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The Cold War was a conflict between the two Superpowers which emerged victorious from the end of World War Two. These powers were the United States of America (USA) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Even though there was no direct military action between the two countries, the 'war' greatly changed the political scene of Europe. In his GCSE text, PJ Larkin (1965) in his British revision book states that the Cold War was a “mixture of religious crusade in favour of one ideology…

are very much about money and the economy. The Liberals or Democrats are very left winged. Left winged can also mean out there, far out. Left as in the left side of the political system. A few more names of the Liberals include: Socialists, Anti-Federalists, Green Party, Laborers, and Communism. They regulate the economy so that business and industry doesn't get too big. They prefer to tax so that they can spend it on services, like free health care and welfare money. They are for the people,…

Relations between the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba can only be regarded as tumultuous and calls into question the morality of various governmental actions concerning both parties. The Cuban embargo, enacted under President Eisenhower, clearly depicts the rise and fall of tensions between the two nations. In America, the ethicality of the Cuban embargo remains a frequently debated topic. However, individuals properly briefed on past and present relations between the United…

Cuba and the USSR. Before Castro’s revolution, the United States had heavy political and economical influence on the Cuban island, due to 1895, where the Americans helped the Cubans fight against the Spanish. Fidel Castro, belonged to the Communist party. When he got to power in 1959, he believed in a free and independent Cuba and so, the United States was totally capitalist, Fidel Castro saw as no-sense having a communist government trading, selling and buying resources from a capitalist…

Paris to Rome, and Montreal to Honduras…pointed at the United States as the architect of Allende’s downfall,” Tanya Harmer’s Allende’s Chile and the Inter-American Cold War, is one of many voices that argue for blamed to be shared amongst multiple parties. Harmer deduces that the cataloging of one “wrongdoing should not automatically lead to us into the trap of thinking that the other side was passive and blameless or vice versa.” Essentially, forces beyond the United States equally took part…

The Impact of Philosophers Western history has widely influenced and altered much of how society and government work to this day. The reason why different nations have widely different government systems and societal views dates back to the very beginning of time. One of the first influential time periods was the Renaissance, which birthed the Enlightenment, and so forth. Each time period held new philosophers that created new theories and ideologies that would change the way all people thought…

Greg Castillo’s article examines how the United States used displays of lavish and modern consumerism, as an effective tool in the fight against communism. The thesis of the article is that the desire for consumer goods is, at least, partially responsible for causing unrest in the Eastern Bloc and exposed how different the Soviet’s communist tenets were from what humans’ desire. In the introduction of Greg’s article, he speaks of a fictitious account published in 1951 by sociologist David…

Yorba Linda, California. Nixon was a standout amongst the most disputable lawmakers. He utilized the socialist alarm of the late forties and mid fifties to launch his profession, however as president he facilitated pressure with the Soviet Union and opened relations with Red China. He was president amid the social liberties development and the Vietnam War. Nixon swore that he would unite America, however his edge of triumph had been thin and in light of white, working class voters. As…

such as, The Liberator, The Masses, and socialist labor organizations such as the IWW (Greenberg par. 9). With almost complete autonomy, under his direction nearly every newspaper, magazine, booklet or any other printed matter was screened and censored for the remotest criticism of the war. Even ordinary citizens became targets. A Congressman was banned from sending out copies of his speech opposing the war (Greenberg par. 10). Eugene V. Debs, a Socialist Party candidate for the presidency,…

Most parts of Latin America have been struggling to implement or enforce democracy for the past century. The most notable examples are Argentina and Chile. Many political scientists have argued that this is mostly due to internal factors such as the corporatist culture and lack of proper structural reforms, but they do not include external pressures from the international sphere to curb communist influence in Latin America. In this paper, I will argue that from the coup in Chile in 1973 to the…