Joseph Stalin

The “Cold War” as a term refers to the hostilities, tension, and competition that defined the relationship between Western powers and the Soviet Union. With a particular interest in the relations between the American government and that of the Soviets, the war presented a single cause of conflict that saw both nations view the other as a possible threat in the post-Second World War period. Notably, the countries did not prepare for the Cold War as they did for the Great War in which existing…

Iron Curtain first began to manifest itself at two conferences designed to navigate postwar peace, held between the leaders of the big three in 1945. The first, held in Yalta in February 1945 , was the final meeting between Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Stalin and Winston Churchill . The Yalta conference aimed to coordinate post war elections in occupied Europe as well as establish an agreement on the division of Germany after the Nazi’s impending surrender . At first glance the conference appears…

Czechoslovakia was a satellite state of the Soviet Union and one that was considered the model satellite state. Antonin Novotny, the first secretary of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party, was replaced by Alexander Dubcek in January of 1968. Dubcek represented the moderate reform element in the party and as a Slovak he also represented the Slovak interests that had been neglected. However, changes in Soviet rule over the Czechs allowed changes to be made in Czechoslovakia. For example, during…

earful is a word to describe me I am a soldier in Russia. Russia is in a war against America and we are at the brink of defeat. We are friendly trying to guard our communication and operation bunker. It was like being torn apart from the inside knowing if we lose this we will lose everything “Sir are you awake?” said Makarov “Yes I just nearly woke up what is the status on the troops?” I said Everything is going accordingly they are slowly but surely moving towards us, we have to plan and flank…

The Rise and Fall of Jund’s Kingdom Lieutenant Jund was headed to the gallows, back to square one. However, he had to look back to where he went wrong while acting as King of Prussia. Where did he make one false step? Where he abandoned the peasants for the nobility to save himself? Where he declared war on Russia? Where he lied to the peasants about the promised reforms and economic stability? Jund had to go back to the very beginning, when he had King Frederick William at his knees. 5 years…

Ms. Joanne Herring was a Texas socialite, the high-flying trophy wife of an oil baron who counted among her friends Princess Grace of Monaco, but she will be forever defined as the woman who charmed a womanizing senator into taking up the cause of the Afghani mujahideen (Charlie Wilson Biography). Charlie Wilson would leverage his position on the Defense Appropriations committee to secretly funnel billions of dollars to the mujahideen to help them fend off the Soviets, dealing a crippling blow…

After the end of the second World War, the fragile alliance between the United States and the USSR (otherwise known as the Soviet Union) was quickly shattered. This was due to a dislike of how one country disliked the other’s form of government of how they ran their country, secrets to the devastating atomic bomb, and the ultimate fear of being attacked by one or another. The dissolution of this frangible friendship is what lead to the forty-five year long rivalry between the United States and…

Q6. After the Cold War, the Soviet Union would begin to go through a series of changes and reforms that would include some democratic forms of ideas. One man by the name of Mikhail Gorbachev would become the leader of Russia, while in office he would make several important reforms. Mikhail Gorbachev would learn about the Soviet Union’s system and its problems, he would then quickly work his way into the party. It was his goal to bring change into the Soviet Union which he would succeed at doing.…

The Cold War which started in 1946 to 1991 was a global military, political, economic, ideological struggle between the U.S. and Britain, and the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.). The Cold War was not only a struggle between two nations, but what the nations represented or stood for: Democracy and Communism. This led to a series of wars, most memorably the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the fall of the U.S.S.R. Adolf Hitler's Nazi empire in Europe was defeated by the joint efforts of then allies the…

The US was involved in both the wars in Korea and Vietnam because of the Second World War. The Second World War included the collapse of the Japanese empire, and Korea was part of the Japanese empire. Therefore after the collapse of the Japanese empire Korea was free and most Koreans wanted a unified state. However the Soviet Union and the US thought differently. The Soviet Union wanted to expand their land making Korea a communist land and the US countered that by trying to make Korea be a…