NATO

In the aftermath of World War II, the U.S. Military was desperately in search of a serviceman rifle that could put rounds on target at extreme distances, just as the M1 Garand did during the war. In 1958, Eugene Stoner, the head engineer at the small arms engineering company- ArmaLite, came up with the company’s fifteenth rifle project: the AR-15. (Ar15.com, 2014) Soon after the rifle’s birth, the U.S. Military adopted the AR-15 in a fully automatic version known as the M16. The M16 allowed…

NATO 's main objective was to combat the USSR 's spread of the communist ideology, instead promoting capitalism. Capitalism centered on basic rights for human kind; allowing people to own private property, determine the price of goods, exchange assets,…

II, Greece joined NATO in 1952. Then, they experienced a hostile civil war between communist and anticommunist forces. In 1967, a group of military officers took power, establishing a military dictatorship. This dictatorship suspended many political freedoms and forced the king to leave the country. In 1974, democratic elections and a vote created a parliamentary republic and eradicated the monarchy. In August 1974 Greek forces withdrew from the unified military structure of NATO in protest…

After WWII, one of the greatest concerns of the US was to stop the spread of communism in other countries through the creation of many Foreign policies such as the Truman Doctrine, The Marshall plan and the creation of NATO. Foreign policy, regarding the inhibition of communism, was working to provide help to other countries. For example the Truman Doctrine, established in 1947, was the cornerstone of president’s Truman foreign policy. Through the Truman Doctrine, the…

In this section, I am going to explain why it is beneficial for a superpower to have a grand strategy (or maybe finish the last paragraph with that). The policy of containment of the United States during the Cold war perfectly shows the purposefulness of having a coherent, clear and functioning high strategy for superpowers. I believe that it is one of the most successful and clear examples of how grand strategy can actually work – maybe in the end of the paragraph. It was firstly designed by…

Soviet’s goals for the expansion of communism. The containment policy had an effect on many of the United States policies that were made in the post war period. Specifically the containment policy impacted the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NATO in its goals of containing the communist threat.…

For these summaries, I read about institutions, constructivist view of politics, the unipolar system and how China might develop into a world power. The first article is, “The False Promise of International Institutions” by John J. Mearsheimer. The second article is, “Constructing International Politics” by Alexander Wendt. The third article is, “Unipolarity, State Behavior, And Systemic Consequences” by G. John Ikenberry, Michael Mastanduno and William C. Wohlforth. The final reading is, “After…

After the era of independence wars or civil wars for land, wars became more intense because of technology and globalization. Consequently, organizations were created to help or solve global affairs. For example, the United Nations plays an important role as an organization because it is considered an intermediary in decisions for problems globally. In addition, countries have learned how tremendous the damage can be when a war comes, however, countries still invest great quantities of money and…

efforts from countries are critical, Canada continues to help nominally, only donating as much as $250 million annually. (Shephard) Moreover, the lack of involvement in world peacekeeping and the UN as well as the increased participation in aggressive NATO-led missions show Canada’s neglect towards traditional peacekeeping methods. Canada was once one of the most important sources of peacekeepers, having a total of over 125,000 Canadians who served in about 50 UN missions. (“Permanent Mission of…

faulty economy made Western Europe a perfect breeding ground for a communist revolution. To the surprise of many, Western Europe was able to remain free and democratic with the help of the United States and NATO. NATO was formed in 1949 by the United States and 11 other Western Nations (Doc E). NATO had the goal of preventing communism from spreading further from the Communist Eastern bloc. The United States was highly successful in containing…