Russia And The Soviet Union

After the World War II, the tension between both the United States and the Soviet Union were extremely high. This mistrust between the two nations led to the Cold War that had lasted approximately 45 years before ending in 1991. Although the war had ended, Americans were still in fear of the spreading of communism that may affect their society as a whole. Americans also feared the Soviet Union’s new technological advances such as the launch of Sputnik in 1957. In response, Eisenhower had increased science and math curriculums in educational programs. However, many other social programs were overshadowed by Eisenhower 's new policies of pouring a large amount of the U.S. government

America and the Soviet Union were on the brink of world destruction. The Cold War was one of the most frightening times in American history but strangely the difference between the cold war and the other major wars was the two superpowers in the United States of America and the Soviet Union never actually fought in any battle or had attacked the other through the long 50 years. It affected many people from the fear of destruction, the wave of patriotism in people for their country, and to the wave of people wanting more from the government and wanting a drastic change. It also forced America to change its ideals on their foreign policies and had America get more involved in foreign affairs and move away from their idea of isolation. The cold war also gave way to the rise of unions and the wave of worker rights. The effect of the Cold War has affected American culture and policies into the system and style of life we live in today.

Since the end of World War II, long before the earliest events of the Heroes of Catholic Education Series, a strange set of occurrences began to manifest itself as the United States and Soviet Union faced each other as rivals in the subsequent Cold War. The Anomaly Phenomenon, a term denoting the appearance of peculiar formations that defy scientific explanation, made its first appearance in the small period of relative peace-shortly after World War II, but before the Cold War and the formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Most people are unaware of it, sometimes out of ignorance and other times because of government agencies seeking to prevent it from creating unnecessary civil disorder, leaving only a few people who are aware of it.

When people refer to the space race, they often think about the development of the negative connotation between the relations of the United States and the Soviet Union. For three years, the United States has not had a single space mission from their own funds, however, only fifty years ago, the space race had been largely emphasized and referred to as a start of a new era . It was a time period where there was an urge to achieve supremacy in the heavens, and the land. It was a seventeen year period, which lasted from 1955-1972, where the two cold war rivals spawned satellites, receptors, and space probes for the sole purpose to achieving new heights. Over the span, the United States established two main goals: imperialism throughout the

The emergence of the Cold War with the Soviet Union had far reaching impacts on American society, including hindering the pace of social reform in the United States. While some aspects of the Cold War may have helped promote certain social reforms, the net impact, deterred inevitable social reforms. Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War induced a fear of communism in Americans that had numerous effects on American policies. McCarthyism, a period of controversial accusations on supposedly “communist” Americans, developed from the panic that communism would overcome the United States’ government, leading to loss of individual freedoms. In addition, social reform, especially the Civil Rights Movement, received inadequate attention as American leaders fixated on defeating communism and preventing it from contaminating the United States. Therefore, the United States’ preoccupation with containing communism throughout the Cold War Era hindered social reform domestically. As a result, social reform successes were limited primarily to those exhibiting visible political value by demonstrating the United States’ belief in equality and democracy to the rest of the world.

Following WWII the United States and it’s citizens longed for a century of peace, but due

Emerging as the victors of the Second World War, the Soviet Union and the United States became the most notorious superpowers in modern world history. They dominated the globe economically, politically, and militarily. Although the USSR and the United States worked together to defeat Nazism and Japanese Imperialism in the 1930s and 1940s, they were weary of each other. For example, the USSR employed a communist, government controlled economy, and arguably an authoritarian system of government, meanwhile the United States had a free-market capitalistic democracy. Having two world powers with opposing political and economic systems caused major international complications.

The May 1972 summit in Moscow and the June 1973 summit in Washington saw the beginning of detente as an official strategic position of both the United States and the Soviet Union. The 1972 summit was primarily focused on the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and the Arms Control Agreement. During this summit the Soviets and the United States signed the Basic Principles charter, which “expressed a recognition that the two sides could and should seek to behave with some restraint and in a civilized way in their mutual relations.” While each side signed this charter, agreeing to uphold certain behaviors, this would lead to problems with detente as both sides had differing ideas on what was appropriate behavior. The Basic Principles was also crippled from the beginning as it represented more of an ideal rather than a realistic code to follow. Both sides were held to high standards that neither would be able to uphold in the others ' eye. The 1973 summit was centered around a Soviet initiative on the prevention of nuclear war. During this summit the US and the Soviet Union sought to prevent the threat or the use of force against the other side, as well as to consult each other over situations that could potentially lead to war1. Both of these summits acted as the official recognition by both countries that they were entering into a time of cooperation and decreased military alertness. So even though Nixon had previously called for an era of negotiation in his inaugural address to

Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Putin are two of the most famous and influential figures of Russian history. Joseph Stalin’s iron fist ruled Russia from the mid-1920’s until his death in 1953. Under Stalin’s totalitarian government, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics played a pivotal role in several major conflicts, including World War II and the Cold War. Stalin’s main goal seemed to be expanding Russia and spreading the influence of communism. Contrastingly, Vladimir Putin has held power from 1999 to the present day. Under his government, Russia became increasingly corrupt with more aspects of a totalitarian government. Nevertheless, the Russian economy has grown at a steady rate of about seven per cent per year and poverty in Russia was halved. His overarching goal seems to be returning Russia to its former Soviet glory. Although definite differences exist between the two leaders, both leaders aim to expand Russia’s borders and power.

Following the end of World War two the nation’s of the world were split between three different political groups or “worlds’. The first group consisting of the industrialized capitalist nations, those nations being the United States and its allies. The second group consisted of the Communist nations led by the Soviet Union. The “Third World’ consisted of the now developing nations, often newly independent and they were neither aligned with the United States or The Soviet Union. These newly developing countries would prove to be another area for the Cold War superpowers to compete amongst themselves.

While it is difficult to argue that Russia is not unique, it is also inappropriate to say that Russia was solely influenced by outside forces. For example, Russia remained a backwards feudal state, a state where the nobility owned land and serfs stayed on the land in exchange for labor and produce, while other Western nations were progressing. This would not necessarily point to saying that Russia is unique in the sense that it lacked progression, but it did speak to how little influence it had received from other nations. Although feudalism is Russia ended in 1861, remnants of it still remained in the form of economic inequality and population division. This is a common theme that remained throughout Russian history until the Bolshevik

Here’s the question, how dose China relate to the world. We all know when Mao said that China as stood up. He meant that China was ready to meet with the world community. So how did Mao and China relate with countries such as Soviet Union, Vietnam, Taiwan and the United States. How did Mao and China approached and reapproached the United States and the world. So after china said it stood up, it started great relationship with the United States and the Soviet Union. Then it all started to deteriorated in the 1960’s and relations between China and the United states soured. It even soured worse with the Soviet Union, which caused the Sino/Soviet split. Which is why China had a shaky start in relations with the United States and the Soviet Union. To this day, China as an on/off relationship with the United States.

The Cold War was a period of very high tension between two nations that rose as superpowers after WWII; the United States and Soviet Russia. Although there were no official casualties, this "war" affected the lives of the leaders and those they ruled. The blame cannot be placed on one of the sides exclusively, but Soviet Russia and their allies in the east took more provocative action than their western counterparts. This included many things throughout the duration of the Cold War ( 1941-1991 ).

The Soviet Union was a communist unity with an authoritarian government. The Soviet Union was known to be one of the most stable governments in the world. Russia was troubled after their lack of involvement in the World War I which eventually led Russia into the Civil War and Russian Revolution. There were many issues with the Soviet System and there were many reasons that lead up to the collapse. The Soviet economy had been deteriorating throughout the 1970s. Citizens were highly controlled and were constantly being watched by the government to prevent rebellion. The Western economies had begun using more efficient technology and the USSR economy was still stuck on 19th Century Karl Marx's analysis of the British economy. The Soviets were

The cold war, which lasted from approximately 1947- 1991, was a state of political and military tension between the powers of the western and the eastern bloc- as championed by the United States and the Soviet Union. During the period of the seventies through the early eighties, the Soviet Union, under the leadership of Brezhnev entered into a period of détente- the easing of hostilities and strained relations- with the United States. In comparison to Khrushchev’s policies of near brinksmanship, one can say that Brezhnev pursued a more peaceful foreign policy. During this period, hostilities between both powers began to diminish and peace long hoped for was close to being realized. However, Brezhnev’s policies were not enough to guarantee peace and in the period of 1979-85, the second phase of the cold war started. It wasn’t until the advent of the Gorbachev government in 1985 that peace talks were resumed and policies that truly ended the cold war were implemented. This paper will seek to explore the USSR’s foreign policies under Khrushchev and Gorbachev, while seeking to understand why the period of the détente did not lead to the end of the cold war. Why was the Gorbachev administration was so successful in guaranteeing peace, where the Brezhnev administration was not? To understand the answer to this question, one first has to explore the foreign