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There are many similarities and differences between Joseph Stalin and Fidel Castro. Both are strong communist leaders that rule their counties with an iron fist. Stalin and Castro rose to power to form totalitarian dictatorships in the countries they ruled. They have used various methods to rise to power in their countries and they have worked hard to maintain that power. They both had huge impacts on the world and on Cuba and Russia. Joseph Stalin rose to power after the death of Vladimir Lenin…

In “The End of History?”, by Francis Fukuyama he raises the position that nationalism and communism were two major consequences of the inability to establish a liberal democracy. As the USSR collapsed in 1992, researches have begun to question if the two main factors, nationalism and communism, led to the fall of this empire. Throughout my analysis, I will approach the effects of communism and nationalism on the collapse of the soviet union, by comparing and contrasting these points to Fukuyamas…

Reflection Assignment Francis Fukayama, “The End of History and the Last Man” Fukuyama presents an argument that at the end of history the world is no longer driven by ideological strife as the fall of the Soviet Union wrought the end of communism as a viable ideology. Fykuyama also asserts that “In the past century, there have been two major challenges to liberalism, those of fascism and of communism… Fascism was destroyed as a living ideology by World War II. This was a defeat, of course,…

Nazi’s regime, the Soviets were forcing their influence of communism and military control over the region. While the white house insisted that the European nation should follow the American path by open their minds the ideas about democracy and free trade business. In contrast, the Soviets were determined to…

Throughout the 1960s, the country of Germany was in a political crisis. The Eastern communists of Germany, who were owned by the Soviet Union, were unhappy to realize that many people were escaping the reality of communism to live in Western Germany. Upset and angry, East Germany decided to build a wall in order to split up the country in the center of Berlin. The Berlin Wall was a symbol of detachment of the government politically and physically. However, during the years of the “Iron Curtain”…

After the Second World War, Germany was divided into four zones. “These occupation zones had been drawn during the war by the European Advisory Commission” (Maddox 1320) the four zones were; the American Zone of Occupation, the British Zone, French Zone and the Soviet Zone. Frankfurt was under the control of the Americans, Bad Oeynhausen under the control of the British, Baden-Baden under French control and East Berlin under Soviet control. With Germany being divided in four, issues began to…

The race for becoming “superpower” between United States of America (USA) and The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) started soon after WWII. Although both were on the same side, they had different ideologies. The USSR supported communism while the US supported capitalism. They both wanted their ideology to win, so they exploited their role of building Europe back up with throwing influences of capitalism or communism into a mish-mash. And thus the "cold war" begun, in reality they…

The United States’ strategy and involvement in the Soviet-Afghan War contributed greatly to the rise of Islamic extremism and terrorism. Events like the Soviet-Afghan War inspired deep Muslim identity and a desire to fight back against invading superpowers, such as the Soviet Union. Funded by the United States, Saudi Arabia, and other countries, militant groups like the Mujahideen became powerful forces in countries with weak political systems like Afghanistan and its neighboring countries.…

B. Investigation The Yalta Conference took place from February 4 – February 11, 1945. During the Yalta Conference, the territorial division of Germany was discussed, and this caused Germany to have a political divide. Originally, Germany was to be divided into East and West Germany between the Yalta Big Three – Franklin D. Roosevelt (United States), Winston Churchill (United Kingdom), and Josef Stalin (Soviet Union). This territorial division resulted in Germany being separated politically. The…

After reading Churchill’s speech I conclude that he thought the Soviet Union was trying to spread communism throughout Eastern Europe and the rest of the world which could possible lead to a third world war. From what I understood Churchill’s method to stop this threat of war from happening was to rely on the United Nations Organization, because he believed the organization be vastly improved compared to the League of Nations and more efficient. To begin the definition of self-determination is…