Eastern Wu

came to be known as "the Cold War." The process of rebuilding Europe and Japan after the destruction of the Second World War was underway. The threat of Communism, however, was advanced as the Russians spread their influence and propaganda through Eastern Europe and parts of Asia. During the difficult years of World War II, other major issues demanded the consideration of the Allied powers besides the numerous problems of the hot war. One of these issues would later mushroom into a Cold War. The…

Charlie Wilson’s War is based on the true story of the Operation Cyclone. Operation Cyclone lasted for a unyielding decade. The plan was to support and sustain the Afghan battle and mujahedeen (freedom fighters) as long as te Soviets intended to remain in conflict. In order to complete such dynamic task, the United States employed the help of the Pakistan Government. Pakistan’s Intelligence assets were able to provide channels and a means by which the United States could support the Afghan…

On September 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy stood in front of the United Nations General Assembly and stated “Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind” (Kennedy). The Cold War was one of the longest, most poignant periods in United States history. It involved a deep, wide spread fear that Communism would pervade the world and invade the United States, causing a state of political hostility between the Soviet Bloc and the US-led Western powers. It lasted from the…

Meanwhile, the Soviet Union’s power throughout eastern Europe was quickly diminishing under his leadership. This period is known as the “velvet revolution.” One of several historical examples of this revolution includes one of the Cold War’s most significant symbols, the Berlin Wall in Germany, falling…

The German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany, and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The end of the unification process is officially referred to as German unity, celebrated on 3 October . The East German regime started to falter in May 1989, when the removal of Hungary's border fence opened a hole in the…

Ronald Reagan was an outstanding speaker that captured the attention of every audience member in attendance during his 1987 speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. He used the German language in his speech to relate to Berlin's people and to show he respected their culture. He explained that yes, he is an American, but he used the words “you” and “I” in his speech to express that he wanted to help the people in the East. Reagan used many rhetorical questions in his speech to challenge the…

The Film Missing directed by Costa- Gavras is a profoundly eye-opening cinematic piece that divulges into the subject of political corruption. The film beautifully depicted the severity and effects of political corruption on a nation. The film Missing directed by Costa- Gavras is a political thriller set in in Latin America in the midst of a terrible political and economic crisis. The film tells the story of Charles Horman, an American journalist who mysteriously disappeared one night. As…

Cold Tensions After the second World War was over the United Sates and the Soviet Union had seen the differences between themselves and began to divide upon them. The most prominent difference is that of communism, with the US being a democratic capitalist state and the USSR being a dictated communist state. By February of 1948 the physical manifestation of the division, named the “Iron Curtain”, was completed thanks to a communist coup in Czechoslovakia. (Hightower 10/27) That physical…

attributed to being untamed, a place on the outskirts of civilization. As settlers began to leave the Eastern parts of the United States in search of new opportunities, they began to found new extensions of humanity. These extensions were often shrewdly put together in comparison to their eastern counterparts and lacked many of the flourished representations of civilized society, because of this many eastern media sources began to exaggerate reports of the newly explored horizons. After hearing…

In every era, millennium, century, and year there are events that change the way people think, act, dress, and their beliefs. Events during the 90’s are no different; they affected music and changed the culture for generations in America forever. In 1990’s music there were three very important events that changed the culture of music in America. These events were The Cold War, Gulf War, and the Los Angeles Riots. In this paper it will go into detail about each of these events to help make…