Cold Turkey

tradition, subsequently after World War 2, North Korea with the backing USSR made an attempt in unifying Korea across the 38th parallel, the border between North and South Korea. The Korean War officially begun on June 25, 1950 in a time of the burgeoning Cold War in which was an international competition between the main protagonists, the Democratic U.S and the communist Soviets for ideological contest and world domination. In an attempt to combat communism in Korea, the U.S ultimately…

The Vietnam War was a violent and perplexing time for citizens and military personal for both the United States and Vietnam. After Vietnamese forces defeated the French colonists in the 1950s, the United States decided to step in, which sparked a different fire in the United States. People had started calling out against the war, especially after the war crimes that the United States committed against Vietnamese citizens. The prominent and most widely talked about was the My Lai massacre, which…

satellite, into space. This event marked the beginning of a new age in science and exploration. The space race took place during the cold war. The Cold War was a war between the United States and the Soviet Union, there was no actual fighting between the two nations it was more about who was better at other aspects. One of those aspects was space exploration. During the cold war there was many events and people who affected the United States, one of this including the Space race which was one of…

the most nuclear weapons and to spread their political beliefs around the world. This conflict is know as the Cold War. It could have been one of the deadliest and most world involved wars know to man, but thankfully there was no fighting between the two nations. However, there was a decent amount of political arguments and tension between the United States and Russia. Notably, the Cold War lasted for most of the second half of the twentieth century, starting at the end of World War II .…

When thinking about the 1950 's in America, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Is it black and white episodes of “I Love Lucy,” old-fashioned clothes, and simpler times? There is actually much more to the 1950 's than people may generally think about. Americans were striving for social and cultural growth, as well as soaking in the enjoyments of finally being able to relax after the stress of WWII. There was also an enthusiastic period of financial stability during the mid 1950 's…

narrative films were artificial as well as contest the notion that there was only one way of filmmaking. “We should also add that internationally, experimental art was at that time closely connected with the political context of the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and the overall social unrest that would bring on the 1968 revolution in Paris, Prague, and the US. So at a global level, political debate was being combined with cultural protest.” (Baron) Experimental films in Spain during the Franco…

and ideological stirring of the time, but also the immersive science that went into the bomb that changed the world. This book doesn 't just begin with Hiroshima or Nagasaki either, but spans all the way from the Manhattan project to the end of the “Cold War Era”, and how we use nuclear energy now. In the book Rhodes begins building his argument by bringing to light one of the best known physicists of our time, and possibly all time. Albert Einstein. Without his immense and new theories on…

from Cuba. It is safe to say that the Cuban Missile Crisis Speech had a huge impact on the deportation of the missiles. Both Americans and Soviets were sobered by the crisis, and the parties signed two treaties related to nuclear weapons. Although the Cold War was far from over, this speech may have prevented extreme…

The Cold War is fascinating because it could have been World War III. The tension between the U.S. and the Russians was nail-biting and extremely dangerous. But people fail to realize how much further one can go into the whole situation. All the things about the political side, spies, strategies, scandals, and the possible nuclear war. Also, what was Russia’s point of view on the Cold War? What needs to be clarified is the immense cultural effects that the War had on America/Soviet Union and how…

and its potentially damaging consequences on global security. Amidst the political clash of the Cold War between America and the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union engaged in an unsuccessful invasion of Afghanistan in an effort to expand their communist empire. The invasion not only affected Afghanistan for years to come, yet was an embarrassing Soviet blunder that was emblematic of their standing in the Cold War. It is viewed by many as the last straw in the downfall of the Soviets, and the…