Congress of Soviets

United States and the Soviet Union had joined forces to fight against Germany. Soviet and American relations began to deteriorate due to disagreements over military plans in WWII. A fear of the spread of communism and an aggressive American foreign policy in response to that fear. By 1947, the United States and the Soviet Union would be involved in the Cold War. In March 1946, former British Minister Winston Churchill spoke of the dangers to basic liberties posted by the Soviet system of…

Congress has the most power when it comes to checking the President’s actions. However, more recently, there has been a lack of oversight from Congress. Congress’s lack of overseeing and checking the President has not only led to the continued expansion of presidential power but the abuse of it as well. For example, Next, according to foreign policy specialist Michael Cairo, there is popular belief that Congress should not get in the President’s way emergency…

when Fidel Castro overthrew the Cuban Empire and established ties with the Soviet Union. At the time, President Eisenhower was in office and he authorized the…

The Soviet Union hit the peak of its domestic prosperity in the early 1970s, but by the late 1970s things started to decline. Economic growth declined throughout the late 70s and into the mid 80s. Furthermore, The arms race and the large military investment that the Soviet Union was involved in, contributed to a stagnating economy. In addition, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, in 1979, was devastating to the super power. The loss in Afghanistan was embarrassing and costly for the USSR. Based…

state of the Soviet Union and one that was considered the model satellite state. Antonin Novotny, the first secretary of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party, was replaced by Alexander Dubcek in January of 1968. Dubcek represented the moderate reform element in the party and as a Slovak he also represented the Slovak interests that had been neglected. However, changes in Soviet rule over the Czechs allowed changes to be made in Czechoslovakia. For example, during this time no Soviet Troops were…

to examine the Soviet – Canadian relations period. According to Petryshyn , 1974, during 1920 – 1930, Canada conducted a partially independent foreign policy in the context of the British Empire. Canadian political parties kept aside the involvement into European relations that could make Canada bear the number of international liabilities. In the meantime, being an emerging country, Canada needed trade partners, including the USSR. Gorodetsky (1994) claimed that the Anglo – Soviet Trade…

Cold War era. He believed Americans must face the chances of war in order to keep the remaining peace between the United States and the Soviet Union. He admitted that ‘Americans should work with Nations that lack freedom in order to strengthen its cause (Kennedy). During Kennedy’s term throughout the Cold War, Cuba played a big part in the Communist Regime of the Soviet Union. In 1961, trained Cuban citizens had plans to demolish the communist government of the Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro…

another 2,900 resigned because they believed the investigation violated their rights. Congress though the loyalty board wasn't enough. In 1950, Congress passed the McCarran International Security Act. The act may have lead to the establishment of a totalitarianism government, luckily…

Perestroika is widely regarded as one, if perhaps not the sole reason, that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or U.S.S.R, came to a dissolution on December 26th, 1991. The economic reforms that it pushed for and prompted are what allowed non-communist aspects to be incorporated into the Soviet Union and caused an uproar in political reforms such as Glasnost and the eventual fall of a traditional eastern communist system to a new western style capitalist system. To understand why…

Truman Doctrine On March 12, 1947, President Harry Truman addressed congress with a plan to stop communist ideals. At a time when the world was still recuperating from the second largest war anyone had experienced. History was being made in the 1940’s a few months prior to Truman’s Doctrine the United States attacked Japan with nuclear weapons under his presidency. President Harry Truman was eager to see a change in the country he was leading. Under his presidency he wanted to make it clear to…