Week 7 George Kennan’s “Long Telegram” In 1946, an American diplomat stationed in Moscow, George Kennan, sent a 8,000-word telegram to the Department of State in Washington DC analyzing the nature of Soviet Union’s foreign policy. Kennan’s report, known as “long telegram,” provided the United States with a conceptual framework to contain Soviet expansionism during […]
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Reflect on how assessments of Stalin and Stalinism have been used over time, as well as why Stalin’s legacy is still contested today.
Paper detalis: Stalin looms large over 20th C Soviet and Russian History. Even today roughly 50% of Russians view Stalin positively, while today the Holodomor is regarded as a nation-defining experience in independent Ukraine. Reflect on how assessments of Stalin and Stalinism have been used over time, as well as why Stalin’s legacy is still […]
What is meant by the “world system?” What comprises the world system? Relate this concept to the relatively recent economic issues within the developed world.
Description Assignment: 1. What is meant by the “world system?” What comprises the world system? Relate this concept to the relatively recent economic issues within the developed world. Use specific examples to support your answer. 2. What are some of the positive and negative societal and cultural effects of the industrial revolution? How do these […]
How did detente and the 1975 signing of the Helsinki Accords change the music scene in the USSR?
Name and discuss in 1-2 sentences each three features of pop music, and especially rock and roll, that made it such an important challenge to the Soviet system. Name three ways that late 1960s Soviet authorities tried to control access to what they deemed decadent forms of popular Western culture. Name three forms of resistance […]
Examine the reasons for Finnish isolation against the Soviet invasion. It is known that the Allied favored the Soviet invasion so it would refrain from looking to expand the aggression towards the Allied. But the isolation should be looked from Finnish view, how desperately it wanted and trusted the Western powers would offer assistance.
Examine the reasons for Finnish isolation against the Soviet invasion. It is known that the Allied favored the Soviet invasion so it would refrain from looking to expand the aggression towards the Allied. But the isolation should be looked from Finnish view, how desperately it wanted and trusted the Western powers would offer assistance.
