How did the Second World War affect the development of Japan? Introduction The Second World War was the bloodiest conflict in the history of humanity. It has largely affected the evolution of many nations throughout the whole globe. This essay focuses on the impact of World War II on the vector of development of Japanese state. In this paper, I will argue that the war had a huge effect on Japan and that it has fundamentally changed the future of the Asian state in a positive direction. My essay
Why USA Became Involved in Vietnam Before the Second World War, the region between India and China which now includes Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos was part of the French Empire. During the Second World War, however, Japan controlled Vietnam. After the war, the French tried to take over again but a communist group, the Vietminh wanted independence. During this war of independence the USA became involved as well. This essay will look at the reasons of why they did.
How did the Second World War and subsequent Allied occupation affect the development of Japan? Introduction The Second World War was the bloodiest conflict in the history of humanity. It has largely affected the evolution of many nations throughout the whole globe. This essay focuses on the impact of World War II and successive Allied occupation on the vector of development of the Japanese state. In this paper, I will argue that those events had a huge impact on every sector of the Japanese state-development
Many historians have put the blame for the Cold War on the USSR. These historians are known as orthodox historians, who mostly worked in the 1940’s and 50’s. Others, the revisionists, mainly present in the 1960’s and 70’s have put the blame for the war on the USA. However, I believe the ones to have the best case are the post-revisionists, who don’t put the blame on either side but argue the war was mainly caused by a combination of misunderstandings and fear. Orthodox historians, like Thomas A.
Introduction Kenneth Waltz agrued the difference in stability between the WWII and Cold War era is the result of multipolarity and bipolarity. This essay will argue that Waltz’s argument is partly correct, as polarity can only explain the relative stability of the Cold War era, but it doesn’t fully explain the eruption of general warfare in WWII era. This essay will first define several terms. Next, it will briefly introduce Waltz’s argument, Then, an altnerative of his arguments will be introduced
Impact of the First World War on Europe At the end of the First World War in 1918, the economic, social and political state of Europe was such that the potential rebuilding of the continent seemed a distant and unrealistic vision. The war had affected much of Western Europe, in particular France and Germany, not to mention Belgium, Italy and Austria. In addition vast regions of Eastern Europe also suffered dearly as Russia’s bloody involvement in the war took its toll.
process of change for the struggle of African-American equality in the USA for the period 1877-1981, how far could the Second World War be seen as a key turning point? Throughout the year 1877-1981 there was an extreme amount of change for African-American lives, especially in the attitudes of both white and black people across the USA. Although the process of change for equality was longwinded, it is clear that the attitudes were changing throughout this period, especially during the Second World War.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, Australia as a nation was still very closely tied to the British. Therefore when war was finally declared after a period of appeasement, Australia’s Prime Minister Robert Menzies of the United Australia Party, made his famous Melancholy Duty speech, committing Australia to the war effort. However as the war waged on, and when Winston Churchill’s promised support was most needed, they weren’t there. It was America that showed up to help save our proud nation
Varying Intensity of the Cold War in Europe The German surrender on the 7th May 1945 marked the end of the Second World War in Europe and heralded the beginning of a new conflict. This conflict would develop into the Cold War between the two largest countries in the world at the end of the Second World War, the United States of America (USA) and The Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR). This essay will examine the Cold War from a European perspective. It
The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in 1963 in a setting that was the high point of tension in the Cold War. The most significant background cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis was the underlying cold war ideology of capitalism vs communism. This was dramatically increased by the second key cause, a series of events that quickly built tensions between the super powers from 1959 such as the U2 incident, JFK’s response to the Berlin Wall, and the Bay of Pigs incident. The third cause was the relationship