Sino-Soviet split

The Soviet Union's continued push for rapid industrialization to meet the standards of the West not only caused an economic issue it had essentially was the change from Communism to the Western way of democracy. After the leadership of Stalin and Khrushchev, the Soviet Union became more conservative such as by moving common average people to higher jobs. By the mid-1980s, continued competition with the United States contributed to the falling of the Soviet’s economy. Forced industrialization…

The Russian Communist Party from 1921 despite having no titular leader held Lenin up as the sole party head having emerged from the civil war as the controlling power of the Russian empire. Following Lenin’s death in 1924 a six year struggle for power followed, Lenin having left no real guidance as to who should succeed him as leader. Stalin’s rise to power, in 1924 was far from inevitable as he was one of six politburo members and had only been appointed as General Secretary, viewed by…

Seton-Watson blames the Soviet leadership’s “bitter and uncompromising,” attitude towards the west as the Cold War’s fundamental cause. Spellman however, identifies the USSR’s “strong defensive posture,” and the USA’s “deepening suspicions,” during the postwar peacemaking process…

blitzkrieg; a military tactic which allowed him to conduct some of the most successful land invasions in human history. However, Hitler’s subsequent invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 (codenamed Operation Barbarossa), resulted in a massive and costly failure, leading to the eventual fall of the Third Reich. The decision to invade the Soviet Union was one of the most fateful and seminal decisions of the war, and it was likely Hitler’s greatest blunder. This pivotal decision, which would…

to racing against the technological advances of the USA, the Soviet Union constantly maintained its position as a great power in the world throughout the twentieth century. Under Stalin’s dictatorship, nationalistic propaganda and anti-capitalist sentiments inundated the people, spurring the country into the cold war. As World War II ended and the new cold war began, Stalin’s tightening grip on the government was felt across the Soviet nation as labor camps reopened, artists denounced, and…

Russian dirtiest, well kept secret. Starting in the late 20’s the with mass arrests and deportations, it culminated with a man-made famine from 1932-1933, it is believed that Stalin was able to kill between 7 to 14 million Ukrainian nationals. The Soviets propaganda machine blatantly lied about the famine, even telling the NY Times, “Any report of a famine in Russia is today and exaggeration or a malignant piece of propaganda.There is no actual starvation or deaths …” So well hidden was this…

Another element was relying on nuclear weapons to deter Communist aggression with the possibility to fight a war. Eisenhower also used the Central Intelligence Agency to operator secret and covert actions against governments that were connected to the Soviet Union. Strengthening allies was another key element to Eisenhower's foreign policies and making allies from non-allies. In 1945 Truman give thirteen billion in support of the rebuilding of European’s economy after World War II through the…

aturally animals do what it takes to survive. Only when there survival is seriously threatened do animal change their habits.This is even more true for domesticated animals. Some domesticated animals live only to be later killed. In Animal Farm, George Orwell uses the paradox of domesticated animals rebelling against what they are naturally known to symbolize how mistreated the russian people were. The animals rebelling against the humans is paradoxical. It shows how upset the animals were with…

The non-cooperative actions of Fidel Castro (former Cuban leader) and Raul Castro’s towards United States, concerns the US Congress’ decision to lift the embargo. Within the Castro’s forty years reign in Cuba, many former US Presidents attempted to modify the sanctions of embargo. However, Castro’s administration responded with an unpredictable and hostile behavior. In 1980, “President Carter…secretly sought to reconcile Cubans with their powerful northern neighbors, only to be rebuffed by the…

With famine increasing tension, some blamed peasant conflicts on the idea they were naturally inferior and practiced classism, while others attributed the injustice due to the lack of education. Infertile lands, a series of famines and hunger provided further stress on the peasants, serving as the catalyst for conflict. There was a direct correlation between the severity of famines and the extent of peasant rebellions (Doc 1). Beginning in 1891 rural areas began experiencing famines, and that…