Assess the success of Stalin in implementing his economic policies in the Soviet Union. Stalin had decided by 1928 that the Soviet Union could not survive unless it rapidly modernized its economy, so he completely reshaped Soviet agriculture and industry through two main economic policies: Collectivization and the Five Year Plans. These policies had economic, political, and social successes and failures. Stalin’s main economic success was industrialization, achieved by his Five-Year-Plans
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Stalin’s fear of the USA led him to believe that the USSR needed a barrier of territory between Soviet territory and the USA’s allies in Western Europe. Stalin feared another anti-communist invasion of Russia from Europe as had occurred in 1918 and 1941. Stalin wanted to create a barrier against the West, a barrier made up of communist run countries in Eastern Europe. The new president of the USA, Truman, saw Soviet domination of Eastern Europe not as an act of defense on Stalin’s part, but as an act of
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influence, shown in both the US reaction to the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 and Khrushchev policy of 'Peaceful Co-existence'. Dwight Eisenhower's presidency played a role in the perception of confrontation. Eisenhower’s approach to foreign policy and the Soviet Union differed to that of Truman, who had been president before him. Eisenhower was believed to be more hard-line than Truman, being highly critical of Truman’s foreign policy as he did not take a strong enough stance against communism. Eisenhower’s
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Nuclear power and the capability of handling it has been a large and controversial topic since the Cold War in the early 1950's. Today, there is a similar conflict involving the United States and North Korea. Both powers have the potential to inflict a major amount of destruction with nuclear power. Frontline, the investigative journalism branch of PBS, helps to shed light on this mysterious and complicated conflict through the documentary titled "North Korea's Deadly Dictator". This documentary
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In warfare, it is often found that when two armies are pitted against one another, the force with the superior numbers will eventually carry the day. While this is most often the case, it is not always a foregone conclusion that numbers alone can or will guarantee a victory. There are certain factors that one must consider if they want to get as accurate a reading on the outcome of a battle as possible. One of the factors that must be considered in the context of a battle or even more so over a long
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Do you know what propaganda is? It Is information especially of a biased or misleading nature, It is used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. In world war I different of propagandas took plenty of various forms. including pictures, literature and films. “Atrocity propaganda” was a way of mobilizing public opinions against germany Britain had no propaganda agencies at the war’s outbreak. but there was many of organizations established at the wellington house, under
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This was a major battle that took place in World War II in which Germany and the Axis powers fought the Soviet Union in an attempt to take control of the city of Stalingrad found in Southern Russia. The battle was fought in 1942–1943 and was finally finished with the surrender of the entire Nazi German army. Stalingrad was considered a major turning point
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“In the Second Red Scare (1947-1957), Americans feared that the Soviet Union hoped to spread communism all over the world, overthrowing both democratic and capital institutions...and the U.S. became nervous that Soviet spies were working within the U.S. government” (Ohio History Central). “Senator Joseph McCarthy proclaimed that he was aware of 205 card-carrying members of the Communist Party who worked for the United States Department of State” (ushistory.org).“[McCarthy’s] victims also included
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Conjurer and communist are two very different words with two very different meanings. So what do they have in common? The similarities lie in the fact that in some point in American history having any relation or connotation with either of the words would lead to social and political oppression. Fear is what drives human nature. The primal instinct of fearing the unknown has kept us ,as a species, alive for thousands of years, but in a community it can also lead to unprecedented persecution. In
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Directly following the end of World War II, there was no longer a need to invest as much money in foreign affairs. However, the Cold War began shortly after World War II. Domestic policy was not as important to the presidents of this time as foreign policy was. The domestic policies that the presidents did choose to focus on had to be of great importance to them. This was evident in the presidency of John F. Kennedy. Kennedy pushed more for new domestic policies than the other presidents between
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