Eastern Gray Squirrel

Ever since the Cold War ended, the usefulness of the NATO alliance has been called into question by many participating countries across the world. In a world where the threat of nuclear warfare between the Soviet Union, now Russia, and the United States is no longer nearly as likely, many scrutinize NATO as being an unnecessary relic from the past. To me however, NATO no longer represents an alliance meant to counter the USSR but a means in which member countries can further their shared…

Does a hero have to be perfect? Does he have to be the poster boy of everybody, who everyone wants to be? Does he have to save people every day, and risk their lives every day. Though many may not think of Mikhail Gorbachev as a hero, he saved Europe. Had he not been the leader of the Soviet Union, Germany might have still been divided. A Wall might have still existed in Berlin. The Cold War would have continued to get worse and bring diplomatic conflict, and nations that had always been allies,…

Geography has affected many things leading up to now, it has affected in the past and will continue to affect us in the future. Geography isn’t only the shape of and and its climate but also a contribution to culture, dialect, religion. In Geography Matters it explained how geography can be a protective barrier for some, while in The Crucible the geography affects much as religion and also tradition. Lastly, Geography and its take on my life and how I have become who I am because of it.…

The practice of Human Intelligence (HUMINT) has been a controversial feature of the Intelligence community since the creation of CIA in 1947. When George Kennan came out with the strategy of containment in the 1946 “long telegram”, recurring to human activities to counteract the eventual Soviet infiltrations appeared as a better means than military activities. In fact, it would have allowed the clandestine collection of Soviet documents and archives through the personal contact with foreigners…

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 government. He declared that an “Iron Curtain” (Document 1) has descended over Eastern Europe trapping Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, and East Germany. In Document 2, Churchill's “Iron Curtain Speech” expressed…

Fear changes people, this was eminent in the 40s/50s with the growing of totartalistic, communist state. Americans lives were dramatically changed just because of the fright of communist in ally nations. Friends targetted friends, careers were ruined, corrupt parts of the government, so many changes were made during this time, and America would forever be scarred by the anti-communist battle. In the American mind, the communist were a huge arising problem, and Truman was too soft on communism.…

Swastika’s and Nazi eagles were often relatively easy to be removed. But in a state of chaos with shortages on every aspect of life, tearing down buildings did not have priority and would have been a waste, especially when they could still be used. Most of the still standing Nazi-structures therefore were reused after the war. The Olympia stadium and Tempelhof Airport in Berlin kept their original function. The enormous Reichsluftwaffeministerium, Europe’s biggest office building, survived the…

When did NATO fail? For over 40 years NATO has been an organization focused mainly on keeping the status quo in Europe, following the Second World War. But, with the fall of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, NATO had to find a now role. With the rise of terrorism and power struggles in the Near East, this role turned out to be a never ending cycle of repressing local anti-democratic uprisings, movements, terroristic organizations and trying to strenghten the position of…

Solidarity played a critical role in Poland’s ability to have a peaceful transfer of power in 1989, and escort Poland into a new era of a successful democracy. This democracy had its roots in a legacy of nonviolent civil resistance to communism. I. Pre-Solidarity The Soviet forces that liberated Poland from Nazi occupation after World War II instituted a government whereby workers could not organize or represent themselves. During the 1970s, frustration with the one-party system grew and by…

When Hitler came to power in 1935, his ultimate ambitions was to one day conquer the world. That pipe dream came to a halt when in 1945, as the Allied powers closed in on Berlin and Hitler died by a self inflicted gunshot wound. However, to say that even though Hitler did not have an influence on the world after World War II, one is surely mistaken. The whole reason why the Cold War existed was because of Adolf Hitler. To trace this, one has to go to the moment before Hitler invaded Poland in…