During this time the U.S. was a significant distributor of manufacture that was sold around the world. The U.S. refused to join the NATO treaty in which is an agreement among certain countries that if anyone of them attacked the other with back them (which the U.S. eventually joined). With that, the U.S. continued to intervene in Latin American countries’ foreign affairs to promote…
Great Britain, Soviet Union, and the United States. Each country had its own interests in the signing of the agreement as worries complicated the future of Germany. The Soviet Union was fearful of multiple eastern European countries would join the NATO alliance threatening The Soviet Union and its security. This was shortly after the Cold War, therefore their worry was relevant. France and Britain wanted to insure that Germany would never pose a threat to the safety of Europe so they asked for a…
The rapid globalisation of the modern world has developed a desperate need for continuous improvement in world order. The increasing interdependence that nations have with each other makes promoting and maintaining world order a critical issue. Despite the establishment of the UN in 1945, conflicts between disputing nations is a common and devastating occurrence. To approach this issue the international community must cooperate and set standards through intergovernmental organisations such as…
In the Truman Doctrine, President Truman wants to contain the expansion of communism everywhere, especially trying to prevent the USSR from expanding out more. Basically America supported and assisted all democratic countries, which are in any way being threatened by the Soviet Union. Truman believe that if one country fell into control of communism then other countries surrounding it would sooner or later experience the same effects. This was called the Domino Effect, in which one by one each…
The impacts of 9/11 where felt all over the world from Canada to even country’s like Russia. While no all impacts where good or not is ultimately depending on how you look at it. We now have increased security everywhere and have been in the longest war in America. On the other hand, as was stated before it brought so many people together, people put more faith in each other and their religion we had friendships that lasted even to this day. But some wounds cut much deeper. The attack issued…
After the war, both the U.S. and the Soviet Union were left with a gigantic amount of nuclear weapons, compared to what they had before. Moreover, U.S. formed the military bloc, NATO, while the Soviet Union formed The Warsaw Pact. These led to proxy wars, like the Vietnam War and the Korean War. Towards the end of the Cold War-era, living standards of fallen in the Soviet Union, causing them to collapse thanks to their economic…
The Pakistani Taliban also known as Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan(TTP) has been around since the 80s, and although they are not the same Taliban that the U.S. is fighting today they are closely related. The group started during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. During said time Pakistani fighters fought hand in hand with the Taliban against the Soviet. Upon their return home they adopted the name Pakistani Taliban which allows them to maintain ties with the Taliban. They often offer logistic…
I grew up during a tumultuous time in Sierra Leone due to a civil war. I speak English, French, Fulani and Krio. My language skills was useful to help U.S. Special Forces Soldiers and NATO Soldiers by interpreting for them. The war made me resilient and compassionate. It gave me a sense of duty to care for others. I remain driven and hardworking. My passion for medicine made me reclass from being a 92F (Fueler) to a 68V (Respiratory…
Berlin until government officials opened in november 1989 its deconstruction officially began in 13th of june 1990 and complete 1992 The Berlin wall was officially referred as the (anti fascist protection rampart ) by GDR authorities implying that nato countries and west Germany in particular were considered equal to fascism. The west Berlin city government sometimes referred to…
the aftermath. But the victory was short lived. Korea was having issues, separating into the North Korea and South Korea. America was already tensed up from how Korea was, and finally the rope snapped when North Korea started to invade South Korea. NATO, an organization for the Allies, launched an attack so they can push them back. Even though so many things were going on at the time, people like to believe that the 1950s was a amazing…