The Union Army was larger, and was able to draw on a far larger population for replacements. The Union Army had better artillery, and was able to manufacture their own artillery. The Union's forces were made up of a far larger percentage of immigrants, and in general had good junior and mid-level officers, and a lot of rather mediocre top level officers
Over time, the Soviet Union would either soften in its stance or would break apart from the internal contradictions of its system.
One of the things George Kennan said in his "long telegram" (8,000 words) sent in 1946 was that the USSR's overall methods of propaganda and control were negative and destructive. "It should therefore be relatively easy to combat it by any intelligent and really constructive program," he said. Urging a policy of containment rather than direct confrontation with the Soviet Union was a plan for waiting the nation to change in a positive direction or fail because it could not maintain control of its own system. Kennan said, "<span>Success of Soviet system, as form of internal power, is not yet finally proven. It has yet to be demonstrated that it can survive supreme test of successive transfer of power from one individual or group to another. ... Internal soundness and permanence of movement need not yet be regarded as assured."</span>
The causes of mudslides normally refer to large amounts of water cause dirt on a slope to fall, and while they're <em>involved</em> with erosions, the difference is mudslides typically refer strictly to water, meanwhile erosions refer to wind, water, or other natural agents.
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