Essays Tagged: "Cold War"

Tribalism vs. Nationalism

th their various subgroups based on ethnicity, religion or race.The rest of the world, now that the Cold War is over, is resuming itslong-simmering ethnic rivalries. Nations from the former Soviet Uni ...

(3 pages) 90 0 4.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Answering Americas Call. The role of America today

titution, to the days of Kennedy and the Vietnam conflict. What is this generation's call? With the Cold War dead and behind us, America is calling from a different line. No longer is America ...

(3 pages) 99 0 3.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

The Impact of Business on the Internet

Some thirty years ago, the United States government was deeply involved in the cold war. Nuclear weapons were a popular topic of conversation, and a question of national security ...

(2 pages) 161 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

The Internet, Past, Present, and Future

Some thirty years ago, the RAND Corporation, America's foremost Cold War think-tank, faced a strange strategic problem. How could the U.S. authorities successfully ... y the Internet, which is thoroughly out of control, and spreading exponentially throughout the post-Cold War electronic global village.The future of the Internet bids fair to be bigger and exponential ...

(5 pages) 154 0 4.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Caught In the Net. History of the net

but like any other society there is always an element of crime .II. Ground ZeroAt the height of the Cold War, military production grew at an alarming rate. New technologies were being developed to pro ... or citizens of the United States under the banner of 'National Security.' One of America's foremost Cold War think-tanks, the RAND Corporation, faced a unique strategic problem during the Cold War per ...

(7 pages) 89 0 4.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

How the internet got started

Some thirty years ago , the Rand corporation , America's formost cold war thinktank, faced a strange straegic problem. How could the US authrieties succesfullycommun ...

(3 pages) 64 0 3.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Cold War vs. United States

The Cold War ended in 1991 after the Soviet Union fell apart. Since then, Russia's economy paralyzed, an ... ed, and the United States is three trillion dollars in debt, and both counties were weakened by the Cold War because of military spending. To have world peace does not mean that United States should i ... tion between the United States and the Haiti's military government in the last minute.Secondly, the cold war made former Soviet Unions bleed to white but also put the United States three trillion doll ...

(5 pages) 204 1 3.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

The Internet, a worldwide connection

an one-hundred countries worldwide. However, it allstarted with one network.In the early 1960's the Cold War was escalating and the United States Government was faced with a problem. How could the cou ...

(7 pages) 173 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Brief History of the Cold War

The Cold War is the term used to describe the tense relationship between post World War II East and West ... ed and it also gave the appearance that the Soviets were responsible for increasing tensions in the Cold War. These two plans together offered economic and military support to those countries threaten ... to United States security at this time. This situation created the most tension filled days of the Cold War. Both countries were armed with nuclear weapons and both appeared ready to strike if the th ...

(4 pages) 183 0 4.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

What were the limits of the "thaw" introduced by Khruschev after he had succeded to power in the U.SS.R?

Bibliography1. Hammond, Paul J. Cold War and Détente. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovahovich, 19752. W. Laird Kleine-Ahlbrandt. ... fter he had Succeeded to Power in the USSR, and What Factors Caused its Failure as a Remedy for the Cold War?The death of Stalin on the 5 of March 1953 introduced a new era to the Soviet Union and its ... initiated a reassessment of the Stalin period. Consequently, De-Stalinization or the 'thaw' of the Cold War begun, yet it was frozen in 1964 with his own downfall and revived in 1985 with Gorbachev. ...

(6 pages) 86 2 2.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Containment Policy. Speaks of George Kennan

nd until it reaches the point of terminal overstretch. Containment may have actually lengthened the Cold War by delaying the climax. Thus it may not be sound to wallow in self-congratulation in the wa ... y delaying the climax. Thus it may not be sound to wallow in self-congratulation in the wake of the Cold War, and to conclude that we won. Rather it would be much more sensible to conclude that the So ...

(6 pages) 158 1 3.9 Mar/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Cold war. Denoting the open yet restricted rivalry that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies

hen World War II in Europe finally came to an end on May 7, 1945, a new war was just beginning. The Cold War: denoting the open yet restricted rivalry that developed between the United States and the ... s, with limited recourse to weapons, largely because of fear of a nuclear holocaust. This term, The Cold War, was first used by presidential advisor Bernard Baruch during a congressional debate in 194 ...

(10 pages) 104 0 3.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

Elizabeth I

The modern world is rife with ideological fanaticism. It didnot end with the Cold War -- in fact, it has apparently increased,becoming more diversified and threatening, whether ... Catholicism against Protestant England. (Doran, 55)It signalled the start of a period of aggressive Cold War tactics,with many English Catholics fleeing to the continent, where theywere trained for th ...

(12 pages) 97 0 3.7 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Film Review of The Manchurian Candidate

50's. Communism is being threatened in the United States, after their takeover in Russia during the Cold War following World War IIThe character of Johnny Iselin closely portrays Senator Joseph McCart ...

(2 pages) 76 0 5.0 May/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

This essay describes the aftermath of the Cold War and competition that uprose between the USSR and the US, especially in the areas of the arms race, technology, and the space programs

The Cold War was an event that affected American and Soviet history tremendously. This political battle ... ing launched, and the U.S. not knowing its capabilities, the U.S. felt threatened and violated."The Cold War was an extended conflict between the communist states led by the Soviet Union and the weste ... ruggle had political, ideological, military, and economic dimensions" (Encyclopedia Americana, "The Cold War"). The Cold War was a war that beared no arms. It was strictly a political dispute over the ...

(4 pages) 309 3 4.8 Jun/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

1.How can you achieve your personal, vocational, and/or educational goals within the structure of the M.A. Degree in Liberal Studies program?

all soldiers are entitled to outstanding leadership. When I first entered the US Army in 1981, the cold war was alive and well. I grew up in that world and spent years training to the doctrine of tha ...

(1 pages) 103 0 3.7 Aug/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

Upon the Verge of Global Devistation - Analyzing WWII in terms of WWI

of the world. Despite its apparent strength, the Soviet Union eventually gives in after an arduous cold war, forced to better devote itself to internal problems destroying the huge empire.Between the ... planet was left with the Soviet Union and the United States as its superpowers, soon to engage in a Cold War of conflicting political ideologies. In the stead of making an all-out effort to revitalize ...

(6 pages) 74 0 4.3 Dec/1995

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Policy statement of the Norweigan point of view of the security council and possible reforms to it

ates' minimal requirements for an acceptable package of changes.Norwegian Security Policy after the Cold WarThe end of the Cold War between East and West has strengthened Norwegian security,which make ... there were when the overriding aim wasdeterrence by means of one's own and allied military forces. Cold War perceptions ofmilitary threat no longer exist. In Norway's particular case, however, it is ...

(12 pages) 58 0 4.5 Dec/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

Nuclear Strikes

every city in the world and still have thousands leftover.(Church 40) This all happened during the Cold War, a period of 45 years (1947-1991), between mainly the two superpowers (United States and th ...

(9 pages) 101 1 4.8 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

The cold war

hen World War II in Europe finally came to an end on May 7, 1945, a new war was just beginning. The Cold War: denoting the open yet restricted rivalry that developed between the United States and the ... s, with limited recourse to weapons, largely because of fear of a nuclear holocaust. This term, The Cold War, was first used by presidential advisor Bernard Baruch during a congressional debate in 194 ...

(10 pages) 240 0 3.9 Apr/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War