Post-Soviet states

The Inevitable Spread of Soviet-backed Communism in Eastern Europe At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union, Great Britain and the United States were principle players involved with reshaping post-war Europe. The region most affected policy changes was Eastern Europe, which includes those states that would eventually fall behind the Iron Curtain. While the camaraderie between the Big Three deteriorated, Soviet-backed communism was spreading across Eastern Europe. The argument during this

led to the Cold War. There is the Orthodox viewpoint, which blames Soviet expansion, the Revisionist view, stating that American imperialist capitalism led to conflict. I will pay particular attention to the eminent William A. Williams who is considered the father of Revisionist school of thinking. There is also the post Revisionist view which places the responsibility on a variety of factors both the Soviets and the United States of America. I will place emphasis on the writings of John Lewis Gaddis

1942, Roosevelt promised to this however his following actions contributed to the suspicions. In the end the D Day landings didn’t occur until June 1944; in the meantime millions of Russians had died. The preoccupation with Stains obsession with Soviet security, USA wasn’t in a position to appreciate USSR deep sense of insecurity in 1945. This delay drove Stalin’s suspicions that USA and Britain were hoping that Germany and the USSR would ‘kill each other off.’ This theory was viewed by many people;

Conflicts of national interest caused the United States and the Soviet Union to continue tension from World War II onto the Cold War, that lasted from 1947 to 1991. Although there was no direct military conflicts, there were constant nuclear threats. Over the past thirty years historians have divided themselves into different categories including: traditionalists, revisionists, and post-revisionists, and share their perspective on who caused the Cold War, the USSR or the US. Based off of three historians:

The Effects of the Atomic Bomb On August 6th, 1945 the United States dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later on August 9th, 1945 a second bomb fell on Nagasaki, Japan also dropped by the United States. The outcome of the U.S. choosing to drop the atomic bomb created complications and initiated events that may have been avoided. Though whether or not the dropping of the bomb was understandable and necessary for the war remains a controversial topic, its consequences are still

the 1920s and 30s. It was an absolutism that emphasized the importance of the state at the expense of individual liberties. It displays the following features: One-party dictatorship and one-man rule were emphasized in a totalitarian state. Only one party ruled in a totalitarian state, for example, the Fascist Part in Italy, the Nazi Party in Germany and the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. All other political parties were made illegal, banned and suppressed by

The problem with most of my forum posts is I spent way too much time researching the subject and reading different source that I find it interesting. While this is not a bad thing when it comes to learning, it is poor time management skills. This week I started off wanting to write about the Berlin Airlift. I researched material found a source I like. But then after an hour I decided that it did not meet the requirement of this week’s post as it relates to “mutually assured destruction”. Then I

Kremlin really believe in this or it uses this rhetoric just to explain Russian involvement to the neighbor’s inner situation? The right answer on this question will make us to understand true Russian foreign policy motivation in Ukraine and Baltic states. Knowing what is Russian Foreign Policy driven by, the recommendations to those

Throughout World War 1, FDR’s leadership decisions shaped the post-war Cold War in Korea, Poland and Vietnam. During the main three conferences of Tehran, Potsdam, and Yalta, the “Big Three” agreed on terms and agreements for these regions, which would later continue to affect these areas for multiple decades to come. The three main conferences/policies during the second world war were Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam. The first of the three was The Tehran Conference codenamed Eureka, which was held in

The Cold War between two rival super powers – the young United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – was an inevitable one. The relationship between the former war allies had begun to dissolve during the Second World War and eventually came to blows in 1947. First, it’s important to note that the Cold War was something that was only between the USA and the USSR is a fallacy. David Reynolds’ piece titled The European Dimension to the Cold War is a historiographical piece