Ally Carter

during a difficult time in the Cold War. Before the U.S. Men’s Team won the Gold Medal in Hockey, Americans’ spirits were low due to the Cold War. The Cold War wasn’t actually a real war. Instead, it was a struggle between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its satellite states for supremacy. The Cold War was from 1947- 1991. (The Cold War) In the late 1970’s, the Soviets were installing communist…

The city of Mecca interacted with the bedouin tribes that lived in the desert areas around it by establishing a food and caravan trade system. Mecca also became a ground for establishing peace between feuding clans. Islam first arose when Muhammad constructed the Qur’an through the words of Allah. Once he was finished with the Qur’an, Muhammad preached the words to his clan. Islam brought unity to the people of Arabia and it showed that everyone was equal. However, with all of these positive…

meet the strategic goals and objectives of the U.S. and its territories, we may as a last resort have to use limited armed force. In as such, the U.S. maintains a strong and agile force in readiness to guard the sole interests of the U.S. and its allies to meet any threat to vital U.S. interests and strategic objectives. Reluctantly, due to our nation 's needs, it is essential that we focus more strategically, which may cause some countries concern as we slowly change direction from being the…

Some U.S states are not allowing Syrian Refugees in. There are several reason why I think those states should reverse their decision. A lot of areas here in the United States are barren; uninhabited. The Syrian refugees could utilize that unused space. Moreover, the unemployment rate will also drop because the refugees could do the jobs that we don’t want to do. In that way, they will have a source of income and won’t be that of a burden on the U.S economy. Also, I think that America should…

For those living in South Florida—the closest point in the US to Cuba—the problem of marine refugees is a reality of everyday life. The largest local newspaper, The Miami Herald, publishes stories about Cuban refugees on a regular basis, the most recent story is dated September 23rd, 2014. The island has a peculiar history with the United States and South Florida, Miami specifically, has the largest population of Cubans living in exile of any place in the world. In order to understand why these…

Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States. He served as President from Jan. 20, 1981 to Jan. 19, 1989. During the 1980 presidential election, he beat the Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter with 50.7% of the votes. He went on to win a second term in what can be considered a landslide victory garnering 58.8% of the votes. Depending on who you talk too, some would say Reagan made the country a much better place to live, while others would wholeheartedly disagree. Reagan's supporters…

in foreign policy was one of sharing the load. The do anything at whatever cost foreign policy interventionist days of Kennedy and Johnson gave way to a policies of support and reducing the burden of the U.S. in providing assistance. Both Nixon and Carter searched for less costly alternatives to the old containment policies. For Nixon, his turning primary responsibility for the Viet Nam War over to the South Vietnamese was a failure as was his dependence on the Shah of Iran’s role in maintaining…

Foreign policy was influenced by the Cold War when relations between the United States and the Soviet Union began to deteriorate in 1946. A premise that created the turning point in history was when Stalin declared communism would ultimately triumph over capitalism. The need to stop the spread of communism became the fundamental foreign policy priority of the United States, as well as other members of the United Nations. In order to accomplish this America adopted a foreign policy of…

and his sisters were lost. Instead of accepting defeat, Weisel found his older sisters, wrote books, and spoke out. For these reasons, Weisel is a hero. The longer his book was out, the more recognized he became. The president at the time, Jimmy Carter, named Weisel as the chairman of the President’s Commission on the Holocaust. Later Weisel also became the first chairman of the Holocaust Memorial Council (Britannica). Finally, in 1986 Elie Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Holocaust…

community, which was already unified and committed in Afghanistan to fight the Taliban and Al Qaeda, was not willing to join the coalition against Iraq spearheaded by George W. Bush and Tony Blair (Pious 2008, 274). By choosing to ignore international allies and domestic support from Congress and the American people, President Bush chose prerogative power, without a clear and present danger to the United States, and entered into a decade-long conflict in Iraq which destabilized the entire…