Tactics of the Cold War: United States vs. Soviet Union The Cold War can be defined as two superpowers: the United States of America and the Soviet Union‚ in a conflict involving ideology‚ paranoia‚ communication blunders‚ and constant speculation of who was the on the offensive or defensive.1 This conflict created one of the most famous rivalries in history‚ one which was conducted by several means on both sides. From the start of the Cold War post World War II‚ when the opposing ideologies of
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик‚ tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik) abbreviated to USSR (Russian: СССР‚ tr. SSSR) or the Soviet Union (Russian: Советский Союз‚ tr. Sovetsky Soyuz)‚ was a constitutionally socialist state that existed between 1922 and 1991‚ ruled as a single-party state by the Communist Party with its capital as Moscow.[3] A union of 15 subnational Soviet republics‚ its government and economy were highly
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negative Indira Gandhi was the most corrupt politicians of all time . Her politics was so ugly that to remain in power and stay as uncrowned queen of India she imposed emergency in 1977 . She made extreme laws such as forcible vasectomy of men ( unmarried young men included ) to control population of India . She was an awful leader and one of the biggest criminal of all times . She ate away India financially and also caused a lot of mayhem . When Sikhs opposed her regime ( in worlds largest democracy
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Union as superpowers in the countries ’ transition to democracy. The countries ’ experiences with democratization were similar as they were shaped by their superpower ’s influence but were led into democratic transition due to different motives. Both South Korea and Poland have evident characteristics in common when comparing each of their experiences with democratization. A important factor they share is that both South Korea and Poland emerged from World War II closely linked to a superpower. South
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spending of Germany had been increased by fivefold‚ way ahead of any other developing country‚ however it is also important to consider other factors which may have played a role in the outbreak of war such as the isolation of Germany by the remaining superpowers which is described as forcing them into a defensive war and the role that Austria-Hungary played in the outbreak of war as well as the individual involvement of the military in relation to the outbreak of war. Source 1 unlike sources 2 and 3 has
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competition of achieving the most power and influence and just using what they’re supposed to represent as a disguise to hide the true intention of their actions. Now this is partly true and in this reflection I will explain the cynicism caused by both superpowers and decide which one actually represented a greater evil. Let’s start with Soviet Union. They were communist and actually held true to these values inside their own country but did use brutal force to destroy anyone who opposed their totalitarian
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Failing? China is becoming a great economic superpower because of its large economic growth rate. The past two decades‚ China ’s economy has grown at an average annual rate of more than 9% (Fishman‚ 2005‚ pg. 117). But the economic cost of environmental harm‚ growing inflation‚ and a slowing economic growth rate‚ China economy may not obtain the highest economic rank on the world stage. China was on the right track to becoming the next economic superpower but I think that pollution‚ inflation‚ and
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What did Nixon and Kissinger try to achieve by ‘opening China’? February 21‚ 1972 symbolised one of the greatest political strategies ever attempted by a world leader and one of the greatest political milestones of its time. On this day‚ American President Richard Nixon arrived in the People’s Republic of China with the main objective of improving the cold and distant relationship the United States had with this communist country. Prior to Nixon’s visit‚ other U.S. presidents’ attempts at reconciliation
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Prologue: The Super-Story By Thomas Friedman (from Longitudes and Attitudes‚ 2002) ¶1 I am a big believer in the idea of the super-story‚ the notion that we all carry around with us a big lens‚ a big framework‚ through which we look at the world‚ order events‚ and decide what is important and what is not. The events of 9/11 did not happen in a vacuum. They happened in the context of a new international system – a system that cannot explain everything but can explain and connect more things in
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military conquest is the most direct force used. Nations great enough to be determined a “superpower” has always asserted its power with at least some military might. One of the most admired empires in this regard was the Roman Empire‚ which showed the importance of an efficient professional military in subjugating and controlling other countries. The American “empire” (for lack of a better word) is a current superpower often compared with Rome‚ with good reason. Both nations overthrew their suppressive
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