Jason Yan Mr. Kennedy ENG 4U1 3 July 2015 Totalitarianism in 1984 and Joseph Stalin’s USSR George Orwell’s 1984 depicts a culture of terror‚ suspicion‚ and hatred which forces all human bonds to no longer exist and isolation to remain a way of life. Although the overall situation in Oceania seems outrageous and impossible‚ many of the inventions and beliefs put forth by the novel have existed during Joseph Stalin’s rule in the 20th century. 1984 presents a totalitarian dystopian world where there
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US and Russia relations after the defeat of the USSR: The end of Cold War brought new challenges to Russian life‚ economy and politics. Actually‚ the post-Cold War period opened the new opportunities for Russia. Democracy made its first steps in the country. After seventy years of communism Russian people finally got a chance to live how the want‚ to say what they want and to do what they want. People got a chance to choose their own leader‚ to vote for the Congress members. And it was very
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Explain why relations between the USA and the USSR changed between 1943 - 1956 Between 1943 - 1956‚ the relationship between the USA and the USSR dramatically changed. During the Second World War‚ 1939 - 1945‚ the USA and the Soviet Union had been fighting together - along with Britain - as allied countries to defeat Nazi Germany. This was known as the Grand Alliance. In 1946‚ the Grand Alliance broke down and that is when the relationship between the USA and the Soviet Union intensely changed
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the United States created the Containment Policy. This US Policy was put into effect as response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to expand and spread throughout Eastern Europe‚ China‚ Korea and Vietnam. The doctrine was written by George F. Kennan an American diplomat‚ in the year 1946. The idea was that if superpower Soviet Union can be contained‚ Soviet troops would be forced to push back in effort to update their priorities. Four “tools” made the Containment Policy strong enough to prevail
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allies of the Soviet Union. This was a different option from a third world war or appeasement which was containment. The third option was to create a strategy against the Soviet Union. Kennan’s policy was controversial from the start. Others thought that we should tackle the problem head on whenever the Soviets or Communist allies showed a threat. Columnist Walter Lippman disagreed with the containment policy and thought we needed to have a fine line between vital and peripheral interests. Kennan however
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Was the USSR to blame for the Cold War? By: Fabricio Rocha The Cold War between the Communist East and the Capitalist West dominated international relations during most of the 20th century. It cannot be said that the USSR alone was to blame for the conflict‚ although it certainly had a fare share in the blame through its foreign policies and diplomatic interference; the capitalists (mainly USA) did little to promote peace and avoid conflict. Both parties are equally to blame for the Cold War. The
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Union. Communism and democracy were two totally different types of governments which ran the two most powerful countries in the world. These two countries were the US and the USSR. When the Second World War ended it brought about the Cold War. The Cold War was a war not fought directly but indirectly between the US and the USSR. The United States economy had boosted up during World War II and it was continuing to grow after and would continue for many years. There were enough jobs for almost all
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Explain why Trotsky did not become the leader of the USSR After Lenin’s death in 1924 the Bolsheviks (although not out rightly stated) were in need of a new leader. The power struggle occurred from 1923-1929 and eventually Stalin effectively became the leader of the USSR due to many reasons‚ including the weaknesses of Trotsky. Trotsky had not been a Bolshevik initially – he converted from the Menshevik party in 1917. Therefore some of the party members doubted him as 100% trustworthy. Within
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Michael Johnson The USA and USSR became rivals in summer 1945 because of many reasons. One of the reasons was that the USA was a capitalist country‚ a culture where anyone could be rich if they worked hard enough. However in USSR they operated under communism. Both nations had fears of the other nation imposing their own system of government upon the world. These fears were highlighted when Stalin attempted to get as much territory for the USSR and communism as he could. The USA thought this was
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Containment as U.S. policy during Cold War Era From after World War II and up until 1991 the foreign policy of the United States was based on Cold War ideology and the policy of containment; to prevent nations from leaning towards Soviet Union-based communism‚ as first laid out by George Kennan and later used as one of the key principles in the Truman Doctrine (LeCain). As this essay will argue‚ because of this policy the United States made a commitment to fight communism everywhere in the world
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