Sino-Soviet split

Equality—the State of Being Equal “If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please,” said Epicetus. Demonstrated in Ayn Rand’s novel, Anthem, extreme equality is not a wonderful thing. In the ruined world of Anthem, the world has gone through a devastating war, and the victors have established a communist government and society. A communist society focuses its efforts on making everyone equal in every way. Individuality is oppressed . One must consider property,…

Cold War This was a time of political, economic and military rivalry between USSR and the US. This happens after the Second World War in which problems arose due to ever-changing international power. The Soviet Union was aiming to get extra land while the United States was trying to prevent the Soviet Union from gaining what they wanted. The war was cold because the United States and the USSR used not to fight each other in a directly military conflict, instead they threaten each other by…

The feudal system first appears in the Frankish lands between the 9th and 10th century. Scholars still debate whether it originates in France , England, or the Germanic area. Although, the rise of feudalism in areas formerly dominated by Roman institutions meant the breakdown of central government but in regions untouched by Roman customs the feudal system was a further step toward organization and centralization. Feudalism spread from France, to Spain, To Germany, and then the rest of Europe.…

The 1920s The 1920s, known as “The Roaring Twenties”, was a period of great change for post-World War One America. A thriving economy and massive development of technology and arts were not the only changes of the era, there was also many ever evolving social tensions plaguing the country. The common foundations of issues within American Society were Nativism, racism, and religious persecution ("Social Tensions - AP U.S. History Topic Outlines - Study Notes.”). With these problems also came…

In Animal Farm the animals eventually end up having a complacent attitude towards the way things become on the farm. The complacent attitude is basically a non-caring attitude. This non-caring attitude is also seen in excerpt of “He Got Game”. In “He Got Game” an example of the complacent attitude can be found in the first three lines in which it states, “Everything's approved/People used/Even murders excused/” This example can be directly seen in Animal Farm where Napoleon kills several…

power of the atomic bomb was one that generated international shock and awe. Many people were afraid of this powerful weapon, and westerners were especially afraid of the Soviets gaining power to this technology. However, the Soviets surprised the Americans by detonating an atomic bomb on August 29th, 1949. The news of the Soviets having the nuclear weapons caused fear of a nuclear holocaust through mutually assured destruction, and consequently, the nuclear arms race began. The Cold War Museum…

Shadow Warriors starts off on the seventh of October, 1985, in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. This is the day a large cruise ship was hijacked in the Mediterranean with Americans on board. Though, as the book proceeds, it goes all the way back to the Vietnam War in the 1950’s to the 1990’s while talking about how the Special Forces started from the small core units in the military. This book is most written from the view point of General Carl Stiner (Ret.), who helped write this book. He was very…

William Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, exudes multiple lessons and represents many leaders in today’s society. His play shows the result of what happens when an overly ambitious leader gets stuck in way too deep. In many ways Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, resembles Shakespearean character, Macbeth. Fidel is widely known for bringing a communist government to Cuba, his use of guerilla warfare tactics, and the Bay of Pigs invasion. His way of running Cuba shaped the country into the power force it…

Communism and Capitalism are basically polar opposites. With communism, the focus is on the masses, building a society on equality with shared economic benefits for all, while capitalism takes the “every man for himself” approach. Capitalism is often seen as the way of the “west”, one of the building blocks for Western society. Is discrediting the continued success of its practice an attack on the West? Communism is most famously explained in the Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels. In this…

Animal Farm, by George Orwell, was published 70 years ago, and written as an allegory the Bolshevik revolution, which took place about a century ago. One would expect for book with a theme dating back to 100 years earlier to die out, but it continues to be read in several countries, and is even required reading in most American schools. Instead of fizzling out to not much more than a memory, Animal Farm has instead become increasingly relevant in the past couple of years. Animal Farm still…