The rise of Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin was the authoritarian leader of the Soviet Union for 31 years between 1922 and his death in 1953. During this time‚ he revolutionised the Russian economy with a combination of rapid industrialisation and centralised economic collectivism‚ reforms that in some instances caused massive devastation in rural parts of the country (including the famine of 1932-1933‚ in which up to 6m people starved to death). A hugely controversial figure on the global political
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Communists to power in Eastern Europe 6. FIVE causes [CABAN] and FOUR results [CENA] of the Berlin crisis‚ 1948–9. 7. FIVE ‘Berlin Airlift Facts’. 8. FOUR causes of the Korean War [CJD-Kim]. 9. FIVE phases of the Korean War‚ 1950–53. 10. FOUR ways Khrushchev brought a ‘thaw’ in the Cold War. 11. THREE ways ‘peaceful co-existence’ worsened the Cold War. 12. EIGHT countries in the Warsaw Pact. 13. FIVE crises after 1955. 14. FIVE causes‚ the events and FOUR results of the Hungarian uprising 15. THREE
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The Cuban missile crisis was a defining event of the Cold War‚ and the study and analysis of how it was managed and resolved quickly became a staple of graduate courses dealing with American diplomacy. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy has been credited with a preponderant voice among the President’s advisers in devising a solution to the crisis that avoided war with the USSR; but this essay‚ drawing on meeting transcripts and other contemporary documentation‚ argues that his role was more nuanced
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Modern Presidency Research Paper Foreign Policy: Evaluating Nixon’s and Eisenhower’s’ Use of Power Both President Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon were presidents during the cold war. Their uses of presidential power within foreign policy greatly shaped the United State’s strategies in cold war politics. Comparing their actions as Chief Diplomat‚ Chief Legislator‚ Chief Executive and Commander in Chief shows how they have used both their formal and informal powers to lead the nation. President
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The Rosenberg’s should be considered as traitors. Amrit Parmar CHA 3U1 January 10th 2014 During the Cold War‚ Americans lived in a society where the tension between
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CH. 28: Cold War and a New Western World (1945-1965) I. Development of the Cold War A. Confrontation of the Superpowers 1. Two Superpowers stemmed from their different historical perspectives and their irreconcilable political ambitions U.S and the Soviet Union were the heirs of that European tradition of Power Politics sought to extend their way of life to the rest of the world 2. The Truman Doctrine: a. President Harry Truman alarmed by British weakness and the possibility
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along with other cities within the USSR celebrated the achievement with numerous demonstrations attended by countless people. After parading along the streets of the capital‚ Yuri Gagarin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union by Nikita Khrushchev during an extravagant ceremony in the Kremlin. Taking advantage of the situation‚ the Soviet Union arranged for Gagarin to tour around the world. During the subsequent months after his return from space‚ Gagarin visited the United Kingdom‚ Japan
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Stalin came to power after Lenin’s death. Through marxism and leninism created by stalin the socialist state became highly industrialized and a high power that won World War ll. After Stalin’s reign the Union goes through de-stalinization led by Nikita Khrushchev which relieved everyone of excess stalinism that had been created during the time Stalin had power. By 1990 there was the eighth and last person to be president of the Soviet Union‚ Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev had reached office‚ nearly the
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After the end of World War Two‚ the world was split into two‚ east and west. This marked the beginning of an era called the Cold War. The Cold War was the most subtle war in history‚ but the world came very close to a nuclear war that had the potential to inevitably wipe out mankind. The two main opponents in this war were the Soviet Union and the United States. With Canada being the United States neighbour to the north and close to The Soviet Union geographically‚ Canada allied itself with the United
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grew to realization that his invention is extremely harmful in the hands of politicians‚ and that it caused him serious moral pain. Sakharov rose to become a staunch opponent of the nuclear tests and made a political statement in 1961‚ making Nikita Khrushchev angry. During the Cuban missile crisis‚ Sakharov had a clear vision of the danger that his mighty invention may cause in the hands of undereducated politicians‚ who exterminated millions of their own people. Sakharov voiced his opinion in 1966-1967
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