Cold War leaders

1984 opens our eyes to a world of chaos and turmoil that many people don’t seem to realize relates to our present life. Granted, our current situation may not be as drastic as that of 1984 but many things in 2015 can relate to the events of 1984. Sadly, if we continue on this road, we could possibly end up living in a real world 1984 or even worse than that. One main factor included in 1984 is the use of children as the government’s spies and controlling them to do their bidding. Exactly as it…

not in the better way for vast majority of people. Several problems faced the Russia in its attempt to convert from communism to capitalism. The first major problem facing Russia was the legacy of the Soviet Union 's enormous commitment to the Cold War. In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union devoted a quarter of its gross economic output to the defense sector (at the time most Western analysts believed that this figure was 15 percent). At the time, the military-industrial complex employed at…

Greg Castillo’s article examines how the United States used displays of lavish and modern consumerism, as an effective tool in the fight against communism. The thesis of the article is that the desire for consumer goods is, at least, partially responsible for causing unrest in the Eastern Bloc and exposed how different the Soviet’s communist tenets were from what humans’ desire. In the introduction of Greg’s article, he speaks of a fictitious account published in 1951 by sociologist David…

A symbol of oppression for the German people, the Berlin Wall was a barrier that separated the city of Berlin in both the physical and metaphorical form of the word. Officially designated the “Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart” by the government of the German Democratic Republic, the wall split the city of Berlin into two segments. One half was controlled by the Soviet Union and the other half of Berlin was administered by an alliance of the three Western allied powers, comprised of the United…

Has sovereignty essentially changed with the end of the Cold War? Sovereignty has long provided the framework for domestic and international interactions. However the rules and norms of sovereignty are not static consequentially with the end of the Cold War sovereignty has essentially changed. Prior to 1991 notions of sovereignty harked back to the peace of Westphalia in the mid 16th century. The treaties of Munster and Osnabrück provided the basis of state sovereignty, which at its core…

Nuclear weapons have come into existence within the last decade. They have changed the way wars are fought as they could lead to the total extermination of humanity. These weapons can lead to mutual destruction of nations, which really have caused humans to reevaluate the way they conduct foreign affairs. Eric Schlosser’s article “Today’s nuclear dilemma” is about the nuclear weapons that countries control and what should be done with them. Schlosser argues that the current nuclear weapons…

and The Hangover centers on the journey of three men trying to find their best friend after a wild bachelor party in Las Vegas. The two films center on the fantasy of Las Vegas being a place without consequences. One fixates on the Las Vegas in the Cold War, while the other one highlights on the otherworldly fantasized Las Vegas in a hedonist society. In The Atomic Kid, Las Vegas is the only place where ordinary people can see atomic explosions As a desert city, Las Vegas lacks the natural…

turmoil along with the Vietnam War caused a series of chain…

have had a hand in several of these protests. For example, in the past month, we have seen Hong Kong students rise against, what they call, the unfairness of the Chinese government. China’s refusal to allow Hong Kong to be autonomous in deciding its leaders has sparked outrage against many young citizens. While in this case, Western powers have not had direct influence over the commotion, we have seen Western powers join together and directly influence the outcome of another issue – the Islamic…

Frederick Taylor author of The Berlin Wall: A World Divided 1961-1989 written in 2007, brings to the front an almost forgotten event in history. He writes an in depth novel of what precipitated the events before the wall was built, and after it was torn down. Taylor gives a thorough account of the happenings, and with the use of evidence, personal account, interviews, and opinion he gives a delightful and at time somewhat controversial account of the Berlin Wall. The author gives account of the…