as a nation from the thirteen original colonies, hugging the Atlantic coastline, into a transcontinental nation with ports on both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans in just half a century. The young nation added millions of square miles of new territory by a variety of means from simple purchases to outright military conquests. This paper will examine two events that led to large acquisitions of territory, two of the most important historical events in early American history. The first is the Louisiana..."
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Japanese Expansionism from 16th Century to 1937, 1999.
Historical, ideological, political, socioeconomic & military developments of the expansionist policy.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 7 sources, $ 47.95
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" This study will discuss the historical and ideological developments of Japan's continental expansionism from the time of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 16th century to 1937. Hideyoshi was a feudal lord who helped unify the country and develop centralized power after civil wars tore the nation apart. His distrust of missionaries and other foreigners was in part a result of the civil wars and of the fear of future disunity. Turning outward from domestic concerns, and using the military power he had assembled to put down internal strife, Hideyoshi developed "an obsession with China. In 1592 and 1598 he launched two invasions of Korea as the first steps toward the conquest of China" (Bunge 13). His efforts were unsuccessful, defeated by combined Korean-Chinese forces and later by a return of the internal disunity he had feared. "
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The Collapse of the Soviet Union, 2008.
An analysis of the factors contributing to the collapse of the Soviet Union and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's efforts to stem the collapse.
2,141 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper analyzes the main causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union, focusing on the role of the United States in its collapse. The paper looks at the final phase of collapse in the 1980s when Leonid Brezhnev died and the other factors that impacted the collapse at that time. The paper also discusses the efforts of Gorbachev to try to stem the collapse of the Soviet Union and how his efforts failed.
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"Gorbachev realized that perestroika was bold and risky and that only time would determine its ultimate success or failure. Like Lenin, Gorbachev believed that, "sometimes you have to retreat, and then advance." But he ran out of time, in part because the new openness in the Soviet press under glasnost revealed to the Soviet people for the first time that conditions across the entire Soviet Union were shockingly bad.
"Ever since the days of Lenin, the average Soviet citizen knew that economic conditions were bad in their own village, city, or region, but the communist-controlled media prevented them from knowing that conditions were just as bad everywhere else if not even worse. Glasnost confirmed this harsh reality beyond any doubt, and created a political environment across the Soviet Union in which people were not going to tolerate communism much longer."
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Reagan's Foreign Policy, and the Soviet Union, 2004.
Analyses the Reagan foreign policy, and how it consistently confronted the Soviet Union in ways that forced it to spend huge amounts of money on defense. Makes the argument that this is the main reason that the Soviet Union collapsed.
2,800 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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This paper highlights the portions of Ronald Reagan's foreign policy that confronted the Soviet Union in ways that forced the United States to spend large amounts of money. The foreign policy issues that are examined include Afghanistan, The Iran-Contra Affair, Reagan's support of Eastern-European Dissidents and Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, (also known as "Star Wars"). Afghanistan is heavily analyzed, with a breakdown of significant historical points, such as the introduction of the US-made Stinger missile, which stripped the USSR of air superiority. The Iran-Contra affair is included as a way to demonstrate Reagan's willingness to confront communism everywhere. This was a marked policy shift from Jimmy Carter and caught the USSR off guard. The Strategic Defense Initiative is analyzed and is linked to an increased amount of money being spent by the USSR on research and development. The support of dissidents by Reagan is looked at as well, with the conclusion that with relatively little amounts of effort, Reagan's foreign policy fomented large amounts of political opposition to the Soviet Union in Eastern European satellite countries. This caused the Soviet Union to spend money combating this problem as well, with their spy apparatus. Definitive numbers are given that explain just how much the Soviet Union spending increased while Reagan was in office.
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"In the 1980's, a swirling of events converged to form a perfect storm that met the conditions for bringing down what Ronald Reagan termed the "evil empire." The first incident was that Old School communists in the Politburo sought to make an impression in Central Asia, but found stalwart resistance in The Gipper. Second, Reagan's abrupt shift from Carter's lax foreign policy took the Soviets by surprise, with the new administration's desire to challenge communism on every front possible; out of this desire came the ill-fated support of the contras, along with the hugely successful backing of Eastern European dissidents, namely the Solidarity movement in Eastern Europe. The third event in Reagan's foreign policy shift that took the world by surprise was the administration's renunciation of the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction; Reagan took the steps of beginning a Ballistic Missile Defense program, which he coined the Strategic Defense Initiative. The Soviets, with few options of recourse, were forced to make concessions that led to the implosion of the "evil empire" shortly afterward. Thus, by applying a policy of confrontation of spreading Communism, bleeding the Soviets in Afghanistan by supporting the mujahideen, and abruptly announcing a paradigm shift in American foreign policy with the Strategic Defense Initiative, Ronald Reagan certainly hastened, if not caused the downfall of the USSR."
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The Labor Policies of the Former Soviet Union, 2004.
This paper discusses the labor policies of the former Soviet Union, which contributed to the downfall of the Soviet Union.
2,030 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 64.95
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This paper explains that the downfall of the Soviet Union was, in part, due to the labor policies such as the promise of work, the compulsory labor policies and the promise of equal pay to many people regardless of their work. The author points out these labor policies created an apathetic attitude about productivity and success that led to an inability to stir the nation into growth, which was the cause of the ultimate downfall of the Soviet Union. The paper contends that, as the nation rebuilds, it is important that it allows a policy of free market competitiveness.
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"The Red Army of Workers simulated what Americans know as "Unions". The difference was that the Red Army of Workers was actually controlled by the government and given freedoms that the government felt were allowable. This again wiped out any hope for motivation or drive and those who belonged simply went through the paces. The government allowed the workers to be given the right to participate in the government structure and to practice religion but later years removed such rights. The laboring masses were then nothing but workhorses who went each day, performed their duties, and did not have anything to wish for or hope for."
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Un-Revolution: The Collapse of the Soviet Empire, 2001.
This research discusses in detail the reasons for collapse of the Soviet Union and its empire.
6,970 words (approx. 27.9 pages), 22 sources, $ 157.95
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This research paper discusses the collapse of the Soviet Union and its empire in 1989-91 and the future of Eastern Europe after Soviet domination. The paper concludes that the events of 1989 marked the end of the communist revolution. For more than forty years, the West had contained the Soviet Union behind the Iron Curtain, while the inherent faults of Soviet communism, embodied in the flawed policies of its leadership, brought about the inevitable collapse of the Soviet empire. The author discusses the fall of communism which presented humanity with a historic chance to progress a few feet forward. The author argues that only when democracy and capitalism reach the roots of society, however, can these ideas blossom into true positive change in the post-communist world.
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"What happened in 1989 was not a revolution itself, but actually the final nail in the coffin of a revolution. The fall of the Soviet Union represented the end of a forty-year challenge to democracy and market capitalism, both of which had already been established as the status quo (at least of Europe, the main ?battlefield? of the Cold War). The revolution of western democracy and capitalism began in 1642 in England where the first popular rebellion against a monarchy brought about the execution of King Charles I. Less than a decade later, Thomas Hobbes, at least partially inspired by the upheaval in England, published his famous work Leviathan. Although he advocated submission to the absolute supremacy of the state, Hobbes was not concerned whether that state was ruled by a king or a parliament, and this non-commitment to monarchy laid the intellectual foundations for the development of democratic political theory. John Locke soon bridged the gap between Hobbes? realism and what would become liberalism with the ideas of majority rule, natural rights, property rights, and the responsibility of the state to uphold these ideals. Montesquieu added the issues of separated and balanced governmental powers, and Rousseau defended self-determination and civil liberty. Adam Smith introduced the world to comparative advantage and put forth the belief that the ability of every citizen to make his own economic choices created the most prosperous economy. The ideas of these philosophers, along with Madison, Jefferson, Ricardo, and ?the rest,? inspired more revolutions in America in 1776, France in 1789, across Europe in 1848, and again in American in 1860."
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Soviet Jewish Immigration to the U.S., 1991.
A look at the changes in Soviet emigration policy and the experiences of Soviet Jews in the U.S. in the 1970s and 1980s.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 13 sources, $ 119.95
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"In recent years, the Soviet Union has eased restrictions on its visa laws. As a result, there has been a dramatic increase in emigration from that country. In 1989, for example, at least 228,500 people left the Soviet Union--"more than twice as many as in 1988" ("While the going," 1990, p. 55). This figure is made all the more remarkable by the fact that there are an estimated 3 to 5 million more Soviet citizens who would like to emigrate if they could (Klein, 1990, p. 16). A large percentage of the Soviet Union's recent emigres have been Jews. In fact, it has been noted that "tens of thousands of Jews and members of other minorities have been leaving the Soviet Union under the new rules" ("Soviet emigres," 1990, p. A10). One source has claimed that more than 62,500 Jews emigrated from the Soviet Union during the year 1989 (Goldman, 1989, p. 29). Many of the Jews who..."
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Soviet Espionage, 2002.
Examining how the history of Soviet espionage has created an extremely paranoid society, very fearful of conspiracy.
2,496 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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This paper deals with the essentially paranoid nature of Soviet espionage. It shows how the mentality of the Soviet state was paranoid and conspiratorial even before its inception. Therefore, the Soviet security and intelligence agency was necessarily paranoid and conspiratorial as well. The paranoia that consumed the Soviet leadership undoubtedly paved the way for the creation of the most successful intelligence gathering agency in modern history. This paper shows how the same paranoid mentality inevitably doomed the Soviet security and intelligence agency as an effective intelligence apparatus capable of providing accurate information about foreign operations.
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"From Lenin and Stalin, to those who came afterwards, the domestic and foreign policy of the Soviet Union was based on a steady diet of unsubstantiated conspiracy theories and fanatical paranoia. Thus, it was these two qualities which became the bread and butter of Soviet espionage from its very inception. Throughout the paranoid existence of the Soviet Union, the Soviet security and intelligence agency was used to perform clandestine activities against real and imagined opposition, on a size and scale previously unprecedented in the world of espionage. The agency?s efforts were largely successful in recruiting spies and gathering valuable intelligence information, especially against the Western imperialist powers. However, the Soviet leadership was often so consumed by paranoia that they were unable correctly analyze much of the intelligence information; causing the security and intelligence agency to be largely ineffective, and eventually almost crippling the Soviet espionage apparatus altogether."
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Soviet Union's Control of Eastern Europe, 2007.
This paper examines the Soviet Union's control of Eastern Europe during the years of 1945 to 1989.
2,385 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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In this article, the writer explores several of the key factors that contributed to the era of the Soviet Union's control of Eastern Europe and discusses them. The writer points out that more than a decade ago, the Soviet Union made the decision to completely dismantle its government structure and begin rebuilding. The writer then describes how the world watched in awe as the initial steps began and for the past 10 years has watched the Soviet Union struggle as it tries to find its way in the unfamiliar world of democracy. The writer concludes that the Soviet Union realized that it could not maintain success nor could it properly care for its people if it maintained its communist regime. The writer looks at how it dismantled its structure and provided freedom to the nations that it occupied for so long and at the same time has been working toward a democratic way of life.
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Introduction
How the Soviet Union Maintained Control
Conclusion
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"The Soviet Union refused to allow any hope of independent political interests or parties. In addition, there was no criticism of the communist party allowed. To do so brought swift and severe punishment that could include prison or death.
Stalin also imposed his own ideals about economics. He created and designed a socialist economic model that the nations were expected to follow. All means of production and wealth were owned and controlled by the government. This meant that factories, farms, mines and any other method of making money was controlled by and owned by the government which was in turn ruled by the Soviet Union. This allowed the Soviet Union to maintain complete control over every aspect of those nations' economics."
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