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Soviet Union and Stalinist Despotism

individual supports their own interests. Olson writes: "...groups, if they are made up of rational individuals, are also rational...

Soviet Union's 1991 Collapse

its own borders, but the economic benefits were dispelled by the inefficient disbursement. Basically, the government of the Sovie...

Stalinist Russia and Jewish Life

with jaw-breaking rolls? These were the difficulties growth. Someday soon, a new, modern just society would arise from the backwar...

Soviet Containment and George F. Kennan

the Western world is something that be contained by the adroit and vigilant application of counter-force at a series of constantly...

Communism, Soviet Relations, and the Effects of the National Security Act, the Marshall Plan, and the Truman Doctrine

Plan and the National Security Act impacted the USSR, its important to understand the relationship between these two great powers ...

David Remnick's Lenin's Tomb

In 5 pages this paper discusses Remnick's version of the Soviet Union's collapse and also offers different ideological interpretat...

Lenin's Tomb by Remnick

In five pages this text review criticizes the author's credibility and biased depiction of Communism and the Soviet Union's collap...

Weapons and Their Costs and Damage to Human Life

at taking 75 years and costing $50 billion. This is described very clearly in an article by Glenn Zorpette published in Scientific...

Vietnam's Postwar Socioeconomic Changes

combat, drastic measures were required to try and drive the Vietnamese out of their strongholds in the countryside. A policy of ma...

20th Century's Most Historic Events

In seven pages this paper discusses important historical events during the 20th century including changes resulting from the Cold ...

Leonid Brezhnev's Policies and the Afghanistan Invasion by the Soviet Union

In ten pages this paper examines the Brezhnev Doctrine and the factors that culminated in the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanist...

Collapse of the Soviet Union and Russian Nationalism

the "imperial" center of the Soviet Union. In the late 1980s as nationalistic feelings in the satellite republics propelled these ...

Cold War Winners and Losers

In six pages this paper discusses how the Cold War conclusion of the Soviet Union's collapse was due more to Mikhail Gorbachev's r...

Afghanistan and Czechoslovakia Invasions by the Soviet Union and the Reaction of the United States

year war that has often been referred to as the "Soviet Unions Vietnam." In general, the U.S.S.R. invasion has proven to have bee...

Soviet Union's Foreign Policy Changes from 1980 to 1992

In six pages this research paper analyzes how the changes of the Soviet Union's foreign policy within this time period affected it...

Not by Bread Alone by Melissa Caldwell

the society of post-socialist/communist Russia. One of her focuses involves a feud between a couple of the "regulars" at t...

Soviet Union's Downfall and Reports by American Intelligence

drop in performance indicators, might strengthen conservative opposition. Such trends, coupled with the continuing nationality tu...

Overview of Trade Unions and Their Functions

European Union Treaty. The Competition Bill is intended to clarify the numerous ineffective laws currently on British Books and i...

Cuba's Fidel Castro v. Soviet Union's Mikhail Gorbachev

In six pages the different styles of leadership by these two Communist rulers are contrasted and compared. Five sources are cited...

Korean War, Stalin and Soviet Union's Agenda

In twelve pages this paper discusses the theory behind the so called Stalinist Agenda with regards to the Korean War and the Thirt...

Soviet Union's Uses of Propaganda

130) and used all the weapons of the modern dictatorship: surveillance, false arrests, show trials, hellish labor camps and summar...

Soviet Union's Breakup

In five pages this journal style paper examines the breakup of the Soviet umbrella and considers its impact on people and business...

Cold War Comparison of U.S. CIA and Soviet Union's KGB

In five pages this research paper examines the Cold War in a contrast and comparison of the CIA and the KGB. Eight sources are ci...

UN Speech of Mikhail Gorbachev

In five pages Soviet President Gorbachev's 1988 speech delivered to the United Nations is analyzed....

Cold War Essays

In about six pages essay answers to questions involving various elements of the Cold War including U.S. attitudes regarding the fo...

Cold War and Varying Perceptions by the Soviet Union and the United States

In eight pages this research paper discusses how during the Cold War foreign policies were the result of very different perception...

The Money Game by Adam Smith

In five pages the changes following the collapse of the Soviet Union are seen through Smith's eyes and considers if capitalism and...

Trade and Exchange Rates in our Post Communist World

This fifteen page paper examines trade and exchange rates in the context of the political changes that have occurred since the col...

Economic History of Kazakhstan

to 1990 Kazakhstan was part of the Soviet-planned economy. Its national economy had all aspects of its production goals dictated b...

Causes of the Soviet Union Breakup

In five pages this paper analyzes the breakup of the Soviet Union and its causes with the role of Mikhail Gorbachev also assessed....