Cold War leaders

nothing more than a nation without a monarchy rule set in place. When we won our freedom in the Revolutionary War, questions arose as to who would lead this great nation. A king and a queen were out of question, but they did not want an anarchy, so a compromise was met. To this day America has been led by a position called the president. The president is the one Americans look up to as a leader who will ensure their safety and rights. Although the United States government is made up of three…

examine how the Cold War and the Red Scare influenced science fiction in the 1950s. First, allusions to the Cold War will be examined to observe its prevalence in pop-culture. Second, Cold War symbolism will be examined to show how the writers and audience of science-fiction felt about the Cold War. Third, this paper will examine the depiction of scientific advancement because of the Cold War. The main reason that the science fiction genre was so popular during the 1950s was the Cold War. The…

Communist tendencies, especially in the days of the Cold War and Joseph Stalin. Communism is often denoted by authoritarian leaders and cruelty, both of which Russia had during this time period of the USSR. The Cold War was a reaction by the United States to the spread of Communism as based in Russia or the Soviet Union, as it was known in those times. Beginning around 1947 and spanning to the early 1990’s, the Cold War was not so much as a war, but more of a competition of which ideology was…

The end of World War II ushered in an era of new fears. American officials agreed that the best defense against the Soviet Union was to contain them and not allow for expansion of their physical state or ideology. It was President Truman’s that declared in 1947 that it was the United States responsibility to support a body of people attempting to resist suppression. The strategy would be considered containment. An arms race of nuclear force shortly followed. America developed atomic weapons that…

and rival for longer than 15 years. The Cold War period reflects the intense military and political tension between the two world superpowers, significant conflicts such as the Berlin Blockade in 1948, the “fall” of China to communism due to the Chinese Civil War, the Korean War in the 1950s, and also Berlin Crisis in 1961, increased the tension between the anti-communist America and the communist Soviet Union. Unlike some other conflicts during the Cold War, the Cuban missile Crisis in 1962 was…

After the end of World War II, the only two superpowers left in the world were the United States and the Soviet Union. With both trying to assert their influence in rebuilding destroyed European nations, tensions flared between communist Russia and capitalist America; this was the cause of the start of the Cold War in 1945. During the Cold War, the US and USSR competed to assert capitalism or communism—respectively—on the newly rebuilding economies in Europe. As the Cold War dragged on into the…

for control of the world. This city becomes a symbol of the split between two very different worlds. That is what the city of Berlin, Germany was during the Cold War, a competition between the Capitalist United States of America and the Communist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or the Soviet Union. Berlin became a symbol of what the Cold War was doing to the world. Husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, entire families were severed apart by the two superpowers struggling to spread their…

term in office was cut short, however, Kennedy made strides to make new laws and social programs, Kennedy was on his way to make outstanding laws and programs. Starting from the beginning of his presidency to the cold war and even after his death, John Kennedy was a strong and dependent leader. Because of this, people either hated or loved John F. Kennedy. Through trials and tribulations, John Fitzgerald Kennedy remained the same honest, family oriented man whom all Americans can trust and rely…

before he entered the field himself. He first entered the film industry and starred in 52 films. He rose up the political ladder and won the Presidential election in 1981 as a Republican. Although Reagan will be remembered for his achievements in the Cold War, his economic plan was notorious for its failure. Reagan was sworn in as the 40th president of the United States on January 20th, 1981, but early in his term, he was the victim of an attempted assassination by John Hinckley Jr. Hinckley…

Cuba was the first Communist state in the entire western hemisphere, because they thought communism was bad. During the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred. The Missile Crisis lasted only thirteen days, but the tensions were very high between Cuba and America. They both threatened each other with nuclear weapons, none delivered. The Cuban Missile Crisis made the Cold War almost become violent. The crisis ended in thirteen days. Prior to this crisis, a small battle broke…