The Cold War And The Soviet Union

     Alike, “The Poster” was the most prominent form of psychological manipulation during Stalin's reign. Until World War I the poster had avoided social themes. However, as Stalin’s Russia rose to war and as a world power, the posters took a turn to be commercial and cultural, an attempt to develop an expanding market and advertise various entertainments. The posters of World War II took on a new task: to mobilize the population in support of the war effort. Stalin’s Posters featured themes of mobilizing the armed forces, reconstructing the economy, as well as various specific war time problems. It was at this point that the government began to make efforts to “shape public opinion” and “arouse patriotic feelings”. The government assigned this task to the mass media. Every political event in Russia found resonance in

As we all think of word “war” we immediately think of death 's, violence, disagreement with one another. Many country has been on war with one another but they have got anything out of it, except millions of people deaths. Whenever “war” start it’s always happened because of two nations disagreement with one another. In 1948 Berlin Blockade, The USSR attempt to break the connection between the Western and Eastern parts of Berlin, in the result of this early days of Cold war started. As long as I know the history there is only one person who said violence, weapons is not way for solution of any problems which we get. The USSR was a powerful country and they can stay on their own, and on other side US can’t. There was some other allied joined to build monetary for Western Berlin and Western Germany. Some actions can be louder than other and how that can impacts the decisions which will be plan for future.

There have been many conflicts and wars fought over communism and capitalism. One of the longest and intense conflicts was the Cold War. “The Cold War was a nearly 50-year long period of tense relations between the United States and the Communist-ruled Soviet Union. The Cold War began almost immediately after World War II and ended with the 1991 dismantling of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics” (Turner, 2001-2014 p.1). The Soviets fought to expand communism and destroy capitalism, but in the end capitalism was one of the reasons the Soviet Union dissolved.

The December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on the American naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, combined with Adolf Hitler’s declaring war on the United States, propelled America into World War II from 1939-1945. After War World II, the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as world powers, and the competition for the restructuring of Europe and the world was on. In the race for economic expansion, Americans loyalty and patriotism was tested influencing an urge to conform. However, the following events such as The Cold War, Containment, Domino Theory, Containments failure, Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Fall of Communism all contributed to the United States emerging as a world leader and a dominant economic power in the second half of the 20th century.

The governments of both communist and capitalist nations tweaked several elements of popular culture to influence the people within their homes to support their nation’s effort towards fighting the opposing ideology. Donald Crandall, a heavily anti-communist entrepreneur during the Cold War, went as far as to create a board game for the American people blatantly titled Victory Over Communism. The key idea of the game was for the players to answer questions about communist-related topics, and if they were to answer correctly they were able to free a “slave country”. On a poster promoting the game, it was

During the 1970s, the Cold War had quieted down for a bit and there were even negotiations of peace talks. That all changed when the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan in favor of the communist side while the USA were aiding the anti-communist side. Eventually America pulled out of Afghanistan and went home, but the tension that was there continued through the 1980 Olympic Games. The Soviet Union dominated in the sport of hockey for several years and won gold medals multiple times, but what satisfied them the most was beating team USA every time they faced. The USSR wanted to show their dominance and their pride every time they faced USA. That’s why the miracle on ice game was more than just an underdog story, it was the second Cold War. “The Olympics are hardly apolitical. Nothing is apolitical in this world. The Olympics are the last thing,” Mansbach said. “So in a sense, the hockey match was a Cold War, literally and figuratively.” Draped in the irony of the Cold War playing out on actual ice, the U.S. pulled off the improbable upset and continued on to beat Finland in the gold medal game. “It enhances the reputation of the administration, even though it had nothing to do with it. Simply, citizens bathed in the glow [of the win] that somehow capitalism, Americans [and] the free world had won some type of significant, symbolic victory,” Mansbach said.

The cold war lasted from 1947 to 1991 and was the closest that the United State had ever come to total destruction and nuclear war. In this paper I will analyze the main moments leading to the close of the Cold War.

What comes to mind when you think of World War II propaganda? Maybe a poster urging American parents to purchase war bonds, or possibly the famous Uncle Sam poster, stating “I Want YOU For U.S. Army. Although both of these examples of American propaganda posters were effective, Walt Disney was even more so. Now, I know what you 're thinking, Walt Disney created harmless cartoons such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, not wartime propaganda. However, Disney actually created some of the most effective pieces of propaganda during the second world war and he did this through animation shorts such as Education for Death (1943). Education for Death is a ten minute short that displays the “making of a Nazi”, by following the life of Hans, a young boy born in Nazi Germany. With that being said, my paper will address how the medium of animation was used to comment on a particular historical event; in this case, wartime propaganda in World War II. In addition, through analyzing the animation style and narrative of this short, it will become clear as to why Education for Death impacted and socialized individuals so effectively.

There are many different political theories that try to explain the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Two prominent political theories which I will explore throughout this essay are the Realist and Idealist theory. No one theory is completely correct, as many different factors must be considered regarding the collapse of the Soviet Union and end of the Cold War. For example, one essential influence to the end of the Cold War was the role of nuclear weapons and how they were used.

Abstract: As one of the most important events in 20th century, the Cold War had a very deep

The central theme to this essay will be to answer the question “Discuss the roll that graphic design played in political/social change in a specific period”. This essay will look into what Hitler’s propaganda meant for the Nazis and the population of Germany. Propaganda is the dissemination of information to influence or control large groups of people. In totalitarian regimes like Nazi Germany, propaganda plays a significant role in consolidating power in the hands of the controlling party. (ushmm, 2015) This essay in conjunction will look into what Hitler’s propaganda meant, what methods conducted by Adolf Hitler and the Propaganda Ministry, directed by Dr. Joseph Goebbels use to infiltrate their enemies and commit mass genocide of the

In this picture it shows two identical supermen reflecting each other. On the chests of these men show the United States and the Soviet Union, the colors of each nation have been added to the poster. The yellow in the background and red distributed on the supermen represents the Soviet Union; while the red, white, and blue represents the United States. This shows that both the nations are exactly the same when it comes to their aspects of the cold war, both believe that they are strong and heroic. In reality equally both the US and the Soviet Union are viscous when it comes to power. This poster is considered propaganda because these two nations used the same techniques to make each other look bad. By trying to manipulate their citizens into

The United States and the Soviet Union: What kind of children is brought up by the ideology of cartoons.

The usage of photographs was monitored due to the social and political regulations of the time. Photographs, not only documents a significant event but also serve as a symbol, representing a political moment. During the early 20th century, under the press legislation act, the Unites States government’s aim of publishing photographs in newspaper was to ‘help make a ritual of public involvement arena’. This was to help individuals see differences between political involvement and power and furthermore, find ‘their own interests within the political process’. The start of 20th century saw ‘introduction of revolutionary propaganda campaigns… initiated by governments’ The Soviet Union’s communist party, was one of the first groups who used images as propaganda. One of the early images published was ‘Strength is in Unity’. The aim of this was to highlight communist values, project the superiority of this political system and themes of triumph, strength and prosperity of the state’. In doing so, this implication of photography help reinforce the linkage between two moments, reminding us that, in a political perspective, these photographs are ‘shared memories’, and ‘have always been connected to the center of power’

Key avant-garde movements, including Suprematism, Constructivism and Futurism, influenced contemporary political graphics of the twentieth century. Particularly focusing on political and propaganda posters of the Soviet Union it is evident they were influenced by avant-garde movements that were developing in neighboring and western countries during the same period. Suprematism, focusing on basic geometric shapes with a limited range of colours is evident in numerous propaganda posters in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century. Constructivism, developing from Russian Futurism is aimed to create works that would make the viewer an active viewer. Futurism also influences the posters in a way that allows them to illustrate futuristic and abstract things as well as many posters containing qualities of cubism. Being influenced by these movements it gave the Russian government a way to show they weren’t old fashioned and were able to keep updated with the developing countries around them.