The speech received an 85% approval rating. The following month, the U.S.S.R. and East Berlin officials began blocking any further passage of East Berliners into West Berlin, erecting barbed wire fences across the city, which were quickly upgraded to the Berlin Wall. Kennedy's initial reaction was to ignore this, as long as free access from West to East Berlin continued. This course was altered when it was learned that the West Berliners had lost confidence in the defense of their position by the United States. Kennedy sent V.P.
The aim of this "quarantine," as he called it was to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. He demanded the removal of the missiles already there and the destruction of the sites. On October 22, President Kennedy spoke to the nation about the crisis in a televised address. No one was sure how Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev would respond to the naval blockade and U.S. demands. But the leaders of both superpowers recognized the devastating possibility of a nuclear war and publicly agreed to a deal in which the Soviets would dismantle the weapon sites in exchange for a pledge from the United States not to invade Cuba.
The highly political aspect of the Yucca Mountain issue is shown in a directive issued by the NRC to begin closing out the evaluation of Yucca Mountain. In an article by Steve Tetreault “one of the five commissioners for the independent nuclear safety agency protested the directive.” The result was two commissioners recommended releasing an upcoming safety evaluation, while the other three commissioners abstained from the vote. As a The result was a quorum was not achieved and the directive is being will be carried out. This came shortly after Kenneth Rogers (who served on the commission from 1987-1997) said he did not believe the NRC Chairman, Gregory Jaczko, had the authority to issue a shutdown order. Rogers also feared the NRC’s reputation for independence was being tainted (Tetreault).
What changed the balance of power in the Cold War in August 1949? Mao established the People's Republic of China – Communist and Soviet got their first atomic bomb 3. What was the initial US attitude towards the fall of China to Communism? After the Communist party gained control of China, the American public was outraged. Truman's policy of containment (containing communism and not letting it spread to any more countries) had failed.
Works Cited hunt, alexander. oct 2005. Craft Mod 2 * George W. Bush Annotated Bibliography Hunt, Alexander ahunt@mail.utexas.edu Tuesday, 04 Oct 2005 22:14:12-0500 Iran: “Bush, Schroeder Exchange Views on Iran’s Nuclear Program” States News Service. 27 June 2005 The article states the unacceptable of Iran to develop nuclear weapons. He and the international community agree to attempt to stop nuclear development in unstable countries.
Korean War After World War II, the United States reached an agreement with the Soviet Union to have a divided Korea, with the United States also agreeing to stay south of the 38th Parallel. In June of 1950, North Korea breached the 38th Parallel, prompting the United States to retaliate with support of South Korea, using sea and air units to help defend the country against the communistic government of North Korea. Communism was feared by both the South Koreans and the United States as it looked to oppress the freedoms of its peoples ("Cold War", 2011). Due to the rising fear of communism, President Truman enacted the Truman Doctrine. This eventually led to the Containment Policies via the newly established North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
A first attempt to stop the Korean War was made by the UN and by July, American troops had entered the war on South Korea’s behalf. After some back and forth over the 38th parallel, the fighting became stalled and casualties mounted. American officials worked to come up with some sort of treaty with North Korea. In 1953, the Korean War came to an end, but to this day the Korean peninsula is still
Bryan Byers 4/29/12 8-202 S.S. 8th 1) On September 1949 the Communists defeated the Nationalists and Mao Zedong became head of the state but instead he fled to the island Taiwan. 2) Many Americans were shocked by the fall of the Nationalist government and viewed it as a part of a Communist plot to government. 3) In June of 1950, North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea starting the conflict known as the Korean War. 4) The United States appealed to the UN to stop Communism move into South Korea, so U.S troops made up most of the force and did most of the fighting. 5) The infamous
China turned communist with help from the USSR and funded North Korea to attack South Korea, so the United States helped South Korea and the Korean War started (Cold War). Neither side gained anything but many died and tensions continually increased. Cuba underwent a revolution and received aid and nuclear bombs from the Soviets which scared America into threatening nuclear war if the USSR didn’t take its nukes back (Cold War). The Soviet Union sent ships to Cuba with nukes and the US blockaded Cuba and said if they crossed into Cuban waters then America’s nuclear arsenal would be launched against the Soviet Union but at the last second they turned around, and this event became known as the Cuban Missile Crisis (Cold War). The extent to which each country would go, also known as brinkmanship, was shown and scared everyone as mutually assured destruction was the policy of both countries.
The U.N sent inspectors of weapons of mass destruction into Iraq but Saddam did not allow the inspectors to do their job, so the inspectors withdrew. After 9/11 the inspectors returned to Iraq. Bush was not satisfied with the progress, arguing that any delays disarming Saddam could be dangerous, as Saddam could be trading with Al-Qaeda. In March 2003 small coalition forces, mainly American’s and British went into Iraq and invaded, killing many civilians. Saddam was not found, but was later killed, nevertheless there were no weapons of mass destruction, and there was no obvious link between Al-Qaeda and Iraq.