Eastern Suburbs

are so many European countries, this essay will delineate a lesser debated difference. That difference being the working habits and norms of Europeans VS Americans. Now, for economy of wording I will group European countries thusly: Western Europe, Eastern Europe, southern Europe, and Northern Europe. While these countries all identify as European, their differences in societal…

new frenzy for ‘containment.' Galvanized by being blamed for the start of the Cold War, and the humiliation of the Berlin encounter, Stalin increased his military and strategic planning to additionally secure his borders by moving more troops in Eastern Europe, took political measures to solidify communist efforts, attempted to establish an economic recovery plan for the Soviet Union (COMECON/Malatov Plan), secured his home bases with the purges and imprisonment of ‘traitor enemies,' and…

of barbwire and guards. Each side professing the other’s weakness and oppression; neither willing to act on their threats in fear of retaliation. This was the Cold War. A political war between the Western nations and the Eastern Bloc. As Soviet power rapidly grew in the Eastern territories, the Western nations became evermore concerned for their own governments. In order to avoid being taken over by Communist forces, the Western countries joined…

successful, and should be spread throughout war-stricken East Europe in order to restore it. Although it is certainly debatable how genuine these sentiments of Stalin’s were, at face value, it is clear that the wish to gain a sphere of influence over Eastern Europe during it’s restoration, was no more dangerous than that of the United States’ economic aid plans. Stalin wished to adopt a sphere of influence for his own assertion as a co-world power in the new international order that was being…

This paper will be exploring the notion of changing children’s play in western societies and will examine whether this shift is experienced in other nations across the globe. It is widely believed in western society that the type of play that children engage in the 21st century is different to generations before them. Children are spending less time participating in unstructured, ‘free play’ outdoors and more time inside in structured play under the supervision of adults (Carver, Timperio &…

strict surveillance from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and lived with additional regulations. Berdahl presents Kella as floating between the East and West; however, the impenetrability of the inter-German border from 1952 to 1989 instituted Eastern economic and cultural practices in Kella until the entire GDR experienced the fall of socialism. In this paper, I will demonstrate that…

Russia’s re-emergence began in the early 90s after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia has taken many necessary measures to regain the power they once attained. 1. What are the Eastern Partnership initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union? Why are they contentious? The Eastern Partnership initiative gives the Eastern European countries access to the Western European countries large market if they promised to take the necessary action to make their countries more democratic, more…

Fallout Shelter (Scott Peters, 1961) In the beginning of the cold war, it seems that some Americans had a sense of confidence about the war, as can be seen in this excerpt from the song; “I’m not scared/I’m prepared/I’ll be spared” (Peters.) Many people purchased fallout shelters as a means of defense against the possible nuclear war they thought Russia would start, they were designed to protect people from nuclear fallout and have enough supplies in them to typically last a few weeks. While the…

At the conclusion of the Second World War, the tension between America and the Soviet Union are still very much prominent. The intense friction has roots in core values each world power pictured the postwar world would look like. America expressed their perception as basically a loss of nationality globally, and ridding of military alliances. They wanted an organization to govern every country and protect everyone’s right of self-determination. On the other hand, the Soviet Union envisioned the…

After the events of World War II America was almost facing another war. This time with a more familiar enemy, Stalin and the Soviet Union. The two world powers clashed almost resulting in nuclear war. Experts have argued that they were bound to clash due to them being the only world powers at the time. However, the Cold War was started because the actions during World War II, the vague agreements postwar, and the almost nationalistic hatred of communists. During World War II America and Great…