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Vonnegut's story “Harrison Bergeron” discusses the theme equality of results, but through his satirical circumstances there is an ambiguous theme targeting Socialism and Capitalism that shines through. In the story “Harrison Bergeron”, both Socialism and Capitalism are made fun of through extended satirical references. In the story, Vonnegut's future predicts a rise of Socialism in America. However this Socialism relates to the equality of results as appose to equality of results. Vonnegut paints

the Allies and split by the 38th Parallel. The United States controlled the bottom half of the 38th Parallel which is now South Korea while the Soviet Union controlled the Northern part also known as North Korea. The goal was between the U.S. and U.S.S.R was to created a “unified Korea” but due to the onset of the Cold War this was not meant. The U.S. created the Republic of Korea in South Korea while the Soviets created the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in North Korea. As North Korea name

D-Day-June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II. Winston Churchill - Prime minister of Great Britain during World War II. Stalingrad - Site of critical World War II Soviet victory that reversed Germany's advance to the East. In late 1942, Russian forces surrounded the Germans, and on Feb. 2, 1943, the German Sixth Army surrendered. First

In all of recorded history, being the first to achieve something has always been a feat that would be highly contested. From the first circumnavigation of the world to the first to reach either of the North or South Poles, there has always been tough competition when it comes to achieving firsts. One such first was probably the most important achievement of mankind when looking towards the future of the species as a whole. It was at the height of the cold war when the two superpowers of the world

UKRAINE Introduction_ Current Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova. It is also bordered by two major Sea's called Black Sea and Sea of Azov. Ukraine has an area of 603,628 km2 (233,062 sq mi), making it the largest country entirely within Europe and the 46th largest country in the world, and a population of about 44.5 million, making it the 32nd most populous country in the world. Ukraine is a large country in Eastern

dwelves on what a person needs to do to obtain and maintain power in a principality. Although it was written nearly 500 years ago, it has influenced countless rulers over time. A great example of one of these rulers is Joseph Stalin, dictator of the U.S.S.R (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) from 1929 - 1953. One trait that any Machiavellian Prince has to have is the ability to to strike fear into his people. A well known verse from Machiavelli’s, The Prince, is, “It

It caused the Russian Revolutions of 1917 that made Russia communist, and led directly to World War II, Adolf Hitler's "war of revenge". The Cold War continued the sequence, fought covertly between the capitalist U.S. and the communist U.S.S.R. Previously isolated with World War I; the United States entered the world stage to join Britain and France in the First World War against Germany. But WWI changed the way war was fought with the revolutionary technological advancements like the advancements

Section A: Aim of Investigation After they seized power in Cambodia in April 1975, Saloth "Pol Pot" Sar and the Khmer Rouge were responsible for the death of 1.5-3 million Cambodian's and were perhaps one of the most ruthless regimes of the 20th century. The aim of this investigation is to evaluate Pol Pot's means of maintaining power from 1975 to 1979. An account of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge's drastic internal reforms including the slaughter of millions, economic reorganization, political restructuring

Containment in its simplest form Imagine that New York City just broke out in a massive epidemic, spreading an airborne strand of the deadly virus, Ebola. The first move authorities would make in order to reduce the number of casualties, would most likely be to quarantine the virus and isolate it to a confined area. They would do this, not only so that it doesn’t spread, but also to reduce the overlying fear that is being created by the masses. This is essentially what the U.S. was trying to do

During the nineteenth century, manifest destiny became a particularly common concept. This idea stated that Americans were destined to expand across the western frontier and the world because the “superior” Anglo-Saxon race had received God’s divine blessing to do so. The idea first came about during the American Revolution in the 1700s and continued through such events as the Civil War and other nineteenth century conflicts. Americans became involved with Cuba, the Philippines and their turmoil