During The Cold War, There was a total of 4 change in power. Joseph Stalin being the first dictator of The Soviet Union during The Cold War, Nikita Khrushchev being the second, Leonid Brezhnev the third, and Mikhail Gorbachev the final leader of The Soviet Union. “While this meant change the underlying political reality was that the Soviet system did not trust the people. Government was retained in the hand of Party apparatchiks which the public had no role in choosing. Economically there were improvements.” Despite the improvements, living conditions were poor for the citizens of The Soviet Union. “Agriculture remained a major weakness with poor yields”. Although The Soviet try to improve life for people, life was still poor. The economics…
One of the most controversial leaders in world history was Joseph Stalin. He transformed the Soviet Union into a modern superpower between the years of 1928 and 1941. His ruling could be characterized as rapid industrialization, collectivized agriculture, great purges, and the extermination of opposition. Stalin’s rule could be proven both positively and negatively towards Russia. He powered the Russians military force but his methods negatively affected Russians.…
The Twentieth century was a very important time for the whole world. Empires rose and fell and the modern world was shaped. One of the most influential men of the century, if not the most, was Joseph Stalin. His legacy continues to frighten and inspire even 60 years after his death.…
Politically American society was affected because people were split between opinions on communism. As in document 4 in the Trial of Julies and Ethel Rosenberg, people were either for or…
From 1950 to 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy was one of the most heard of and talked about figures in a time of many important political happenings. He was held in a complete and immortal infamy for creating a terrible “Red Scare” and smearing numerous innocent victims. McCarthy was branded so completely a demagogue, a bully, and a liar, so that even more than 50 years later his name remains fully associated with witch-hunts. However, this image can now, by way of new resources and extensive researching of the truth, be fully debunked. Joe McCarthy affected history as a pioneer in the fight against communism. He started the battle, laying the groundwork for other specific individuals to continue that same fight for America. McCarthy did not just affect history, he affected it in a way both valiant and patriotic, and it can now be seen that despite the wrongs done to his name, he was an inspiration. The attacks on McCarthy by his enemies eventually tore him down but not before he had badly stigmatized the evil of communism, and his victory was to survive him (Coulter 71).…
Before Stalin’s rise to power, the USSR’s industrial system lagged decades behind other powerful nations. In the 1930s, Stalin transformed USSR to an industrial power with his five-year plans . He also demanded a “liquidation of the kulaks” and brought the traditional peasant life to a violent end . During WWII, Stalin well transformed Soviet’s Red Army with his policies , and the Soviet military helped defeat the Axis power in the end. When Soviet Union rose as the new superpower, Stalin furthered Communists’ interests and started the nuclear arms race with United States, which led to the Cold War. Nonetheless, I believe Stalin had less impact than Napoleon because his reforms benefited Soviet Union only, and the communist rule he imposed did not affected most European countries except those in Eastern Europe. Napoleon, on the contrary, instituted reforms in different countries and spread the revolutionary and Enlightenment ideas over the entire European…
Hitler and Stalin Throughout American History there have been many powerful dictators. Two men that stand out very distinctly are Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler. These two men from two different places, from two different families, who grew up two different ways, turned out to be the same. Hitler and Stalin both rose to the highest attainable position in their country.…
There are many people across the world that have impacted their community in a variety of ways. In the United States of America there have been people who have shaped America into the free country it is today. The Founding Fathers of the United States of America are great examples of people who transformed the United States into what it is today. Benjamin Franklin was the most influential developer of America. After America encountered Benjamin Franklin as a printer, a publisher, and an inventor, America was never the same. Benjamin Franklin left a lasting impact on the United States of America for forever.…
Communism affect the “modern American way in many ways, the fear of Communist infiltration the U.S. government, entertainment industry and other organizations were affected. Including American politics, culture, and even daily life, particularly in the early years of the Cold War.…
It is worth noting that by the time Nazis were invading the Soviet Union, the national government, the military, the local governments, the economy were relatively disciplined (Kat︠s︡enelinboĭgen 223-224). Submissiveness and conformity had erased any form of originality, drive or initiative. For a period in his rule after eliminating land owners and other fascists, Stalin began eliminating generals that he suspected of being disloyal. Thus, when the war was brought to his corner, he had already he gained full control over the military (Riemer and Simon 129). The twist however, is that Stalin unlike Hitler was more willing to depend on the few Generals that remained for tactical advise (Riemer and Simon 130).…
John F Kennedy was a very important figure for the United States and for the Civil rights movement. John F Kennedy impacted America greatly.…
After the death of Joseph Stalin, Soviet diplomacy changed drastically. Soviets Changed from a rigid theory of “you are with us or against us,” to a peace offensive. Now they divided the world into two groups the war zone and the peaceful zone. Soviets started to trade with countries in the peaceful zone if they do not interfere Soviet Union goals. They also wanted to have a closer relationship with western countries to demonstrate they had become a world power.…
The Cold War was the political and ideological conflict between two world superpowers, the USA and the USSR, which started in 1947 at the end of the Second World War and lasted until the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26, 1991. This political and cultural war waged by Communists and Capitalists was a colossal confrontation unseen in human history. The Cold War developed as differences about the shape of the postwar world created suspicion and distrust between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War and the communist threat drastically changed American social and political life from the 1950s to 1991.…
Francisco Franco controlled and manipulated the public in order to enforce policies favored by his party and he also wants the people to support his personality cult. The propaganda posters around Spain give insight about Franco’s system. He had severe censorship in Spain and the only news that was allowed to appear was ones that would favor him and the government, there was no reliable source in any part of the news, sports, or even the business. While Joseph Stalin acted in a very similar way as he controlled the newspapers and only ones that would portray him in a good way would be published and the people of Russia would be oblivious to all things bad that he was doing, this also allowed him to be able to continue on with doing the things…
Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhuhashvili or the world knows him, Joseph Stalin, was born on December 18th of the year 1879. He is an important figure in history and made some changes, though I must admit not for the best. He can be classified as one of the most powerful leaders and dictators of the Soviet Union. He was the leader of the Soviet Union for twenty five years and in this period of time made so many changes and killed millions of innocent people that stood in his path. Joseph Stalin also made use of different weapons that would eventually lead to the fall of Nazism.…