Joseph Lyons

From the beginning, Stalin had always expected war to break out again in Europe. “In every major speech in the Central Committee’s behalf he stressed the dangers in contemporary international relations [1].” World wars were inevitable and the Soviet policy had to start from this first premise of Leninist theory on international relations. Stalin’s reluctance to take sides, increased the instabilities in Europe and lessened the chances of preventing continental war. This war started with Russia at

I ask you this: What would are world be like if everyone looked the same, acted the same, and even had the same interests? It would be a gray place full of nothing but dull blobs that were once people. Now you see why being different is not only good but important in our society. Even people of the same talent can have a vast chasm of contradictions between them. Of course, that is why I am here. To tell you of two great composers, Johannes Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, and the lives

The Second half of the twentieth century was a period very serious political and military tension between to two main superpowers, the United States and USSR. This rise of tension was called the Cold War since no major wars occurred during this time, but both nations had the capacity and power to start another World War, had they both declared war on each other. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), was an organization created during the Cold War and had played a major role in counter-espionage

Kerman bases his arguments in the Long Telegram around the nature of Russian-Communism. Fundamental to Communist thought are the beliefs that: economies define societies, capitalism is evil, creates inequality and will self-destruct and that imperialism leads to war. In Soviet Russia internal security was established through dictatorship, police forces and the recognition of the party as the sole source of truth. Externally security is seen as the inability to share power, expansionism and the duty

Back in 1984 when I was a newly commissioned Second Lieutenant at the U.S. Army’s Intelligence School at Fort Huachuca, my classmates and I were taught the importance of seeing the world through the eyes of our adversaries. For most of us, our main adversary was the Soviet Union. This challenge was easier for me since I had spent the previous seven years in the Army as a Russian linguist participating in highly classified intelligence operations. Several years later, I was accepted into the Post

Bless Me, Ultima, is a novel that may be understood to bridge several different cultural registers. Commentators argue that one of the most significant aspects of the book, and of its historical influence, is its ability to communicate a uniquely Chicano experience at a formative point in world history. A crucial element of this aspect of the novel comes in its ability to mobilize particular myths within its structure. Not only do these myths appear to play a crucial role within the action of the

throughout the different parts of Europe. The United States had gone about spreading democracy and forms of nationalism throughout, the Soviet Union went about spreading communism. Way back, at the Yalta Conference, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made Joseph Stalin promise to

half I realized what a great pianist was. I was exotic when I heard him playing; it was nothing to do but flow with the music after hearing it. It really lit a fire under me to actually enjoy music with a nice pitch and a definite tone. Ferdinand Joseph “Jelly Roll Morton” LaMenthe was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 20, 1890. As a child he began to learn how to play the piano at age 10 years old. He was taught by Tony Jackson; compose of songs like “Pretty Boy” and other hits. Tony Jackson

Darkness is within us, whether we like it or not. However, the only thing that can conquer darkness is light. What happens if there is no light? This dilemma is explored in Joseph Conrad’s novel, Heart of Darkness. Throughout the novel, Conrad successfully uses darkness as a symbol through the use of flies, ivory and Marlow’s journey through the Congo River. Throughout the novel, Conrad shows how as people explore the unknown they tend to lose their innocence as they are exposed to the negative aspects

Joseph Stalin was born on December 21, 1879, originally named Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. He was born in a village known as Gori in the Russian province of Georgia. His father was a shoemaker, and a drunk. He left Gori when Stalin was young to find work in the city of Tiflis. With his father gone, Joseph's mother, Yekaterina, made the biggest impact on his life--it was she who led him in his education. Joseph started out at the local Gori Church School. After attending there, he went to the