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Was the Cold War Inevitable?, 2004.
An analysis of the history behind American-Russian relations and an argument that the Cold War was inevitable.
1,646 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 86.95
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This paper argues that the Cold War was the inevitable consequence of the global shift in power. It outlines the change in the balance of world powers during the Second World War. Then it explains how the American plan for free market trade was irreconcilable with Soviet plans for continued Communism and a buffer zone of Communist states. The paper discusses American idealistic universalism and the closed, suspicious nature of the Soviet government and the Soviet revival of communism. It then outlines the history of tension between Russia and America and shows that the only reason open war did not break out was fear of nuclear weapons.
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"Stalin heightened tensions with the west at the end of the war by promoting a siege mentality in the Soviet Union. "This feeling of fear and insecurity lived and flourished and came to underlie almost all Soviet thought about the outside world." Russian statesmen were insular, apparently without personal contacts or interests in the Western world and concerned with international life only as it relates to Russian security. At the end of the war, Stalin told Churchill he is hoped for the "successful and happy development in the post-war period of the friendly relations which have grown up between our countries in the period of the war." But Stalin had revived communism after the war, which was ideologically anti-western and which was offensive to people in the United States. To Americans, "The institution of private property ranks with those of religion and the family as a bulwark of civilization...To tamper with private enterprise...will precipitate a disintegration of life and liberty as we conceive and treasure them." Therefore, in addition to conflicting economic interests and American ideology, the Russian siege mentality and revival of communism made the Cold War inevitable."
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The Cold War: An Inevitable Conflict, 2007.
This paper discusses how the events following the Second World War made the Cold War unavoidable.
1,570 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 82.95
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The paper argues that the sequence of events following the Second World War provided the foundations which unavoidably led to increased tensions and an ensuing Cold War. The paper discusses the differing ideologies, the competition for spheres of influence, the advancement of weaponry, the arms race, as well as a lack of trust, all of which entrenched the Soviet Union and the West into an unpreventable power struggle. The paper shows how these events made friendly relationships between the two sides impossible for decades to come.
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"The end of the Second World War brought forth a dramatic change in the global power structure. Whereas before the war there had been a power struggle between five great nations, the completion of the war brought an end to France, Germany and Britain's claim as world super powers. Emerging from the chaos were the two remaining super powers: the Soviet Union and the United States, with the remnants of three former super powers aligning themselves with the U.S. to create a power bloc. The result was the Cold War, where from 1945 to 1989, these two sides involved nearly the entire globe in a conflict. Yet from very early on, Historians and Political Scientists have questioned whether or not the Cold War was unavoidable, or if the Western World could have in fact lived in peace and cooperated with the Eastern Bloc."
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The Cold War, 2004.
An analysis of the inevitability of the Cold War.
999 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 57.95
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Whether the Cold War was inevitable or whether it could have been avoided is something that has plagued historians and researchers for many years. In this paper, the position is taken that the Cold War was indeed inevitable because of all of the issues and problems that came before it. By the time the Cold War started in 1947, there was little that could have been done to avoid it. The paper explains that the Cold War originally came about due to a strong breakdown in the post-war relations that were seen between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II. These two powerful nations were the main victors in WWII, and they both stated in 1945 that they were committed to showing cooperation and unity.
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"As soon as the cold war began, historians and researchers began to debate what had caused it. There were several phases for these debates, and they came with different time periods (McCauley, 1990). For example, from the time the cold war started through most of the 1970s, American foreign policy was the focus of the issue (McCauley, 1990). Some believed that the cause of the cold war was the fact that America resisted the expansion that the Soviet Union was trying to make (Roberts, 1999). Others were more critical of America and argued that the cold war actually came about because the United States was both unreasonable and aggressive after WWII, which provoked the Soviet Union (Roberts, 1999)."
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The Cold War, 2003.
An exploration of the origins of the cold war and a discussion on whether it was inevitable.
1,798 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 92.95
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This paper attempts to determine whether or not the cold war was unavoidable by identifying both its origins and its outbreak. It looks at how, although 1945 is recognised by many as the ?start? of the war and 1992 its ?end?, many also identify the the post-war conferences and subsequent developments of the 1940?s as key issues in the origins of the cold war. It explores the relationship/grand alliance between America and the Soviet Union, the influence of personality on the war and the role of nuclear weapons as well as exploring the influence of the 1919 revolution in a larger historical context.
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"The influence of ideology in the emergence of the cold war must not be underestimated. The potential for conflict arose in 1917 with the ending of the ?old order? and the creating of a power vacuum. At the same time, events of that year planted a seed into Russian society that could be said to have flowered in the perfect climate of post-war Russia. This seed was communism. Lenin and Marx were responsible for the development of communism, yet not for the cold war. A ?communist? Soviet Union together with a ?capitalist? America illustrate the single most likely origins of the cold war and suggest to a degree, that tension was unavoidable. Traditionalists argue that the very existence of two superpowers, with similar destructive capabilities (after the USSR became an atomic power), made tension inevitable."
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The Causes of the Cold War, 2002.
Asks the questions: How did the Cold War begin, and who started it? Also shows that the answer is not as clear-cut as it seems.
3,650 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 214.95
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In this paper it is argued that the origins of the Cold War remain the subject of historical controversy. This paper critically examines how the Cold War began and the question of who started it. This paper argues the thesis that the question of who started the Cold War is irrelevant and that it was an inevitable outcome of the geo-political arrangement of the world in the 20th century. This essay also evaluates the two competing historical points of view on the Cold War: the so-called "orthodox" and "revisionist" schools.
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The Cold War, 2004.
This paper argues that the Cold War was the inevitable consequence of the global shift in power, which led to the confrontation between Soviet and American economic interests.
1,645 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 86.95
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This paper explains that the basis for the Cold War began even before World War II; after the war, the balance of power shifted from the crippled countries of Britain, France, and Germany, the United States and Russia emerged as the greatest powers, who were already economic and political opponents. The author points out that the two powers had little reason to cooperate; America viewed Russia as ungrateful for American military and economic aid and had a history of unfriendliness to Russia dating back to its support of attempts to overthrow the new Bolshevik regime earlier that century. The Soviet Union was very insular and concentrated upon Soviet security. The paper relates that, in addition to their economic tensions, the United States and the Soviet Union had irreconcilable ideologies, which pushed them towards war; America believed in the idealistic universalism that American values of liberty and constitutionalism have worldwide applicability.
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"I do not agree with Joseph Siracusa's claim that "the character of the Cold War was essentially ideological and political"; I believe it was economically motivated. "The question of foreign economic policy was not the containment of Communism, but rather more directly the extension and expansion on American capitalism according to its new economic power and needs." At the end of the war, in the West, the United States provided economic aid of almost 40 billion dollars between 1944 and 1952...and led a military alliance (NATO), liberal democracy was generally fostered, and capitalist measures were used to achieve growth."
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The Cold War, 2004.
This paper discusses the origins of the Cold War.
775 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 44.95
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This paper discusses two views on the causes of the Cold War: Russian treachery and a long history of lack of trust. The author points out that the roots of the Cold War go much further back into history than the events of World War II. The paper concludes that Russia?s clear attempt to do what Hitler had failed to do, dominate Europe, made the Cold War inevitable.
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"The United States and its Western allies saw this as little more than the colonization of Eastern Europe. These countries knew first hand what the U.S.S.R. was doing. As the Soviets emerged as a world power, they were expanding their economic base just as many Western powers had done in the previous three - four centuries -- by conquering other lands and people."
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The Cold War, 2004.
The paper discusses the geopolitics of the Cold War.
940 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 54.95
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This paper explains that a specific movement in geopolitics of the Cold War begins after the 1945 Conference at Yalta where the Soviets and the Americans drew up specific agreements, which were designed to direct international affairs. It matters little what the accords were because Stalin immediately began violating the agreement. The author points out the idea behind the policy of detente was that rival blocs would increase diplomatic, commercial, and cultural contacts in an attempt to reduce tensions; however, the end of each detente period was marked by a specific and flagrant inequality that invariably led to additional hostilities, such as the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Communists and the erection of the Berlin Wall. The paper states that the eventual fall of communism was assumed to be caused by decades of geopolitical pressures by the Western powers, but the fall of Communism had as much to do with the nature of the ideology and its inevitable rejection by individuals seeking freedom.
Table of Contents
Cold War Periods
Detente
An Uneasy Truce
The Soviet Destruction
The Fall of Communism
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"During the decades that the Cold War encompassed, anti-Communist world politicians were viewed as belligerent and bellicose and yet, the strength that was so vocally decried by various Soviet sympathizers around the world, eventually led to the destruction of one of the most tyrannical governments in recorded history. American nuclear power incensed Soviet leaders and left-leaning politicians around the world but for differing reasons. Soviet leaders understood that the great power the United States was amassing would be difficult if not impossible to overcome but sympathizers for the communist way of thinking viewed American nuclear power as the ultimate threat to world peace."
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Inevitability of Cold War, 1999.
Examines origins of the Soviet-American struggle from 1945 to 1947 & argues that the conflict was inevitable after WWII.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 9 sources, AU$ 114.95
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"COLD WAR: ITS ORIGINS AND INEVITABILITY 1945-1947
This essay analyzes the relative positions of the United States and the Soviet Union in the aftermath of the Second World War and discusses the origins of the Cold War, including whether its coming was inevitable. A power vacuum was created in the center of Europe and other areas on the periphery of the Soviet Union by the defeat of the Axis. The methods used by the Soviets to pursue their interests provoked vigorous defensive countermeasures by the United States and its allies. No other response from the West could have been realistically anticipated so long as the Soviet Union remained under the control of Josef Stalin.
Legacy of the Past
According to La Feber, "the Cold War developed on a.."
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Was the American Civil War Inevitable?, 2006.
A discussion of whether the American Civil War could have been avoided, and some examples of what caused the war.
2,518 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 122.95
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This paper explains that the outbreak of the Civil War cannot be contributed to one cause or problem. The paper discusses the factors which contributed to the outbreak of the war. The factors were as follows: economic considerations, the ideologies of the people, and the expansion of the United States territory. The paper shows how slavery in itself was not the single factor contributing to war, but that each succeeding crisis in the country began to bring slavery up as a factor until the politics of the time were a tangle of issues, conflicting attitudes, and personal emotions. The writer explains that being unable to objectively separate these issues brought war upon the nation. In conclusion, the writer states that the ideals of homeland, political stability, freedom for all, economic gain, moral values, and heritage all combined to make the American Civil War inevitable.
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"By the 1850's there was an ever-growing imbalance between the North and South in the areas of population and distribution of wealth. The South was quickly becoming the minority faction in a Union based on majority rule. As the South saw themselves slipping into subjugation to the growing political power residing in the North, there was a rising need to defend their economic system in order to survive. Southerners as a whole began to defend slavery as a means of economic survival. With the defense of slavery came an attitude of defensiveness against everything Southern. The South was not going to by bullied by the overbearing North on any issue. This tended to gravitate both sides away from each other and away from methods of compromise. In all the various compromises proposed and passed by the government in the years prior to the Civil War there was never an economic solution to the slavery issue proposed. The North never tried to help the South abolish slavery by finding other methods to fill this need of plantation agriculture or to help bring industry to the South; they wanted slavery abolished without its further spread into the newly acquired territories and that was it.
"The economics of the pre-war United States played a large part in the inevitability of war even though by itself it was not a cause. The economic discussions and emotions asserted over financial distribution caused a political rift, which enlarged to become an uncrossable void. From the South's point of view, the government in Washington was pushing plantation owners into a corner and was destined to bring financial ruin to the south. Agricultural interests knew that for the South to continue to grow economically, the plantation system and southern agriculture in general must be expanded into other territories. It was from this standpoint that economics became tied to territorial expansion."
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The Civil War: An Inevitable Conflict, 2003.
Explains the social, cultural, political, and economical differences between the North and the South, which led to the American Civil War.
5,612 words (approx. 22.4 pages), 10 sources, APA, AU$ 219.95
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The American Civil War was not caused by one single event or action, but rather a plethora of events that triggered one another, eventually triggering the first shot of the war. From the settlement of America and the formation of the Union to the secession of the Southern states, the North and the South were divided on many issues. This essay talks about the culture and society in the North and South in the antebellum era. Specifically, it discusses the religion, education, and transportation in the two regions, which led to political and economic disputes.
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"In New England, immigrants traveled to the colonies as families and lived by the traditional patriarchal family structure. Women still married young and produced many children. The life span of New Englanders was also longer compared to southerners and consequently young women had less freedom of choosing husbands. Since most New Englanders were very religious, they placed a strong value on morals. Far less women experienced pre-marital pregnancies in New England than in the Chesapeake. Children also received stricter parental supervision since both of their parents were usually alive".
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The Inevitability of Cloning, 2005.
Argues that cloning is inevitable and that the impetus of scientific manipulation and creative thought will eventually outweigh any arguments to the contrary.
1,597 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 29 sources, MLA, AU$ 84.95
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This paper explores some of the arguments for and against cloning and looks at how they pertain to the inevitability of the proliferation and development of cloning. The paper sees scientific discovery and human intellectual progress as central factors in the debate on cloning and examines the controversy from this perspective.
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"The science of cloning has raised eyebrows throughout the world. For those who advocate cloning the promise of this technology ranges from renewing body parts and curing disease to the complete cloning of another human being. The most bizarre of these predictions, which may now seem more realistic since the cloning of Dolly the sheep in 1997, has been made by the Raelian movement, founder of the Clonaid Company. They intend to use the cells of a dead baby for cloning, with the express purpose of bringing it back to life as a newborn. Cloning raises many issues that extend well beyond the technical and medical questions that might be asked. The possibility of human cloning is a problem that confronts human society on many levels ? including religious, ethical, psychological and sociological areas. One of the most debatable issues surrounding cloning is the possible disruption and even the destruction of human institutions such as the family and parenting. On a different but related level, cloning is a threat to religious perceptions and challenges the very meaning of what it is to be a human being."
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The Inevitability of War, 2002.
This paper is a personal essay which states that war is inevitable as long as sovereign nations continue to exist.
1,685 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 87.95
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This paper argues that when the interests of sovereign nations conflict, a diplomatic solution will not always be available. The author explains that often countries whose interests conflict with that of another powerful sovereign country simply will not accept a diplomatic solution that is extremely unfavorable to them. The author continues that there will inevitably be dictators and other powerful leaders who are inherently blood thirsty and aggressive.
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"But, could not disputes over points of conflict be resolved by diplomatic means? In objection to our first consideration, it seems that there need not be any essential reason as to why disputes could not simply be settles by diplomatic means. Why must war be inevitable and why must diplomatic solutions break down? Well, for one thing, when the diplomatic sticking point involves the fact that one country simply wishes to annex anther country as its territory, then it seems that an acceptable diplomatic solution would be impossible, because one country would have to agree to being invaded and assimilated into the other. It is equally unlike that the invading country would be willing to agree not to invade, because it is in their minds and interests to do so. Secondly, we must remember the case of terrible tyrannical leaders being elected to power and realize that sovereign nations will not always, and not even typically, be governed by rational men who are open to diplomatic solutions. Indeed, it is equally possible that a national ruler might be more predisposed to war than to diplomacy, and, in such a situation, how can an irrational aggressor ever be reasoned with? Thus, it is absolutely impossible that, by simply attempting to resolve the dispute between themselves, sovereign nations will ever be able to solve all of their problems by purely diplomatic means."
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The American Civil War, 2005.
Examines a contemporary thesis that the Civil War was not an inevitable war.
1,870 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 95.95
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This paper argues that the thesis that the American Civil War was not an inevitable war as many modern day, particularly black, historic revisionists propound, is a totally untenable thesis to maintain. The paper argues that their goal in attempting to revise history is to over- emphasize the role of the Negro where the war was concerned. Slavery, although an issue in contention, was not, could not, nor should not be considered the centerpiece of this much broader constitutional issue related war.
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Introduction and Thesis
Republican Party Platform of 1856
Republican Party Platform 1860
The Election and Other Debates 1860
The Last Ditch Efforts
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"Basically it called for setting aside a territory somewhere in the South (the resolution gives the exact boundaries) wherein slave holding would be legalized with only one provision. This was that once the African population reached an agreed upon number for representation in the houses of Congress then they be granted full statehood rights and self determination like any other sovereign state of the Union."
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The American Civil War, 2005.
This paper argues that the American Civil War was inevitable, given the particular historical, economic and political situation at the time.
1,440 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 76.95
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This paper explains that one the central reasons for the inevitably of the American Civil War was the fact that secession of the south resulted in two separate political and economic entities with very different labor, economic and ethical views, which precluded any federal or negotiated solution. The author points out that the moral issue surrounding the slave question was certainly the most divisive issue, which, coupled with the election of Present Lincoln, became a fundamental reason that conflict was inevitable. The paper relates that, although there are alternative views that (1) there was no real reason for the inevitability of the war, (2) the differences could be resolved through compromise and negotiation and (3) the initiation of the war by the North was in reality a blatant act of aggression again the South; the author feels that the stronger arguments are that the war was inevitable. Many quotations.
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"The issue of slavery was not only divisive in terms of policy and labor, but was one which divided the nation at a very fundamental ethical level. In other words, Lincoln realized that the future stability of the nation as a whole was in jeopardy if an issue of this moral magnitude was not conclusively resolved. Even critics of the war such as Stromberg acknowledge the importance of the slavery issue. He wrote that "slavery was an issue in 1860-1861 and in a sense underlay many other North/ South differences leading up to secession"; even those he still contend that secession was the true cause of the conflict."
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U.S./Soviet Relations, 2005.
An analysis of the Cold War and the impact it had on the world.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 143.95
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This paper examines the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, which can be attributed to the fundamental ideological differences between totalitarian communism and capitalist democracy. This paper takes into account the dictatorial nature of the Soviet system and America's post-World War II emergence as a global superpower which derived this status due to a free market, capitalist economy; confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union was inevitable.
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