Joseph Stalin

Alliance systems have long been a theory on the cause of war, or an explanation for action taken both before and during wars. The theory proposes that alliances cause war in a few different ways, mainly through creating a security dilemma, and creating the opportunity for buck-passing and entrapment. These are the main ways in which an alliance can increase the likelihood of war. Throughout this portion of the essay I will begin by explaining the prevalence of alliances in the post-World War…

In August 1945 2 powerful weapon were dropped on Japan. These weapons were called atomic bombs that were dropped and it forever changed how the world worked. President Truman was the one who decided to drop the bombs on Japan so that he could end WW2 and to show off the atomic weapon power to its rival the USSR. He wasn’t the only person involved in making the decision in dropping the bomb. Secretary of War Stimson,and the Interim Committee which included top scientist that were working on the…

The Kitchen Debate and Cold War Consumer Politics by Shane Hamilton and Sarah Phillips highlights the debates of Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev. Nikita Khrushchev and USSR are the clear victors of the kitchen debate. Khrushchev’s concern about the Soviet population as a whole is a key reason as to why he is the winner of the debate. Instead of being concerned about individualism, his focus was on the people and how he could better the country. To begin, unlike Nixon, Khrushchev sought out…

The Korean War and The Afghanistan War were two major events in the cold war, but both shared some differences and similarities. Each war was placed in a totally different theater around the globe. They both started in different ways, for different causes, in different settings, and with different ending, but still managed to have some similarities in them. We’ll be talking about all the difference and similarities. We will talk about each war in detail and how each started and ended and…

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others,”(118). In this case, George Orwell is using the phrase “more equal” to show how leaders twist words to manipulate the population. Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is a farm that overthrows their dictator leader, Mr. Jones, but reverts back into a dictatorship over the course of the book. Satire is a way to use humor, irony, or over exaggeration to expose or criticize people’s ideas, especially in politics. Animal Farm…

didn’t aim to return to isolationism. “By the early 1947 the Truman Administration was convinced that even though the Soviet Union had adopted a set of tactics short of outright military aggression, its ultimate objective was world control. Whether Stalin sought security or expansion, the two motives had meshed to present a formidable challenge for the United States”. (Jones, 1989, p.13) The British…

Nikita Khrushchev consolidated his position in 1955 after eliminating all competition, the Great Patriotic War resulted in economic problems within the Soviet Union. Khrushchev had decided that the agriculture as well as the industry sectors of the soviet economy needed reforms, this process became known as ‘reform communism’, a type of communism permitting some kind of reform whilst maintaining its essential features. (Todd, 112)) Khrushchev understood that the collectivisation of agriculture…

Communism and Capitalism are ideologies that had torn the world into two halves, steered by the United States of America (USA) and the United Soviet State of Russia (USSR). Both of these countries used mediums of propaganda to build up patriotic morale while creating a sense of panic, fear, distrust and hatred towards the opposing country. This division has come to be known as the Cold War. This essay will outline the various means of propaganda distribution, and some of the effects caused by…

This investigation aims to discuss the extent to which Tito-Stalin split in 1948 created new type of communism or “Titoist” communism. It will mostly focus on Yugoslav policy between the Second World War and the Tito-Stalin split, (1945-1948), the Yugoslav policy after Tito-Stalin split and consequences of that split. The research question that this study will seek to answer is “To what extent it can be said that Tito-Stalin split in 1948 created ‘Titoist’ communism?” I chose this question…

Amanjot Khinda Professor Ingram PS 101 17 December 2017 Final Exam Written Component 1. I think that the Soviet Union's ambassador triggered the doomsday device. Towards the end of Dr. Strangelove, the ambassador got down to tie his shoe and next thing you know a bunch of explosions that happening everywhere. So, we never really found out who was on the attacking side and who on the defending side. 2. Professor Ingram argues that authoritarianism is a myth because he believes that there is so…