Congress of Soviets

tie aspects of the program into his foreign policy. In the beginning of his presidency, Roosevelt was cautious about protecting only America. Roosevelt put his interests into increasing the nation’s involvement with other countries. He even met with Soviet diplomats to discuss a peaceful allegiance that would increase America’s trade market. Roosevelt used the same concept of friendly diplomatic relations to cool tensions with Latin America. In 1933, he created the Good Neighbor Policy, that…

During the years 1948-1960 there was a lot of hysteria considering the cold war. Many people were confused and scared because of all the animosity going on. Both Truman and Eisenhower employed the foreign policy strategy known as "Containment". This meant that the U.S. would try to prevent Communism from spreading through out Western Europe. The Cold War fear of the American people in the after math of WWII was the idea of communism spreading through out the country. In 1954 President Dwight…

Stalin had to protect the Soviet Union against a revival of German and Japanese power. He understood very well the geopolitical implications of a unified Germany and wanted to prevent consolidation of German power. However, Stalin also needed ideology to justify his geographical concerns. He defended Marxist-Leninist ideology, and sought to prevent capitalist encirclement of the Soviet Union (Leffler 80). To justify the creation of Soviet buffer zones, he had to approach the situation…

because it led to the rebuilding of Japan. Japan was devastated by the atomic bombings and invasions that occurred in their homeland, but when the peace treaty was signed on September 2nd, Japan began to rebuild. In an April 19th, 1951 address to congress, General Douglas MacArthur stated that, “The Japanese people since the war, have undergone the greatest reformation recorded in modern history… They have from the ashes left in war’s wake…. created a truly…

restricted the publishing of his books and when Doctor Zhivago was denied publication in the USSR, Pasternak smuggled the manuscript of the book to Italy where it was published in 1957. In 1958, Pasternak won the Nobel Prize for Literature, but the Soviet…

The biggest de-escalation of the Cold War happened in the late 1980s and was made of serendipity, if not outright luck. The unlikely combination of United States President Ronald Reagan and USSR Head of State Mikhail Gorbachev, two devoted nationalist respectively, created the perfect storm for easing of tensions between the longtime enemies. By addresses each leaders individual personalities, early encounters, and collaborations, we can see the major impact Reagan and Gorbachev’s relationship…

Origin of the Bolshevik party and their purpose The formation of the Bolshevik party came about when the Social Democrats split apart due to disputes between Lenin and Plekhanov at the second congress of the Social Democrat Party in 1903. After a series of votes, the results showed an even split between the congress. Although the split between the parties…

Throughout history, it has been shown how political systems around the world differ from country to country. With that comes their own way of living, thinking and growing as a nation. How a country is shaped depends greatly on its views of absolute monarchy, Democracy, Communism, and fascism, which are only some systems helping to shape the nations we know today. All these political systems are formed in each region according on the needs of people, exposure they have, and their type of…

superior at the time. As an industrialized super-power, the US military and its industries far outpaced other world competitors, and, as a result, we have been targeted by adversaries and allies alike. Following the Cold-War and the collapse of the Soviet…

Clement Attlee, Churchill’s successor as well as Harry Truman, Roosevelt’s vice president who assumed presidency after Roosevelt died on April 12th, 1945. Truman had a harsher attitude towards Stalin than did Roosevelt; he was extremely suspicious of Soviet actions as well as Stalin’s intentions. During the conference it was agreed that in order to effectively disarm Germany, it was imperative to shift eastern borders westward, reducing Germany’s size and agricultural capabilities. Many…