World History Essays

The race for power in Russia began following the recovery of the Russian economy when Lenin after suffering several strokes and paralysis eventually died in the January of 1924 leaving the Russian people in mourning.For many people at the time Trotsky seemed like the obvious replacement for the almighty Lenin, and it was perhaps because […]

Vladmir Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks who seized power in November 1917. He died in January 1924 after a series of strokes that left him completely paralysed, and eventually killed him. When he died, he left no clues as to whom he wanted to succeed him as ruler of the USSR, even though […]

In June 1995, the Speaker of the Majlis (parliament) told the visiting Deputy Chairman of the Russian Duma, Alexander Vengerovsky, that the two strategic states of Iran and Russia should form an alliance to limit the expansion of U.S. hegemony in the region.[1] This proposal effectively sums up the entire history of the Russian-Islamic Republic […]

The period between 1917 and 1945 saw several major changes in the relationship between the USA and Russia. Although traditionally the two countries were had had a harmonious relationship, it had been clear for some time before the Russian Revolutions that interests were diverging. The next 28 years saw the relationship between the two on […]

1. What role did the United States and Great Britain play in the Russian Revolution? How did this participation affect the relationship between the Bolsheviks and the West?- The United States and Great Britain sent their own troops to fight the Russian Revolution against the Bolsheviks and communism. This participation effects the relationship between the […]

Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, the dominant superpowers of America and the Soviet Union were immersed in a Cold War which fostered an atmosphere of mutual distrust. This led to an arms race between them, with America enjoying a position of superiority. In the 1960 Olympic games, a primary source British cartoon illustrated an […]

The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in the 1960s, shortly after President John F. Kennedy’s unsuccessful attempt at the Bay of Pigs. In October of 1962, photos of Soviet missiles were captured by planes flying over Cuba, placing Americans on high alert and unprepared for another war. Despite appearing to be a weak leader, Kennedy conveys […]

An Aggressive, Offensive Strategy within Massive Retaliation During the Truman administration, the United States’ strategy towards the Soviet Union and its communist sphere of influence focused on “containment” through conventional military build up that illustrated a defensive outlook. President Eisenhower called for a comprehensive reevaluation of this existing American policy due to cost pressures from […]

Stalin’s support of the Spanish Republic during their Civil War, through the supply of weapons and ‘volunteers’, appeared to be an effort to assist international communism in defeating Franco. Many contemporary historians argue that the perspective that the USSR provided aid to support the Spanish Republic solely out of ideological solidarity is too simplistic. Instead, […]

The year 1917 was a turbulent year for russian politics with two revolutions occuring within the space of seven months, of the two the most significant was the bolshevik revolution, led by a prominant marxist Vladimir Ilyach Ulyanov, the skilled and dedicated political activist. Vladimir was born on th 22 of april 1870 to a […]

While European Communist nations could generally not act on foreign policy Initiatives thou the explicit approval of the Soviet Union, this was not the case with Cuba. Its active interventionist policies in Latin America, and later Africa, were at the time thought by the United States and Its partners and allies as executed on the […]

In 1985, Mikhail Geographer, a modern political leader, emphasized the importance of technocratic knowledge to solve the Soviet economy’s stagnation. He began implementing measures for increased transparency, known as glasnost, and also initiated plans for perestroika during that same year. According to Boris Yelling (1931-2007), the economic reform undertaken in the Soviet Union during the […]

The Ignited States, a capitalist democracy founded on Christian beliefs, but scenically secular, and Afghanistan, a tribal society that is majority Muslim are very dissimilar, as was also the case in the late 1 ass’s when each state found that despite their differences, each had something that the other needed. Afghanistan was invaded by the […]

The Cold War, which emerged after World War II due to concerns about the spread of weapons of mass destruction, was a tense relationship between the USA and USSR. Although they were adversaries, both countries joined forces during wartime to fight a mutual enemy. In the end, it was a battle between the United States […]

India’s Five Years Plan BY abhiJitoo Origin Five year plans were first introduced in the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1928 for controlled and rapid economic development. Much of the Soviet industrial successes are a result of the implementation of its five year plans. In 1950, India’s prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, impressed by the Soviet system, […]

Detente was a short period of clip of improved dealingss between the United States and the Soviet Union between the 1960’s and the 1970’s. Detente is Gallic for “relaxation” . Although Detente was designed to stop Cold War tenseness. it finally became a “thawing out” period. Detente reached it’s zenith with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty […]

Stalin totally hanged the country. When he gained power the economy was still based on agriculture and the majority of people lived in the countryside; when he died, the country was a global superpower, with a huge heavy industry sector and the majority of the people lived in cites. He achieved these through two policies; […]

War is political. International politics have an influence on global wars. The Cold War was a war of actions, words, and fierce battles between the UK, US and the former Soviet Union and in several countries. During this time of 1945-1991, the UK, United States and the Soviet Union competed against each other in the […]

As the popular saying goes, the world is a global village. Long gone are the days when given races were considered superior, the days of colonialism and racial indoctrination. The force behind this is basically the internationalism and trans nationalism that is hastily becoming the order of the day. The many educational exchanges bring about […]

Despite growing racial disharmony, the United States was a fairly self-satisfied place in the 1950s. Then, on October 4, 1957, the world learned that the Soviet Union had successfully launched a 184-pound satellite into the earth’s orbit. Called Sputnik I, its radio transmitter emitted nothing more than electronic beeps, but it sent shockwaves through the […]

There have been a number of issues raised by this essay prompt, which have forced me to consider the effect this policy has had on the world and the path it has travelled since 1945.Firstly, we must focus on what the ‘communist containment’ policy is. Essentially this policy was designed, by the US, for curbing […]

The Cold War came to an end, marking the end of the ideological struggle between the East (Soviet Union and Eastern Europe) and the West (USA and Western Europe). Surprisingly, the post-Cold War era brought about unforeseen security challenges that caught both the United States and Soviet Union off guard. The aim of this essay […]