Eastern Hemisphere

The Soviet Union’s takeover of Eastern Europe was interpreted by the United States as an attempt to spread communism around the world. The United States was highly against communism. The U.S., being a capitalistic run nation, felt worried for other nations who possibly could not afford fighting against the Soviet Union. Concerned that Greece and Turkey might be the next countries to fall to Stalin, President Truman announced the Truman Doctrine. This stated that the United States would give…

Take it down, the berlin Wall speech Hello I am Mary Green and that may not mean anything to you but I was there when the Berlin wall came down 4 months ago. The Berlin wall caused many people to be in pain and caused multiple conflicts between many people and even other countries. In the 1945, Germany was split into these four parts; the soviet Union, England, US, and France. The four parts decided to split the city berlin into two parts, east and west berlin. Soviets claimed the east…

East Germany maintained the Bismarckian model of universal and comprehensive healthcare coverage by organizing a single, state-managed health insurance network. Initially, the East German healthcare service achieved some success, most notably in the areas of maternal care and ambulatory care centers and polyclinics – multispecialty groups of salaried physicians working in conjunction with public health workers, social workers, and other personnel. Nearly eighty-nine percent of the East German…

Jarah Trenier Period #3 Final Essay December 16, 2014 Cold War Essay The journey to the Cold War begin after Germany's first attempt at trying to take over the world, World War One. After this event, the leaders of the free world came to get her in order to create the treaty of Versailles. The treaty of Versailles was intended to punish the Germans. Over 80% of the topics discussed in the treaty were about that punishment. Eventually, Hitler gained power in Germany. Through his actions he…

Throughout the book, A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War From Stalin to Gorbachev, Zubok demonstrates the differing personalities of successive Soviet leaders. These contrasting personalities were critical in shaping the character of Moscow’s cold war. In chapter seven and chapter eight, in particular, Zubok’s work concerns his interpretation of Brezhnev. During the Brezhnev period, the Soviet Union and the United States entered an era of détente. Brezhnev was committed to the…

continues today to ensure the defense of its member states. Following World War II, the world became split between the Western nations and the Communist Eastern bloc, headed by the US and USSR respectively. During this postwar period, the USSR began expanding their influence into neighboring states and instituting satellite governments throughout Eastern Europe. In response, the US and its allies sought a policy of containment, which meant opposing the spread of Communist influence and finding…

After World War II had ended there was a struggle in international relations between the West and the Soviet Union. With the defeat of the Nazis, the United States and Britain were concerned about the stagnation and turmoil of the European countries affected by the war and introduced the Marshall plan, a rapid economic reconstruction of Western Europe. But Stalin did not want the Soviet Union to participate in the Marshall Plan and therefore negotiations between the United States, the West, and…

“Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it. There are no longer problems of the spirit. There is only the question: When will I be blown up?” (Faulkner, 1950) The Cold War, and in turn things fictionally orienting and created from its era, not only possess its factual identity, but the intense, next level possession of humankind’s self-evaluation and self-ability. The Hunt for Red October is one example of this possession,…

Poland was a very big conflict after WWII, not just Poland but also all of Eastern Europe. Poland was the nation that could protect the Soviet Union from any attacks against other nations but could also make it very powerful. The U.S. was weary of this they believed the best choice was to have Poland be free from any nation and…

Davis & Co. The Cold War. Have you ever wondered how the two strongest nations battled and how it ended? have you wondered how it affected them? Before we start you need to know a little about the Cold war and how the tension affected the world by having the main superpowers threaten each other which affected their economics. “The cold war started when two nations fought for influence, and power”. (Green) The cold war started in 1946, lasted forty five years, and ended in 1996. The two…