Thematic Essay: The Cold War The Cold War marked a period in history when the United States and the Soviet Union experienced tension. This tension was highlighted by various events that took place in different areas of the world. The Cold War was given that name because of the relationship that developed mainly between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ this all started in late 1945. During this time major crises occurred‚ two of those being the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Berlin Airlift
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John F. Kennedy was the most memorable president. Although he only served for about 1000 days‚ his speeches are most remarkable yet. His inaugural speech had a rousing effect on the nation in 1961‚ so much in fact‚ that today‚ his speech is prominently used all over the world. As journalists and historians now recollect‚ there seemed to be an air of triumph and hype that day‚ almost as if Kennedy were electrifying the air with his words of fire. He delivered slowly and deliberately to emphasise the
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talks (SALT I) held in Geneva. The United States was represented by its President Richard Nixon and his national security advisor‚ Henry Kissinger‚ who were described as pragmatists and the architects of detente. The Soviet Union was represented by Nikita Brezhnev who had proved to be a hardliner‚however‚ various historians viewed him as a “realist.” The openness and willingness to discuss the speed of the arms race was aided by the change in attitudes of the leaders at the
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Name: Maslenyy‚ Nikita Date: February 20‚ 2013 Words: 887 Are Russia and the United States Friends? Is Russia an American ally? This question would not be so important if these two countries did not play the major role in the world course for at least last 50 years. Both Russia and America are the two great countries that today many economical and geopolitical events depend on them. In addition to that‚ they have the strongest armies‚ and both have the largest number
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The Berlin Wall‚ three words which bring to mind some of the most turbulent and confusing years twentieth century Germany had ever seen. Often‚ when discussing this topic‚ most of the focus mainly surrounds the construction and destruction of this great barrier. Although these topics will be discussed at length‚ the reasons for its construction and later destruction began long before any sign of an official barrier made an appearance. After World War II‚ Germany was divided into four zones
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other side administered its nation. Controversial U.S president Richard Nikon stated “The cold war isn’t thawing‚ it is burning with a deadly heat‚ communism isn’t sleeping; it is‚ as always plotting‚ scheming‚ working‚ fighting”. In contrast Nikita Khrushchev himself claimed that ‘support given by United States rulers is rather in the nature of the support that the rope gives to a hanged man”. Furthermore‚ each side wanted to rebuild Europe in its own accord‚ for the USA this mean adopting capitalistic
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that you remember? "Having been born in 1952‚ I lived during the Cold War but never really studied its impact in school. I recall the war of words and verbal sparring between our President JFK and Nikita Khrushchev Premier of the U.S.S.R. At one session of the United Nations in New York‚ Khrushchev removed one of the shoes and banged it on the table to attract attention and try to get his point across. Although the verbal attacks were intense‚ they never really escalated into armed conflict.
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deportation‚ along with such policies as imposing the Cyrillic alphabet‚ had the effect of ‘Russification’ of the peninsula The peninsula had been ruled by Russia for centuries when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev suddenly gifted it to to his native land Ukraine in 1954. Many Russians think Khrushchev was drunk when he signed the Crimea away‚ while others believe he was trying make amends for the Ukrainian famine. When the Soviet Union broke up in 1991‚ Crimea ended up inside an independent Ukraine
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Name hannah Date 4/22/13 Class world history ld History Activity People in Wor 19 P r o f i le 1 Joseph Stalin (1879–1953) The guilt of Stalin and his immediate entourage . . . for the mass repressions and lawlessness they committed is enormous and unforgivable. Mikhail Gorbachev in a 1987 speech on the anniversary of the Russian Revolution Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. Joseph Stalin rose from a life of poverty to become the dictator of the Soviet Union from
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Perspective after 40 Years. Journal Of American History‚ 98(2)‚ 613-615. Historian Ernest May on "Thirteen Days": Ernest May‚ “Thirteen Days in 145 minutes” James N. Giglio. Review of Fursenko‚ Aleksandr; Naftali‚ Timothy‚ One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev‚ Castro‚ and Kennedy‚ 1958-1964. March‚ 1998. The Kennedy tapes: inside the White House during the Cuban missile crisis By Ernest R. May‚ Philip Zelikow
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