motivations of and the cultural context in which foreign policy makers carry out decisions. On the other hand, realism portrays states as unified actors, relentlessly and rationally pursuing their own security interests. Historians view the relationship between these two major lenses as inherently antagonistic. One focuses on intangible, amorphous ideas, while the other focuses on fixed realities of a state’s particular situation. However, more careful analysis leads a different conclusion.…
The differences between the two countries it's that Pearl Harbor bombing was unexpected on a Sunday morning.Some of the same things about both counties it's they both killed people and had strong forces. Next they both had some people to survive that eventually end up dying. A difference is the United States only dropped one bomb, but Pearl Harbor dropped several bombs. Japanese had 237,000 people killed. They had 280,000 to 290,000 civilians as well as 43,000 soldiers. In the four-month…
vastly different. The diversity between North America and China often displays its troubles in the form of political in addition to their military stance. China in recent years has somewhat grew in its practices to a more…
regime overtakes the farm by kicking out the owner and farmer. But short after greed grows amongst some of the pigs, which leads to the regime to change into a terrifying and manipulating totalitarian regime and dictatorship. The author draws similarities between the “Animal Farm” and the Soviet Union under the Russian despotism in the era of Stalin. Therefore the “Animal Farm” is the tale of the Soviet Union and the corruption of a communist dictatorship. For example the expulsion of the human…
instance, the oppressed working class of Metropolis appears visually similar to 1984’s outer party, with the “blue overalls” common between both texts, acting as a symbol of lower-class conformity born out of a shared industrial context. The parallels similarly extend to the outlook of the populations as well. The robotic and collective movements of Metropolis’ workers between shifts emphasize their lack of individuality. Moreover, their marching in time with the film-score together with…
– a symbol of communication between government and people, is the means through which Lang believes a positive outcome can be reached. This worldview was very much in keeping with the principles that originally underpinned the attempt at German democracy through the Weimar republic, and it is an outlook that was eventually realized several decades later. However, there is certainly an element of pessimism present in Metropolis – that without this communication between the upper and lower classes…
the economic affluence of the United States post World War II, Pop Art is a movement during the late 1960s that can be characterised by the appropriation of commercial and highly recognisable images, bright colours, and the blurring of boundaries between ‘high’ and ‘low’ art. Tom Wesselman’s Still Life No. 35 may be seen as an example of Pop Art – the use of bright colours and visible prominence of several brand-names may even deceive viewers into thinking that they are looking at an…
This original sense of community and kind of euphoria comes into stark contrast with the same people later on confiscating food from Ms. Lan. This very simple on the surface act is one of many that show how the initial promise of a good life under communism is in fact a dream that is shot down. Mao’s Zedong clearly said in his 1949 speech, that “reactionaries should be given land, work, and a chance to remold themselves through labor into new people” (Mao, 2). This would sound like…
major effects on relations. This arms race between the US and the Soviet Union and nuclear proliferation resulted in a more stable, but tense relationship. Nuclear proliferation had started with the end of the Manhattan project, commonly known as the…
This allowed for similarities in tactics to be applied. Appelbaum writes, “[t]he Soviet Union did import certain key elements of the Soviet system into every nation occupied by the Red Army, from the very beginning. First and foremost, the Soviet NKVD, in collaboration with…