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Soviet Union's 1991 Collapse

its own borders, but the economic benefits were dispelled by the inefficient disbursement. Basically, the government of the Sovie...

Cuba's Fidel Castro v. Soviet Union's Mikhail Gorbachev

In six pages the different styles of leadership by these two Communist rulers are contrasted and compared. Five sources are cited...

Personal Narrative: Becoming a Nurse

we had a helper who came in during the day and a nurse at night. Both of them were kind, experienced and very caring, and I could ...

Cold Warrior Combatant John F. Kennedy

In thirty pages this research paper paints a portrait of John F. Kennedy as a Cold War leader whose aggressive position regarding ...

Cold War Essays

In about six pages essay answers to questions involving various elements of the Cold War including U.S. attitudes regarding the fo...

Iran's Influence on the Cold War in 1979

The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union (USSR) was at it's height in 1979, the year in which the Iranian Revolution to...

An Examination of the Cold War and Why It Did Not Result in a Major War

first stage of escalation sees the parties to the conflict shift from the use of light strategies towards heavy tactics. Light tac...

Democratization of Russia

addition, have proven to benefit from the mindset expansion that accompanied the political fall. "A new breed of Russian civil se...

Mid Twentieth Century Missile Gap Between the United States and the Soviet Union

matters worse, just one month later still, in November 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik II (October 1957, 2002). Alth...

Missile Defense System of President George W. Bush

(Kennedy, 2002, p. 165). This kind of reaction to attacks could not continue and the current President George W. Bush intends to ...

An Analysis of the Berlin Blockade

The Soviets wanted the other powers to abandon their jurisdictions within the city. The other powers instead unified their jurisd...

Soviet Containment and George F. Kennan

the Western world is something that be contained by the adroit and vigilant application of counter-force at a series of constantly...

Communism, Soviet Relations, and the Effects of the National Security Act, the Marshall Plan, and the Truman Doctrine

Plan and the National Security Act impacted the USSR, its important to understand the relationship between these two great powers ...

Lack of Anti Satellite Weapons' Control by the Soviet Union and the United States

this position we need to look at the way it was reached including the historical context, as this is the way the current military ...

The Cuban Missile Crisis

many ways (The History Learning Site, 2007). While Castro was essentially a man who sided with socialism, it was not really until ...

Why the Cuban Embargo is Still in Effect

are fearful of revolution and thus of revolutionaries as well, despite the fact the nation was built from revolutionaries. With ...

Overview of Trade Unions and Their Functions

European Union Treaty. The Competition Bill is intended to clarify the numerous ineffective laws currently on British Books and i...

Not by Bread Alone by Melissa Caldwell

the society of post-socialist/communist Russia. One of her focuses involves a feud between a couple of the "regulars" at t...

Soviet Union's Downfall and Reports by American Intelligence

drop in performance indicators, might strengthen conservative opposition. Such trends, coupled with the continuing nationality tu...

Connectivity, External and Internal Drive Bays

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

Afghanistan and Czechoslovakia Invasions by the Soviet Union and the Reaction of the United States

year war that has often been referred to as the "Soviet Unions Vietnam." In general, the U.S.S.R. invasion has proven to have bee...

Cold War Winners and Losers

In six pages this paper discusses how the Cold War conclusion of the Soviet Union's collapse was due more to Mikhail Gorbachev's r...

Collapse of the Soviet Union and Russian Nationalism

the "imperial" center of the Soviet Union. In the late 1980s as nationalistic feelings in the satellite republics propelled these ...

Soviet Union's Foreign Policy Changes from 1980 to 1992

In six pages this research paper analyzes how the changes of the Soviet Union's foreign policy within this time period affected it...

20th Century's Most Historic Events

In seven pages this paper discusses important historical events during the 20th century including changes resulting from the Cold ...

Leonid Brezhnev's Policies and the Afghanistan Invasion by the Soviet Union

In ten pages this paper examines the Brezhnev Doctrine and the factors that culminated in the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanist...

David Remnick's Lenin's Tomb

In 5 pages this paper discusses Remnick's version of the Soviet Union's collapse and also offers different ideological interpretat...

Lenin's Tomb by Remnick

In five pages this text review criticizes the author's credibility and biased depiction of Communism and the Soviet Union's collap...

1919 League of Nations and Why the Soviet Union Should Have Gained Acceptance

In six pages this paper discusses how World War II could have been prevented by a 1919 acceptance of the Soviet Union into the Lea...

Weapons and Their Costs and Damage to Human Life

at taking 75 years and costing $50 billion. This is described very clearly in an article by Glenn Zorpette published in Scientific...