Essays on Iron Curtain

At Fulton, Missouri, Churchill delivered a memorable speech, where he used descriptive phrases that surprised both Britain and the United States. Prior to his speech, Britain and the United States (U.S) were concerned with their unique post-war economies (Boyer 47). He had all along been grateful to the Soviet Union, for playing a pro-active role in bringing World War II to an end. It was his speech that changed the way in which the Communist East was viewed by the Democratic West. Being one of the Grand Alliance’s architects, Churchill recognized that its dissolution was a tragic reality. ...

Winston Churchill’s Iron of Curtain speech has been seen in retrospect as one of the first signs of the oncoming Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. In this speech Churchill lays out why he believes that in the wake of the Second World War, Soviet expansionism in Eastern Europe was causing a deep divide in the continent and ultimately something much more significant a clash of two global powers for preeminence in the second half of the twentieth century. This speech was one of the most important moments of the twentieth century and it ...

The Cold War: Who Shot First?

After the devastation caused by WWII, two of the world's superpowers that emerged after this world war entered into what is commonly referred to as the Cold War. Based on this week’s lesson, I think the it was the Soviet Union that initially started the war. There are people who claimed that the conflict between the US and the USSR was ignited mainly because of the rivalry. However, a closer examination of the events that occurred after the Second World War indicated that USSR caused the initiation of the Cold War. The then US President Franklin Roosevelt has ...

The journey towards the European Union (EU) integration has experienced several turnings. This section of the essay will detail some of the core turning points in the EU integration. Establishment of a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was a major turning point in EU integration. The Treaty of Rome defined the specific objectives of the CAP. The CAP was introduced in 1962 (Folmern.p). The establishment of the CAP was enshrined to the state of food shortages after World War II. The aim of the CAP was to build a common European Community market and to cut off tariffs on agricultural ...

American Public University

The spirit of Olympism is based on spending effort and finding a way which balances things in life. It teaches new generations how to enjoy time together by spending energy and in peace. Although the definition of Olympism is almost thousand years old, it still holds. The wars in the world have always been the result of not being able to share things in the world such as land, natural resources, or other similar things. The spirit of Olympism teaches us that spending effort together and achieving peace is possible. Olympism means much further than merely competing. Also, Olympism ...

The years between 1945 and 1965 were unique ones in history. In 1945 World War II was ending, changing the landscape of Europe. In Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union was devastated despite winning the war (Zickel n.p.). It began a period of reconstruction, putting itself together after the war. Western Europe was in shambles as well, except it had Germany to contend with. Fortunately the end of the war also brought about an increase in trade among nations, increase in technological advances and foreign aid from the United States, helping all of Europe to come out of its economic ...

Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is the king. This saying was proved right during the 20th century. Charismatic, patriotic, and courageous leaders rose to make people realize what in their opinion was right or wrong. The charismatic leaders used many ways to express their views including giving speeches to the public. Winston Churchill is one of the leaders who would not give in during the difficult times, and he used speech to outline his views. Among the greatest speeches by Churchill was the “Iron Curtain Speech.” The speech had a great message to the people ...

Lasting from 1946 until 1991, the Cold War was the longest of the 20th century s many wars and in many ways the most complicated. The last four links above document aspects of the initial phase the drawing of lines in the sand, so to speak and allow us to see something of the atmosphere of the immediate postwar years. In early 1946 George Kennan wrote a close analysis of Soviet aims and methods of achieving those aims and proposed a multi-phased strategy for the United States. 

The timeline in the first link above provides headings and a list of significant events. ...

Cold War and Decolonization

After the end of World War II, the world somehow split into two halves and two large groups of countries were formed: the communist block and the western democratic-capitalist states. The first block was led by the Soviet Union, which developed its economy and military force that was equal to the one from the US. Another block was led by the United States of America and included other countries such as Great Britain and France, as well as the defeated post-fascism countries like Germany. The aim of this block was to enforce the necessary reforms in the world in ...

Essay for Exam Chapter 25

World War II had left huge sections of Europe, especially Eastern Europe devastated. Many belonging to these states believed that communism and Joseph Stalin’s USSR was the much sought answer to their woes. Stalin used this to his advantage and built a communist buffer zone by seizing territories. This led to the fall of an iron curtain separating Eastern Europe from their western counterparts and the formation of the Soviet bloc. The cold war that resulted saw enormous changes in the social, economic and cultural life of people in both Western and Eastern Europe. Welfare states emerged to protect ...

Introduction

Today’s world is becoming increasing more globalized as new high tech gadgets make it easier to connect with people overseas and around the world, and countries and regions engage in international trade. Globalization is the increased interaction between countries and cultures of different regions as an effect of trade, the media, travel, education, cooperation, and more. Countries and cultures pick up aspects of the culture, politics, economy, values and technology of those with which they interact and assimilate to some extent toward these countries and cultures. Many associate globalization with westernization, however, the two terms are not actually ...

- A. This is the North Atlantic Drift. Why is it there and why should we care? The North Atlantic Drift is there because it warms Europe. We should care because the North Atlantic Drift keeps the climate temperate despite its high northern latitude. The North Atlantic Drift is thought of as the boundary between the cold, sub polar region and the warm, subtropical gyre of the Northeastern Atlantic. The current is unique in that it transports warm waters to latitudes higher than in any other ocean, thereby producing the moderate climate of Europe and western Scandinavia. Because ...

It is important to observe the times when allegations of witchcraft happened to understand the stories of the Salem witch trials. In January of year 1692 in Salem Village, Reverend Samuel Parris’ daughter and niece became ill. When they did not get well, William Griggs, who is the village doctor, was called. Griggs’ findings of bewitchment caused the power that would eventually become grounds for death punishment by hanging of nineteen women and men. Aside from that, a man was then crushed to death, and seven other men died while in prison, and the lives of many people were ...

Introduction

Most people understand that the cold war an era that was viewed as being a very traumatic time for the United States and other nations from all over the world. With the fear of communism increasing, it was very significant for the United States of America to make sure it did not expand further, but at the same time avoiding and unnecessary conflict with the Soviet Union. The United States main fear was what they called the “Domino Affect”. (Maus) This theory means that if countries start falling to communist powers, others would too. Because of this fear, United States ...

- Summary of Alex Tabarrok talk. Alex Tabarrok is highly optimistic about the future of the world provided that the process of globalization and the expansion of education continue at the present rate, particularly in China and India. In comparison with the last 50-60 years, the first half of the 20th Century was a disaster, with two world wars, a Great Depression, high levels of protectionism, the Iron Curtain, and numerous walls blocking transportation and communication around the planet. Since that time, the walls have come down almost everywhere, such as tariffs that averaged 45% in 1950 but are now ...

The first suggestion states that “the United Nations Organisation [sic] must immediately equip itself with an international armed force; meaning it should have an army comprising of members of the nations that make up the organization. This type of armed force would be a step by step process; nonetheless, it is imperative for an instant imitation. He recommended that the United Nations Organization should meet and delegate a number “of air squadrons to the service of the world organization [sic].”

Although these squadrons would receive their training and preparation in their own countries, they would rrotate around the different countries. They ...

Book Review: The Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis

Introduction

The eventual collapse of the agreement between the USSR, Britain and the United States in 1945 after the end of the World War II set the platform for the cold war. An anti-communist policy, commonly called the Truman doctrine, declared in 1947 by President Truman of the USA spoke clearly of the atmosphere that would prevail (Gaddis 30). The resulting tension between the communist and capitalist ideologies is what came to be known as the Cold War. Since it never resulted into armed confrontation or “blistering” conflict it was referred to as the cold war. Therefore the Cold ...

The Cold War

The cold war was a period when there was a protracted struggle between the United States and the Soviet immediately after the Second World War. The war was not physical per se, but an ideological, economic and geopolitical struggle which witnessed each country being supported by different allies depending on the ideologies they stood for. The cold war lasted until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The confrontation was called the cold war because there was no direct hostility between the two major super powers at that time that is the US and the Soviet Union. Instead, the war ...