Eastern art history

The National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) stems from a 1992 Department of Defense (DOD) desire to create and expand military security cooperation efforts in Eastern European countries. Sensitive to Russian concerns that US Active Duty military cooperation activities would appear threating, the DOD established the National Guard State Partnership for Peace program. Starting in the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, this program paired US National Guard soldiers and…

CRITICAL THINKING (MAX 550 WORDS) In the article “Who Lost Russia (this time)?” by Kathryn Stoner and Michael McFaul, the authors want to argue the reasons why Russia turned out to be the country which we know today as powerful and autocratic. The authors go back to what happened to Russia in the 1990s. The decline of the economic growth brought the Russians to point their fingers at the West and more specifically at the United States for their acting. During those years people raised two…

change could rejuvenate the Soviet System, which Gorbachev introduced social and economic reforms in the Soviet Union that granted more political freedom while rebuilding the economy. As changes began to occur in the Soviet Union, Communist leaders in Eastern Europe were forced to consider these reforms in their own countries. Gorbachev and his belief that Communist governments everywhere needed to pursue towards these similar changes. For the East European Communist leaders, Gorbachev’s…

Detail the SALT and START treaties, the major players involved and the impact of these treaties. o SALT • 1960s, the United States learned that the Soviet Union had embarked upon a massive Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) buildup designed to reach parity with the United States. • In January 1967, President Lyndon Johnson announced that the Soviet Union had begun to construct a limited Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) defense system around Moscow. • The development of an ABM system could…

in a new age of relatively stable peace. The Axis powers had been defeated and Nazi Germany was no more. Instead, the U.S. and the USSR plunged the world into the Cold War. Unlike any previous war, it was one of the longest confrontations in U.S. history. It spanned five decades and across continents, involving millions in the battle between capitalism and communism. There isn’t a simple answer as to how the Cold War came to be. However, there is a trail of decisions and differences in…

During an enduring, everlasting war of 1900s, the United States’ primary desire and ambition was to spread its democratic influence and its goal of containment. While the nation sought to prevent the spread of the communist ideology in Europe, the United States also accepted challenges elsewhere. The Soviets and its communist values attempted to spread throughout Asia; led the United States to take apart of this war to combat and counteract communist influence. Although the spread of communism…

This first crisis surrounding the control of Berlin was the beginning of a sharp divide between the eastern and western way of life in the city. This divide came into full view with the forming of West Germany into one country, which became Federal Republic of Germany. Along with the melding of the western allies’ territory, the Deutsche Mark became the new Republic’s currency. With the introduction of the new currency, it became apparent that Britain, France, and the United States planned on…

The civilian deaths from WWII was over 13 times more than the civilian deaths from WWI. In the first world war, the civilian deaths made up only 5% of the total deaths, twenty-one years later that 5% increased to 67%. All together, there was an estimated amount of 57 million deaths. World war two was not so much of a highlight but more of a tragic central event of the twentieth century. The war was fought between two groups of powers, the allies and the axis powers. The initial start of the war…

Confusing matters was the recent entry of the United States following Germany’s declaration of war in support of its Japanese ally. The new Anglo-American Allies stated that their first priority was Germany. Hitler wanted to end the fighting on the Eastern Front, or at least minimize it, before the Americans had a chance to get deeply involved in the war in Europe. For this reason, Hitler chose to pursue the capture of Stalingrad because it would have expanded German rule into southern Russia…

engraved upon the Statue of Liberty, has been used to represent America’s dedication to provide open doors to immigrants, but it does not tell the whole-truth of the matter. To determine the validity Emma Lazarus’ Magnum Opus, one must look at the history of those immigrants, and how they have been treated in the United States. The United States has taken form due the cultures and experiences of immigrants from around the world. While the early years of immigration mostly consisted of Irish…