Sino-Soviet split

Felix Houphouet-Boigny was the leader of the Ivory Coast after they gained their independence. As the author describes him, he had been a loyal supporter of the French for many years, even having become a member of the French national assembly. However, he began to shift his alliance to the United States after the Ivory Coast gained independence. Muehlenbeck explains the growth of this relationship through the “courting” of Biogny by US President John F. Kennedy. Because US Secretary of State…

the ones who attacked them. It was only after Germany and Italy declared war on the US that the US retaliated. The aftermath was the beginning of a new era. It was defined by the decline of the old great powers and the rise of two superpowers: the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States of America (USA), creating a bipolar world.…

novel and found some of the hidden themes that laid silent in the Western hemisphere but were embossed during and after the cold war in Eastern Europe. These themes of dominance, control and haves and havenots dominated the minds of people across the Soviet Union which is where I decided to focus my research. The concept of haves and havenots today is hard to grasp since we like to think that we are working to close the gap and to stop relying on status as a way to decide how we should treat…

Fellow Americans, lend me your undivided attention for a moment. We all are aware of the ongoing war in Europe. Some are calling it “World War 2” while others call it “The Survival War” but I call it an opportunity! A few weeks ago, the Japanese attacked our base, Pearl Harbor, when we did nothing to deserve it! The Germans are also sinking our ships, some even carrying innocent passengers. These are complete acts of terrorism and will not be tolerated. This is the U.S.A and we don’t take that…

One consequence of the Truman Doctrine was the introduction of Marshall Aid into Europe, where America funded the rebuilding of various countries that had suffered economically from WWII. The Truman Doctrine was a response to the rising threat of Russia and Communism, as it expanded its influence into the impoverished Eastern Europe, and was the official attitude that the USA took towards quashing the spread. The doctrine stated that, in order to prevent the spread of communist control,…

In the novel Animal Farm, author George Orwell explains a point with something most people know about: farm animals. However, these animals are no ordinary farm animals. They are convinced that a farm that is ran by animals is better than a farm ran by humans. Throughout Animal Farm, A reader can see a pattern start to develop as the book continues on. Although the author touches on various points throughout this book, two points that the author really gets across is this book is the animals…

For the museum project, I chose to go to the Folsom History Museum. The museum was small and colorful. When you walked in, you could see a large quilt with lots of color and patterns. The museum was mostly about how gold in california was discovered, how people dressed, and how people survived. It also led into prison, and punishments they had. There was two separate rooms at the museum. One room was a Famous Baseball room and another room was for the museum itself. The museum had multiple items…

The Soviet Union believed that by having the nuclear weapons 90 miles off the coast of American territory it would serve as a balancing act due to American’s storing nuclear weapons in Turkey. The tension between the Soviet Union and America grew so large, it became known as the closest the world has ever been to a nuclear war. Cuba is arguably the most problematic…

Over the course of the 20th century, the Russia’s leaders created a legacy of fear and repression under the Soviet regime. Beginning with the Decembrist Uprising in 1825, and continuing on to the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, Russia’s leaders consistently employed heinous methods for suppressing their suspicions of opposition. Both Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, two key leaders under the Soviet Union, developed intense fears of any form of resistance, and attempted to alleviate these fears by…

war impact between the United States and The Soviet Union, it made a huge mark in history between the so called allies when the S.U and the U.S fought against the Axis Powers.The Cold War was to sought out international affairs, for decades detailed crisis occurred like the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Hungary etc… The Cold War was not a war to be exact. The Cold War was the relationship between two different countries which was American and the Soviet Union, the two nations never fought each…