Coup d'état

There is a saying stating that what must come up must come down and this is what happened to the red giant, the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union, the soviet giant that Ronald Regan referred to as the “evil empire” spanning across about a third of the world, was forged in the fires of revolution and ultimately going from the tyranny of the Czar system to the red communism that Vladimir Lenin introduced. Even with decades of the Soviet Union in a power struggle with America and capitalism, on…

that had held the nation together by revealing the horrific history of the country to the public as well as granting them the right to speak out against it. These negative effects then gave rise to civil unrest, workers strikes and finally the coup d'état in 1991 that led to the dissolution of the…

The goal of this coup was to gain control of Munich and use it as a base for a march against the German government. It failed, landing Hitler a 24-day trial, and a 5-year sentence in jail for treason. During the trial, and his jail time, Hitler saw three golden opportunities…

David Burnett is an American photojournalist born on September 7, 1946, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He first launched his photogenic career as an intern at Time Magazine, in 1967, whilst also studying at Colorado College for his political science degree. He graduated from Colorado College in 1968 with his political science degree and began working as a freelance photographer for Time and Life, first in the United States and later in Vietnam. He became the last photographer hired by Life…

Encyclopedia Britannica). There were 21 members and 10 candidate members of the Central Committee during the revolution in 1917. "On November 6 and 7, 1917 leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d'état against the Duma's provisional government" (History.com Staff). The government had been assembled by a group of leaders from Russia’s bourgeois capitalist class. Lenin instead…

Fulgencio Batista. As a revolutionary leader, Castro’s competence as a liberator, and the future of Cuba has been reflected in his quote, “A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.” Through means such as his attempted coup d’état, we can envisage the extent to which Fidel Castro’s legacy has been determined through his actions in the…

EASIA 270: The May 18th 1980 Gwangju Democratic Uprising The Gwangju Uprising, also referred to as the Gwangju democratization movement,the Gwangju democratic uprising, the Gwangju people’s uprising, 5.18, and 5.18 Democratic uprising is a very detrimental and destructive, yet widely unknown event due to the extensive measures taken by South Korean government and military to ensure it stayed unknown. The uprising occurred in the city of Gwangju which resides in the South part of the…

great and even showcased children eating healthy in a grocery, little did the people know all the food was synthetic except was the child was eating. As Joffre yearned to take over candyland and join the peninsula back together by pulling off a coup d'etat he was unable to because aliens came to earth and destroyed it before he had the…

The covert CIA actions in Afghanistan from 1979-1989 to support Mujahedin rebels fight off the invading Soviet influence, were necessary for not only stopping the spread of communism and preventing a hot war, but central to the beginning of the fall of the Soviet Union. “The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was viewed in the West — and not just in the United States — as the ultimate proof of aggressive intent.” Afghanistan is not as much a regime change instigated by the CIA, as it is an effort…

On the ninetieth page of Nineteen Eighty-Four, Winston Smith writes in his diary: "If there is hope, it lies in the proles." Throughout the novel, Winston attempts to discover just how to overthrow the tyrannical Party, a mission that proves fatal to both his body and spirit. His diary entry expresses a certainty that the proletariat – the uneducated and economically deprived demographic which constitutes eighty-five percent of Oceania's population – could easily overpower the Party, if they…