Union busting

Stubborn, headstrong, adamant and rigid, all synonyms for one term: Wooden- headedness. This phenomenon shows up multiple times throughout human history and has single handedly changed the world in many ways. Wooden-headedness is something that affects all factors of life, and in historian Barbara Tuchman’s piece March of Folly she correctly identifies its prevalence in human actions and decisions. America during the 50s was an era of wooden-headedness. This was a time when communists were…

went through similar experiences during World War 2. Some of the groups of people that went through these similar experiences include the Jewish population in Germany and surrounding areas, British citizens, German citizens, French and the Soviet Union soldiers. The French suffered severe losses throughout the course of the war. Thought to be the largest power in Europe at the time of the war the Germans defeated them in just 3 weeks. This caused a significant loss of lives. The Majority…

According to Dante Aligheri’s Inferno a person must do something good in life to go to heaven in death. Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, or as he is most often known as, Leon Trotsky deserves to go to one of the levels of hell. And based upon Aligheri’s criteria Trotsky belongs in circle nine, the bottom level of hell where traitors go and where Satan resides despite his divorce from Aleksandra Sokolovskaya for his lover Natalia Ivanova Sedova which would place him in circle two, the circle for the…

and the Soviet Union with a global nuclear holocaust at stake. The U.S. and Cuba had been far from allies leading up to the crisis. Even before Kennedy took office, Eisenhower had attempted to assassinate Cuba’s leader, Fidel Castro, by training Cuban exiles for an invasion…

The dispute over agricultural trade liberalization between Brazil and the United States occurred because the United States started to give subsidies to their cotton farmers. This lead to their farmers to be able “to produce cotton very cheaply with little risk,” and leading towards less “free trade and put farmers in other countries at a distinct disadvantage” (Agricultural Subsidies). Brazil saw this subsidies as making it harder on their cotton farmers to sell their cotton to the buyers…

human race. The audience that Kennedy is addressing consist of scientist, professors, students and the general public. The audience in attendance cared about maintaining their freedom and security from the Soviet Union and the avoidance of a “Red Moon”, or the spreading of the Soviet Union. For the United States being the first nation to…

took place during 1989 in Eastern Europe. Moreover, this particular event was crucial to the sudden changes that unfolded in the Soviet Union, both in terms in domestic issues and international relations with the West. The fall of the Berlin Wall and its repercussions prompted three major changes for the Soviet Union: a separation in interests between the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation, institutional and political consequences resulting from these separate interests, and how the West…

Introduction European sovereign debt crisis triggered by the financial crisis of America swept across whole European countries. Why the Eurozone is too weak to resist the crisis? Are there any problems of the Eurozone? The sovereign debt crisis has spilled over to the banks, which increases the credit risk exposure of the banks. It is necessary for us to understand how the crisis impacts banks’ exposure and what are the reactions of the banks with respect to their capital provision. Finally,…

It is with deep concern that I, as the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), need to engage you in a serious foreign affairs situation so early in your new presidency. You are fully aware of the overall concerns in Cuba from your security briefings, but I need to bring to your attention our uneasiness over Cuba and Prime Minister Fidel Castro’s forceful move towards communism. First, you know we were never pleased at Castro’s rise to power. Yet, although we were suspicious of his intentions,…

When Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on 1 September on 1939, the Polish population had no idea of the horrific plans the Nazi’s had for them. Upon invasion, the Polish army fought hard to defend the homeland, however they received little support from their Allies. Being greatly outnumbered by Nazi forces and were defeated on 6 October 1939. Within a month of German occupation Poland began to become heavily segregated. Many Poles were exiled from their homes so that German soldiers had a place…