KGB

Stalin war machine would need to secure a regular food source for his army. Unfortunately, the best lands of the Ukraine were held by some very successful, nationalist Ukrainian farmers who refused to fall in line. To garner control of these areas the KGB under Stalin would begin with mass arrests and deportation to Siberia with whispers of killings to follow. Most of these would be family members of prominent farmers in areas Russia hoped to control. Still this was not enough to break the…

Wartime can be a stressful period in history, causing the government to make many controversial decisions. These complicated tasks reflect on America’s past and dictate its future, which make the final judgement complicated and crucial. Some oppose the government's choices and claim that they are unconstitutional by violating human rights, evidently shown in the case Korematsu v. United States. Additionally, the country’s leaders often conceal information with their plans or another country’s…

Johnson did not really like the Kennedys and feared that he would lose his democratic ticket for the election of 1964. Along with this, other Americans gained suspicion that the Soviets could have been responsible. Although there is no evidence that the KGB was involved, some theorists believe Nikita Khrushchev was motivated because of having to back down during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Speaking of Cubans, they also had a part in another conspiracy brought up by The House Select Committee on…

In 2001 with the passing of the “not so” Patriot Act, new powers were granted to the executive branch that allowed them to suspend due process of any suspect and enact wartime methods of extracting data due to national security or simply deny these civilians their legal rights.(Hunt, 2014) The Patriot Act, was established as an anti-terrorist tool, but quickly added to the nationalist tool box in militant response to civil opposition. The utilization of this militant tool to impede civilians…

"The Prince" was written in 1513 but no published until 1532, and it outlined the ideal leader. The author, Machiavelli was an educated aristocrat. Putin was a lieutenant office in the KGB before retiring and joining politics. He was previously prime minister from 1999-200 and 2009-2012. Putin was the president of Russia from 2000-2009 and again since May 7, 2012. Putin is a good example that shows Machiavelli's "The Prince" is still relevant even after five hundred years of its publication for…

In the aftermath of the First World War, the victors imposed upon defeated Germany all the long-sought dreams of the Western liberal nations. The German Empire’s armaments, armies, planes, and sea-power were unceremoniously thrown on the chopping block. A new democratic constitution was given to them at Weimar and the Emperor was driven out while nonentities were elected in his place. Beneath the fragile veneer of a new democratic order raged the fury of the still mighty yet defeated German…

Picture yourself among World War II. In your hand you hold the biggest advantage that will shift the outcome of the war, the plans to the atomic bomb. Do you sell this secret information to the Germans or Communists for riches or do you leave it to the American’s to stay loyal. This is what Harry Gold and Klaus Fuchs went through in the book “Bomb: The Race to Build-and-Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin. Now our story starts in 1938 when Otto Hahn accidentally discovers…

My president John F. Kennedy affected the cold war the greatest out of all the presidents. John F. Kennedy once stated “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty” he kept true to this throughout the cold war especially his presidency. He used his foreign policy, Flexible response to help to beat and succeed the events that took place…

In The Hunger Games, is a novel about a dystopian United States in which readers are exposed to a totalitarian government that cares little for any of its people besides the rich. In Divergent, you learn about a government that divides its people in order to control them. The government of the United States is much different than these governments. Or is it? By reading The Hunger Games and then learning about the US government, it is easier to understand government and the different types of…

1) An allegory can be used as a parallel to critique people or current events in a non-direct way and George Orwell does exactly that with Animal Farm. He uses the treatment of the animals and farm to mirror the minor and major flaws to mirror those in the Russian Government during and post the Russian Revolution. The setting is set at Manor Farm to represent the time during and post Russian Revolution era. Mr. Jones is that of the last tsar of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II. They both manage to be…