Post-Soviet states

orthodox view of the Cold War elucidates its inevitability due to the great ideological differences that existed between the Soviet Union and United States. On the other hand, the revisionists argued that it happened due to the actions that Soviets took and the consequential responses made by the United States as a result of their inflexible, single-sided interpretations of Soviet action. Yet, even with the backdrop of the early Bolshevik conflict in 1918 as well

There are the orthodox historians, such as Arthur Schlesinger Jr., that imagine the Cold War as “the brave and essential response of free men to communist aggression,” essentially placing sole blame for the Cold War on the ideological aims of the Soviet Union. Then there are revisionists, such as Melvyn P. Leffler, who believe that the blame should be shifted

George Kennan, the architect of the Long-Telegram, was one of the leading voices, publishing the traditionalist viewpoint both privately in the Long Telegram of 22 February 1946, as well as publicly in the anonymous article "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" in the July 1947 issue of Foreign Affairs (McCauley 9). Soon after, most of the Western world joined Kennan in the view that: "at the bottom of the Kremlin's neurotic view of world affairs is traditional and instinctive Russian sense of insecurity"(McCauley

strategic configurations and in some cases however, we find both form and content are changed. In my essay I will focus on this dual analysis of the content and form of the major patterns of strategic geometry and their change over time from Cold War to post Cold War. In order to assess the usefulness of the concept of strategic geometry, we must first see how well the concept is expressed in the international relations of Asia. Firstly I will briefly outline the general strategic concerns or tenets

phenomena of the post-Soviet aesthetic, as well as the capacity of rootless Soviet nostalgia among Russia's youth and its impact on the consumption of post-Soviet fashions today. Often resulting from the frustration Russia experienced after the fall of the Soviet Union, nostalgia for a USSR past reminds us of the important changes that followed Soviet dissolution, including the elimination in Russia of widespread political and socioeconomic regulation of society. But echoes of the Soviet past, including

struggles but are now considered to be powerful middle-class nations today. Post-communist is where former communist states undergo a transition both socially and economically. Before 1989, there has never been a shift to a post-communist country to democracy. With a quickly modernizing world, Communism was bound to fail(286). The death of Stalin in 1953 left the Soviet Union without a strong communist leader. The Soviet Union then turned its attention to Western powers and the arms race. The Cold

When the term “Cold War” was popularised to refer to post-war tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, interpreting the course and origins of the conflict became a source of heated controversy among historians. In particular, who was responsible for the breakdown of Soviet-U.S. relations after the Second World War? During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were allied against the Axis powers. However, in the years that followed the end of World War II, the alliance

The Cold War, a period of sustained political and military tension between the USA and the USSR, resulted in various viewpoints concerning the cause of the tension emerging. Until today the question remains unresolved, even after the 1991 release of Soviet archives. The main point of disagreement relates to the roles that ideology played in the events between 1945 and 1949. Was it the strongly opposing ideologies, capitalism and communism, or power and material interest that drove both superpowers to

Thirdly, Kuznetsov attacks the Soviet regime through its ability to present themselves as victims of Nazism during the war. This is done firstly through the destruction of the Kreschchatik and subsequent refusal of Soviet wrongdoing and secondly through the omission of Soviet liability. The Kreshchatik was the main street of Kiev that housed shops, offices, and apartments. Following the German invasion, near the end of September the Kreshchatik was set ablaze ultimately destroying large sections

of unity in the United States, or so it seemed. Although the unemployment rate was zero percent women and African American workers were becoming increasingly unhappy with their roles in the American post-war economy. Employment of women in America was at an all-time high reaching 19 million by 1945. However, the traditional gender roles between men and women created tension after the war due to women’s push for opportunity outside of their typical roles at home. In the post-war period, African American