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Essays in International History, 1945-1991 category
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"Buddha is smiling"[1] is what D.P Dhar, Indira Gandhi's principal advisor and close friend, told Indira Gandhi over an executive secured phone line connection to the South Block right after the nuclear explosion.
... world is constituted as it is, every country will have to devise and use the latest scientific devices for its protection... I hope Indian scientists will use the atomic force for constructive purposes. But if India is threatened, she will ...
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"Chamberlain's appeasement was not a feeble policy of surrender and unlimited retreat. Chamberlain thought that war was futile and rejected it but never followed peace at any price."
... Hitler would go to in order to get his way, and he did not have the insight we have today into Hitler's ideas. Chamberlain would have only seen Hitler as someone who wanted the lost land of the Treaty of ...
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"Changing The World In One Day"
... able to intercept the attack. In fact, U.S. radar actually detected the incoming Japanese attackers. Unfortunately, they were mistaken for B-17s that were scheduled to arrive from the mainland. We had our chances to avoid a tragedy and missed all ...
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"Chiang Kai Shek and the KMT had more money, weapons and outside help than Mao Zedong and the Communists, yet the Communists won the Civil War."Explain why it was possible for the communists to win the civil war and achieve power in 1949.
... was also being split up at this time because many European countries were buying parts of china like ports to get themselves more money for example Britain bought Hong Kong. The government of china was changing has well from a ...
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"Continentalism was cursed; although celebrated, it caused the collapse of compromise and conciliation in Congress."
... economic development of its northern province of Texas, and consequently its settlement by Americans. In 1836, the American settlers and some Mexicans living in Texas revolted against Mexican control of Texas. On March 2 they declared that Texas was an ...
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"Did Truman simply want the black vote?"
... first time that the black vote actually accounted for something ('franchisement'- the right to vote). Then in 1945 when President Roosevelt died, Truman became president, at first he was not helpful to blacks. In 1948 the presidential election was held and ...
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"Documentary makers attempt to do more than just entertain their audiences."
... film is highly political and subjective as we see Michael Moore confront the base of violence in "American Society." He uses comedy as entertainment, used for instance on the intro of the show. We hear M.Moore list a number of ...
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"Does it seem true to say that the nuclear family replaced the extended family as the dominant form of kinship unit as industrialisation took place?"
... weighs kinship relationship and offers more freedom. Not only does Parsons identify the change in family structure, he also highlights the changes in the wider community. Pre-industrial communities were very close. The relationships between neighbours were as close as relationships ...
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"Dunkirk was a great deliverance and a great disaster" (AJP Taylor) - Is there sufficient evidence in Sources A to G to support this interpretation? Use the sources and knowledge from your studies to explain your answer.
... also rescuing British troops. This proves to be a deliverance, as in fact, from my knowledge I know that the British Government had expected to rescue up to 50,000 men, but 340,000 men were actually rescued. I also know from ...
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"Even if Conventional war is acceptable for Christians, nuclear war could never be" Do you agree? Give reasons for your answers, showing that you have considered more than one viewpoint.
... 80,000 to 140,000 people dead with 100,000 people injured, while in World War I about 10 million people were dead from 1914 to 1918. While in World War II estimate of 34 million people were dead over the 7 years. ...
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"Examine the Effects of the Second World War on the USSR by 1945".
... breaks. However these extreme demands were needed if the USSR was to continue fighting the war against Nazism for any amount of time. These hard times were only added to due to the vast amounts that was being spent on armaments, ...
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"Explain why recent attempts to break away from communist control have been more successful then earlier attempts".
... explain why they had done this. One reason was despite only polling 17% in the 1st elections the communist still took over in a short time they where the government, through fraud, cheating, intimidation and threats. The other reason had ...
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"Explain why the Cold War ended and what problems have emerged as a result of it".
... Since the US did not perceive the people of the USSR as self-governing, it was less likely they would recognise the rights of the Soviets, and therefore conflict became more likely than if both states had been democracies. The ideological ...
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"Explain why the United States became increasingly involved in the war in Vietnam"
... and working. This gained the NLF with a lot of support. This worried the USA. In 1962 an American report showed that the peasants tended to support the Vietcong (supporters of the NLF). They thought that the NLF were spreading ...
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"Facing It" is about the author, Yusef Komunyakaa returning to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and reminiscing about his past.
... name Andrew Johnson;/ I see the booby trap's white flash" (17/18). He is having a flash back, as he touches his friends name and can recall what had happened to him. Yusef Komunyakaa is facing the war all over again ...
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"Generals win battles, resources win wars." To what extent is this true of the period 1792- 1918?
... higher importance than the supply of resources, such as in World War One. German tactics such as the `Elastic Defence' meant that the Allies never breached their lines despite having a `superiority of 5:1.'[1][1] The troops in tight formation, together with the firepower ...
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"How did the end of the end of the Civil War affect African American families?"
... old plantation, but he had nothing but the dusty road beneath his feet", when referring to freed slaves.I Many questions were raised in the wars aftermath regarding the newly freed African American families and how they would be affected by ...
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"How do the sources support the idea that Germany was warlike and aggressive in its foreign policy in the years 1899-1914."
... for Germany and gives examples of countries in Europe that had problems with Germany. It strongly suggests that Germany was aggressive to European Countries, and explains how the situation in Europe was "critical". However, it is important to consider that ...
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"How militarism, nationalism and imperialism contribituted to the outbreak of World War One."
... ever-rising militarism in Europe. There was a terrible race for armaments after 1870, throughout Europe. Though these armaments were meant for national defense, they created universal suspicion, fear and hatred among nations. Militarism is the build up of military resources ...
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"How true is it to say that the Spanish Civil War was a `dress rehearsal` for the Second World War?"
... Germany who quickly sent soldiers and their newest and revolutionising weapons to Spain. The aeroplane as an highly effective weapon had been tremendously modified since the first world war, and at the famous bombing of Guernica and other events, ...
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"How was the Korea War significant?"
... weaponry and tanks that they had gotten from Russia. Although the U.S. had previously said that they did not consider "South Korea a vital part of [their] defense perimeter in Asia", Truman committed U.S. naval and Air support to South ...
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"How was the Korea War Significant?"
... U.S.had previously said that they did not consider "South Korea a vital part of [their] defense perimeter in Asia", Truman committed U.S.naval and Air support to South Korea. Although Koreawas clearly not a strategically important to the U.S. it was ...
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"How was the Korean War Significant?"
... U.S.had previously said that they did not consider "South Korea a vital part of [their] defense perimeter in Asia", Truman committed U.S.naval and Air support to South Korea. Although Koreawas clearly not a strategically important to the U.S. it was ...
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"It is not a trivial description of film noir to say that it simply indicates particular patterns of nonconformity within Hollywood" (David Bordwell) Discuss.
... the fact that there is nothing which links together all aspects which are used to describe noir "not the theme of crime, not a cinematographic technique, not even resistance to Aristotelian narratives or happy endings"4, therefore it is not surprising ...
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"Military needs were always the main reason for Russia's economic development" - To what extent do you agree with this statement?
... determined whether economic development took place, as the position of the government of the time hinged, in effect, the success of war and also helped to shape future policy. Throughout the 100 year period, war has served to highlight its importance ...