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History of the Berlin Wall

the flow of emigrants leaving East Germany (Harrison 9). Sources that have become accessible since the fall of the Soviet Union sh...

Investment Banker Jay Cooke

In only three years, Cooke was rewarded for his knowledge and ability by being admitted to membership in E.W. Clark & Company, i.e...

Passion of the Western Mind by Richard Tarnas

human mind contributed to the displacement of Christianity several centuries later from its central position in the formation of ...

Combination of Economic and Political Themes in 'The Communist Manifesto'

in 5 pages, this essay combines the very themes that were considered within the contexts of the Industrial Revolution and the Fre...

Russia and Islam

production and distribution system, something called perestroika (1999). That contributed to the breakup of the centralized struc...

Economy of Turkey and the Impact of the Failed Turkish Banking System

In twenty pages this paper examines how the failed Turkish banking system contributed to the country's economic collapse. Eleven ...

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...

Collapse of the Byzantium Empire

In seven pages this research paper examines how the Byzantium Empire fell to the Ottoman Turks during the 15th century in a consid...

Structural Engineering and Ethics

In seventeen pages the collapses of several structural buildings in Asia are discussed in a consideration of design ethics and com...

Analysis of Enron

days, compared to how they would become (Braquet, 2002). Skilling focused Enrons core business, that of buying a commodity and sel...

Collapse of the West Indian Federation

2005). They would possess "internal self-government for each unit territory" (Sanders, 2005). These ideas, however, did not come...

Mid 1980s' Collapse of the S and L Industry

Determining whether history would repeat itself and could therefore be predicted was one of the hopes of some. However it was fou...

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...

20 Years of Important Environmental and Political Events

Century. This collapse has resulted in numerous world developments. One of the most important has been the attempted transition ...

Dot.com Corporate Survival

make a profit. Millions of dollars were spent to grab the real estate. But Pets.com seemed to have overestimated the real number...

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...

The Purpose and Reason for the End of Communism

years. Why? "In 1961 the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, made a speech predicting...

2 Trade Textbooks on Investment and Mathematics Reviewed

view this formula as an effective means of reducing vulnerability to the financial insecurity which so frequently results in the r...

Ancient Empires Collapse

of the Fifth Dynasty, Userkhaf (2465-2458 BC) "initiated reforms that weakened the Pharaoh and central government. After his reign...

Eurasia Civilizations and Differences

1993). China or eastern Asia is so large and the population so great that China is considered to be a civilization all of its own....

Industrial Psychology; Explaining Enron

with several different players each able to avoid feeling personally responsible there was a lack of a real moral compass. ...

Is the Criticism Against Auditors Justified in the Light of Business Collapses such as Enron?

an explanation or the auditors may, in extreme cases, may not feel able to certify that accounts as true and accurate. The...

Accounting and Corporate Effects of Business Failures

in accountants and the way accounts were prepared was being shaken. The entire financial basis of the stock markets requires tha...

The Land Problem and the Collapse of the Roman Republic

assistance from the government. Another problem involving the land was the fact that aristocrats were buying up large tracts and ...

Economic Bubbles

that flows. The crashes can result in large levels of wealth being destroyed and the potential for the crash to cause a depression...

The Polish Free Elections and the Breakup of the USSR

control over the military.1 Thus, the nation faced dual rule, and was (and remains) in transition. This is relevant to our questio...

Russian Communism's Fall and the Role of Mikhail Gorbachev

In eight pages this paper discusses the collapse of Russian communism in an assessment of the role played by Mikhail Gorbachev's G...

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...

Canada and Jesuit Priests

they were being converted.1 Although Las Casas plan seemed to be supportive of the native cultures, he recommended that African s...