Soviet war in Afghanistan

that so I guess I didn 't like you much none either,” a line uttered by Rocky Balboa to an audience full of Soviets after defeating the powerhouse Russian boxer, Ivan Drago. Films of the 1980’s relating to the Cold War era influenced culture in the United States more clearly than any other historical era depicted on the silver screen. It is important to know the background of the Cold War so that people better understand this long-lasting battle between two of the most powerful countries in the…

which complements realism in a more educated and economy focused world. It is important to notice that economic development (instead of expansion) is part of the aims of the society, and that states should use their workforce in the economy instead of war. Consequently, if republics were able to solve conflicts in different ways, their wealth would increase. Immanuel Kant claimed that economic interests could be the source of peace and stability. To explain this, the interdependence would…

States and the Soviet Union, the Cold War had finally came to end. This was signified by two events: the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992. When the new Russian President Borish Yeltsin signed the START II pact with President George Bush, not only was both nation’s nuclear weapons programs reduced but all the previous satellite nations the Soviet Union had set up were officially declared free and independent of foreign rule. With tensions eased and nuclear war no…

I. Michael Walzer's Just and Unjust Wars When Michael Walzer published his seminal Just and Unjust Wars (1977), it was becoming increasingly doubtful that Nixon and Brezhnev's policy of détente would provide adequate grounds for a long-term resolution to Cold War tensions; if we are to effectively analyze Walzer's argument, it is vital that we recognize that this is the unique historical context in which his scholarship is embedded and with which it is inextricably intertwined (Miller 2001).…

collapse of the Soviet Union. After Soviet leaders extended their navy and support for rebel movements; the United States restated an anti-Soviet posture in 1981, when Ronald Regan threatened the Soviet regime with intensive military spending. After 1985 a new Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, tried to save communism by introducing reforms. Gorbachev’s attempts to salvage communism failed and in 1989 after communism was replaced with solidarity the Berlin Wall fell, and in 1991 the Soviet Union…

The concept of “total war” covers three different aspects of war: objectives, resources, and restraint. (8901 Course material, Lesson 1, Module 4, pg. 2). First, the objective in a “total war” is the total subjugation of the enemy, not some lesser goal. (Id.). Second, in a “total war” “a nation seeks to mobilize all of its resources for war.” (Id.). Third, “no restraint on the level of violence applied, and who it is applied against” in a “total war.” (Id.). Wars during the period from…

Cold war refers to the intense post World War II tensions between the two superpowers, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States (US), that have emerged at the end of World War II. During the cold war, there was never a direct confrontation between the two superpowers. Both superpowers antagonized each other through political maneuvering, military coalitions, espionage, propaganda, nuclear weapons, economic aid, and proxy wars between other nations like Korea,…

Hosseini tells the story of Amir, a young boy who leaves his home of Kabul, Afghanistan due to the active state of war during the Soviet invasion. Twenty five years later, he returns and states he “‘feel[s] like a tourist in [his] own country.’” His driver, Faird, snickers, “‘You still think of this as your country?’”…

No one was without blame. Each side wanted a war. Each side wanted to win. I would say the North had more to do with the Civil war than the South, due to atagonistic writers and newspaper editors. Once won the South was returned to (on paper at least) it's normal position in the USA. However, the Solders and the Politicians fought for two different reasons. Most politicians wanted war, in the way a child want to punish others for their own selfish resons. Their resons for it are too complicated…

rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both”, civilian Abraham Flexner stated. Over millions of innocent and guilty lives were taken during the conflicts occurring in the Middle East. The problems in the Middle East have not only affected the civilians of the region, but also has affected the lives of people around the world and has called for involvement from other countries. The major conflicts include the Afghanistan War, the civilians trying…