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“The Origins of Commitment” by Deborah Larson is an article looking into the Berlin Blockade, The U.S Airlift, and the reason why the U.S, specifically Harry Truman decided to stay in West Berlin. The main argument or ideas of Larson’s article, are that many people believed that after the Soviet Blockade the U.S would no longer stay in West Berlin, due to West Berlin’s recently established government. Also, Larson claims that the U.S was hesitant to stay in West Berlin as a result of the Soviets…

East Germany The cold war was a state of geopolitical tension and an ideological war between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1947 to 1991. During World War II the United States and the Soviet Union worked together to fight against the axis powers, notably Nazi-Germany. After the war, Germany was left defeated, and Britain and France were left drained and exhausted. The United States and the Soviet Union, though also drained, held considerable power, and both soon rose to superpower…

One of the most iconic speeches from Ronald Regan’s presidency is his direct challenge to the first Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev, to tear down the wall that separates East and West Berlin. President Regan, on his second visit to Berlin, takes the opportunity to provide his views on the city, Europe in general and the ongoing ideological differences between the east and west. President Regan opens to thunderous applause as he acknowledges some common truths that ring true to all mankind.…

The United States did release many different documents of foreign policy in an attempt to either expand and better themselves or just prop up other nations. The Truman Doctrine was one of these polices to affect the relationship with Europe as a whole. This was meant to help countries such as Greece and Turkey to give them aid so they could try and subdue the threat of Communism.14 Applebaum sees this as America making an attempt to fight not just the Communist threat but more than anything, the…

of beauty. Clear, youthful looking skin and light natural looking makeup is the craze in Korea, along with popula double eyelid surgery to get rid of monolids. Even though the beauty standard is different, western influence is still shown in the eastern world. This is also shown by the heavy usage of skin lightening products in India. The anti-aging craze in the western world shows how youth is valued and considered…

One area of the world that both super powers had their eyes on was the Middle East. “At the time, the United States had been making headway in the Middle East at Moscow’s expense, successfully courting Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and others. The Soviet Union feared the loss of its communist proxy in Afghanistan.” (Adams, 2008) During this period,…

The 3rd of August 1961 one of most historic parts of the Cold War took place, the formation of the Berlin Wall. This was due to the Communist Government of the German Democratic Republic. Their goal was to split East and West Berlin to prevent Westerns from entering Germany. The formation of this wall split families, friends and loves ones. November 9th 1989 is known as the day of the ‘‘Fall of the Berlin Wall.’’ On this day the gates where finally opened. It was not until October 3rd 1990 that…

On 18 May 1990, the two German states signed a treaty agreeing on monetary, economic and social union. This treaty is called Vertrag über die Schaffung einer Währungs-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialunion zwischen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in German…

This photo was taken by Peter Leibing, and it shows nineteen-year-old, military soldier, Conrad Schumann jumping over the barbed wire, of the to be Berlin Wall, from East Germany to West Germany, during the Cold War. During this time the Soviet Union had control over East Berlin, and West Berlin was under the control of America, Britain and France. The people of the East were very unhappy about the lack of political and economical freedom. The USSR had industrialised and militarised East Germany…

The process of political, economic, and social modernization in Scandinavia and the Baltic states from the early 19th century to 1939 has both similarities and differences; similarities in the sense that moves toward modernization were taken, and differences in the sense that the processes themselves as well as the outcomes of each vary. In the beginning of the 19th century, Scandinavia’s political sphere was control largely by monarchies. At the beginning of this century, Sweden and…