Such as in source 8 which claims the USA wanted a war with the USSR to help its economy, emphasising the impact of the Military Industrial Complex on aggressive foreign policy which played a huge role in the development of the Cold War. Furthermore it can be argued that it was the misunderstanding and confusion between the two nations which owed more to the development of the Cold War in the years 1945-8.
Hitler's pursuit of Lebensraum resulted in Germany exhibiting ultranationalism towards its neighbours. The ultranationalism that Germany was demonstrating led to expansionism and ultimately led the world to a second world war. Hitler created a distorted version of Darwin's Theory of Evolution, known as Social Darwinism. This principle stated that a nations strength was measured by its ability to fight and win wars; any nation displayed to be weak or unable to fight was a target for conquest. Hitler displayed ultranationalism when he put Social Darwinism into action, he was creating a master race.
'The Wilhelmine Germany was an entrenched authoritarian state'. How far do you agree with this judgement? Whether Wilhelmine Germany was an entrenched state is a subject of much debate among historians. Although many have argued that it was mainly the structure of the consititution in Wilhelmine Germany which gave the Kaiser complete authority over Germany. However structuralists have argued that mass political movements in Germany were on the rise and did in fact influence politics.
After the end of the Second World War the two war time allies THE USA and SU became involved in a war of ideologies the cold war. The US saw communism as a threat to democracy and capitalism. Therefore the US set out a new foreign policy that was of containment of communism in the Truman doctrine. There were however other reasons for the USA’s involvement such as their military confidence, UN agreement, domestic pressure which called for the T admin to be more tough on communism and their economic interest in Japan which led to the US governments decision to use military intervention in the K war. The main reason for the USA’s military intervention in the Korean war was that of containment.
In 1934 he increased the size of the army, began building warships and created a German air force. Compulsory military service was also introduced. Hitler had a vision of the German people becoming a master race and ruling the entire world, but he also knew that he could not achieve all this during the war he intended to start. He, however, had two major goals which were to bring all of central Europe together and form a larger Germany and to create more room for Germany to grow by taking over Poland. His first move was to test the other European powers by inserting troops into Germany’s coal mining area next to France.
American military and economic contributions to the Allied war effort helped to turn the course of the war and eventually led to the defeat of the Central Powers. TASK Write an essay that discusses… • Two reasons why the U.S. entered WWI. • How did the U.S contribute to the Allied cause BEFORE and AFTER it entered the war? Before writing your essay, study the documents that follow and answer the scaffolding questions about them. Then use the information in your document answers to help you write the essay.
The former consisted of Russia, France and Britain, while the latter was formed by Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Italy too being a part of this for a brief period. This war, both of mobility and attrition ended with the Austria-Hungary surrendering and the Germans signing an armistice based on Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points in 1918. A number of factors led to World War 1, which can be broadly divided into the categories of -militarism, alliances, imperialism & nationalism. Imperialistic rivalry dominated numerous conflicts in the early 19th century. This was most prevalent in Europe, where all the nations scrambled for colonies in Asia, Africa and the Pacific.
Throughout the document, the writers of NSC-68 employ rhetoric that paints the United States as the savoir of the human community. The document praises the American system as the one that will march humanity toward the future: “the idea of freedom is the most contagious idea in history, more contagious than the idea of submission to authority.”[8] An eleven-point plan in the document, including factors such as military involvement, economic expansion, and “psychological warfare”[9] explains the ways in which America will dominate the world system and establish democracy. The widespread plan carries with it a sense that America will bring about the ultimate stage of justice through its widespread tireless efforts. As the authors of NSC-68 advocate for heightened American involvement in the global crisis, they paint the picture of a nation that possesses indisputably righteous motives and is capable of leading the world toward equality and
In considering the process of America changing to become a powerful federal nation state in the period 1870-1981, how far could the New Deal be seen as the key turning point? Since the American Civil War in the 1860s there have been several turning points in changing the US into a powerful federal nation state. Many people feel that it was the New Deal during the 1930s which helped change America the most. Using information from historians I will analyse whether the New Deal was the key turning point; or whether Reconstruction from 1865-1877 or the Great Society from 1964-1968 were in changing the status of the American federal nation state. I believe that the New Deal was a key turning point in terms of United States as a powerful nation.
In response to the bombing of Japan, the Soviet Union and Communist China developed their own nuclear weapons. This marked the beginning of the Cold War, the conflict between the Soviet Union and the United Sates was due to the fact that both countries wanted to become the sole superpower of the world, and they also disagreed on what the world should look like postwar. The Cold War lasted for several years and had many period of heightened tension such as the Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. World War II impacted America in many ways the GI Bill helped stimulate the economy which led to development and expansion into the west. Due to the financial securities family sizes increased and gave us the baby boom era.