After being taken prisoners, the three friends are forced to play in a Russian roulette sequence where the captors bet on the outcome. ... This gut-wrenching scene of American soldiers fighting for their lives through the perverted ideals of the savages illustrates the removal of the historical context of the war for the creation of a scene that powerfully plays on the viewers" emotions. ...

• Word Count: 3681
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Winston Churchill, British secretary of state for war wrote that, "civilisation is being completely extinguished over gigantic areas, while Bolsheviks hop on and caper like troops of ferocious Baboons." ... From this point America was interventionist and was going to play a key role in world affairs and this can be seen as a cause of the Cold War. ... They now realised that they now had the power and resources to play a large part of world affairs. ... Most importantly, the "Truman Doctrine" also committed the U.S to play a big part in world affairs: The U.S, not the UN, would be the worl...

• Word Count: 3123
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Sta...

• Word Count: 7507
• Approx Pages: 30
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Constitution's Involvement in Exceptionalism However before I can analyse the role played by exceptionalism in the early part of the Cold War, I must first look at the root of the idea and how much prevalence it had in the minds of the American people. ... He wrote; "For a century and a half the worship of the Constitution has been part of American traditional thought and emotion. ... So when the USSR's spread of communism threatened these values, it is easy to see that the ideology that encompassed them would play an important role for the Americans in the ideological fron...

• Word Count: 4596
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The Cold War is a term used to describe the period of non-violent conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their respective allies, between the mid-1940s and lasted until the early 1990s. This essay seeks to examine the political relations between the leaders of Britain, t...

• Word Count: 5160
• Approx Pages: 21
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As he neared a 1924 death, Lenin began to grow wary of his former protégé, and wrote a Testament warning against Stalin's influence. ... Meanwhile, he brilliantly played the Politburo's factions off one another, first allying with Nikolai Bukharin and his "Rightists" to destroy the "Leftists," and then, when his position was secure, turning on Bukharin and destroying his power. ! ... In an amazing scene that was broadcast around the world--and which played a large role in exposing the true nature of the Soviet regime--every one of the accused Bolsheviks confessed thei...

• Word Count: 5151
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mikhail Heller wrote, "to get rid of President Gorbachev, his opponents liquidated the Soviet Union".4 Russia as the largest and strongest declared itself the heir of the Soviet Union. ... Zelikow and other former U.S. officials who played a direct role in the negotiations on German reunification once again rebutted these statements and denied that any such assurances were ever given.6 The aim here has not been to judge, one way or the other, whether the enlargement of NATO was, or is, wise. ...

• Word Count: 2773
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This would turn into the Berlin Crisis, Truman played a crucial role in this crisis no matter which side you take. ... Avi Shlaim wrote a book about the United States and the Berlin blockade where he defines why he thought Truman was cautious about Berlin. ...

• Word Count: 4238
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School