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    By 1947, US president Harry S. Truman was outraged by the Soviet Union's perceived resistance to American demands in Iran, Turkey and Greece, as well as their rejection of the Baruch Plan on nuclear weapons. In February 1947, the British government announced that it could no longer afford to finance the Kingdom of Greece in its civil war against Communist-led insurgents. The US government's response to this announcement was the adoption of containment, the goal of which was to stop the spread of

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    the Serbs, Albanians and the international community? Richmond University - London Romuald Maronese Dissertation Literature review A such unexpected and international violent struggle burst out between Serbs and Albanians in the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia over the southern Serbian province of Kosovo1. This terrible issue led to a 1999 meeting between Serbian and Albanian officials in order to make a peace resolution and arrangements. This formal and official diplomatic meeting was organized

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    Balkan War Research Paper

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    BACKGROUND. Raised in all wars in the world is difficult to understand the roots of conflicts, simplifying, the causes can be psychological, traditional or modern base. History is always present and is used as a motivating force, along with others, in almost every war there are economic reasons as secondary causes. In the Balkan War, it has historically been characterized by its high vulnerability to conflicts of low, medium and high intensity, especially because of the events that took place during

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    in a society or in an organization designated as ultranationalist in character. Fascism Fascism is a term that is even more misused and misunderstood than ultranationalism. To many people in the United States, the federal government is fascist, although in fact the American federal government is not fascist in character. To many people around the world, fascism is equated with racism. The original fascists which developed in Italy, however, were not racist. In fact, to many people, any approach

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    things in regard to all aspects of life. The Soviet Union was established in 1918 under a Communist regime, which replaced the old monarchy ruled by the Czar. However soon after 1918 a massive forced development of the Soviet Union and all their republics began. During this period of development, the Soviet Union carried out the policy of collectivization. Collectivization was the seizure of private land, objects and other things for the purpose of a collective use. However farms were not the only

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    is not entirely true. There were many factors that resulted in the demise of this socialist conglomerate, and East Germany in particular. The GDR was a special case in that it was racked by some of the worst economic circumstances that any of the Eastern bloc faced, and as result, became the first to fall. Such assumptions compel us to draw equivalencies between the GDR and other communist countries like Yugoslavia, even though East Germany was at a much more disadvantageous position. The East German

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    advance in NATO's history was the amplification of Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary on 12 March 1999. Proceeding with extension happened in 2004 and 2009. The technique actualized in 1991 additionally changed the recipe of NATO operations. It underscored the capacity to adapt to emergencies and peacekeeping operations, and its powers have twice prompted the finish of contention and ethnic purging in the previous Yugoslavia (1995 and 1999). They additionally add to balancing out different clashes

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    On the demise of the Soviet Union Twenty-five years ago, the Soviet Union collapsed taking by surprise therewith not only the international community, but also its own leaders. What brought the superpower down? Its authoritarian and corrupt political system, failure of the planned economy and stagnation, or consistent celebration of national diversity throughout the whole history of the Soviet Union? If the question is why the USSR disintegrated into 15 independent states, then the answer lies in

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    Women Suffrage

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    Soviet Socialist Republics and the Netherlands granted suffrage in 1917; Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Sweden in 1918; and Germany and Luxembourg in 1919. Spain extended the ballot to women in 1931, but France waited until 1944 and Belgium, Italy, Romania, and Yugoslavia until 1946. Switzerland finally gave women the vote in 1971, and women remained disenfranchised in Liechtenstein until 1984. In Canada women won the vote in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan in 1916; after federal suffrage

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    Serbia Research Paper

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    The country of Serbia and its people have endured a turbulent and violent time as a country. Having both, a strong bond and difficult conflicts with the countries that surround them on the Balkan Peninsula have created their culture. Due to violent and ethnic clashes throughout its history, Serbia has found it difficult to gain a firm footing to establish itself as a country. If ithe government of Serbia does not continue to put forth the effort, especially now with the influx of refugees, this could

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