Union blockade

because it mentions the facts of the Berlin Wall. The chapter doesn’t however go into great detail about the wall or why it was even constructed. It does mention that West Berlin was the center of the Cold War where the United States and the Soviet Union had constructed their battleground. It goes on to talk about the Free University. This university is a research university located in Berlin and one of the most prominent universities in Germany. It is internationally known for its research in…

beginning of the war, both the North and the South didn’t have a problem with numbers in their military because of the amount of volunteers. Some would do the heroic thing and join because they “wanted to save the Union” or “secure their liberty.” Though many people from the Confederacy and the Union had a large amount of epic soldiers willing to risk their lives, the South forced the first draft of the war in 1862. This draft required three years of service for any unmarried male that was…

The story of JFK and the Vietnam War cannot be told without first telling the story of the political development before the war even was a possibility. At the end of World War 2 The United States no longer had to wage war against the Germans and the Japanese. Instead, The United States began to keep a watchful eye on their World War 2 ally in the Siberian North: Russia. After the fall of Nazi Germany, the Russian and American armies met for the first time on April 25, 1945, at the Elbe River in…

roles Trade unionism is the affairs of trade unions where employees achieve their demands or address substantive issues in the workplace. Trade Unions negotiate with employers for better terms and conditions for their members, a number of these terms and conditions are better wages and better working conditions such as safety and health. The bargaining or negotiating process is called collective bargaining. Roles of the Trade unions One role of trade unions is to negotiate agreements with…

for postwar Europe and Asia began to unfold, the United States and the Soviet Union turned against each other, democracy against communism, in a Cold War of influence over Europe, conflicts between nations, and the race for atomic bombs. During the war, the United States and Soviet Union were allies for the primary goal of defeating Germany, making decisions and battle…

Berlin is one of these better known sites of these conflicts. In an attempt to keep East Germans from escaping to the West in search of greater freedoms and a higher standard of living, the Soviet Union constructed a literal wall through the capital city of Berlin. Even though, Western nations such as England and America openly criticized the Wall, no effort was made to demolish it. What the wall represented was far more alarming to the Western authorities…

In 1945, the United States and the Soviet Union were allies, jointly triumphant in World War II, which ended with total victory for Soviet and American forces over Adolf Hitler's Nazi empire in Europe. However, within just a few years, these wartime allies became mortal enemies, locked in a global struggle to prevail in a new "Cold War." The Cold War was a time of extreme tension between the USSR, or the Soviet Union and the United States, and their respective ideologies. It was not declared in…

The break up between Castro and US was already expected by the US invasion "Bay of Pigs" of Cuba in 1961, where US supported Cuban counter-reactionaries to overthrow Castro. Castro formed alliance with the USSR, since the invasion failed because he feared further invasions where the US would overthrow him. Ironically Castro’s fears did come true when US activities were spotted by the Cuban Intelligence, this lead to the ‘Operation Mongoose’ in 1962 to overthrow Castro by the US. However, as a…

“The other day, someone told me the difference between a democracy and a "people 's democracy" [communism]. It 's the same as the difference between a jacket and a straightjacket” (Ronald Reagan). Communism was a Social and Economic system in which all or nearly all resources and property were collectively owned by a classless society and not by any individual citizens. The Cold War emerged from World War II as the Soviet bloc confronted the Western states that united in the North Atlantic…

only 90 miles from the coast of the United States. Once the United States got word of this we took immediate action by sending a naval blockade to prevent anymore missiles from entering into Cuba. This standoff between these three countries lasted a long and tiring thirteen days. Thankfully President Kennedy was able to work out this issue with The Soviet Union and Cuba because if not, all out nuclear war could have broken out, ending human existence…