The Similarities Between 1984 and the USSR The book 1984 was written by George Orwell in 1949. This was during the time of the Cold War‚ when tensions were high between the United States the Soviet Union‚ and that served as the inspiration for the book because many of the situations in the book were common in the USSR (Hitchens XI). The book was set in England‚ but the name of the country is changed to Oceania in the book‚ in order to show that the threat of totalitarian danger is possible everywhere
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The Cold War is the name that is given to the relationship between the USSR and the USA after World War II. It was essentially an ideological struggle between the USSR and the USA. Both the sides were trying to impose their political model as the dominant global one. For over 40 years (1945-1989) the USSR was in constant conflict with the USA‚ but it was a conflict that never ended up as open warfare. It stayed as a “Cold War” as both sides were trying to destroy each other through economic and political
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undeniable correlation between the newly found intense dedication to domesticity and the Cold War ideology‚ or what is known as “domestic containment.” This essay will provide a summary of Homeward Bound‚ what domestic containment means and the issues May associates with this ideology‚ and how it has affected U.S. society. May begins by discussing containment at home‚ comparing women of the U.S. with the Soviet women as well as examining the different expectations of men and women at that time
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relations changed between the USA and the USSR as a result of events in Cuba between 1959 and 1962 and how the Cuban missile Crisis affected relations between the USA and the USSR. The USA and the USSR never really got on after WW2 ended‚ it was always a competition to see who the greatest superpower was. The Cuban Missile Crisis was the nearest that both sides came to an actual nuclear war. The tensions were intense for both sides‚ for both USA and USSR could have started a war if they wanted
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PAKISTAN-RUSSIA RELATIONS: POST-COLD WAR ERA Adnan Ali Shah * The demise of the Soviet Union in December 1991 witnessed a tectonic shift in world affairs. The transition from a bi-polar world to uni-polar one‚ the emergence of the United States as the triumphant‚ sole super power‚ at the end of fifty years of the Cold War‚ has necessitated a shift in the priorities and goals of the nation states. The renunciation of the Soviet communist ideology‚ coupled with the unraveling of the Soviet Union
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international organizations that her retirement to her continent and adopting the policy of isolationism become quite impossible for her. But the most outstanding reason‚ that drew out her out from her isolation was‚ the rise of her potential rival‚ USSR. USSR had adopted the policy of communism through which it wanted to upset the world order and was adamant to communize the whole world. Therefore to contain it‚ there was no capable power in sight‚ as the war had ravaged the rest of powerful states to
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the second cold war‚ by these time Mikhail Gorbachev was the leader of the Soviet Union and Ronald Regan the president of the United States‚ the united states in 80s manage the relationship with the USSR in a hard way‚ making them know the US wasn’t going to be giving away any petition from the USSR‚ by this stage the soviet union was passing throw a bad moment‚ living condition in the soviet union simply went down and the country was left behind from the rest of Europe and wasn’t able to maintain
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battles. It continued roughly through 1946 to 1991 between USA and USSR. Here‚ I would like to discuss about could the Cold War ever been prevented. Due to the ideological differences resurface; the huge difference between the aims of USA and USSR; the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan. Firstly‚ It is agreeable to a certain extent that the Cold War was due to the ideological differences between USA and USSR. Secondly‚ the aim of USA and USSR are so different on how to treat Germany after WWI. Thirdly‚
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USA banking and business interests and led to deterioration in relations. Eisenhower refused to meet Castro when he visited the USA in 1959 and he refused loans and economic aid to Cuba. All trade with Cuba was banned when Castro turned to the USSR for support. In January 1961 the USA broke off all diplomatic relations with Cuba. Castro then announced that Cuba was a communist country. This alarmed the government of the USA. It was not prepared to tolerate a communist country in its sphere of
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battle between the nations. Sputnik was the creations of the USSR that started the space race and also put them ahead. The US tried to catching up for a long time in the end they passed. Each sides head plenty of failed advancers in the way they built the rockets and plenty of successful too. The space race was a fairy competition between the US USSR. The USSR was a major point in the space race and sputnik had its share of the spot light. USSR first endeavor name ’Sputnik’ originally meant ’fellow traveler
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