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Washington Summit, June 1973: Nixon & Brezhnev Nixon invited Brezhnev to Washington in May 1973, sending him a detailed programme of his visit to the United States. Nixon had already decided that the Summit would be held at the White House, Camp David and San Clemente and had proposed to sign two principal agreements i.e. on the prevention of nuclear war and on the fundamental principles of SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty). Brezhnev arrived at the Andrews Air Force Base on June 18 1973…

Understanding can be acknowledged as knowing the truth or having complete knowledge of a certain item. To have understanding, means that an item or an event in this case, makes since and is believable to a certain person. But what if your understanding was flawed, and based on myths or partial truths. What if understanding was looked at as a puzzle? When all the pieces are together it is fairly simple to tell what the overall picture is, but when you take several pieces away it becomes a…

Madni Polani Professor Kirk RHET 1302.036 09 September 2017 Words to Monument After World War II, the Cold War plagued the world with a nuclear arms race. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union competed in order to establish the strongest military power. When first inaugurated to the Presidential Office on January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy was caught up in the conflict of the Cold War. As President of the United States, he primarily aimed to dictate the values of freedom and…

I. Introduction : the underlying factors that led to the crisis The Cuban missile crisis, was the instance known to all, where the world was the closest to a nuclear warfare between 2 of the most powerful countries at the time. This crisis involved 2 superpowers, the United States, The Soviet Union and the Island of Cuba. Cuba is a small island that is located 160 km from the coast of Florida (USA), it was a US ally that had US businesses and a US military base in Guantanamo. A revolution that…

In October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war over the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba. It was a direct and dangerous confrontation that placed the two superpowers closest to a nuclear conflict. During the crisis, a fragile peace hung by only a thread for 13 days as the United States instituted a naval blockade of Cuba to turn back Soviet ships, and work to turn back the armament of Cuba with offensive nuclear, and tactical weapons within the…

After World War II, Europe was trying to rehabilitate from the intense war that had caused them economically, socially, and militarily. The U.S. being a part of the Western Allies helped Europe regain its superiority again through a policy of containment. Due to the bad situation, some allies turned against others and demanded for more which the U.S.S.R. did by taking over Eastern Europe and then threatening to take over Berlin. Hostility between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. had sprouted that led…

Have you ever heard of John F Kennedy, commonly known as JFK? He was born on May 29, 1963 in Brookville, Massachusetts. He had six siblings all together including himself. He was the 35th president of the United States Of America. He was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The first impact that John F kennedy made was leading the United States Of America through the cuban missile crisis. The first thing he did was warn the people of the United States. He told the military to put a naval…

The Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev was very different place than the Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev. While these leader faced similar problems, their methods of repairing the Soviet Union differed greatly. While Gorbachev was open to change Brezhnev was very conservative and unwilling to reform. Brezhnev remained in power for eighteen year, but its was Gorbachev that completely changed the landscape of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union under both Gorbachev and Brezhnev faced…

On January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro assumes power of Cuba after leading the Communist revolution with Che Guevara and the rebel army overthrows President Fulgencio Batista. Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their Communist policies, and a Communist State was set up with Russian backing. Fidel Castro allowed the USSR to deploy nuclear missiles on the island, which caused the U.S. to terminate diplomatic relations with Cuba in January of 1961. By April of the same year, a group of…

In many situations, faith and endurance is the key to survival and the only way to keep one from degrading under social and physical oppression. One day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is a novel that depicts the journey of a convict, Ivan (Shukhov) Denisovich, through one day of his sentence at a Stalinist work camp designed to physically and mentally test the prisoners. His hopefulness and camaraderie spirit with those in his bunk sustain him throughout his…