would‚ consequently‚ be “adding more fuel to the fire”‚ if so to speak. As there were already an abundance of issues between the two countries‚ an author publishing a book demeaning people such as Stalin would cause much controversy. However‚ using the symbolism allows Orwell to write about Stalin in an unfavorable way‚ while still captivating readers who support him. Orwell can extend to multiple people by
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Militant unions like the ILWU were singled out for attack and union leaders were branded as members of a communist conspiracy. This "Red Baiting" reached a fever pitch with both Hawai’i and national papers accusing the ILWU of working for Joe Stalin of the Soviet Union. Hawai‘i’s Legislature passed the Dock Seizure Act. Wives of company executives and managers‚ marching as the
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The Cold War dominated the second half of the twentieth century and resulted in the collapse of communism. This war occurred due to a period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union between 1940 and 1980‚ was called Cold War because the war between the two countries was triggered by fears of a nuclear scale. The main cause that led to this war occurred because the Soviet Union wanted to spread its communist ideology to everyone‚ which alarmed the Americans‚ who hated the ideology
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Amongst many other countries during the Cold War‚ Hungary was a satellite nation of the Soviet Union. Hungary had been under the control of the Soviets since 1949. They lived under harsh Stalinist rule until around 1989 when the people of Hungary rose up in rebellion to demand the rights they believed they deserved. This uprising is considered to be the first rip in the "Iron Curtain‚” or the post-WWII "barrier" between the Soviet Union and the non-communist areas in the West. In November of 1944
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willing to cooperate in peace as in war. Upon entering post-war negotiations‚ the U.S. wanted to have more leverage over the Soviet Union. The U.S. and the Soviet Union had conflicting ideals concerning the spread of communism. Truman was scared of Stalin expanding his power around the globe through communism. With the possibility of conflict between the two countries (U.S. and U.S.S.R.)‚ Truman wanted to show off America’s powerful new weapon. This was partly done to intimidate the Soviets and hope
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The Cold War was a time of immense fear in the United States and the Soviet Union. Secrets‚ spies‚ and distrust had created a tense brinkmanship that would last for decades. Although fighting never took place the back and fourth threats were enough to keep both countries on edge. The war in its entirety was rooted on differing ideologies‚ but the dissimilarities between our two countries‚ which played a keep role in the wars creation‚ originated long before the events of the Cold War began to unfold
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something good can be honored and get the attention that they deserve. The bad thing with this award is that anyone that do something that gets the media attention can get it‚ even if this person has done something bad or good. In the year 1942 Josef Stalin got the “person of the year” award‚ if you ask me‚ I think this i inappropriate‚ because he has done nothing good and he doesn’t deserve the honor or the attention. This year The Protester won the award‚ and I think this an award that they deserve
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Joseph McCarthy and Donald Trump are two demagogues who have inflicted fear upon Americans as a way to consolidate their own political power. A Junior Senator from Wisconsin in the late 1940s and early 1950s‚ Joseph McCarthy‚ intuitively understood that Americans tend to fear what they don’t understand. They fear those who don’t look familiar. They fear the unknown. During the Cold War he exploited American’s fear of Communism in order to create a cult-like following. Sadly‚ seventy years later‚
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Caucasus and Baltic states‚ which demanded sovereignty over the land that was unlawfully seized from them. The dissolution of the Soviet Union is characterized by a poor economy‚ political repression and political corruption. Culminating during the Stalin era‚ political repression was the instrument so gracefully played by the notorious thugs of the Soviet Union. Throughout the history of the USSR tens of millions of people became victims of the Union’s cold butcher knife that was pressed against their
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beginning of 1945‚ the Allied forces were closing in on the borders of Germany in three directions‚ and the geographical natural barriers offered the Allied powers protection from the other sides . The major Allied leaders‚ Churchill‚ Roosevelt and Stalin‚ who became known as the Big Three‚ met at the resort city of Yalta‚ at the Livadia Palace‚ to address issues regarding the ending of the war against Germany . This treaty was called the Yalta agreement‚ and included several points. Among them‚ a
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