Eastern State Penitentiary

The relationship between America and the Soviet Union was filled with tension even during the World War; the tension intensified over the following decade. Major influences of the tension included The Yalta Conference and The Korean War. These events not only strained their relationship even more with each other, but turning them into enemies in what was known as the Cold War. A main reason for the two powers tension was their different visions. Before the Yalta Conference, the Tehran…

As a martian scholar sent to study the Earth and the humans that inhabit it, my findings were very concerning. It seems, from what I’ve read, as if nothing but negative events occur. Using common sense I know that cannot be true, but the way the humans flaunt their shortcomings in the newspaper speaks to what they choose to represent themselves as. In the article “A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False Stories” by Neil Macfarquhar, it explains the debate between whether Sweden should…

referring to these two states. He talks about the large Soviet sphere where countries have their matters dictated by Moscow. Rule by a foreign power goes strongly…

RUSSIAN DICTATOR SETS UP BLOCKADE Tensions over border issues have only increased after WW2. And just a few days ago, on June 24, 1948, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin set up a blockade right on the center of Berlin, cutting off the escape route for the people fleeing towards the area controlled by the U.S. As a leader, Stalin is a very selfish man. He wanted to expand his empire, and he will stop at nothing to accomplish it. He knew his former allies wouldn’t want to start a another war, and…

On January, 1942 the Anglo-Soviet-Iranian Treaty of 1942 was signed in Tehran. It is a treaty of alliance between Great Britain, The United States and Russia, which prevented Germany from utilizing Iran’s resources and territory. Included in the treaty, Russia, the United States and Great Britain had to defend Iran from Germany or any other country in order to prevent invasion again. The treaty was formed due to the Anglo-Soviet invasion that took place in World War II from August 25 to…

Throughout the course of this essay i will be comparing two drawings. One drawing was done by Michael Craig-Martin, Drawings of four identical boxes with lids reversed,1969. The other by Liam Gillick, Farm Form Firm Forum, 2014. Both pieces share visual similarities. They both use strong, defined straight lines and symmetrical shapes. The images create a sense of both order and anarchy. Michael Craig-Martin’s piece is made using plastic tape on paper while Liam Gillicks piece is a set of three…

allies forces would have been lost. The only effect would be that the war in Europe would have been extended a few years. The remaining forces of the Allies would have been diverted to Italy and Russia, allowing massive offenses into Southern and Eastern Europe. Stalin’s request for a second front would be fulfilled, and the Allied air force would continue supporting Russian and Allied armies. The time it would take to divert and transport those troops would mean that Russia would take more…

Latin America before this recent trend was seen as making economic progress and having improved democratic governance by many of the centrist governments. Although the nation has recently enjoyed its best two years of growth in a long time, times have changed and it seems Latin America has noticed this change. In Venezuela, all leaders, parties or movements that have been successful over the past eight years are generally labeled as “leftist.” Countries of Latin America also showed this trend,…

Following World War II there were obvious tensions between the Soviet Union and the United states. These tensions resulted in suspicions and international incidents that could have destroyed these two superpowers. The tensions stemmed from conflicting ideologies between the two nations. In 1917 during the Russian Revolution communism took over and became their form of government. In fear that United States and Britain would face a similar fate they put all of their support in the “White Army,”…

The two main student groups in the sixties were the Students for a Democratic Society( SDS), and the Young Americans for Freedom( YAF). While the two groups did not openly attack the each other, they were diametrically opposed to one another in terms of ideology, the first calling for change, the second embracing the status quo. Cold War politics dominated both groups' concerns, with the YAF equating political freedom with economic freedom, an obvious indictment of socialism( YAF, p. 1, line…