United States Secretary of Defense

prosperous economy. The economy of the United States of America became prosperous during the Cold War due to the establishment of international economic cooperation, public works projects, and an advancement of the education of the workforce. To begin with, the economic impact of the Cold War was bolstered due to the creation of international economic cooperation in order to protect the worldwide economic link that was depressed during the Great…

Based off information provided by Benjamin B. Fischer and the CIA’s website, it seems clear that intelligence and the secret world made 1983 an inherently more dangerous time; specifically in regard to the Cold War and the relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. Following the Carter administration, was the Reagan administration who had a hard stance on the Soviet Union. In the first months of Reagan’s administration he implemented PSYOP or a series of US psychological warfare…

The Fog of War As stated in “The Fog of War” Robert S.McNamara was an American business executive and the eighth U.S. Secretary of defense. He is also recognized for helping guide the United States into the Vietnam War, which made him an important figure in the controversial figure. He also faced many challenges during the Cuban missiles when the Cuba pointed to the American.Comparing to the current leaders they are causing lots of violence, such as dropping a bomb on the other country without…

up every Civil Support Team with a total of 14 different military occupational specialties. Although each team is funded by the federal government, to include training, equipment and sustainment, Civil Support Teams operate under state control and can be employed as a state asset…

Envision a world where ISIS terrorists were attempting to disperse the United States of America inch by inch until it is under Muslim rule. Slowly attacking and destroying Americans who are trying to protect the U.S. as best as they can, but failing to be ready for ISIS’ surprise attacks on the U.S. In The Foreign Agent, a crew of CIA operatives and parts of congress, including Scot Harvath and president Porter, are trying to find dangerous ISIS leaders by the names of Sacha Baseyev and Mikhail…

As economic and social conditions remained in a state of stagnation within the U.S. and continued to worsen elsewhere, President Roosevelt attempted to involve the country in global affairs once again, hoping to benefit both the economy and the general welfare of the United States. Having learned some lessons from the colossal failure that was the Tariff Act of 1930, President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull managed to push a Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act through Congress in 1934…

According to the United Nations every year 20,000 people are killed by landmines. They are not just combatants but children, the elderly, and people simply walking in the wrong spot. In 1997, 162 countries signed the Ottawa Convention otherwise known as the Landmine Ban. The United States did not sign this deal because of certain strategic uses of landmines in certain places around the world. This was the end of discussion about landmines in the United States for the next 17 years. In 2014, the…

The containment policy was a United States foreign policy or doctrine aimed at bringing communism to a stop and preventing the expansion of the Soviet Union through various strategies as military, economic and diplomatic. It was enacted in the year 1946 and conceived by a diplomat George Kennan immediately after the World War II. The World war resulted in critical changes to the government policies abroad. This was under the influence of three assertive diplomats George Marshall, Dean Acheson,…

the Cold War the attention of the United States turned to fighting a different enemy: communism. When the influence of communism extended to Vietnam a civil war began between North and South Vietnam. At France’s request the United States intervened in the battle to help the South combat the Vietcong and the communism that they represented. Also known as “America’s Longest War” the Vietnam War was ultimately a political disaster and after 9 years the United States pulled out, leaving the South…

troops on the continent, not to fight in combat, but to train troops of African States. This would be beneficial to the continent as a whole, because military troops would have training for any future conflicts, and U.S. troops would not be put into the middle of another war. Nonetheless, this would require a lot of advanced diplomacy…