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How the Cold War affected life in the US the USSR and the
rest of the world
The History
Journal
The History Journal Volume 1 No 1 (October 1 2012) httpwwwstgeorgescollegeedupe
The Cold War as a World War
Solving the mystery of Kennedyrsquos death
How women were treated in the USSR
The best propaganda in the Cold War
How Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) works
What the world learned from Chernobyl
A Word from the Editor
Why is it important to investigate and report the news The question at first seems to be too obvious or too big to
ask Yet in a time when an answer to every question is no further than a quick search on our smartphones we
should think carefully about what really is ldquonewsrdquo Truly thorough investigation and honest reporting of the news are
virtues not celebrated nearly often enough The concept of a constant relationship between power and responsibility
is a familiar one In the 21st century if the power is instant access to an unprecedented level of information never
imaginable even a generation before then the responsibility is the development of skills to filter and select that
information which has true value This magazine seeks to do precisely that ndash to develop and demonstrate the skills
necessary to investigate and report
The obvious topic of this journal is the Cold War and few topics could provide more opportunity for reporting Not
only has the Cold War changed the world we live in irreversibly but it also showcases a battle of ideologies ndash that is
ideas ndash and wherever there exists a battle of ideas there will surely be efforts to manipulate public opinion
Propaganda from the West from the East from Latin America to Russia from East Asia to the United States was so
complex that it took on (as one of our articles will argue) its own art form Never before in human history had the
stakes in a battle of ideas been so high It has been said quite accurately that the Cold War was a war of words This
provides both the need and the opportunity to closely examine a wide variety of topics and unlike most areas of
history these events have all taken place in the modern era and thus we benefit from a wide variety of sources
This Journal like any other scholarly journal has followed a specific format and each article has been peer-reviewed
The following articles were selected as the best from the 2012 9th grade class of St Georges College The work is
completely original and includes only minor editing We hope you enjoy the History Journal
Jason Fowler
Jason Fowler
Editor-in-Chief
Table of Contents
Comparing the CIA and the KGB (Eduardo Leon Henry Perez) 3
Cold War Propaganda (Victoria Borra Karen Rumay Sandra Un Jan) 7
Who killed Kennedy and why (Alexandra Granda Ana Caroline Ruiz) 11
Soviet Art and Cinematography (Valeria Jara Jimena Suarez) 14
What was Life like for Women in the Soviet Union (Valeria Paz Camila Soria) 18
Why did the Soviet Union Collapse in 1990 (Melanie Chinchayan Angie Su) 21
The Third World War was the Cold War a World War (Mariano Ranilla Jesus Vigil) 24
Does Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) work (Mayra Ochoa Cristina Zegarra) 28
What can We Learn from Chernobyl (Miguel Ju Zhu Sergio Ramirez Arturo Torres) 31
How did the US affect Argentina during the Cold War (Gabriela Gonzalez Alexandra Martinez) 37
The History Journal
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Jason Fowler
CO-EDITORS
Arturo Torres
Cristina Zegarra
3
by Henry Peacuterez and Eduardo Leon
uring the cold war the menace of nuclear
warheads caused fear and doubt in most if not all
countries This fear was so immense that the two main
countries of the moment (The USA and the USSR) began
doubting each other due to the belief that each had their
own secrets that were hidden from the world The US
feared that the USSR would take over the world by
spreading their ideals of communism while the USSR was
already afraid of the USrsquo constant aggression and their also
spreading ideal
of capitalism
For these
reasons the
US decides to
create the CIA
in 1947 This is
followed by
the USSRrsquos
creation of the
KGB in 1954
During their lifespan they both had similar goals such as
gathering up tactical information the government may need
and others Those goals were achieved in different ways
with different ranges of success Now the focus of this
article will be to compare and contrast the CIA and KGB in
terms of
1 functions
2 methods to achieve their goals and
3 their success during their active time and beyond
Functions
In terms of function one needs to make two time
comparisons During 1947-1949 the CIA had three mayor
tasks Gather information analyze the information
gathered and finally briefing the President and National
Security Council about the relevant information this means
that they had no power to make any decisions during this
time period On the other hand the KGB had different tasks
to accomplish They varied from gathering information in
other countries and protecting political leaders to
suppression of internal resistance secret operations and
managing propaganda From whatrsquos been said one could
assume that while the CIA only had the gathering of Intel as
a task the KGB had almost enough tasks to be the
government itself This lets us know that the USSRrsquos
government mightrsquove been dependant on the KGB for most
of their power and influences as well as for controlling the
population and maintaining the integrity of the USSR But
this is considering the pre-importance period of the CIA
Comparing
the CIA and
the KGB Different on the outside alike on the inside
D
A cartoon that shows the bear
(USSR) taking over the East while
Uncle Sam (US) watches in fear
4
In 1949 the Central Intelligence Agency Act was passed this
granted the CIA more powers such as the use of
confidential fiscal and administrative procedures and the
ability to use their budget in a free way with complete
secrecy This pact makes a difference in the comparison
between the CIA
and the USSR
since before it
the CIA seemed
like a ldquolibraryrdquo
since their only
vital function was
the searching of
information but
due to the
limitations it could only be inside the country In contrast
the KGB which had much more work to do than just
searching for information (which they could do worldwide
and secretly anyways) like containing internal riots and
controlling the peoplersquos way of thought by manipulating the
media But this drastic difference in power changed when
the 1949 pact was signed The boost of power given to the
CIA might have happened because the US government
noticed the effectiveness of the KGB worldwide and how
every country knew that they were watched by them( see
image below) so in an attempt to balance power between
the two mayor intelligence agencies in the world the US
government decided to give the CIA more power so that It
would be able to contend against the KGB in terms of
functionality and progress (The CIA was limited to the ways
in which they could find information) The implement in
power was successful at improving the CIArsquos reputation as it
began to rise as the powerful agency it was supposed to be
Their power rise was such that even cartoons and jokes
were made about how they saw everything
Methods
In order to achieve a successful comparison in methods we
need to take in mind that due to the CIA being active up to
this date there is few to no information about their
methods used during the cold war This is because since
they are an agency that is still active they wouldnrsquot want
anyone to find out about any possible illegal activities they
might have been involved with in the past So most of the
information regarding the CIArsquos methods wonrsquot be 100
exact
Anyways the KGB didnrsquot have anything holding it back
neither the law nor ethics This can be confirmed by looking
at the KGBrsquos functions while it was active Due to the
amount and difficulty of them and the fact that they were
indeed performed by the KGB during its active time one
can understand that there couldnrsquot have been laws
The picture shows an image that alludes to
the KGBrsquos Intel searching level It was
believed that they were so good at it that
they were actually watching everyone This
can be affirmed since up to this day some
people believe that the KGB is still running
Tony Bowden-2010(Image extracted from Flickr
site)
5
stopping the KGB since it would only hinderslow their
progress in their assignments This leads us to think that the
KGB would do anything to succeed at their mission of
securing Russiarsquos future by making it the strongest country
and also help with the spread of communism This can also
be backed up by noticing the multiple assassination
relations the KGB had during its active time and also the
multiple information about their torture methods and
others
On the other hand the CIA (before the act) was forced to
be passive due to the lack of strength that would allow it to
get secretly involved on international matters But this all
changed when the act was signed Ever since then they
adopted stronger methods to achieve their goals This
methods included torture undercover assassinations
altering other countries governments (see Pinochet) and
many more This further proves that the point of the act
was to make
the CIA stand a
chance against
the KGB by
removing any
type of
restrains from
them This can
be backed up
by the fact
that there is
information
about the
CIArsquos torture methods as well as their involvement in the
Pinochet coup and multiple tricks for spies (see image
below) The image shows one example of how the CIArsquos
methods were becoming even more similar to the KGBrsquos
due to the use of deception and espionage to gather
information or (in the case of the picture) possibly kidnap
someone to interrogate in a future occasion Thus one can
conclude that after the act was passed the CIA had similar
methodology used to achieve their goals success at all
costs
Success
This category also needs to be divided in 2 parts During the
Cold war and AFTER the cold war
During the cold war the KGB had the most success mainly
because it had been active for a longer time than the CIA
and they had no limit restrain since the start unlike the CIA
which had to wait 2 years after its creation in order to
actually be able to get involved in international matters and
be able to gather information without any restrains This
changes moderately once the famous act was passed since
it gave a mayor power increase to the CIA as well as the
ability to get involved in international problems and more
This helps the CIA reduce the effectiveness of the KGB since
now theyrsquore both unbound by rules and can provide
assistance to any event thatrsquos happening worldwide
without having to inform anyone
In the picture one can see one of the multiple Spy tactics used during the Cold war In this one the target is distracted by something trivial like lighting his cigarette while the agent secretly puts sleeping pills on the targetrsquos coffee Photo Secret CIA Magic Manual Shows Cold War Spy Tricks During Cold War American Magician Wrote Trickery and Deception Manual for CIA Phil FrankeHarper Collins
Dec 02 2009 0412 PM (abcnewsgocom)
6
After the war itrsquos simply obvious that the CIA was the
agency with the highest success because of one main
reason It hadnrsquot dissolved like the KGB did post-cold war
This proves that the CIArsquos importance was recognized by
the US government because otherwise the CIA would have
been dismantled just like the KGB was in 1991 This means
that without their main adversary the CIA was free to
eliminate any type of evidence that linked them to illegal
acts performed during the cold war while leaking the
multiple operations done by the KGB at the time
Conclusion
Concluding one can confirm that the difference between
the CIA and the KGB are close to none after the pact was
signed in 1949 since both agencies had similar powers and
werenrsquot restrained by rules or law Apart from that they
both used similar methods to obtain what they wanted
(torture to obtain information undercover mission to
change events etc) This can be confirmed by the multiple
rumors and conspiracies that rose during the Cold war era
which said that both agencies (CIA and KGB separately)
were involved in multiple assassinations and manipulation
of various governments in allied countries The only aspect
that separates them from being the same agency but with
different names would be the success they had since the
KGB was dismantled in 1991 unlike the CIA which stands
strong up to this day
So it would be correct to affirm that the CIA and the KGB
were similar in many aspects (methods functions actions
etc) with the only differences being that they belong to
different countries and that one had a higher success than
the other Itrsquos similar to brothers one looks up to the
other tries to be as good as him possibly imitates what the
older brother is doing (reason for which the act was passed
was so that the CIA could keep up with the KGB ie imitate
their methods and power) and finally becoming better than
the older brother by a long margin (the CIA stands strong
while the KGB was dissolved)
Bibliography
1 Anonymous writer Our Mission
CIA website April 12 2007 1003 PM
Last Updated Jan 03 2012 0105PM
httpswwwciagovkids-page6-12th-gradewho-we-are-what-
we-doour-missionhtml
2 JClark The History of the KGB
eHow website
httpwwwehowcomabout_5381628_history-kgbhtml
3 ThinkQuest KGB
httplibrarythinkquestorg10826kgbhtm
4 Derek Rhule The central intelligence Agency
Cold War Museum
httpwwwcoldwarorgarticles40sCentralIntelligenceAgencyC
IAasp
5 Normal Breathing Brainwashing Techniques KGB vs CIA
httpwwwnormalbreathingcombrainwashing-
techniquesphpUFaXebKTuc3
7
COLD WAR - PROPAGANDA
he Cold War lasted from the end of World
War II until the early 1990s
even though the Soviet
Union and the USA never
really had a direct battle
The cold war was
expressed by the
development of nuclear
weapons technological development
espionage and what we call ldquopropagandardquo
In this picture (on the left sidei) we can observe
two identical superheroes representing the US
and the Soviet Union It is trying to demonstrate
that both countries are equally destructive and
dangerous
When Cold War begins the ldquopropagandardquo
reappears here we want to demonstrate the
big importance of propaganda in the times
when the cold war started and the countries
who made the most interesting propaganda of
the cold war this is the question that we want to
answer Which country made the best and the
most interesting propaganda of the cold war
We also want to show the positive and negative
aspects that the propaganda created Finally
how did propaganda change the way people
thought
During the Cold War America and the Soviet
Union used propaganda to make sure that their
populations hated the enemy and wanted to
support the
government
The picture at the
leftii created by a
French anti-
communist group is trying to demonstrate that
Stalinrsquos sign of ldquopeacerdquo was not true because in
the other had he is holding a weapon
8
The next pictureiii was published a year after
Stalinrsquos death This
poster reinforces
that the Soviets
have developed
their weapons and
air-forces much
more The red stars
represent the pilotrsquos kill score
Propaganda is considered to be a
psychological manipulation technique of a
group of individuals usually known for creating
a negative influence Since the Russian
revolution to the final days of the Cold War
communists were experts at making
propaganda art Using this method the
communists won the hearts and minds of
Russian people making them see communism
as a shining and very attractive future
Most of the propaganda we see comes from
the Soviet Union or independent political activist
groups because after WWII the western
democratic states (USA) removed most of their
propaganda
But America has also created propaganda
through all periods of history They used it
particularly in times of war and international
crisis
While the USSR
showed off its
military strength
trying to impress
(see the image on
the rightiv) America
used Hollywood and media
One result of the immense anti-communism
propaganda was the persecution of many
Hollywood workers This is because there were
many secret Soviet agents that were hiding in
the American woodworking Senator Joe
McCarthy was responsible for finding them but
Strong citizens working for
motherland The BGTO
program was introduced
The boy in the picture is
holding a BGTO book
9
he also affected innocent people by making
them loose their job and not being able to find
another one Also when the television was
created The USA was able to spread
propaganda in a more easy fast and effective
way
As literature was so cheap the non-fiction books
and comics became methods to implant
propaganda These were sold very cheap and
were about superheroes defeating the
communists The story was usually about a
cowboy or soldier going against a terrible
situation but always saving the day
The non-fictional
books were very
fictional they were
always about
communism and the
reason why it was
bad It said how Soviets were waiting for any
moment to try to destroy America Comics that
were normally geared towards children took a twist-
in comic Is This Tomorrowrdquo Russians are shown
conquering
and enslaving
America
So which
country made
the most and
the best
interesting
propaganda of
the Cold War
According to
what was said above even though most of the
propaganda that we can see today comes from
the Soviet Union because of the reasons already
mentioned the US made the most interesting and
amazing propaganda using comics television
Hollywood books and posters Using all these
different strategies helped the US to make the best
propaganda
10
BIBLIOGRAPHY RESOURCES
[1] John B Whitton The American Journal of International Law Vol45 No 1 (published in January 1951) pp 151-153 Published by American Society of International Law URL httpwwwjstororgstable2194791
[2] Davidson Philip Propaganda and the American Revolution 1763-1789
Chapel Hill NC
published in 1941
URL httpwwwamericanforeignrelationscomO-WPropagandahtml
[3] Total Cold War US Propaganda in the Free World 19531960 PhD
dissertation University of California Santa Barbara Calif 2001 Many of this
essays conclusions are drawn from the original research in the dissertation
Read more Propaganda
Published in 2001
URL httpenglishrussia[3]com20060920soviet-propaganda-against-usa-
posters
[4] Politics and Film Propaganda and Its Influence during the Cold War
Heather Bullis Carnegie Vanguard High School
Published in 02082008
URL httphtimathuheducurriculumunits200802080202pdf
[5] Propaganda Merriam-Webster
Published in 11 Feb 2008
URLwwwmerriam-webstercom
Simple definition of the term used as a basic understanding for the students
[6] Soviet Propaganda cartoon DVDacutes by Cory Doctorow at 100 pm Sunday
Published in November 4
URL httpboingboingnet20071104soviet-propaganda-cahtml
MEMBERS - Victoria Borra
- Karen Rumay
- Sandra Un Jan
11
KENNEDYacuteS ASSASSINATION MYSTERY Who did it Why he was killed
By Ana Caroline Ruiz and Alexandra Granda
The Kennedys went to Dallas for JKFrsquos
campaign There were lots of people there
and the Kennedys where on a car waving
at the people The car turned off at the
Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 1230
pm the car continues to move passing the
Texas School Book Depository and
suddenly gunfire started in the plaza One
of the bullets struck in the presidentrsquos neck
and he slumped towards Mrs Kennedy
Every single person that has studied history
knows this stories is at schools books
and even movies but why Why is this
even so important in history What does
JFK had that made him different from other
killed person other president other
American And most importantly who
actually killed him
Kennedy represented hope and the
prospects for the new generation he
created an atmosphere that was different
from any other elections and therefore it
was devastating
Kennedyrsquos assassination represented the
end of an innocent time and the beginning
of a turbulent one Race relations the war in
Vietnam the threat of communism all
conspired together to make it a time of
anxiety The country and the whole world
was dividing into two the ones who wanted
to find the killer and the ones who were
hiding the killer
JFKennedy with his wife Jacqueline before
his assassination
12
The first to be accused was Lee Harvey
Oswald the man who allegedly pulled the
trigger of a rifle from the Texas School
Book Depository and was found 40
minutes Oswald denied involvement in the
killing Two days later while being
transferred to the county jail Oswald was
shot and killed by nightclub owner Jack
Ruby and then he killed himself
But why did Jack Ruby killed Oswald for
then killing himself There is a belief that
they were involved to a Mafia Contract and
that Oswald knew too much and Jack Ruby
owned a favor to the Mafia and he had no
choice still everything is a theory
There are also lots of probabilities that this
murder was a conspiracy The suspicious
people that were supposed to be involved
in this conspiracy and that will get benefit
from it are The that there could have been
an involvement from the Pentagon from
the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the FBI the
CIA and even the White House itself
because maybe President Kennedy was a
threat to their plans
A great example of how Kennedy could be
a threat was what he decided to do with the
Vietnam War The USA gave supplies
arms and every material thing that they
needed but Kennedy knew he could not get
the war further the USA was too involved
with the Vietnam War already in 1963 But
people like Vice President Johnson
opposed to the decision because they were
ambitious politicians and they could not let
communism won after what happen during
the Cold War and the Domino Theory so
there is a belief that every person that
wanted the United States to become
actively involved in the Vietnam send
someone or some people to kill Kennedy
13
However it is not only believed that the
Vietnam War was the only fact or reason
for killing Kennedy Before this there was
the Cuban Revolution Kennedy was also
involved in it and is said that because
President Kennedy did not help the Cubans
exiles in their attempt (1961) to invade
Cuba and stop the communism of Fidel
Castroacutes government he also did not
destroy Cuba on the Cuba missile crisis of
1962 this facts created a great anger from
those Cubans that believed USA would
help them and Kennedy was the one in
charge so this is a theory of why
someone would kill him
Conclusion
There are many theories on Kennedyrsquos
death and for each argument therersquos an
argument against making the research
even more difficult But the one that had
most motives and more arguments in
favor is Oswald being the one that has
more quotes videos and interviews in
other words more evidence It has being
proved that he had some psychological
issues He tried to enter the USSR it
didnrsquot worked so well and it seems that
he killed the president to gain favor with
Russians
Kennedy showing Vietnamacutes map and
what they have already done for them
Propaganda
saying how
Kennedy
should be
careful by
getting
involve with
Cuba
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiAssassination_
of_John_F_Kennedy
o httpwwwcoverupscomjfkwhohtm
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiLee_Harvey_O
swald
o httpwwwjfkmurdersolvedcomlhociahtm
o httplistversecom2007090811-
alternative-jfk-assassins
14
SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART ANDANDANDAND
CINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHY Common themes between the Two
by Valeria Jara and Jimena Suarez
here is no doubt that most people
recognize the Soviet Union for its
communist ldquoachievementsrdquo advanced
technology nuclear weapons and
several conflicts with other countries For others the
Soviet Union is also one of the main producers of
high quality films and artistic masterpieces Soviet
art amp cinematography was influenced by the
surrounding events of the time resulting in the use
of a scale of descending colors Furthermore the
artists in charge never looked to an idealized past
but always
looked into
the future
Films and
posters were
also a great
propaganda
tool This
created hatred towards any sort of Soviet art in
some groups of people claiming that by having
this purpose there was nothing ldquo artisticrdquo about
Soviet cinematography and art at all
This article aside from showing characteristics and
the history of Soviet art and Soviet cinematography
will show the main common theme that these two
share by demonstrating how important it was for the
Soviets to diffuse propaganda as much as possible
using these mediums while keeping in mind the
ldquoartisticrdquo factors of them
Cinematography
After the Union of Soviet Social Republics (USSR)
stated that films could be a useful way to spread
TSoviet propaganda against Hitler
(1)
Movie leaflet
15
propaganda considering the immense popularity that
films had among citizens several Soviet films were
developed but needed support around WWI
Once that Stalin died in 1953 censorship was
constantly applied by the government to movies with
any undesirable or politically offensive material
However now directors were free to apply whatever
they thought that the public would like to see
unlike before Stalinrsquos death where films were done
just to spread propaganda
ldquoSocial realismrdquo was finally liberalized to allow the
creation of more human characters but communism
could not be criticized at all
ldquoA revolutionary cinema for the revolutionrdquo and
ldquoExperimentation as a systemrdquo were important ideals
of the Soviet cinematography It was necessary to
show the world the triumph of the revolution in a
revolutionary way and the government was
experimenting with films to build a revolutionary
state in every single aspect (including artistically)
They investigated cinematic theories
montages the film industry as a propaganda tool and
more In fact Soviet films did cause a worldwide
revolution mainly due to the highly realistic images
and excellent use of montages it showed everyone a
new type of expression
The Soviet film industry kept in mind the diffusion
of propaganda as proven before Nonetheless in the
end it was important for everyone else the way that it
expressed the message not the actual message The
mediums that it used to achieve this that is what
impressed the rest of the world which is why Soviet
cinematography is a very important point in the
history of films in general
Art
Before 1932 Soviet art drew on futurism cubism
and abstraction These were symbolic of the
new realism being established by the government
Several
recognized artists
produced
propaganda
posters and
sculptures
considered to
be true
ldquoOf all the arts for us the most
important is cinemardquo
-Lenin (2)
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
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[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
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[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
A Word from the Editor
Why is it important to investigate and report the news The question at first seems to be too obvious or too big to
ask Yet in a time when an answer to every question is no further than a quick search on our smartphones we
should think carefully about what really is ldquonewsrdquo Truly thorough investigation and honest reporting of the news are
virtues not celebrated nearly often enough The concept of a constant relationship between power and responsibility
is a familiar one In the 21st century if the power is instant access to an unprecedented level of information never
imaginable even a generation before then the responsibility is the development of skills to filter and select that
information which has true value This magazine seeks to do precisely that ndash to develop and demonstrate the skills
necessary to investigate and report
The obvious topic of this journal is the Cold War and few topics could provide more opportunity for reporting Not
only has the Cold War changed the world we live in irreversibly but it also showcases a battle of ideologies ndash that is
ideas ndash and wherever there exists a battle of ideas there will surely be efforts to manipulate public opinion
Propaganda from the West from the East from Latin America to Russia from East Asia to the United States was so
complex that it took on (as one of our articles will argue) its own art form Never before in human history had the
stakes in a battle of ideas been so high It has been said quite accurately that the Cold War was a war of words This
provides both the need and the opportunity to closely examine a wide variety of topics and unlike most areas of
history these events have all taken place in the modern era and thus we benefit from a wide variety of sources
This Journal like any other scholarly journal has followed a specific format and each article has been peer-reviewed
The following articles were selected as the best from the 2012 9th grade class of St Georges College The work is
completely original and includes only minor editing We hope you enjoy the History Journal
Jason Fowler
Jason Fowler
Editor-in-Chief
Table of Contents
Comparing the CIA and the KGB (Eduardo Leon Henry Perez) 3
Cold War Propaganda (Victoria Borra Karen Rumay Sandra Un Jan) 7
Who killed Kennedy and why (Alexandra Granda Ana Caroline Ruiz) 11
Soviet Art and Cinematography (Valeria Jara Jimena Suarez) 14
What was Life like for Women in the Soviet Union (Valeria Paz Camila Soria) 18
Why did the Soviet Union Collapse in 1990 (Melanie Chinchayan Angie Su) 21
The Third World War was the Cold War a World War (Mariano Ranilla Jesus Vigil) 24
Does Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) work (Mayra Ochoa Cristina Zegarra) 28
What can We Learn from Chernobyl (Miguel Ju Zhu Sergio Ramirez Arturo Torres) 31
How did the US affect Argentina during the Cold War (Gabriela Gonzalez Alexandra Martinez) 37
The History Journal
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Jason Fowler
CO-EDITORS
Arturo Torres
Cristina Zegarra
3
by Henry Peacuterez and Eduardo Leon
uring the cold war the menace of nuclear
warheads caused fear and doubt in most if not all
countries This fear was so immense that the two main
countries of the moment (The USA and the USSR) began
doubting each other due to the belief that each had their
own secrets that were hidden from the world The US
feared that the USSR would take over the world by
spreading their ideals of communism while the USSR was
already afraid of the USrsquo constant aggression and their also
spreading ideal
of capitalism
For these
reasons the
US decides to
create the CIA
in 1947 This is
followed by
the USSRrsquos
creation of the
KGB in 1954
During their lifespan they both had similar goals such as
gathering up tactical information the government may need
and others Those goals were achieved in different ways
with different ranges of success Now the focus of this
article will be to compare and contrast the CIA and KGB in
terms of
1 functions
2 methods to achieve their goals and
3 their success during their active time and beyond
Functions
In terms of function one needs to make two time
comparisons During 1947-1949 the CIA had three mayor
tasks Gather information analyze the information
gathered and finally briefing the President and National
Security Council about the relevant information this means
that they had no power to make any decisions during this
time period On the other hand the KGB had different tasks
to accomplish They varied from gathering information in
other countries and protecting political leaders to
suppression of internal resistance secret operations and
managing propaganda From whatrsquos been said one could
assume that while the CIA only had the gathering of Intel as
a task the KGB had almost enough tasks to be the
government itself This lets us know that the USSRrsquos
government mightrsquove been dependant on the KGB for most
of their power and influences as well as for controlling the
population and maintaining the integrity of the USSR But
this is considering the pre-importance period of the CIA
Comparing
the CIA and
the KGB Different on the outside alike on the inside
D
A cartoon that shows the bear
(USSR) taking over the East while
Uncle Sam (US) watches in fear
4
In 1949 the Central Intelligence Agency Act was passed this
granted the CIA more powers such as the use of
confidential fiscal and administrative procedures and the
ability to use their budget in a free way with complete
secrecy This pact makes a difference in the comparison
between the CIA
and the USSR
since before it
the CIA seemed
like a ldquolibraryrdquo
since their only
vital function was
the searching of
information but
due to the
limitations it could only be inside the country In contrast
the KGB which had much more work to do than just
searching for information (which they could do worldwide
and secretly anyways) like containing internal riots and
controlling the peoplersquos way of thought by manipulating the
media But this drastic difference in power changed when
the 1949 pact was signed The boost of power given to the
CIA might have happened because the US government
noticed the effectiveness of the KGB worldwide and how
every country knew that they were watched by them( see
image below) so in an attempt to balance power between
the two mayor intelligence agencies in the world the US
government decided to give the CIA more power so that It
would be able to contend against the KGB in terms of
functionality and progress (The CIA was limited to the ways
in which they could find information) The implement in
power was successful at improving the CIArsquos reputation as it
began to rise as the powerful agency it was supposed to be
Their power rise was such that even cartoons and jokes
were made about how they saw everything
Methods
In order to achieve a successful comparison in methods we
need to take in mind that due to the CIA being active up to
this date there is few to no information about their
methods used during the cold war This is because since
they are an agency that is still active they wouldnrsquot want
anyone to find out about any possible illegal activities they
might have been involved with in the past So most of the
information regarding the CIArsquos methods wonrsquot be 100
exact
Anyways the KGB didnrsquot have anything holding it back
neither the law nor ethics This can be confirmed by looking
at the KGBrsquos functions while it was active Due to the
amount and difficulty of them and the fact that they were
indeed performed by the KGB during its active time one
can understand that there couldnrsquot have been laws
The picture shows an image that alludes to
the KGBrsquos Intel searching level It was
believed that they were so good at it that
they were actually watching everyone This
can be affirmed since up to this day some
people believe that the KGB is still running
Tony Bowden-2010(Image extracted from Flickr
site)
5
stopping the KGB since it would only hinderslow their
progress in their assignments This leads us to think that the
KGB would do anything to succeed at their mission of
securing Russiarsquos future by making it the strongest country
and also help with the spread of communism This can also
be backed up by noticing the multiple assassination
relations the KGB had during its active time and also the
multiple information about their torture methods and
others
On the other hand the CIA (before the act) was forced to
be passive due to the lack of strength that would allow it to
get secretly involved on international matters But this all
changed when the act was signed Ever since then they
adopted stronger methods to achieve their goals This
methods included torture undercover assassinations
altering other countries governments (see Pinochet) and
many more This further proves that the point of the act
was to make
the CIA stand a
chance against
the KGB by
removing any
type of
restrains from
them This can
be backed up
by the fact
that there is
information
about the
CIArsquos torture methods as well as their involvement in the
Pinochet coup and multiple tricks for spies (see image
below) The image shows one example of how the CIArsquos
methods were becoming even more similar to the KGBrsquos
due to the use of deception and espionage to gather
information or (in the case of the picture) possibly kidnap
someone to interrogate in a future occasion Thus one can
conclude that after the act was passed the CIA had similar
methodology used to achieve their goals success at all
costs
Success
This category also needs to be divided in 2 parts During the
Cold war and AFTER the cold war
During the cold war the KGB had the most success mainly
because it had been active for a longer time than the CIA
and they had no limit restrain since the start unlike the CIA
which had to wait 2 years after its creation in order to
actually be able to get involved in international matters and
be able to gather information without any restrains This
changes moderately once the famous act was passed since
it gave a mayor power increase to the CIA as well as the
ability to get involved in international problems and more
This helps the CIA reduce the effectiveness of the KGB since
now theyrsquore both unbound by rules and can provide
assistance to any event thatrsquos happening worldwide
without having to inform anyone
In the picture one can see one of the multiple Spy tactics used during the Cold war In this one the target is distracted by something trivial like lighting his cigarette while the agent secretly puts sleeping pills on the targetrsquos coffee Photo Secret CIA Magic Manual Shows Cold War Spy Tricks During Cold War American Magician Wrote Trickery and Deception Manual for CIA Phil FrankeHarper Collins
Dec 02 2009 0412 PM (abcnewsgocom)
6
After the war itrsquos simply obvious that the CIA was the
agency with the highest success because of one main
reason It hadnrsquot dissolved like the KGB did post-cold war
This proves that the CIArsquos importance was recognized by
the US government because otherwise the CIA would have
been dismantled just like the KGB was in 1991 This means
that without their main adversary the CIA was free to
eliminate any type of evidence that linked them to illegal
acts performed during the cold war while leaking the
multiple operations done by the KGB at the time
Conclusion
Concluding one can confirm that the difference between
the CIA and the KGB are close to none after the pact was
signed in 1949 since both agencies had similar powers and
werenrsquot restrained by rules or law Apart from that they
both used similar methods to obtain what they wanted
(torture to obtain information undercover mission to
change events etc) This can be confirmed by the multiple
rumors and conspiracies that rose during the Cold war era
which said that both agencies (CIA and KGB separately)
were involved in multiple assassinations and manipulation
of various governments in allied countries The only aspect
that separates them from being the same agency but with
different names would be the success they had since the
KGB was dismantled in 1991 unlike the CIA which stands
strong up to this day
So it would be correct to affirm that the CIA and the KGB
were similar in many aspects (methods functions actions
etc) with the only differences being that they belong to
different countries and that one had a higher success than
the other Itrsquos similar to brothers one looks up to the
other tries to be as good as him possibly imitates what the
older brother is doing (reason for which the act was passed
was so that the CIA could keep up with the KGB ie imitate
their methods and power) and finally becoming better than
the older brother by a long margin (the CIA stands strong
while the KGB was dissolved)
Bibliography
1 Anonymous writer Our Mission
CIA website April 12 2007 1003 PM
Last Updated Jan 03 2012 0105PM
httpswwwciagovkids-page6-12th-gradewho-we-are-what-
we-doour-missionhtml
2 JClark The History of the KGB
eHow website
httpwwwehowcomabout_5381628_history-kgbhtml
3 ThinkQuest KGB
httplibrarythinkquestorg10826kgbhtm
4 Derek Rhule The central intelligence Agency
Cold War Museum
httpwwwcoldwarorgarticles40sCentralIntelligenceAgencyC
IAasp
5 Normal Breathing Brainwashing Techniques KGB vs CIA
httpwwwnormalbreathingcombrainwashing-
techniquesphpUFaXebKTuc3
7
COLD WAR - PROPAGANDA
he Cold War lasted from the end of World
War II until the early 1990s
even though the Soviet
Union and the USA never
really had a direct battle
The cold war was
expressed by the
development of nuclear
weapons technological development
espionage and what we call ldquopropagandardquo
In this picture (on the left sidei) we can observe
two identical superheroes representing the US
and the Soviet Union It is trying to demonstrate
that both countries are equally destructive and
dangerous
When Cold War begins the ldquopropagandardquo
reappears here we want to demonstrate the
big importance of propaganda in the times
when the cold war started and the countries
who made the most interesting propaganda of
the cold war this is the question that we want to
answer Which country made the best and the
most interesting propaganda of the cold war
We also want to show the positive and negative
aspects that the propaganda created Finally
how did propaganda change the way people
thought
During the Cold War America and the Soviet
Union used propaganda to make sure that their
populations hated the enemy and wanted to
support the
government
The picture at the
leftii created by a
French anti-
communist group is trying to demonstrate that
Stalinrsquos sign of ldquopeacerdquo was not true because in
the other had he is holding a weapon
8
The next pictureiii was published a year after
Stalinrsquos death This
poster reinforces
that the Soviets
have developed
their weapons and
air-forces much
more The red stars
represent the pilotrsquos kill score
Propaganda is considered to be a
psychological manipulation technique of a
group of individuals usually known for creating
a negative influence Since the Russian
revolution to the final days of the Cold War
communists were experts at making
propaganda art Using this method the
communists won the hearts and minds of
Russian people making them see communism
as a shining and very attractive future
Most of the propaganda we see comes from
the Soviet Union or independent political activist
groups because after WWII the western
democratic states (USA) removed most of their
propaganda
But America has also created propaganda
through all periods of history They used it
particularly in times of war and international
crisis
While the USSR
showed off its
military strength
trying to impress
(see the image on
the rightiv) America
used Hollywood and media
One result of the immense anti-communism
propaganda was the persecution of many
Hollywood workers This is because there were
many secret Soviet agents that were hiding in
the American woodworking Senator Joe
McCarthy was responsible for finding them but
Strong citizens working for
motherland The BGTO
program was introduced
The boy in the picture is
holding a BGTO book
9
he also affected innocent people by making
them loose their job and not being able to find
another one Also when the television was
created The USA was able to spread
propaganda in a more easy fast and effective
way
As literature was so cheap the non-fiction books
and comics became methods to implant
propaganda These were sold very cheap and
were about superheroes defeating the
communists The story was usually about a
cowboy or soldier going against a terrible
situation but always saving the day
The non-fictional
books were very
fictional they were
always about
communism and the
reason why it was
bad It said how Soviets were waiting for any
moment to try to destroy America Comics that
were normally geared towards children took a twist-
in comic Is This Tomorrowrdquo Russians are shown
conquering
and enslaving
America
So which
country made
the most and
the best
interesting
propaganda of
the Cold War
According to
what was said above even though most of the
propaganda that we can see today comes from
the Soviet Union because of the reasons already
mentioned the US made the most interesting and
amazing propaganda using comics television
Hollywood books and posters Using all these
different strategies helped the US to make the best
propaganda
10
BIBLIOGRAPHY RESOURCES
[1] John B Whitton The American Journal of International Law Vol45 No 1 (published in January 1951) pp 151-153 Published by American Society of International Law URL httpwwwjstororgstable2194791
[2] Davidson Philip Propaganda and the American Revolution 1763-1789
Chapel Hill NC
published in 1941
URL httpwwwamericanforeignrelationscomO-WPropagandahtml
[3] Total Cold War US Propaganda in the Free World 19531960 PhD
dissertation University of California Santa Barbara Calif 2001 Many of this
essays conclusions are drawn from the original research in the dissertation
Read more Propaganda
Published in 2001
URL httpenglishrussia[3]com20060920soviet-propaganda-against-usa-
posters
[4] Politics and Film Propaganda and Its Influence during the Cold War
Heather Bullis Carnegie Vanguard High School
Published in 02082008
URL httphtimathuheducurriculumunits200802080202pdf
[5] Propaganda Merriam-Webster
Published in 11 Feb 2008
URLwwwmerriam-webstercom
Simple definition of the term used as a basic understanding for the students
[6] Soviet Propaganda cartoon DVDacutes by Cory Doctorow at 100 pm Sunday
Published in November 4
URL httpboingboingnet20071104soviet-propaganda-cahtml
MEMBERS - Victoria Borra
- Karen Rumay
- Sandra Un Jan
11
KENNEDYacuteS ASSASSINATION MYSTERY Who did it Why he was killed
By Ana Caroline Ruiz and Alexandra Granda
The Kennedys went to Dallas for JKFrsquos
campaign There were lots of people there
and the Kennedys where on a car waving
at the people The car turned off at the
Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 1230
pm the car continues to move passing the
Texas School Book Depository and
suddenly gunfire started in the plaza One
of the bullets struck in the presidentrsquos neck
and he slumped towards Mrs Kennedy
Every single person that has studied history
knows this stories is at schools books
and even movies but why Why is this
even so important in history What does
JFK had that made him different from other
killed person other president other
American And most importantly who
actually killed him
Kennedy represented hope and the
prospects for the new generation he
created an atmosphere that was different
from any other elections and therefore it
was devastating
Kennedyrsquos assassination represented the
end of an innocent time and the beginning
of a turbulent one Race relations the war in
Vietnam the threat of communism all
conspired together to make it a time of
anxiety The country and the whole world
was dividing into two the ones who wanted
to find the killer and the ones who were
hiding the killer
JFKennedy with his wife Jacqueline before
his assassination
12
The first to be accused was Lee Harvey
Oswald the man who allegedly pulled the
trigger of a rifle from the Texas School
Book Depository and was found 40
minutes Oswald denied involvement in the
killing Two days later while being
transferred to the county jail Oswald was
shot and killed by nightclub owner Jack
Ruby and then he killed himself
But why did Jack Ruby killed Oswald for
then killing himself There is a belief that
they were involved to a Mafia Contract and
that Oswald knew too much and Jack Ruby
owned a favor to the Mafia and he had no
choice still everything is a theory
There are also lots of probabilities that this
murder was a conspiracy The suspicious
people that were supposed to be involved
in this conspiracy and that will get benefit
from it are The that there could have been
an involvement from the Pentagon from
the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the FBI the
CIA and even the White House itself
because maybe President Kennedy was a
threat to their plans
A great example of how Kennedy could be
a threat was what he decided to do with the
Vietnam War The USA gave supplies
arms and every material thing that they
needed but Kennedy knew he could not get
the war further the USA was too involved
with the Vietnam War already in 1963 But
people like Vice President Johnson
opposed to the decision because they were
ambitious politicians and they could not let
communism won after what happen during
the Cold War and the Domino Theory so
there is a belief that every person that
wanted the United States to become
actively involved in the Vietnam send
someone or some people to kill Kennedy
13
However it is not only believed that the
Vietnam War was the only fact or reason
for killing Kennedy Before this there was
the Cuban Revolution Kennedy was also
involved in it and is said that because
President Kennedy did not help the Cubans
exiles in their attempt (1961) to invade
Cuba and stop the communism of Fidel
Castroacutes government he also did not
destroy Cuba on the Cuba missile crisis of
1962 this facts created a great anger from
those Cubans that believed USA would
help them and Kennedy was the one in
charge so this is a theory of why
someone would kill him
Conclusion
There are many theories on Kennedyrsquos
death and for each argument therersquos an
argument against making the research
even more difficult But the one that had
most motives and more arguments in
favor is Oswald being the one that has
more quotes videos and interviews in
other words more evidence It has being
proved that he had some psychological
issues He tried to enter the USSR it
didnrsquot worked so well and it seems that
he killed the president to gain favor with
Russians
Kennedy showing Vietnamacutes map and
what they have already done for them
Propaganda
saying how
Kennedy
should be
careful by
getting
involve with
Cuba
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiAssassination_
of_John_F_Kennedy
o httpwwwcoverupscomjfkwhohtm
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiLee_Harvey_O
swald
o httpwwwjfkmurdersolvedcomlhociahtm
o httplistversecom2007090811-
alternative-jfk-assassins
14
SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART ANDANDANDAND
CINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHY Common themes between the Two
by Valeria Jara and Jimena Suarez
here is no doubt that most people
recognize the Soviet Union for its
communist ldquoachievementsrdquo advanced
technology nuclear weapons and
several conflicts with other countries For others the
Soviet Union is also one of the main producers of
high quality films and artistic masterpieces Soviet
art amp cinematography was influenced by the
surrounding events of the time resulting in the use
of a scale of descending colors Furthermore the
artists in charge never looked to an idealized past
but always
looked into
the future
Films and
posters were
also a great
propaganda
tool This
created hatred towards any sort of Soviet art in
some groups of people claiming that by having
this purpose there was nothing ldquo artisticrdquo about
Soviet cinematography and art at all
This article aside from showing characteristics and
the history of Soviet art and Soviet cinematography
will show the main common theme that these two
share by demonstrating how important it was for the
Soviets to diffuse propaganda as much as possible
using these mediums while keeping in mind the
ldquoartisticrdquo factors of them
Cinematography
After the Union of Soviet Social Republics (USSR)
stated that films could be a useful way to spread
TSoviet propaganda against Hitler
(1)
Movie leaflet
15
propaganda considering the immense popularity that
films had among citizens several Soviet films were
developed but needed support around WWI
Once that Stalin died in 1953 censorship was
constantly applied by the government to movies with
any undesirable or politically offensive material
However now directors were free to apply whatever
they thought that the public would like to see
unlike before Stalinrsquos death where films were done
just to spread propaganda
ldquoSocial realismrdquo was finally liberalized to allow the
creation of more human characters but communism
could not be criticized at all
ldquoA revolutionary cinema for the revolutionrdquo and
ldquoExperimentation as a systemrdquo were important ideals
of the Soviet cinematography It was necessary to
show the world the triumph of the revolution in a
revolutionary way and the government was
experimenting with films to build a revolutionary
state in every single aspect (including artistically)
They investigated cinematic theories
montages the film industry as a propaganda tool and
more In fact Soviet films did cause a worldwide
revolution mainly due to the highly realistic images
and excellent use of montages it showed everyone a
new type of expression
The Soviet film industry kept in mind the diffusion
of propaganda as proven before Nonetheless in the
end it was important for everyone else the way that it
expressed the message not the actual message The
mediums that it used to achieve this that is what
impressed the rest of the world which is why Soviet
cinematography is a very important point in the
history of films in general
Art
Before 1932 Soviet art drew on futurism cubism
and abstraction These were symbolic of the
new realism being established by the government
Several
recognized artists
produced
propaganda
posters and
sculptures
considered to
be true
ldquoOf all the arts for us the most
important is cinemardquo
-Lenin (2)
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
Table of Contents
Comparing the CIA and the KGB (Eduardo Leon Henry Perez) 3
Cold War Propaganda (Victoria Borra Karen Rumay Sandra Un Jan) 7
Who killed Kennedy and why (Alexandra Granda Ana Caroline Ruiz) 11
Soviet Art and Cinematography (Valeria Jara Jimena Suarez) 14
What was Life like for Women in the Soviet Union (Valeria Paz Camila Soria) 18
Why did the Soviet Union Collapse in 1990 (Melanie Chinchayan Angie Su) 21
The Third World War was the Cold War a World War (Mariano Ranilla Jesus Vigil) 24
Does Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) work (Mayra Ochoa Cristina Zegarra) 28
What can We Learn from Chernobyl (Miguel Ju Zhu Sergio Ramirez Arturo Torres) 31
How did the US affect Argentina during the Cold War (Gabriela Gonzalez Alexandra Martinez) 37
The History Journal
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Jason Fowler
CO-EDITORS
Arturo Torres
Cristina Zegarra
3
by Henry Peacuterez and Eduardo Leon
uring the cold war the menace of nuclear
warheads caused fear and doubt in most if not all
countries This fear was so immense that the two main
countries of the moment (The USA and the USSR) began
doubting each other due to the belief that each had their
own secrets that were hidden from the world The US
feared that the USSR would take over the world by
spreading their ideals of communism while the USSR was
already afraid of the USrsquo constant aggression and their also
spreading ideal
of capitalism
For these
reasons the
US decides to
create the CIA
in 1947 This is
followed by
the USSRrsquos
creation of the
KGB in 1954
During their lifespan they both had similar goals such as
gathering up tactical information the government may need
and others Those goals were achieved in different ways
with different ranges of success Now the focus of this
article will be to compare and contrast the CIA and KGB in
terms of
1 functions
2 methods to achieve their goals and
3 their success during their active time and beyond
Functions
In terms of function one needs to make two time
comparisons During 1947-1949 the CIA had three mayor
tasks Gather information analyze the information
gathered and finally briefing the President and National
Security Council about the relevant information this means
that they had no power to make any decisions during this
time period On the other hand the KGB had different tasks
to accomplish They varied from gathering information in
other countries and protecting political leaders to
suppression of internal resistance secret operations and
managing propaganda From whatrsquos been said one could
assume that while the CIA only had the gathering of Intel as
a task the KGB had almost enough tasks to be the
government itself This lets us know that the USSRrsquos
government mightrsquove been dependant on the KGB for most
of their power and influences as well as for controlling the
population and maintaining the integrity of the USSR But
this is considering the pre-importance period of the CIA
Comparing
the CIA and
the KGB Different on the outside alike on the inside
D
A cartoon that shows the bear
(USSR) taking over the East while
Uncle Sam (US) watches in fear
4
In 1949 the Central Intelligence Agency Act was passed this
granted the CIA more powers such as the use of
confidential fiscal and administrative procedures and the
ability to use their budget in a free way with complete
secrecy This pact makes a difference in the comparison
between the CIA
and the USSR
since before it
the CIA seemed
like a ldquolibraryrdquo
since their only
vital function was
the searching of
information but
due to the
limitations it could only be inside the country In contrast
the KGB which had much more work to do than just
searching for information (which they could do worldwide
and secretly anyways) like containing internal riots and
controlling the peoplersquos way of thought by manipulating the
media But this drastic difference in power changed when
the 1949 pact was signed The boost of power given to the
CIA might have happened because the US government
noticed the effectiveness of the KGB worldwide and how
every country knew that they were watched by them( see
image below) so in an attempt to balance power between
the two mayor intelligence agencies in the world the US
government decided to give the CIA more power so that It
would be able to contend against the KGB in terms of
functionality and progress (The CIA was limited to the ways
in which they could find information) The implement in
power was successful at improving the CIArsquos reputation as it
began to rise as the powerful agency it was supposed to be
Their power rise was such that even cartoons and jokes
were made about how they saw everything
Methods
In order to achieve a successful comparison in methods we
need to take in mind that due to the CIA being active up to
this date there is few to no information about their
methods used during the cold war This is because since
they are an agency that is still active they wouldnrsquot want
anyone to find out about any possible illegal activities they
might have been involved with in the past So most of the
information regarding the CIArsquos methods wonrsquot be 100
exact
Anyways the KGB didnrsquot have anything holding it back
neither the law nor ethics This can be confirmed by looking
at the KGBrsquos functions while it was active Due to the
amount and difficulty of them and the fact that they were
indeed performed by the KGB during its active time one
can understand that there couldnrsquot have been laws
The picture shows an image that alludes to
the KGBrsquos Intel searching level It was
believed that they were so good at it that
they were actually watching everyone This
can be affirmed since up to this day some
people believe that the KGB is still running
Tony Bowden-2010(Image extracted from Flickr
site)
5
stopping the KGB since it would only hinderslow their
progress in their assignments This leads us to think that the
KGB would do anything to succeed at their mission of
securing Russiarsquos future by making it the strongest country
and also help with the spread of communism This can also
be backed up by noticing the multiple assassination
relations the KGB had during its active time and also the
multiple information about their torture methods and
others
On the other hand the CIA (before the act) was forced to
be passive due to the lack of strength that would allow it to
get secretly involved on international matters But this all
changed when the act was signed Ever since then they
adopted stronger methods to achieve their goals This
methods included torture undercover assassinations
altering other countries governments (see Pinochet) and
many more This further proves that the point of the act
was to make
the CIA stand a
chance against
the KGB by
removing any
type of
restrains from
them This can
be backed up
by the fact
that there is
information
about the
CIArsquos torture methods as well as their involvement in the
Pinochet coup and multiple tricks for spies (see image
below) The image shows one example of how the CIArsquos
methods were becoming even more similar to the KGBrsquos
due to the use of deception and espionage to gather
information or (in the case of the picture) possibly kidnap
someone to interrogate in a future occasion Thus one can
conclude that after the act was passed the CIA had similar
methodology used to achieve their goals success at all
costs
Success
This category also needs to be divided in 2 parts During the
Cold war and AFTER the cold war
During the cold war the KGB had the most success mainly
because it had been active for a longer time than the CIA
and they had no limit restrain since the start unlike the CIA
which had to wait 2 years after its creation in order to
actually be able to get involved in international matters and
be able to gather information without any restrains This
changes moderately once the famous act was passed since
it gave a mayor power increase to the CIA as well as the
ability to get involved in international problems and more
This helps the CIA reduce the effectiveness of the KGB since
now theyrsquore both unbound by rules and can provide
assistance to any event thatrsquos happening worldwide
without having to inform anyone
In the picture one can see one of the multiple Spy tactics used during the Cold war In this one the target is distracted by something trivial like lighting his cigarette while the agent secretly puts sleeping pills on the targetrsquos coffee Photo Secret CIA Magic Manual Shows Cold War Spy Tricks During Cold War American Magician Wrote Trickery and Deception Manual for CIA Phil FrankeHarper Collins
Dec 02 2009 0412 PM (abcnewsgocom)
6
After the war itrsquos simply obvious that the CIA was the
agency with the highest success because of one main
reason It hadnrsquot dissolved like the KGB did post-cold war
This proves that the CIArsquos importance was recognized by
the US government because otherwise the CIA would have
been dismantled just like the KGB was in 1991 This means
that without their main adversary the CIA was free to
eliminate any type of evidence that linked them to illegal
acts performed during the cold war while leaking the
multiple operations done by the KGB at the time
Conclusion
Concluding one can confirm that the difference between
the CIA and the KGB are close to none after the pact was
signed in 1949 since both agencies had similar powers and
werenrsquot restrained by rules or law Apart from that they
both used similar methods to obtain what they wanted
(torture to obtain information undercover mission to
change events etc) This can be confirmed by the multiple
rumors and conspiracies that rose during the Cold war era
which said that both agencies (CIA and KGB separately)
were involved in multiple assassinations and manipulation
of various governments in allied countries The only aspect
that separates them from being the same agency but with
different names would be the success they had since the
KGB was dismantled in 1991 unlike the CIA which stands
strong up to this day
So it would be correct to affirm that the CIA and the KGB
were similar in many aspects (methods functions actions
etc) with the only differences being that they belong to
different countries and that one had a higher success than
the other Itrsquos similar to brothers one looks up to the
other tries to be as good as him possibly imitates what the
older brother is doing (reason for which the act was passed
was so that the CIA could keep up with the KGB ie imitate
their methods and power) and finally becoming better than
the older brother by a long margin (the CIA stands strong
while the KGB was dissolved)
Bibliography
1 Anonymous writer Our Mission
CIA website April 12 2007 1003 PM
Last Updated Jan 03 2012 0105PM
httpswwwciagovkids-page6-12th-gradewho-we-are-what-
we-doour-missionhtml
2 JClark The History of the KGB
eHow website
httpwwwehowcomabout_5381628_history-kgbhtml
3 ThinkQuest KGB
httplibrarythinkquestorg10826kgbhtm
4 Derek Rhule The central intelligence Agency
Cold War Museum
httpwwwcoldwarorgarticles40sCentralIntelligenceAgencyC
IAasp
5 Normal Breathing Brainwashing Techniques KGB vs CIA
httpwwwnormalbreathingcombrainwashing-
techniquesphpUFaXebKTuc3
7
COLD WAR - PROPAGANDA
he Cold War lasted from the end of World
War II until the early 1990s
even though the Soviet
Union and the USA never
really had a direct battle
The cold war was
expressed by the
development of nuclear
weapons technological development
espionage and what we call ldquopropagandardquo
In this picture (on the left sidei) we can observe
two identical superheroes representing the US
and the Soviet Union It is trying to demonstrate
that both countries are equally destructive and
dangerous
When Cold War begins the ldquopropagandardquo
reappears here we want to demonstrate the
big importance of propaganda in the times
when the cold war started and the countries
who made the most interesting propaganda of
the cold war this is the question that we want to
answer Which country made the best and the
most interesting propaganda of the cold war
We also want to show the positive and negative
aspects that the propaganda created Finally
how did propaganda change the way people
thought
During the Cold War America and the Soviet
Union used propaganda to make sure that their
populations hated the enemy and wanted to
support the
government
The picture at the
leftii created by a
French anti-
communist group is trying to demonstrate that
Stalinrsquos sign of ldquopeacerdquo was not true because in
the other had he is holding a weapon
8
The next pictureiii was published a year after
Stalinrsquos death This
poster reinforces
that the Soviets
have developed
their weapons and
air-forces much
more The red stars
represent the pilotrsquos kill score
Propaganda is considered to be a
psychological manipulation technique of a
group of individuals usually known for creating
a negative influence Since the Russian
revolution to the final days of the Cold War
communists were experts at making
propaganda art Using this method the
communists won the hearts and minds of
Russian people making them see communism
as a shining and very attractive future
Most of the propaganda we see comes from
the Soviet Union or independent political activist
groups because after WWII the western
democratic states (USA) removed most of their
propaganda
But America has also created propaganda
through all periods of history They used it
particularly in times of war and international
crisis
While the USSR
showed off its
military strength
trying to impress
(see the image on
the rightiv) America
used Hollywood and media
One result of the immense anti-communism
propaganda was the persecution of many
Hollywood workers This is because there were
many secret Soviet agents that were hiding in
the American woodworking Senator Joe
McCarthy was responsible for finding them but
Strong citizens working for
motherland The BGTO
program was introduced
The boy in the picture is
holding a BGTO book
9
he also affected innocent people by making
them loose their job and not being able to find
another one Also when the television was
created The USA was able to spread
propaganda in a more easy fast and effective
way
As literature was so cheap the non-fiction books
and comics became methods to implant
propaganda These were sold very cheap and
were about superheroes defeating the
communists The story was usually about a
cowboy or soldier going against a terrible
situation but always saving the day
The non-fictional
books were very
fictional they were
always about
communism and the
reason why it was
bad It said how Soviets were waiting for any
moment to try to destroy America Comics that
were normally geared towards children took a twist-
in comic Is This Tomorrowrdquo Russians are shown
conquering
and enslaving
America
So which
country made
the most and
the best
interesting
propaganda of
the Cold War
According to
what was said above even though most of the
propaganda that we can see today comes from
the Soviet Union because of the reasons already
mentioned the US made the most interesting and
amazing propaganda using comics television
Hollywood books and posters Using all these
different strategies helped the US to make the best
propaganda
10
BIBLIOGRAPHY RESOURCES
[1] John B Whitton The American Journal of International Law Vol45 No 1 (published in January 1951) pp 151-153 Published by American Society of International Law URL httpwwwjstororgstable2194791
[2] Davidson Philip Propaganda and the American Revolution 1763-1789
Chapel Hill NC
published in 1941
URL httpwwwamericanforeignrelationscomO-WPropagandahtml
[3] Total Cold War US Propaganda in the Free World 19531960 PhD
dissertation University of California Santa Barbara Calif 2001 Many of this
essays conclusions are drawn from the original research in the dissertation
Read more Propaganda
Published in 2001
URL httpenglishrussia[3]com20060920soviet-propaganda-against-usa-
posters
[4] Politics and Film Propaganda and Its Influence during the Cold War
Heather Bullis Carnegie Vanguard High School
Published in 02082008
URL httphtimathuheducurriculumunits200802080202pdf
[5] Propaganda Merriam-Webster
Published in 11 Feb 2008
URLwwwmerriam-webstercom
Simple definition of the term used as a basic understanding for the students
[6] Soviet Propaganda cartoon DVDacutes by Cory Doctorow at 100 pm Sunday
Published in November 4
URL httpboingboingnet20071104soviet-propaganda-cahtml
MEMBERS - Victoria Borra
- Karen Rumay
- Sandra Un Jan
11
KENNEDYacuteS ASSASSINATION MYSTERY Who did it Why he was killed
By Ana Caroline Ruiz and Alexandra Granda
The Kennedys went to Dallas for JKFrsquos
campaign There were lots of people there
and the Kennedys where on a car waving
at the people The car turned off at the
Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 1230
pm the car continues to move passing the
Texas School Book Depository and
suddenly gunfire started in the plaza One
of the bullets struck in the presidentrsquos neck
and he slumped towards Mrs Kennedy
Every single person that has studied history
knows this stories is at schools books
and even movies but why Why is this
even so important in history What does
JFK had that made him different from other
killed person other president other
American And most importantly who
actually killed him
Kennedy represented hope and the
prospects for the new generation he
created an atmosphere that was different
from any other elections and therefore it
was devastating
Kennedyrsquos assassination represented the
end of an innocent time and the beginning
of a turbulent one Race relations the war in
Vietnam the threat of communism all
conspired together to make it a time of
anxiety The country and the whole world
was dividing into two the ones who wanted
to find the killer and the ones who were
hiding the killer
JFKennedy with his wife Jacqueline before
his assassination
12
The first to be accused was Lee Harvey
Oswald the man who allegedly pulled the
trigger of a rifle from the Texas School
Book Depository and was found 40
minutes Oswald denied involvement in the
killing Two days later while being
transferred to the county jail Oswald was
shot and killed by nightclub owner Jack
Ruby and then he killed himself
But why did Jack Ruby killed Oswald for
then killing himself There is a belief that
they were involved to a Mafia Contract and
that Oswald knew too much and Jack Ruby
owned a favor to the Mafia and he had no
choice still everything is a theory
There are also lots of probabilities that this
murder was a conspiracy The suspicious
people that were supposed to be involved
in this conspiracy and that will get benefit
from it are The that there could have been
an involvement from the Pentagon from
the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the FBI the
CIA and even the White House itself
because maybe President Kennedy was a
threat to their plans
A great example of how Kennedy could be
a threat was what he decided to do with the
Vietnam War The USA gave supplies
arms and every material thing that they
needed but Kennedy knew he could not get
the war further the USA was too involved
with the Vietnam War already in 1963 But
people like Vice President Johnson
opposed to the decision because they were
ambitious politicians and they could not let
communism won after what happen during
the Cold War and the Domino Theory so
there is a belief that every person that
wanted the United States to become
actively involved in the Vietnam send
someone or some people to kill Kennedy
13
However it is not only believed that the
Vietnam War was the only fact or reason
for killing Kennedy Before this there was
the Cuban Revolution Kennedy was also
involved in it and is said that because
President Kennedy did not help the Cubans
exiles in their attempt (1961) to invade
Cuba and stop the communism of Fidel
Castroacutes government he also did not
destroy Cuba on the Cuba missile crisis of
1962 this facts created a great anger from
those Cubans that believed USA would
help them and Kennedy was the one in
charge so this is a theory of why
someone would kill him
Conclusion
There are many theories on Kennedyrsquos
death and for each argument therersquos an
argument against making the research
even more difficult But the one that had
most motives and more arguments in
favor is Oswald being the one that has
more quotes videos and interviews in
other words more evidence It has being
proved that he had some psychological
issues He tried to enter the USSR it
didnrsquot worked so well and it seems that
he killed the president to gain favor with
Russians
Kennedy showing Vietnamacutes map and
what they have already done for them
Propaganda
saying how
Kennedy
should be
careful by
getting
involve with
Cuba
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiAssassination_
of_John_F_Kennedy
o httpwwwcoverupscomjfkwhohtm
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiLee_Harvey_O
swald
o httpwwwjfkmurdersolvedcomlhociahtm
o httplistversecom2007090811-
alternative-jfk-assassins
14
SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART ANDANDANDAND
CINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHY Common themes between the Two
by Valeria Jara and Jimena Suarez
here is no doubt that most people
recognize the Soviet Union for its
communist ldquoachievementsrdquo advanced
technology nuclear weapons and
several conflicts with other countries For others the
Soviet Union is also one of the main producers of
high quality films and artistic masterpieces Soviet
art amp cinematography was influenced by the
surrounding events of the time resulting in the use
of a scale of descending colors Furthermore the
artists in charge never looked to an idealized past
but always
looked into
the future
Films and
posters were
also a great
propaganda
tool This
created hatred towards any sort of Soviet art in
some groups of people claiming that by having
this purpose there was nothing ldquo artisticrdquo about
Soviet cinematography and art at all
This article aside from showing characteristics and
the history of Soviet art and Soviet cinematography
will show the main common theme that these two
share by demonstrating how important it was for the
Soviets to diffuse propaganda as much as possible
using these mediums while keeping in mind the
ldquoartisticrdquo factors of them
Cinematography
After the Union of Soviet Social Republics (USSR)
stated that films could be a useful way to spread
TSoviet propaganda against Hitler
(1)
Movie leaflet
15
propaganda considering the immense popularity that
films had among citizens several Soviet films were
developed but needed support around WWI
Once that Stalin died in 1953 censorship was
constantly applied by the government to movies with
any undesirable or politically offensive material
However now directors were free to apply whatever
they thought that the public would like to see
unlike before Stalinrsquos death where films were done
just to spread propaganda
ldquoSocial realismrdquo was finally liberalized to allow the
creation of more human characters but communism
could not be criticized at all
ldquoA revolutionary cinema for the revolutionrdquo and
ldquoExperimentation as a systemrdquo were important ideals
of the Soviet cinematography It was necessary to
show the world the triumph of the revolution in a
revolutionary way and the government was
experimenting with films to build a revolutionary
state in every single aspect (including artistically)
They investigated cinematic theories
montages the film industry as a propaganda tool and
more In fact Soviet films did cause a worldwide
revolution mainly due to the highly realistic images
and excellent use of montages it showed everyone a
new type of expression
The Soviet film industry kept in mind the diffusion
of propaganda as proven before Nonetheless in the
end it was important for everyone else the way that it
expressed the message not the actual message The
mediums that it used to achieve this that is what
impressed the rest of the world which is why Soviet
cinematography is a very important point in the
history of films in general
Art
Before 1932 Soviet art drew on futurism cubism
and abstraction These were symbolic of the
new realism being established by the government
Several
recognized artists
produced
propaganda
posters and
sculptures
considered to
be true
ldquoOf all the arts for us the most
important is cinemardquo
-Lenin (2)
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
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[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
3
by Henry Peacuterez and Eduardo Leon
uring the cold war the menace of nuclear
warheads caused fear and doubt in most if not all
countries This fear was so immense that the two main
countries of the moment (The USA and the USSR) began
doubting each other due to the belief that each had their
own secrets that were hidden from the world The US
feared that the USSR would take over the world by
spreading their ideals of communism while the USSR was
already afraid of the USrsquo constant aggression and their also
spreading ideal
of capitalism
For these
reasons the
US decides to
create the CIA
in 1947 This is
followed by
the USSRrsquos
creation of the
KGB in 1954
During their lifespan they both had similar goals such as
gathering up tactical information the government may need
and others Those goals were achieved in different ways
with different ranges of success Now the focus of this
article will be to compare and contrast the CIA and KGB in
terms of
1 functions
2 methods to achieve their goals and
3 their success during their active time and beyond
Functions
In terms of function one needs to make two time
comparisons During 1947-1949 the CIA had three mayor
tasks Gather information analyze the information
gathered and finally briefing the President and National
Security Council about the relevant information this means
that they had no power to make any decisions during this
time period On the other hand the KGB had different tasks
to accomplish They varied from gathering information in
other countries and protecting political leaders to
suppression of internal resistance secret operations and
managing propaganda From whatrsquos been said one could
assume that while the CIA only had the gathering of Intel as
a task the KGB had almost enough tasks to be the
government itself This lets us know that the USSRrsquos
government mightrsquove been dependant on the KGB for most
of their power and influences as well as for controlling the
population and maintaining the integrity of the USSR But
this is considering the pre-importance period of the CIA
Comparing
the CIA and
the KGB Different on the outside alike on the inside
D
A cartoon that shows the bear
(USSR) taking over the East while
Uncle Sam (US) watches in fear
4
In 1949 the Central Intelligence Agency Act was passed this
granted the CIA more powers such as the use of
confidential fiscal and administrative procedures and the
ability to use their budget in a free way with complete
secrecy This pact makes a difference in the comparison
between the CIA
and the USSR
since before it
the CIA seemed
like a ldquolibraryrdquo
since their only
vital function was
the searching of
information but
due to the
limitations it could only be inside the country In contrast
the KGB which had much more work to do than just
searching for information (which they could do worldwide
and secretly anyways) like containing internal riots and
controlling the peoplersquos way of thought by manipulating the
media But this drastic difference in power changed when
the 1949 pact was signed The boost of power given to the
CIA might have happened because the US government
noticed the effectiveness of the KGB worldwide and how
every country knew that they were watched by them( see
image below) so in an attempt to balance power between
the two mayor intelligence agencies in the world the US
government decided to give the CIA more power so that It
would be able to contend against the KGB in terms of
functionality and progress (The CIA was limited to the ways
in which they could find information) The implement in
power was successful at improving the CIArsquos reputation as it
began to rise as the powerful agency it was supposed to be
Their power rise was such that even cartoons and jokes
were made about how they saw everything
Methods
In order to achieve a successful comparison in methods we
need to take in mind that due to the CIA being active up to
this date there is few to no information about their
methods used during the cold war This is because since
they are an agency that is still active they wouldnrsquot want
anyone to find out about any possible illegal activities they
might have been involved with in the past So most of the
information regarding the CIArsquos methods wonrsquot be 100
exact
Anyways the KGB didnrsquot have anything holding it back
neither the law nor ethics This can be confirmed by looking
at the KGBrsquos functions while it was active Due to the
amount and difficulty of them and the fact that they were
indeed performed by the KGB during its active time one
can understand that there couldnrsquot have been laws
The picture shows an image that alludes to
the KGBrsquos Intel searching level It was
believed that they were so good at it that
they were actually watching everyone This
can be affirmed since up to this day some
people believe that the KGB is still running
Tony Bowden-2010(Image extracted from Flickr
site)
5
stopping the KGB since it would only hinderslow their
progress in their assignments This leads us to think that the
KGB would do anything to succeed at their mission of
securing Russiarsquos future by making it the strongest country
and also help with the spread of communism This can also
be backed up by noticing the multiple assassination
relations the KGB had during its active time and also the
multiple information about their torture methods and
others
On the other hand the CIA (before the act) was forced to
be passive due to the lack of strength that would allow it to
get secretly involved on international matters But this all
changed when the act was signed Ever since then they
adopted stronger methods to achieve their goals This
methods included torture undercover assassinations
altering other countries governments (see Pinochet) and
many more This further proves that the point of the act
was to make
the CIA stand a
chance against
the KGB by
removing any
type of
restrains from
them This can
be backed up
by the fact
that there is
information
about the
CIArsquos torture methods as well as their involvement in the
Pinochet coup and multiple tricks for spies (see image
below) The image shows one example of how the CIArsquos
methods were becoming even more similar to the KGBrsquos
due to the use of deception and espionage to gather
information or (in the case of the picture) possibly kidnap
someone to interrogate in a future occasion Thus one can
conclude that after the act was passed the CIA had similar
methodology used to achieve their goals success at all
costs
Success
This category also needs to be divided in 2 parts During the
Cold war and AFTER the cold war
During the cold war the KGB had the most success mainly
because it had been active for a longer time than the CIA
and they had no limit restrain since the start unlike the CIA
which had to wait 2 years after its creation in order to
actually be able to get involved in international matters and
be able to gather information without any restrains This
changes moderately once the famous act was passed since
it gave a mayor power increase to the CIA as well as the
ability to get involved in international problems and more
This helps the CIA reduce the effectiveness of the KGB since
now theyrsquore both unbound by rules and can provide
assistance to any event thatrsquos happening worldwide
without having to inform anyone
In the picture one can see one of the multiple Spy tactics used during the Cold war In this one the target is distracted by something trivial like lighting his cigarette while the agent secretly puts sleeping pills on the targetrsquos coffee Photo Secret CIA Magic Manual Shows Cold War Spy Tricks During Cold War American Magician Wrote Trickery and Deception Manual for CIA Phil FrankeHarper Collins
Dec 02 2009 0412 PM (abcnewsgocom)
6
After the war itrsquos simply obvious that the CIA was the
agency with the highest success because of one main
reason It hadnrsquot dissolved like the KGB did post-cold war
This proves that the CIArsquos importance was recognized by
the US government because otherwise the CIA would have
been dismantled just like the KGB was in 1991 This means
that without their main adversary the CIA was free to
eliminate any type of evidence that linked them to illegal
acts performed during the cold war while leaking the
multiple operations done by the KGB at the time
Conclusion
Concluding one can confirm that the difference between
the CIA and the KGB are close to none after the pact was
signed in 1949 since both agencies had similar powers and
werenrsquot restrained by rules or law Apart from that they
both used similar methods to obtain what they wanted
(torture to obtain information undercover mission to
change events etc) This can be confirmed by the multiple
rumors and conspiracies that rose during the Cold war era
which said that both agencies (CIA and KGB separately)
were involved in multiple assassinations and manipulation
of various governments in allied countries The only aspect
that separates them from being the same agency but with
different names would be the success they had since the
KGB was dismantled in 1991 unlike the CIA which stands
strong up to this day
So it would be correct to affirm that the CIA and the KGB
were similar in many aspects (methods functions actions
etc) with the only differences being that they belong to
different countries and that one had a higher success than
the other Itrsquos similar to brothers one looks up to the
other tries to be as good as him possibly imitates what the
older brother is doing (reason for which the act was passed
was so that the CIA could keep up with the KGB ie imitate
their methods and power) and finally becoming better than
the older brother by a long margin (the CIA stands strong
while the KGB was dissolved)
Bibliography
1 Anonymous writer Our Mission
CIA website April 12 2007 1003 PM
Last Updated Jan 03 2012 0105PM
httpswwwciagovkids-page6-12th-gradewho-we-are-what-
we-doour-missionhtml
2 JClark The History of the KGB
eHow website
httpwwwehowcomabout_5381628_history-kgbhtml
3 ThinkQuest KGB
httplibrarythinkquestorg10826kgbhtm
4 Derek Rhule The central intelligence Agency
Cold War Museum
httpwwwcoldwarorgarticles40sCentralIntelligenceAgencyC
IAasp
5 Normal Breathing Brainwashing Techniques KGB vs CIA
httpwwwnormalbreathingcombrainwashing-
techniquesphpUFaXebKTuc3
7
COLD WAR - PROPAGANDA
he Cold War lasted from the end of World
War II until the early 1990s
even though the Soviet
Union and the USA never
really had a direct battle
The cold war was
expressed by the
development of nuclear
weapons technological development
espionage and what we call ldquopropagandardquo
In this picture (on the left sidei) we can observe
two identical superheroes representing the US
and the Soviet Union It is trying to demonstrate
that both countries are equally destructive and
dangerous
When Cold War begins the ldquopropagandardquo
reappears here we want to demonstrate the
big importance of propaganda in the times
when the cold war started and the countries
who made the most interesting propaganda of
the cold war this is the question that we want to
answer Which country made the best and the
most interesting propaganda of the cold war
We also want to show the positive and negative
aspects that the propaganda created Finally
how did propaganda change the way people
thought
During the Cold War America and the Soviet
Union used propaganda to make sure that their
populations hated the enemy and wanted to
support the
government
The picture at the
leftii created by a
French anti-
communist group is trying to demonstrate that
Stalinrsquos sign of ldquopeacerdquo was not true because in
the other had he is holding a weapon
8
The next pictureiii was published a year after
Stalinrsquos death This
poster reinforces
that the Soviets
have developed
their weapons and
air-forces much
more The red stars
represent the pilotrsquos kill score
Propaganda is considered to be a
psychological manipulation technique of a
group of individuals usually known for creating
a negative influence Since the Russian
revolution to the final days of the Cold War
communists were experts at making
propaganda art Using this method the
communists won the hearts and minds of
Russian people making them see communism
as a shining and very attractive future
Most of the propaganda we see comes from
the Soviet Union or independent political activist
groups because after WWII the western
democratic states (USA) removed most of their
propaganda
But America has also created propaganda
through all periods of history They used it
particularly in times of war and international
crisis
While the USSR
showed off its
military strength
trying to impress
(see the image on
the rightiv) America
used Hollywood and media
One result of the immense anti-communism
propaganda was the persecution of many
Hollywood workers This is because there were
many secret Soviet agents that were hiding in
the American woodworking Senator Joe
McCarthy was responsible for finding them but
Strong citizens working for
motherland The BGTO
program was introduced
The boy in the picture is
holding a BGTO book
9
he also affected innocent people by making
them loose their job and not being able to find
another one Also when the television was
created The USA was able to spread
propaganda in a more easy fast and effective
way
As literature was so cheap the non-fiction books
and comics became methods to implant
propaganda These were sold very cheap and
were about superheroes defeating the
communists The story was usually about a
cowboy or soldier going against a terrible
situation but always saving the day
The non-fictional
books were very
fictional they were
always about
communism and the
reason why it was
bad It said how Soviets were waiting for any
moment to try to destroy America Comics that
were normally geared towards children took a twist-
in comic Is This Tomorrowrdquo Russians are shown
conquering
and enslaving
America
So which
country made
the most and
the best
interesting
propaganda of
the Cold War
According to
what was said above even though most of the
propaganda that we can see today comes from
the Soviet Union because of the reasons already
mentioned the US made the most interesting and
amazing propaganda using comics television
Hollywood books and posters Using all these
different strategies helped the US to make the best
propaganda
10
BIBLIOGRAPHY RESOURCES
[1] John B Whitton The American Journal of International Law Vol45 No 1 (published in January 1951) pp 151-153 Published by American Society of International Law URL httpwwwjstororgstable2194791
[2] Davidson Philip Propaganda and the American Revolution 1763-1789
Chapel Hill NC
published in 1941
URL httpwwwamericanforeignrelationscomO-WPropagandahtml
[3] Total Cold War US Propaganda in the Free World 19531960 PhD
dissertation University of California Santa Barbara Calif 2001 Many of this
essays conclusions are drawn from the original research in the dissertation
Read more Propaganda
Published in 2001
URL httpenglishrussia[3]com20060920soviet-propaganda-against-usa-
posters
[4] Politics and Film Propaganda and Its Influence during the Cold War
Heather Bullis Carnegie Vanguard High School
Published in 02082008
URL httphtimathuheducurriculumunits200802080202pdf
[5] Propaganda Merriam-Webster
Published in 11 Feb 2008
URLwwwmerriam-webstercom
Simple definition of the term used as a basic understanding for the students
[6] Soviet Propaganda cartoon DVDacutes by Cory Doctorow at 100 pm Sunday
Published in November 4
URL httpboingboingnet20071104soviet-propaganda-cahtml
MEMBERS - Victoria Borra
- Karen Rumay
- Sandra Un Jan
11
KENNEDYacuteS ASSASSINATION MYSTERY Who did it Why he was killed
By Ana Caroline Ruiz and Alexandra Granda
The Kennedys went to Dallas for JKFrsquos
campaign There were lots of people there
and the Kennedys where on a car waving
at the people The car turned off at the
Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 1230
pm the car continues to move passing the
Texas School Book Depository and
suddenly gunfire started in the plaza One
of the bullets struck in the presidentrsquos neck
and he slumped towards Mrs Kennedy
Every single person that has studied history
knows this stories is at schools books
and even movies but why Why is this
even so important in history What does
JFK had that made him different from other
killed person other president other
American And most importantly who
actually killed him
Kennedy represented hope and the
prospects for the new generation he
created an atmosphere that was different
from any other elections and therefore it
was devastating
Kennedyrsquos assassination represented the
end of an innocent time and the beginning
of a turbulent one Race relations the war in
Vietnam the threat of communism all
conspired together to make it a time of
anxiety The country and the whole world
was dividing into two the ones who wanted
to find the killer and the ones who were
hiding the killer
JFKennedy with his wife Jacqueline before
his assassination
12
The first to be accused was Lee Harvey
Oswald the man who allegedly pulled the
trigger of a rifle from the Texas School
Book Depository and was found 40
minutes Oswald denied involvement in the
killing Two days later while being
transferred to the county jail Oswald was
shot and killed by nightclub owner Jack
Ruby and then he killed himself
But why did Jack Ruby killed Oswald for
then killing himself There is a belief that
they were involved to a Mafia Contract and
that Oswald knew too much and Jack Ruby
owned a favor to the Mafia and he had no
choice still everything is a theory
There are also lots of probabilities that this
murder was a conspiracy The suspicious
people that were supposed to be involved
in this conspiracy and that will get benefit
from it are The that there could have been
an involvement from the Pentagon from
the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the FBI the
CIA and even the White House itself
because maybe President Kennedy was a
threat to their plans
A great example of how Kennedy could be
a threat was what he decided to do with the
Vietnam War The USA gave supplies
arms and every material thing that they
needed but Kennedy knew he could not get
the war further the USA was too involved
with the Vietnam War already in 1963 But
people like Vice President Johnson
opposed to the decision because they were
ambitious politicians and they could not let
communism won after what happen during
the Cold War and the Domino Theory so
there is a belief that every person that
wanted the United States to become
actively involved in the Vietnam send
someone or some people to kill Kennedy
13
However it is not only believed that the
Vietnam War was the only fact or reason
for killing Kennedy Before this there was
the Cuban Revolution Kennedy was also
involved in it and is said that because
President Kennedy did not help the Cubans
exiles in their attempt (1961) to invade
Cuba and stop the communism of Fidel
Castroacutes government he also did not
destroy Cuba on the Cuba missile crisis of
1962 this facts created a great anger from
those Cubans that believed USA would
help them and Kennedy was the one in
charge so this is a theory of why
someone would kill him
Conclusion
There are many theories on Kennedyrsquos
death and for each argument therersquos an
argument against making the research
even more difficult But the one that had
most motives and more arguments in
favor is Oswald being the one that has
more quotes videos and interviews in
other words more evidence It has being
proved that he had some psychological
issues He tried to enter the USSR it
didnrsquot worked so well and it seems that
he killed the president to gain favor with
Russians
Kennedy showing Vietnamacutes map and
what they have already done for them
Propaganda
saying how
Kennedy
should be
careful by
getting
involve with
Cuba
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiAssassination_
of_John_F_Kennedy
o httpwwwcoverupscomjfkwhohtm
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiLee_Harvey_O
swald
o httpwwwjfkmurdersolvedcomlhociahtm
o httplistversecom2007090811-
alternative-jfk-assassins
14
SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART ANDANDANDAND
CINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHY Common themes between the Two
by Valeria Jara and Jimena Suarez
here is no doubt that most people
recognize the Soviet Union for its
communist ldquoachievementsrdquo advanced
technology nuclear weapons and
several conflicts with other countries For others the
Soviet Union is also one of the main producers of
high quality films and artistic masterpieces Soviet
art amp cinematography was influenced by the
surrounding events of the time resulting in the use
of a scale of descending colors Furthermore the
artists in charge never looked to an idealized past
but always
looked into
the future
Films and
posters were
also a great
propaganda
tool This
created hatred towards any sort of Soviet art in
some groups of people claiming that by having
this purpose there was nothing ldquo artisticrdquo about
Soviet cinematography and art at all
This article aside from showing characteristics and
the history of Soviet art and Soviet cinematography
will show the main common theme that these two
share by demonstrating how important it was for the
Soviets to diffuse propaganda as much as possible
using these mediums while keeping in mind the
ldquoartisticrdquo factors of them
Cinematography
After the Union of Soviet Social Republics (USSR)
stated that films could be a useful way to spread
TSoviet propaganda against Hitler
(1)
Movie leaflet
15
propaganda considering the immense popularity that
films had among citizens several Soviet films were
developed but needed support around WWI
Once that Stalin died in 1953 censorship was
constantly applied by the government to movies with
any undesirable or politically offensive material
However now directors were free to apply whatever
they thought that the public would like to see
unlike before Stalinrsquos death where films were done
just to spread propaganda
ldquoSocial realismrdquo was finally liberalized to allow the
creation of more human characters but communism
could not be criticized at all
ldquoA revolutionary cinema for the revolutionrdquo and
ldquoExperimentation as a systemrdquo were important ideals
of the Soviet cinematography It was necessary to
show the world the triumph of the revolution in a
revolutionary way and the government was
experimenting with films to build a revolutionary
state in every single aspect (including artistically)
They investigated cinematic theories
montages the film industry as a propaganda tool and
more In fact Soviet films did cause a worldwide
revolution mainly due to the highly realistic images
and excellent use of montages it showed everyone a
new type of expression
The Soviet film industry kept in mind the diffusion
of propaganda as proven before Nonetheless in the
end it was important for everyone else the way that it
expressed the message not the actual message The
mediums that it used to achieve this that is what
impressed the rest of the world which is why Soviet
cinematography is a very important point in the
history of films in general
Art
Before 1932 Soviet art drew on futurism cubism
and abstraction These were symbolic of the
new realism being established by the government
Several
recognized artists
produced
propaganda
posters and
sculptures
considered to
be true
ldquoOf all the arts for us the most
important is cinemardquo
-Lenin (2)
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
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[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
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[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
4
In 1949 the Central Intelligence Agency Act was passed this
granted the CIA more powers such as the use of
confidential fiscal and administrative procedures and the
ability to use their budget in a free way with complete
secrecy This pact makes a difference in the comparison
between the CIA
and the USSR
since before it
the CIA seemed
like a ldquolibraryrdquo
since their only
vital function was
the searching of
information but
due to the
limitations it could only be inside the country In contrast
the KGB which had much more work to do than just
searching for information (which they could do worldwide
and secretly anyways) like containing internal riots and
controlling the peoplersquos way of thought by manipulating the
media But this drastic difference in power changed when
the 1949 pact was signed The boost of power given to the
CIA might have happened because the US government
noticed the effectiveness of the KGB worldwide and how
every country knew that they were watched by them( see
image below) so in an attempt to balance power between
the two mayor intelligence agencies in the world the US
government decided to give the CIA more power so that It
would be able to contend against the KGB in terms of
functionality and progress (The CIA was limited to the ways
in which they could find information) The implement in
power was successful at improving the CIArsquos reputation as it
began to rise as the powerful agency it was supposed to be
Their power rise was such that even cartoons and jokes
were made about how they saw everything
Methods
In order to achieve a successful comparison in methods we
need to take in mind that due to the CIA being active up to
this date there is few to no information about their
methods used during the cold war This is because since
they are an agency that is still active they wouldnrsquot want
anyone to find out about any possible illegal activities they
might have been involved with in the past So most of the
information regarding the CIArsquos methods wonrsquot be 100
exact
Anyways the KGB didnrsquot have anything holding it back
neither the law nor ethics This can be confirmed by looking
at the KGBrsquos functions while it was active Due to the
amount and difficulty of them and the fact that they were
indeed performed by the KGB during its active time one
can understand that there couldnrsquot have been laws
The picture shows an image that alludes to
the KGBrsquos Intel searching level It was
believed that they were so good at it that
they were actually watching everyone This
can be affirmed since up to this day some
people believe that the KGB is still running
Tony Bowden-2010(Image extracted from Flickr
site)
5
stopping the KGB since it would only hinderslow their
progress in their assignments This leads us to think that the
KGB would do anything to succeed at their mission of
securing Russiarsquos future by making it the strongest country
and also help with the spread of communism This can also
be backed up by noticing the multiple assassination
relations the KGB had during its active time and also the
multiple information about their torture methods and
others
On the other hand the CIA (before the act) was forced to
be passive due to the lack of strength that would allow it to
get secretly involved on international matters But this all
changed when the act was signed Ever since then they
adopted stronger methods to achieve their goals This
methods included torture undercover assassinations
altering other countries governments (see Pinochet) and
many more This further proves that the point of the act
was to make
the CIA stand a
chance against
the KGB by
removing any
type of
restrains from
them This can
be backed up
by the fact
that there is
information
about the
CIArsquos torture methods as well as their involvement in the
Pinochet coup and multiple tricks for spies (see image
below) The image shows one example of how the CIArsquos
methods were becoming even more similar to the KGBrsquos
due to the use of deception and espionage to gather
information or (in the case of the picture) possibly kidnap
someone to interrogate in a future occasion Thus one can
conclude that after the act was passed the CIA had similar
methodology used to achieve their goals success at all
costs
Success
This category also needs to be divided in 2 parts During the
Cold war and AFTER the cold war
During the cold war the KGB had the most success mainly
because it had been active for a longer time than the CIA
and they had no limit restrain since the start unlike the CIA
which had to wait 2 years after its creation in order to
actually be able to get involved in international matters and
be able to gather information without any restrains This
changes moderately once the famous act was passed since
it gave a mayor power increase to the CIA as well as the
ability to get involved in international problems and more
This helps the CIA reduce the effectiveness of the KGB since
now theyrsquore both unbound by rules and can provide
assistance to any event thatrsquos happening worldwide
without having to inform anyone
In the picture one can see one of the multiple Spy tactics used during the Cold war In this one the target is distracted by something trivial like lighting his cigarette while the agent secretly puts sleeping pills on the targetrsquos coffee Photo Secret CIA Magic Manual Shows Cold War Spy Tricks During Cold War American Magician Wrote Trickery and Deception Manual for CIA Phil FrankeHarper Collins
Dec 02 2009 0412 PM (abcnewsgocom)
6
After the war itrsquos simply obvious that the CIA was the
agency with the highest success because of one main
reason It hadnrsquot dissolved like the KGB did post-cold war
This proves that the CIArsquos importance was recognized by
the US government because otherwise the CIA would have
been dismantled just like the KGB was in 1991 This means
that without their main adversary the CIA was free to
eliminate any type of evidence that linked them to illegal
acts performed during the cold war while leaking the
multiple operations done by the KGB at the time
Conclusion
Concluding one can confirm that the difference between
the CIA and the KGB are close to none after the pact was
signed in 1949 since both agencies had similar powers and
werenrsquot restrained by rules or law Apart from that they
both used similar methods to obtain what they wanted
(torture to obtain information undercover mission to
change events etc) This can be confirmed by the multiple
rumors and conspiracies that rose during the Cold war era
which said that both agencies (CIA and KGB separately)
were involved in multiple assassinations and manipulation
of various governments in allied countries The only aspect
that separates them from being the same agency but with
different names would be the success they had since the
KGB was dismantled in 1991 unlike the CIA which stands
strong up to this day
So it would be correct to affirm that the CIA and the KGB
were similar in many aspects (methods functions actions
etc) with the only differences being that they belong to
different countries and that one had a higher success than
the other Itrsquos similar to brothers one looks up to the
other tries to be as good as him possibly imitates what the
older brother is doing (reason for which the act was passed
was so that the CIA could keep up with the KGB ie imitate
their methods and power) and finally becoming better than
the older brother by a long margin (the CIA stands strong
while the KGB was dissolved)
Bibliography
1 Anonymous writer Our Mission
CIA website April 12 2007 1003 PM
Last Updated Jan 03 2012 0105PM
httpswwwciagovkids-page6-12th-gradewho-we-are-what-
we-doour-missionhtml
2 JClark The History of the KGB
eHow website
httpwwwehowcomabout_5381628_history-kgbhtml
3 ThinkQuest KGB
httplibrarythinkquestorg10826kgbhtm
4 Derek Rhule The central intelligence Agency
Cold War Museum
httpwwwcoldwarorgarticles40sCentralIntelligenceAgencyC
IAasp
5 Normal Breathing Brainwashing Techniques KGB vs CIA
httpwwwnormalbreathingcombrainwashing-
techniquesphpUFaXebKTuc3
7
COLD WAR - PROPAGANDA
he Cold War lasted from the end of World
War II until the early 1990s
even though the Soviet
Union and the USA never
really had a direct battle
The cold war was
expressed by the
development of nuclear
weapons technological development
espionage and what we call ldquopropagandardquo
In this picture (on the left sidei) we can observe
two identical superheroes representing the US
and the Soviet Union It is trying to demonstrate
that both countries are equally destructive and
dangerous
When Cold War begins the ldquopropagandardquo
reappears here we want to demonstrate the
big importance of propaganda in the times
when the cold war started and the countries
who made the most interesting propaganda of
the cold war this is the question that we want to
answer Which country made the best and the
most interesting propaganda of the cold war
We also want to show the positive and negative
aspects that the propaganda created Finally
how did propaganda change the way people
thought
During the Cold War America and the Soviet
Union used propaganda to make sure that their
populations hated the enemy and wanted to
support the
government
The picture at the
leftii created by a
French anti-
communist group is trying to demonstrate that
Stalinrsquos sign of ldquopeacerdquo was not true because in
the other had he is holding a weapon
8
The next pictureiii was published a year after
Stalinrsquos death This
poster reinforces
that the Soviets
have developed
their weapons and
air-forces much
more The red stars
represent the pilotrsquos kill score
Propaganda is considered to be a
psychological manipulation technique of a
group of individuals usually known for creating
a negative influence Since the Russian
revolution to the final days of the Cold War
communists were experts at making
propaganda art Using this method the
communists won the hearts and minds of
Russian people making them see communism
as a shining and very attractive future
Most of the propaganda we see comes from
the Soviet Union or independent political activist
groups because after WWII the western
democratic states (USA) removed most of their
propaganda
But America has also created propaganda
through all periods of history They used it
particularly in times of war and international
crisis
While the USSR
showed off its
military strength
trying to impress
(see the image on
the rightiv) America
used Hollywood and media
One result of the immense anti-communism
propaganda was the persecution of many
Hollywood workers This is because there were
many secret Soviet agents that were hiding in
the American woodworking Senator Joe
McCarthy was responsible for finding them but
Strong citizens working for
motherland The BGTO
program was introduced
The boy in the picture is
holding a BGTO book
9
he also affected innocent people by making
them loose their job and not being able to find
another one Also when the television was
created The USA was able to spread
propaganda in a more easy fast and effective
way
As literature was so cheap the non-fiction books
and comics became methods to implant
propaganda These were sold very cheap and
were about superheroes defeating the
communists The story was usually about a
cowboy or soldier going against a terrible
situation but always saving the day
The non-fictional
books were very
fictional they were
always about
communism and the
reason why it was
bad It said how Soviets were waiting for any
moment to try to destroy America Comics that
were normally geared towards children took a twist-
in comic Is This Tomorrowrdquo Russians are shown
conquering
and enslaving
America
So which
country made
the most and
the best
interesting
propaganda of
the Cold War
According to
what was said above even though most of the
propaganda that we can see today comes from
the Soviet Union because of the reasons already
mentioned the US made the most interesting and
amazing propaganda using comics television
Hollywood books and posters Using all these
different strategies helped the US to make the best
propaganda
10
BIBLIOGRAPHY RESOURCES
[1] John B Whitton The American Journal of International Law Vol45 No 1 (published in January 1951) pp 151-153 Published by American Society of International Law URL httpwwwjstororgstable2194791
[2] Davidson Philip Propaganda and the American Revolution 1763-1789
Chapel Hill NC
published in 1941
URL httpwwwamericanforeignrelationscomO-WPropagandahtml
[3] Total Cold War US Propaganda in the Free World 19531960 PhD
dissertation University of California Santa Barbara Calif 2001 Many of this
essays conclusions are drawn from the original research in the dissertation
Read more Propaganda
Published in 2001
URL httpenglishrussia[3]com20060920soviet-propaganda-against-usa-
posters
[4] Politics and Film Propaganda and Its Influence during the Cold War
Heather Bullis Carnegie Vanguard High School
Published in 02082008
URL httphtimathuheducurriculumunits200802080202pdf
[5] Propaganda Merriam-Webster
Published in 11 Feb 2008
URLwwwmerriam-webstercom
Simple definition of the term used as a basic understanding for the students
[6] Soviet Propaganda cartoon DVDacutes by Cory Doctorow at 100 pm Sunday
Published in November 4
URL httpboingboingnet20071104soviet-propaganda-cahtml
MEMBERS - Victoria Borra
- Karen Rumay
- Sandra Un Jan
11
KENNEDYacuteS ASSASSINATION MYSTERY Who did it Why he was killed
By Ana Caroline Ruiz and Alexandra Granda
The Kennedys went to Dallas for JKFrsquos
campaign There were lots of people there
and the Kennedys where on a car waving
at the people The car turned off at the
Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 1230
pm the car continues to move passing the
Texas School Book Depository and
suddenly gunfire started in the plaza One
of the bullets struck in the presidentrsquos neck
and he slumped towards Mrs Kennedy
Every single person that has studied history
knows this stories is at schools books
and even movies but why Why is this
even so important in history What does
JFK had that made him different from other
killed person other president other
American And most importantly who
actually killed him
Kennedy represented hope and the
prospects for the new generation he
created an atmosphere that was different
from any other elections and therefore it
was devastating
Kennedyrsquos assassination represented the
end of an innocent time and the beginning
of a turbulent one Race relations the war in
Vietnam the threat of communism all
conspired together to make it a time of
anxiety The country and the whole world
was dividing into two the ones who wanted
to find the killer and the ones who were
hiding the killer
JFKennedy with his wife Jacqueline before
his assassination
12
The first to be accused was Lee Harvey
Oswald the man who allegedly pulled the
trigger of a rifle from the Texas School
Book Depository and was found 40
minutes Oswald denied involvement in the
killing Two days later while being
transferred to the county jail Oswald was
shot and killed by nightclub owner Jack
Ruby and then he killed himself
But why did Jack Ruby killed Oswald for
then killing himself There is a belief that
they were involved to a Mafia Contract and
that Oswald knew too much and Jack Ruby
owned a favor to the Mafia and he had no
choice still everything is a theory
There are also lots of probabilities that this
murder was a conspiracy The suspicious
people that were supposed to be involved
in this conspiracy and that will get benefit
from it are The that there could have been
an involvement from the Pentagon from
the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the FBI the
CIA and even the White House itself
because maybe President Kennedy was a
threat to their plans
A great example of how Kennedy could be
a threat was what he decided to do with the
Vietnam War The USA gave supplies
arms and every material thing that they
needed but Kennedy knew he could not get
the war further the USA was too involved
with the Vietnam War already in 1963 But
people like Vice President Johnson
opposed to the decision because they were
ambitious politicians and they could not let
communism won after what happen during
the Cold War and the Domino Theory so
there is a belief that every person that
wanted the United States to become
actively involved in the Vietnam send
someone or some people to kill Kennedy
13
However it is not only believed that the
Vietnam War was the only fact or reason
for killing Kennedy Before this there was
the Cuban Revolution Kennedy was also
involved in it and is said that because
President Kennedy did not help the Cubans
exiles in their attempt (1961) to invade
Cuba and stop the communism of Fidel
Castroacutes government he also did not
destroy Cuba on the Cuba missile crisis of
1962 this facts created a great anger from
those Cubans that believed USA would
help them and Kennedy was the one in
charge so this is a theory of why
someone would kill him
Conclusion
There are many theories on Kennedyrsquos
death and for each argument therersquos an
argument against making the research
even more difficult But the one that had
most motives and more arguments in
favor is Oswald being the one that has
more quotes videos and interviews in
other words more evidence It has being
proved that he had some psychological
issues He tried to enter the USSR it
didnrsquot worked so well and it seems that
he killed the president to gain favor with
Russians
Kennedy showing Vietnamacutes map and
what they have already done for them
Propaganda
saying how
Kennedy
should be
careful by
getting
involve with
Cuba
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiAssassination_
of_John_F_Kennedy
o httpwwwcoverupscomjfkwhohtm
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiLee_Harvey_O
swald
o httpwwwjfkmurdersolvedcomlhociahtm
o httplistversecom2007090811-
alternative-jfk-assassins
14
SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART ANDANDANDAND
CINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHY Common themes between the Two
by Valeria Jara and Jimena Suarez
here is no doubt that most people
recognize the Soviet Union for its
communist ldquoachievementsrdquo advanced
technology nuclear weapons and
several conflicts with other countries For others the
Soviet Union is also one of the main producers of
high quality films and artistic masterpieces Soviet
art amp cinematography was influenced by the
surrounding events of the time resulting in the use
of a scale of descending colors Furthermore the
artists in charge never looked to an idealized past
but always
looked into
the future
Films and
posters were
also a great
propaganda
tool This
created hatred towards any sort of Soviet art in
some groups of people claiming that by having
this purpose there was nothing ldquo artisticrdquo about
Soviet cinematography and art at all
This article aside from showing characteristics and
the history of Soviet art and Soviet cinematography
will show the main common theme that these two
share by demonstrating how important it was for the
Soviets to diffuse propaganda as much as possible
using these mediums while keeping in mind the
ldquoartisticrdquo factors of them
Cinematography
After the Union of Soviet Social Republics (USSR)
stated that films could be a useful way to spread
TSoviet propaganda against Hitler
(1)
Movie leaflet
15
propaganda considering the immense popularity that
films had among citizens several Soviet films were
developed but needed support around WWI
Once that Stalin died in 1953 censorship was
constantly applied by the government to movies with
any undesirable or politically offensive material
However now directors were free to apply whatever
they thought that the public would like to see
unlike before Stalinrsquos death where films were done
just to spread propaganda
ldquoSocial realismrdquo was finally liberalized to allow the
creation of more human characters but communism
could not be criticized at all
ldquoA revolutionary cinema for the revolutionrdquo and
ldquoExperimentation as a systemrdquo were important ideals
of the Soviet cinematography It was necessary to
show the world the triumph of the revolution in a
revolutionary way and the government was
experimenting with films to build a revolutionary
state in every single aspect (including artistically)
They investigated cinematic theories
montages the film industry as a propaganda tool and
more In fact Soviet films did cause a worldwide
revolution mainly due to the highly realistic images
and excellent use of montages it showed everyone a
new type of expression
The Soviet film industry kept in mind the diffusion
of propaganda as proven before Nonetheless in the
end it was important for everyone else the way that it
expressed the message not the actual message The
mediums that it used to achieve this that is what
impressed the rest of the world which is why Soviet
cinematography is a very important point in the
history of films in general
Art
Before 1932 Soviet art drew on futurism cubism
and abstraction These were symbolic of the
new realism being established by the government
Several
recognized artists
produced
propaganda
posters and
sculptures
considered to
be true
ldquoOf all the arts for us the most
important is cinemardquo
-Lenin (2)
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
5
stopping the KGB since it would only hinderslow their
progress in their assignments This leads us to think that the
KGB would do anything to succeed at their mission of
securing Russiarsquos future by making it the strongest country
and also help with the spread of communism This can also
be backed up by noticing the multiple assassination
relations the KGB had during its active time and also the
multiple information about their torture methods and
others
On the other hand the CIA (before the act) was forced to
be passive due to the lack of strength that would allow it to
get secretly involved on international matters But this all
changed when the act was signed Ever since then they
adopted stronger methods to achieve their goals This
methods included torture undercover assassinations
altering other countries governments (see Pinochet) and
many more This further proves that the point of the act
was to make
the CIA stand a
chance against
the KGB by
removing any
type of
restrains from
them This can
be backed up
by the fact
that there is
information
about the
CIArsquos torture methods as well as their involvement in the
Pinochet coup and multiple tricks for spies (see image
below) The image shows one example of how the CIArsquos
methods were becoming even more similar to the KGBrsquos
due to the use of deception and espionage to gather
information or (in the case of the picture) possibly kidnap
someone to interrogate in a future occasion Thus one can
conclude that after the act was passed the CIA had similar
methodology used to achieve their goals success at all
costs
Success
This category also needs to be divided in 2 parts During the
Cold war and AFTER the cold war
During the cold war the KGB had the most success mainly
because it had been active for a longer time than the CIA
and they had no limit restrain since the start unlike the CIA
which had to wait 2 years after its creation in order to
actually be able to get involved in international matters and
be able to gather information without any restrains This
changes moderately once the famous act was passed since
it gave a mayor power increase to the CIA as well as the
ability to get involved in international problems and more
This helps the CIA reduce the effectiveness of the KGB since
now theyrsquore both unbound by rules and can provide
assistance to any event thatrsquos happening worldwide
without having to inform anyone
In the picture one can see one of the multiple Spy tactics used during the Cold war In this one the target is distracted by something trivial like lighting his cigarette while the agent secretly puts sleeping pills on the targetrsquos coffee Photo Secret CIA Magic Manual Shows Cold War Spy Tricks During Cold War American Magician Wrote Trickery and Deception Manual for CIA Phil FrankeHarper Collins
Dec 02 2009 0412 PM (abcnewsgocom)
6
After the war itrsquos simply obvious that the CIA was the
agency with the highest success because of one main
reason It hadnrsquot dissolved like the KGB did post-cold war
This proves that the CIArsquos importance was recognized by
the US government because otherwise the CIA would have
been dismantled just like the KGB was in 1991 This means
that without their main adversary the CIA was free to
eliminate any type of evidence that linked them to illegal
acts performed during the cold war while leaking the
multiple operations done by the KGB at the time
Conclusion
Concluding one can confirm that the difference between
the CIA and the KGB are close to none after the pact was
signed in 1949 since both agencies had similar powers and
werenrsquot restrained by rules or law Apart from that they
both used similar methods to obtain what they wanted
(torture to obtain information undercover mission to
change events etc) This can be confirmed by the multiple
rumors and conspiracies that rose during the Cold war era
which said that both agencies (CIA and KGB separately)
were involved in multiple assassinations and manipulation
of various governments in allied countries The only aspect
that separates them from being the same agency but with
different names would be the success they had since the
KGB was dismantled in 1991 unlike the CIA which stands
strong up to this day
So it would be correct to affirm that the CIA and the KGB
were similar in many aspects (methods functions actions
etc) with the only differences being that they belong to
different countries and that one had a higher success than
the other Itrsquos similar to brothers one looks up to the
other tries to be as good as him possibly imitates what the
older brother is doing (reason for which the act was passed
was so that the CIA could keep up with the KGB ie imitate
their methods and power) and finally becoming better than
the older brother by a long margin (the CIA stands strong
while the KGB was dissolved)
Bibliography
1 Anonymous writer Our Mission
CIA website April 12 2007 1003 PM
Last Updated Jan 03 2012 0105PM
httpswwwciagovkids-page6-12th-gradewho-we-are-what-
we-doour-missionhtml
2 JClark The History of the KGB
eHow website
httpwwwehowcomabout_5381628_history-kgbhtml
3 ThinkQuest KGB
httplibrarythinkquestorg10826kgbhtm
4 Derek Rhule The central intelligence Agency
Cold War Museum
httpwwwcoldwarorgarticles40sCentralIntelligenceAgencyC
IAasp
5 Normal Breathing Brainwashing Techniques KGB vs CIA
httpwwwnormalbreathingcombrainwashing-
techniquesphpUFaXebKTuc3
7
COLD WAR - PROPAGANDA
he Cold War lasted from the end of World
War II until the early 1990s
even though the Soviet
Union and the USA never
really had a direct battle
The cold war was
expressed by the
development of nuclear
weapons technological development
espionage and what we call ldquopropagandardquo
In this picture (on the left sidei) we can observe
two identical superheroes representing the US
and the Soviet Union It is trying to demonstrate
that both countries are equally destructive and
dangerous
When Cold War begins the ldquopropagandardquo
reappears here we want to demonstrate the
big importance of propaganda in the times
when the cold war started and the countries
who made the most interesting propaganda of
the cold war this is the question that we want to
answer Which country made the best and the
most interesting propaganda of the cold war
We also want to show the positive and negative
aspects that the propaganda created Finally
how did propaganda change the way people
thought
During the Cold War America and the Soviet
Union used propaganda to make sure that their
populations hated the enemy and wanted to
support the
government
The picture at the
leftii created by a
French anti-
communist group is trying to demonstrate that
Stalinrsquos sign of ldquopeacerdquo was not true because in
the other had he is holding a weapon
8
The next pictureiii was published a year after
Stalinrsquos death This
poster reinforces
that the Soviets
have developed
their weapons and
air-forces much
more The red stars
represent the pilotrsquos kill score
Propaganda is considered to be a
psychological manipulation technique of a
group of individuals usually known for creating
a negative influence Since the Russian
revolution to the final days of the Cold War
communists were experts at making
propaganda art Using this method the
communists won the hearts and minds of
Russian people making them see communism
as a shining and very attractive future
Most of the propaganda we see comes from
the Soviet Union or independent political activist
groups because after WWII the western
democratic states (USA) removed most of their
propaganda
But America has also created propaganda
through all periods of history They used it
particularly in times of war and international
crisis
While the USSR
showed off its
military strength
trying to impress
(see the image on
the rightiv) America
used Hollywood and media
One result of the immense anti-communism
propaganda was the persecution of many
Hollywood workers This is because there were
many secret Soviet agents that were hiding in
the American woodworking Senator Joe
McCarthy was responsible for finding them but
Strong citizens working for
motherland The BGTO
program was introduced
The boy in the picture is
holding a BGTO book
9
he also affected innocent people by making
them loose their job and not being able to find
another one Also when the television was
created The USA was able to spread
propaganda in a more easy fast and effective
way
As literature was so cheap the non-fiction books
and comics became methods to implant
propaganda These were sold very cheap and
were about superheroes defeating the
communists The story was usually about a
cowboy or soldier going against a terrible
situation but always saving the day
The non-fictional
books were very
fictional they were
always about
communism and the
reason why it was
bad It said how Soviets were waiting for any
moment to try to destroy America Comics that
were normally geared towards children took a twist-
in comic Is This Tomorrowrdquo Russians are shown
conquering
and enslaving
America
So which
country made
the most and
the best
interesting
propaganda of
the Cold War
According to
what was said above even though most of the
propaganda that we can see today comes from
the Soviet Union because of the reasons already
mentioned the US made the most interesting and
amazing propaganda using comics television
Hollywood books and posters Using all these
different strategies helped the US to make the best
propaganda
10
BIBLIOGRAPHY RESOURCES
[1] John B Whitton The American Journal of International Law Vol45 No 1 (published in January 1951) pp 151-153 Published by American Society of International Law URL httpwwwjstororgstable2194791
[2] Davidson Philip Propaganda and the American Revolution 1763-1789
Chapel Hill NC
published in 1941
URL httpwwwamericanforeignrelationscomO-WPropagandahtml
[3] Total Cold War US Propaganda in the Free World 19531960 PhD
dissertation University of California Santa Barbara Calif 2001 Many of this
essays conclusions are drawn from the original research in the dissertation
Read more Propaganda
Published in 2001
URL httpenglishrussia[3]com20060920soviet-propaganda-against-usa-
posters
[4] Politics and Film Propaganda and Its Influence during the Cold War
Heather Bullis Carnegie Vanguard High School
Published in 02082008
URL httphtimathuheducurriculumunits200802080202pdf
[5] Propaganda Merriam-Webster
Published in 11 Feb 2008
URLwwwmerriam-webstercom
Simple definition of the term used as a basic understanding for the students
[6] Soviet Propaganda cartoon DVDacutes by Cory Doctorow at 100 pm Sunday
Published in November 4
URL httpboingboingnet20071104soviet-propaganda-cahtml
MEMBERS - Victoria Borra
- Karen Rumay
- Sandra Un Jan
11
KENNEDYacuteS ASSASSINATION MYSTERY Who did it Why he was killed
By Ana Caroline Ruiz and Alexandra Granda
The Kennedys went to Dallas for JKFrsquos
campaign There were lots of people there
and the Kennedys where on a car waving
at the people The car turned off at the
Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 1230
pm the car continues to move passing the
Texas School Book Depository and
suddenly gunfire started in the plaza One
of the bullets struck in the presidentrsquos neck
and he slumped towards Mrs Kennedy
Every single person that has studied history
knows this stories is at schools books
and even movies but why Why is this
even so important in history What does
JFK had that made him different from other
killed person other president other
American And most importantly who
actually killed him
Kennedy represented hope and the
prospects for the new generation he
created an atmosphere that was different
from any other elections and therefore it
was devastating
Kennedyrsquos assassination represented the
end of an innocent time and the beginning
of a turbulent one Race relations the war in
Vietnam the threat of communism all
conspired together to make it a time of
anxiety The country and the whole world
was dividing into two the ones who wanted
to find the killer and the ones who were
hiding the killer
JFKennedy with his wife Jacqueline before
his assassination
12
The first to be accused was Lee Harvey
Oswald the man who allegedly pulled the
trigger of a rifle from the Texas School
Book Depository and was found 40
minutes Oswald denied involvement in the
killing Two days later while being
transferred to the county jail Oswald was
shot and killed by nightclub owner Jack
Ruby and then he killed himself
But why did Jack Ruby killed Oswald for
then killing himself There is a belief that
they were involved to a Mafia Contract and
that Oswald knew too much and Jack Ruby
owned a favor to the Mafia and he had no
choice still everything is a theory
There are also lots of probabilities that this
murder was a conspiracy The suspicious
people that were supposed to be involved
in this conspiracy and that will get benefit
from it are The that there could have been
an involvement from the Pentagon from
the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the FBI the
CIA and even the White House itself
because maybe President Kennedy was a
threat to their plans
A great example of how Kennedy could be
a threat was what he decided to do with the
Vietnam War The USA gave supplies
arms and every material thing that they
needed but Kennedy knew he could not get
the war further the USA was too involved
with the Vietnam War already in 1963 But
people like Vice President Johnson
opposed to the decision because they were
ambitious politicians and they could not let
communism won after what happen during
the Cold War and the Domino Theory so
there is a belief that every person that
wanted the United States to become
actively involved in the Vietnam send
someone or some people to kill Kennedy
13
However it is not only believed that the
Vietnam War was the only fact or reason
for killing Kennedy Before this there was
the Cuban Revolution Kennedy was also
involved in it and is said that because
President Kennedy did not help the Cubans
exiles in their attempt (1961) to invade
Cuba and stop the communism of Fidel
Castroacutes government he also did not
destroy Cuba on the Cuba missile crisis of
1962 this facts created a great anger from
those Cubans that believed USA would
help them and Kennedy was the one in
charge so this is a theory of why
someone would kill him
Conclusion
There are many theories on Kennedyrsquos
death and for each argument therersquos an
argument against making the research
even more difficult But the one that had
most motives and more arguments in
favor is Oswald being the one that has
more quotes videos and interviews in
other words more evidence It has being
proved that he had some psychological
issues He tried to enter the USSR it
didnrsquot worked so well and it seems that
he killed the president to gain favor with
Russians
Kennedy showing Vietnamacutes map and
what they have already done for them
Propaganda
saying how
Kennedy
should be
careful by
getting
involve with
Cuba
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiAssassination_
of_John_F_Kennedy
o httpwwwcoverupscomjfkwhohtm
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiLee_Harvey_O
swald
o httpwwwjfkmurdersolvedcomlhociahtm
o httplistversecom2007090811-
alternative-jfk-assassins
14
SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART ANDANDANDAND
CINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHY Common themes between the Two
by Valeria Jara and Jimena Suarez
here is no doubt that most people
recognize the Soviet Union for its
communist ldquoachievementsrdquo advanced
technology nuclear weapons and
several conflicts with other countries For others the
Soviet Union is also one of the main producers of
high quality films and artistic masterpieces Soviet
art amp cinematography was influenced by the
surrounding events of the time resulting in the use
of a scale of descending colors Furthermore the
artists in charge never looked to an idealized past
but always
looked into
the future
Films and
posters were
also a great
propaganda
tool This
created hatred towards any sort of Soviet art in
some groups of people claiming that by having
this purpose there was nothing ldquo artisticrdquo about
Soviet cinematography and art at all
This article aside from showing characteristics and
the history of Soviet art and Soviet cinematography
will show the main common theme that these two
share by demonstrating how important it was for the
Soviets to diffuse propaganda as much as possible
using these mediums while keeping in mind the
ldquoartisticrdquo factors of them
Cinematography
After the Union of Soviet Social Republics (USSR)
stated that films could be a useful way to spread
TSoviet propaganda against Hitler
(1)
Movie leaflet
15
propaganda considering the immense popularity that
films had among citizens several Soviet films were
developed but needed support around WWI
Once that Stalin died in 1953 censorship was
constantly applied by the government to movies with
any undesirable or politically offensive material
However now directors were free to apply whatever
they thought that the public would like to see
unlike before Stalinrsquos death where films were done
just to spread propaganda
ldquoSocial realismrdquo was finally liberalized to allow the
creation of more human characters but communism
could not be criticized at all
ldquoA revolutionary cinema for the revolutionrdquo and
ldquoExperimentation as a systemrdquo were important ideals
of the Soviet cinematography It was necessary to
show the world the triumph of the revolution in a
revolutionary way and the government was
experimenting with films to build a revolutionary
state in every single aspect (including artistically)
They investigated cinematic theories
montages the film industry as a propaganda tool and
more In fact Soviet films did cause a worldwide
revolution mainly due to the highly realistic images
and excellent use of montages it showed everyone a
new type of expression
The Soviet film industry kept in mind the diffusion
of propaganda as proven before Nonetheless in the
end it was important for everyone else the way that it
expressed the message not the actual message The
mediums that it used to achieve this that is what
impressed the rest of the world which is why Soviet
cinematography is a very important point in the
history of films in general
Art
Before 1932 Soviet art drew on futurism cubism
and abstraction These were symbolic of the
new realism being established by the government
Several
recognized artists
produced
propaganda
posters and
sculptures
considered to
be true
ldquoOf all the arts for us the most
important is cinemardquo
-Lenin (2)
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
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[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
6
After the war itrsquos simply obvious that the CIA was the
agency with the highest success because of one main
reason It hadnrsquot dissolved like the KGB did post-cold war
This proves that the CIArsquos importance was recognized by
the US government because otherwise the CIA would have
been dismantled just like the KGB was in 1991 This means
that without their main adversary the CIA was free to
eliminate any type of evidence that linked them to illegal
acts performed during the cold war while leaking the
multiple operations done by the KGB at the time
Conclusion
Concluding one can confirm that the difference between
the CIA and the KGB are close to none after the pact was
signed in 1949 since both agencies had similar powers and
werenrsquot restrained by rules or law Apart from that they
both used similar methods to obtain what they wanted
(torture to obtain information undercover mission to
change events etc) This can be confirmed by the multiple
rumors and conspiracies that rose during the Cold war era
which said that both agencies (CIA and KGB separately)
were involved in multiple assassinations and manipulation
of various governments in allied countries The only aspect
that separates them from being the same agency but with
different names would be the success they had since the
KGB was dismantled in 1991 unlike the CIA which stands
strong up to this day
So it would be correct to affirm that the CIA and the KGB
were similar in many aspects (methods functions actions
etc) with the only differences being that they belong to
different countries and that one had a higher success than
the other Itrsquos similar to brothers one looks up to the
other tries to be as good as him possibly imitates what the
older brother is doing (reason for which the act was passed
was so that the CIA could keep up with the KGB ie imitate
their methods and power) and finally becoming better than
the older brother by a long margin (the CIA stands strong
while the KGB was dissolved)
Bibliography
1 Anonymous writer Our Mission
CIA website April 12 2007 1003 PM
Last Updated Jan 03 2012 0105PM
httpswwwciagovkids-page6-12th-gradewho-we-are-what-
we-doour-missionhtml
2 JClark The History of the KGB
eHow website
httpwwwehowcomabout_5381628_history-kgbhtml
3 ThinkQuest KGB
httplibrarythinkquestorg10826kgbhtm
4 Derek Rhule The central intelligence Agency
Cold War Museum
httpwwwcoldwarorgarticles40sCentralIntelligenceAgencyC
IAasp
5 Normal Breathing Brainwashing Techniques KGB vs CIA
httpwwwnormalbreathingcombrainwashing-
techniquesphpUFaXebKTuc3
7
COLD WAR - PROPAGANDA
he Cold War lasted from the end of World
War II until the early 1990s
even though the Soviet
Union and the USA never
really had a direct battle
The cold war was
expressed by the
development of nuclear
weapons technological development
espionage and what we call ldquopropagandardquo
In this picture (on the left sidei) we can observe
two identical superheroes representing the US
and the Soviet Union It is trying to demonstrate
that both countries are equally destructive and
dangerous
When Cold War begins the ldquopropagandardquo
reappears here we want to demonstrate the
big importance of propaganda in the times
when the cold war started and the countries
who made the most interesting propaganda of
the cold war this is the question that we want to
answer Which country made the best and the
most interesting propaganda of the cold war
We also want to show the positive and negative
aspects that the propaganda created Finally
how did propaganda change the way people
thought
During the Cold War America and the Soviet
Union used propaganda to make sure that their
populations hated the enemy and wanted to
support the
government
The picture at the
leftii created by a
French anti-
communist group is trying to demonstrate that
Stalinrsquos sign of ldquopeacerdquo was not true because in
the other had he is holding a weapon
8
The next pictureiii was published a year after
Stalinrsquos death This
poster reinforces
that the Soviets
have developed
their weapons and
air-forces much
more The red stars
represent the pilotrsquos kill score
Propaganda is considered to be a
psychological manipulation technique of a
group of individuals usually known for creating
a negative influence Since the Russian
revolution to the final days of the Cold War
communists were experts at making
propaganda art Using this method the
communists won the hearts and minds of
Russian people making them see communism
as a shining and very attractive future
Most of the propaganda we see comes from
the Soviet Union or independent political activist
groups because after WWII the western
democratic states (USA) removed most of their
propaganda
But America has also created propaganda
through all periods of history They used it
particularly in times of war and international
crisis
While the USSR
showed off its
military strength
trying to impress
(see the image on
the rightiv) America
used Hollywood and media
One result of the immense anti-communism
propaganda was the persecution of many
Hollywood workers This is because there were
many secret Soviet agents that were hiding in
the American woodworking Senator Joe
McCarthy was responsible for finding them but
Strong citizens working for
motherland The BGTO
program was introduced
The boy in the picture is
holding a BGTO book
9
he also affected innocent people by making
them loose their job and not being able to find
another one Also when the television was
created The USA was able to spread
propaganda in a more easy fast and effective
way
As literature was so cheap the non-fiction books
and comics became methods to implant
propaganda These were sold very cheap and
were about superheroes defeating the
communists The story was usually about a
cowboy or soldier going against a terrible
situation but always saving the day
The non-fictional
books were very
fictional they were
always about
communism and the
reason why it was
bad It said how Soviets were waiting for any
moment to try to destroy America Comics that
were normally geared towards children took a twist-
in comic Is This Tomorrowrdquo Russians are shown
conquering
and enslaving
America
So which
country made
the most and
the best
interesting
propaganda of
the Cold War
According to
what was said above even though most of the
propaganda that we can see today comes from
the Soviet Union because of the reasons already
mentioned the US made the most interesting and
amazing propaganda using comics television
Hollywood books and posters Using all these
different strategies helped the US to make the best
propaganda
10
BIBLIOGRAPHY RESOURCES
[1] John B Whitton The American Journal of International Law Vol45 No 1 (published in January 1951) pp 151-153 Published by American Society of International Law URL httpwwwjstororgstable2194791
[2] Davidson Philip Propaganda and the American Revolution 1763-1789
Chapel Hill NC
published in 1941
URL httpwwwamericanforeignrelationscomO-WPropagandahtml
[3] Total Cold War US Propaganda in the Free World 19531960 PhD
dissertation University of California Santa Barbara Calif 2001 Many of this
essays conclusions are drawn from the original research in the dissertation
Read more Propaganda
Published in 2001
URL httpenglishrussia[3]com20060920soviet-propaganda-against-usa-
posters
[4] Politics and Film Propaganda and Its Influence during the Cold War
Heather Bullis Carnegie Vanguard High School
Published in 02082008
URL httphtimathuheducurriculumunits200802080202pdf
[5] Propaganda Merriam-Webster
Published in 11 Feb 2008
URLwwwmerriam-webstercom
Simple definition of the term used as a basic understanding for the students
[6] Soviet Propaganda cartoon DVDacutes by Cory Doctorow at 100 pm Sunday
Published in November 4
URL httpboingboingnet20071104soviet-propaganda-cahtml
MEMBERS - Victoria Borra
- Karen Rumay
- Sandra Un Jan
11
KENNEDYacuteS ASSASSINATION MYSTERY Who did it Why he was killed
By Ana Caroline Ruiz and Alexandra Granda
The Kennedys went to Dallas for JKFrsquos
campaign There were lots of people there
and the Kennedys where on a car waving
at the people The car turned off at the
Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 1230
pm the car continues to move passing the
Texas School Book Depository and
suddenly gunfire started in the plaza One
of the bullets struck in the presidentrsquos neck
and he slumped towards Mrs Kennedy
Every single person that has studied history
knows this stories is at schools books
and even movies but why Why is this
even so important in history What does
JFK had that made him different from other
killed person other president other
American And most importantly who
actually killed him
Kennedy represented hope and the
prospects for the new generation he
created an atmosphere that was different
from any other elections and therefore it
was devastating
Kennedyrsquos assassination represented the
end of an innocent time and the beginning
of a turbulent one Race relations the war in
Vietnam the threat of communism all
conspired together to make it a time of
anxiety The country and the whole world
was dividing into two the ones who wanted
to find the killer and the ones who were
hiding the killer
JFKennedy with his wife Jacqueline before
his assassination
12
The first to be accused was Lee Harvey
Oswald the man who allegedly pulled the
trigger of a rifle from the Texas School
Book Depository and was found 40
minutes Oswald denied involvement in the
killing Two days later while being
transferred to the county jail Oswald was
shot and killed by nightclub owner Jack
Ruby and then he killed himself
But why did Jack Ruby killed Oswald for
then killing himself There is a belief that
they were involved to a Mafia Contract and
that Oswald knew too much and Jack Ruby
owned a favor to the Mafia and he had no
choice still everything is a theory
There are also lots of probabilities that this
murder was a conspiracy The suspicious
people that were supposed to be involved
in this conspiracy and that will get benefit
from it are The that there could have been
an involvement from the Pentagon from
the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the FBI the
CIA and even the White House itself
because maybe President Kennedy was a
threat to their plans
A great example of how Kennedy could be
a threat was what he decided to do with the
Vietnam War The USA gave supplies
arms and every material thing that they
needed but Kennedy knew he could not get
the war further the USA was too involved
with the Vietnam War already in 1963 But
people like Vice President Johnson
opposed to the decision because they were
ambitious politicians and they could not let
communism won after what happen during
the Cold War and the Domino Theory so
there is a belief that every person that
wanted the United States to become
actively involved in the Vietnam send
someone or some people to kill Kennedy
13
However it is not only believed that the
Vietnam War was the only fact or reason
for killing Kennedy Before this there was
the Cuban Revolution Kennedy was also
involved in it and is said that because
President Kennedy did not help the Cubans
exiles in their attempt (1961) to invade
Cuba and stop the communism of Fidel
Castroacutes government he also did not
destroy Cuba on the Cuba missile crisis of
1962 this facts created a great anger from
those Cubans that believed USA would
help them and Kennedy was the one in
charge so this is a theory of why
someone would kill him
Conclusion
There are many theories on Kennedyrsquos
death and for each argument therersquos an
argument against making the research
even more difficult But the one that had
most motives and more arguments in
favor is Oswald being the one that has
more quotes videos and interviews in
other words more evidence It has being
proved that he had some psychological
issues He tried to enter the USSR it
didnrsquot worked so well and it seems that
he killed the president to gain favor with
Russians
Kennedy showing Vietnamacutes map and
what they have already done for them
Propaganda
saying how
Kennedy
should be
careful by
getting
involve with
Cuba
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiAssassination_
of_John_F_Kennedy
o httpwwwcoverupscomjfkwhohtm
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiLee_Harvey_O
swald
o httpwwwjfkmurdersolvedcomlhociahtm
o httplistversecom2007090811-
alternative-jfk-assassins
14
SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART ANDANDANDAND
CINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHY Common themes between the Two
by Valeria Jara and Jimena Suarez
here is no doubt that most people
recognize the Soviet Union for its
communist ldquoachievementsrdquo advanced
technology nuclear weapons and
several conflicts with other countries For others the
Soviet Union is also one of the main producers of
high quality films and artistic masterpieces Soviet
art amp cinematography was influenced by the
surrounding events of the time resulting in the use
of a scale of descending colors Furthermore the
artists in charge never looked to an idealized past
but always
looked into
the future
Films and
posters were
also a great
propaganda
tool This
created hatred towards any sort of Soviet art in
some groups of people claiming that by having
this purpose there was nothing ldquo artisticrdquo about
Soviet cinematography and art at all
This article aside from showing characteristics and
the history of Soviet art and Soviet cinematography
will show the main common theme that these two
share by demonstrating how important it was for the
Soviets to diffuse propaganda as much as possible
using these mediums while keeping in mind the
ldquoartisticrdquo factors of them
Cinematography
After the Union of Soviet Social Republics (USSR)
stated that films could be a useful way to spread
TSoviet propaganda against Hitler
(1)
Movie leaflet
15
propaganda considering the immense popularity that
films had among citizens several Soviet films were
developed but needed support around WWI
Once that Stalin died in 1953 censorship was
constantly applied by the government to movies with
any undesirable or politically offensive material
However now directors were free to apply whatever
they thought that the public would like to see
unlike before Stalinrsquos death where films were done
just to spread propaganda
ldquoSocial realismrdquo was finally liberalized to allow the
creation of more human characters but communism
could not be criticized at all
ldquoA revolutionary cinema for the revolutionrdquo and
ldquoExperimentation as a systemrdquo were important ideals
of the Soviet cinematography It was necessary to
show the world the triumph of the revolution in a
revolutionary way and the government was
experimenting with films to build a revolutionary
state in every single aspect (including artistically)
They investigated cinematic theories
montages the film industry as a propaganda tool and
more In fact Soviet films did cause a worldwide
revolution mainly due to the highly realistic images
and excellent use of montages it showed everyone a
new type of expression
The Soviet film industry kept in mind the diffusion
of propaganda as proven before Nonetheless in the
end it was important for everyone else the way that it
expressed the message not the actual message The
mediums that it used to achieve this that is what
impressed the rest of the world which is why Soviet
cinematography is a very important point in the
history of films in general
Art
Before 1932 Soviet art drew on futurism cubism
and abstraction These were symbolic of the
new realism being established by the government
Several
recognized artists
produced
propaganda
posters and
sculptures
considered to
be true
ldquoOf all the arts for us the most
important is cinemardquo
-Lenin (2)
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
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[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
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[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
7
COLD WAR - PROPAGANDA
he Cold War lasted from the end of World
War II until the early 1990s
even though the Soviet
Union and the USA never
really had a direct battle
The cold war was
expressed by the
development of nuclear
weapons technological development
espionage and what we call ldquopropagandardquo
In this picture (on the left sidei) we can observe
two identical superheroes representing the US
and the Soviet Union It is trying to demonstrate
that both countries are equally destructive and
dangerous
When Cold War begins the ldquopropagandardquo
reappears here we want to demonstrate the
big importance of propaganda in the times
when the cold war started and the countries
who made the most interesting propaganda of
the cold war this is the question that we want to
answer Which country made the best and the
most interesting propaganda of the cold war
We also want to show the positive and negative
aspects that the propaganda created Finally
how did propaganda change the way people
thought
During the Cold War America and the Soviet
Union used propaganda to make sure that their
populations hated the enemy and wanted to
support the
government
The picture at the
leftii created by a
French anti-
communist group is trying to demonstrate that
Stalinrsquos sign of ldquopeacerdquo was not true because in
the other had he is holding a weapon
8
The next pictureiii was published a year after
Stalinrsquos death This
poster reinforces
that the Soviets
have developed
their weapons and
air-forces much
more The red stars
represent the pilotrsquos kill score
Propaganda is considered to be a
psychological manipulation technique of a
group of individuals usually known for creating
a negative influence Since the Russian
revolution to the final days of the Cold War
communists were experts at making
propaganda art Using this method the
communists won the hearts and minds of
Russian people making them see communism
as a shining and very attractive future
Most of the propaganda we see comes from
the Soviet Union or independent political activist
groups because after WWII the western
democratic states (USA) removed most of their
propaganda
But America has also created propaganda
through all periods of history They used it
particularly in times of war and international
crisis
While the USSR
showed off its
military strength
trying to impress
(see the image on
the rightiv) America
used Hollywood and media
One result of the immense anti-communism
propaganda was the persecution of many
Hollywood workers This is because there were
many secret Soviet agents that were hiding in
the American woodworking Senator Joe
McCarthy was responsible for finding them but
Strong citizens working for
motherland The BGTO
program was introduced
The boy in the picture is
holding a BGTO book
9
he also affected innocent people by making
them loose their job and not being able to find
another one Also when the television was
created The USA was able to spread
propaganda in a more easy fast and effective
way
As literature was so cheap the non-fiction books
and comics became methods to implant
propaganda These were sold very cheap and
were about superheroes defeating the
communists The story was usually about a
cowboy or soldier going against a terrible
situation but always saving the day
The non-fictional
books were very
fictional they were
always about
communism and the
reason why it was
bad It said how Soviets were waiting for any
moment to try to destroy America Comics that
were normally geared towards children took a twist-
in comic Is This Tomorrowrdquo Russians are shown
conquering
and enslaving
America
So which
country made
the most and
the best
interesting
propaganda of
the Cold War
According to
what was said above even though most of the
propaganda that we can see today comes from
the Soviet Union because of the reasons already
mentioned the US made the most interesting and
amazing propaganda using comics television
Hollywood books and posters Using all these
different strategies helped the US to make the best
propaganda
10
BIBLIOGRAPHY RESOURCES
[1] John B Whitton The American Journal of International Law Vol45 No 1 (published in January 1951) pp 151-153 Published by American Society of International Law URL httpwwwjstororgstable2194791
[2] Davidson Philip Propaganda and the American Revolution 1763-1789
Chapel Hill NC
published in 1941
URL httpwwwamericanforeignrelationscomO-WPropagandahtml
[3] Total Cold War US Propaganda in the Free World 19531960 PhD
dissertation University of California Santa Barbara Calif 2001 Many of this
essays conclusions are drawn from the original research in the dissertation
Read more Propaganda
Published in 2001
URL httpenglishrussia[3]com20060920soviet-propaganda-against-usa-
posters
[4] Politics and Film Propaganda and Its Influence during the Cold War
Heather Bullis Carnegie Vanguard High School
Published in 02082008
URL httphtimathuheducurriculumunits200802080202pdf
[5] Propaganda Merriam-Webster
Published in 11 Feb 2008
URLwwwmerriam-webstercom
Simple definition of the term used as a basic understanding for the students
[6] Soviet Propaganda cartoon DVDacutes by Cory Doctorow at 100 pm Sunday
Published in November 4
URL httpboingboingnet20071104soviet-propaganda-cahtml
MEMBERS - Victoria Borra
- Karen Rumay
- Sandra Un Jan
11
KENNEDYacuteS ASSASSINATION MYSTERY Who did it Why he was killed
By Ana Caroline Ruiz and Alexandra Granda
The Kennedys went to Dallas for JKFrsquos
campaign There were lots of people there
and the Kennedys where on a car waving
at the people The car turned off at the
Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 1230
pm the car continues to move passing the
Texas School Book Depository and
suddenly gunfire started in the plaza One
of the bullets struck in the presidentrsquos neck
and he slumped towards Mrs Kennedy
Every single person that has studied history
knows this stories is at schools books
and even movies but why Why is this
even so important in history What does
JFK had that made him different from other
killed person other president other
American And most importantly who
actually killed him
Kennedy represented hope and the
prospects for the new generation he
created an atmosphere that was different
from any other elections and therefore it
was devastating
Kennedyrsquos assassination represented the
end of an innocent time and the beginning
of a turbulent one Race relations the war in
Vietnam the threat of communism all
conspired together to make it a time of
anxiety The country and the whole world
was dividing into two the ones who wanted
to find the killer and the ones who were
hiding the killer
JFKennedy with his wife Jacqueline before
his assassination
12
The first to be accused was Lee Harvey
Oswald the man who allegedly pulled the
trigger of a rifle from the Texas School
Book Depository and was found 40
minutes Oswald denied involvement in the
killing Two days later while being
transferred to the county jail Oswald was
shot and killed by nightclub owner Jack
Ruby and then he killed himself
But why did Jack Ruby killed Oswald for
then killing himself There is a belief that
they were involved to a Mafia Contract and
that Oswald knew too much and Jack Ruby
owned a favor to the Mafia and he had no
choice still everything is a theory
There are also lots of probabilities that this
murder was a conspiracy The suspicious
people that were supposed to be involved
in this conspiracy and that will get benefit
from it are The that there could have been
an involvement from the Pentagon from
the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the FBI the
CIA and even the White House itself
because maybe President Kennedy was a
threat to their plans
A great example of how Kennedy could be
a threat was what he decided to do with the
Vietnam War The USA gave supplies
arms and every material thing that they
needed but Kennedy knew he could not get
the war further the USA was too involved
with the Vietnam War already in 1963 But
people like Vice President Johnson
opposed to the decision because they were
ambitious politicians and they could not let
communism won after what happen during
the Cold War and the Domino Theory so
there is a belief that every person that
wanted the United States to become
actively involved in the Vietnam send
someone or some people to kill Kennedy
13
However it is not only believed that the
Vietnam War was the only fact or reason
for killing Kennedy Before this there was
the Cuban Revolution Kennedy was also
involved in it and is said that because
President Kennedy did not help the Cubans
exiles in their attempt (1961) to invade
Cuba and stop the communism of Fidel
Castroacutes government he also did not
destroy Cuba on the Cuba missile crisis of
1962 this facts created a great anger from
those Cubans that believed USA would
help them and Kennedy was the one in
charge so this is a theory of why
someone would kill him
Conclusion
There are many theories on Kennedyrsquos
death and for each argument therersquos an
argument against making the research
even more difficult But the one that had
most motives and more arguments in
favor is Oswald being the one that has
more quotes videos and interviews in
other words more evidence It has being
proved that he had some psychological
issues He tried to enter the USSR it
didnrsquot worked so well and it seems that
he killed the president to gain favor with
Russians
Kennedy showing Vietnamacutes map and
what they have already done for them
Propaganda
saying how
Kennedy
should be
careful by
getting
involve with
Cuba
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiAssassination_
of_John_F_Kennedy
o httpwwwcoverupscomjfkwhohtm
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiLee_Harvey_O
swald
o httpwwwjfkmurdersolvedcomlhociahtm
o httplistversecom2007090811-
alternative-jfk-assassins
14
SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART ANDANDANDAND
CINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHY Common themes between the Two
by Valeria Jara and Jimena Suarez
here is no doubt that most people
recognize the Soviet Union for its
communist ldquoachievementsrdquo advanced
technology nuclear weapons and
several conflicts with other countries For others the
Soviet Union is also one of the main producers of
high quality films and artistic masterpieces Soviet
art amp cinematography was influenced by the
surrounding events of the time resulting in the use
of a scale of descending colors Furthermore the
artists in charge never looked to an idealized past
but always
looked into
the future
Films and
posters were
also a great
propaganda
tool This
created hatred towards any sort of Soviet art in
some groups of people claiming that by having
this purpose there was nothing ldquo artisticrdquo about
Soviet cinematography and art at all
This article aside from showing characteristics and
the history of Soviet art and Soviet cinematography
will show the main common theme that these two
share by demonstrating how important it was for the
Soviets to diffuse propaganda as much as possible
using these mediums while keeping in mind the
ldquoartisticrdquo factors of them
Cinematography
After the Union of Soviet Social Republics (USSR)
stated that films could be a useful way to spread
TSoviet propaganda against Hitler
(1)
Movie leaflet
15
propaganda considering the immense popularity that
films had among citizens several Soviet films were
developed but needed support around WWI
Once that Stalin died in 1953 censorship was
constantly applied by the government to movies with
any undesirable or politically offensive material
However now directors were free to apply whatever
they thought that the public would like to see
unlike before Stalinrsquos death where films were done
just to spread propaganda
ldquoSocial realismrdquo was finally liberalized to allow the
creation of more human characters but communism
could not be criticized at all
ldquoA revolutionary cinema for the revolutionrdquo and
ldquoExperimentation as a systemrdquo were important ideals
of the Soviet cinematography It was necessary to
show the world the triumph of the revolution in a
revolutionary way and the government was
experimenting with films to build a revolutionary
state in every single aspect (including artistically)
They investigated cinematic theories
montages the film industry as a propaganda tool and
more In fact Soviet films did cause a worldwide
revolution mainly due to the highly realistic images
and excellent use of montages it showed everyone a
new type of expression
The Soviet film industry kept in mind the diffusion
of propaganda as proven before Nonetheless in the
end it was important for everyone else the way that it
expressed the message not the actual message The
mediums that it used to achieve this that is what
impressed the rest of the world which is why Soviet
cinematography is a very important point in the
history of films in general
Art
Before 1932 Soviet art drew on futurism cubism
and abstraction These were symbolic of the
new realism being established by the government
Several
recognized artists
produced
propaganda
posters and
sculptures
considered to
be true
ldquoOf all the arts for us the most
important is cinemardquo
-Lenin (2)
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
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[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
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[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
8
The next pictureiii was published a year after
Stalinrsquos death This
poster reinforces
that the Soviets
have developed
their weapons and
air-forces much
more The red stars
represent the pilotrsquos kill score
Propaganda is considered to be a
psychological manipulation technique of a
group of individuals usually known for creating
a negative influence Since the Russian
revolution to the final days of the Cold War
communists were experts at making
propaganda art Using this method the
communists won the hearts and minds of
Russian people making them see communism
as a shining and very attractive future
Most of the propaganda we see comes from
the Soviet Union or independent political activist
groups because after WWII the western
democratic states (USA) removed most of their
propaganda
But America has also created propaganda
through all periods of history They used it
particularly in times of war and international
crisis
While the USSR
showed off its
military strength
trying to impress
(see the image on
the rightiv) America
used Hollywood and media
One result of the immense anti-communism
propaganda was the persecution of many
Hollywood workers This is because there were
many secret Soviet agents that were hiding in
the American woodworking Senator Joe
McCarthy was responsible for finding them but
Strong citizens working for
motherland The BGTO
program was introduced
The boy in the picture is
holding a BGTO book
9
he also affected innocent people by making
them loose their job and not being able to find
another one Also when the television was
created The USA was able to spread
propaganda in a more easy fast and effective
way
As literature was so cheap the non-fiction books
and comics became methods to implant
propaganda These were sold very cheap and
were about superheroes defeating the
communists The story was usually about a
cowboy or soldier going against a terrible
situation but always saving the day
The non-fictional
books were very
fictional they were
always about
communism and the
reason why it was
bad It said how Soviets were waiting for any
moment to try to destroy America Comics that
were normally geared towards children took a twist-
in comic Is This Tomorrowrdquo Russians are shown
conquering
and enslaving
America
So which
country made
the most and
the best
interesting
propaganda of
the Cold War
According to
what was said above even though most of the
propaganda that we can see today comes from
the Soviet Union because of the reasons already
mentioned the US made the most interesting and
amazing propaganda using comics television
Hollywood books and posters Using all these
different strategies helped the US to make the best
propaganda
10
BIBLIOGRAPHY RESOURCES
[1] John B Whitton The American Journal of International Law Vol45 No 1 (published in January 1951) pp 151-153 Published by American Society of International Law URL httpwwwjstororgstable2194791
[2] Davidson Philip Propaganda and the American Revolution 1763-1789
Chapel Hill NC
published in 1941
URL httpwwwamericanforeignrelationscomO-WPropagandahtml
[3] Total Cold War US Propaganda in the Free World 19531960 PhD
dissertation University of California Santa Barbara Calif 2001 Many of this
essays conclusions are drawn from the original research in the dissertation
Read more Propaganda
Published in 2001
URL httpenglishrussia[3]com20060920soviet-propaganda-against-usa-
posters
[4] Politics and Film Propaganda and Its Influence during the Cold War
Heather Bullis Carnegie Vanguard High School
Published in 02082008
URL httphtimathuheducurriculumunits200802080202pdf
[5] Propaganda Merriam-Webster
Published in 11 Feb 2008
URLwwwmerriam-webstercom
Simple definition of the term used as a basic understanding for the students
[6] Soviet Propaganda cartoon DVDacutes by Cory Doctorow at 100 pm Sunday
Published in November 4
URL httpboingboingnet20071104soviet-propaganda-cahtml
MEMBERS - Victoria Borra
- Karen Rumay
- Sandra Un Jan
11
KENNEDYacuteS ASSASSINATION MYSTERY Who did it Why he was killed
By Ana Caroline Ruiz and Alexandra Granda
The Kennedys went to Dallas for JKFrsquos
campaign There were lots of people there
and the Kennedys where on a car waving
at the people The car turned off at the
Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 1230
pm the car continues to move passing the
Texas School Book Depository and
suddenly gunfire started in the plaza One
of the bullets struck in the presidentrsquos neck
and he slumped towards Mrs Kennedy
Every single person that has studied history
knows this stories is at schools books
and even movies but why Why is this
even so important in history What does
JFK had that made him different from other
killed person other president other
American And most importantly who
actually killed him
Kennedy represented hope and the
prospects for the new generation he
created an atmosphere that was different
from any other elections and therefore it
was devastating
Kennedyrsquos assassination represented the
end of an innocent time and the beginning
of a turbulent one Race relations the war in
Vietnam the threat of communism all
conspired together to make it a time of
anxiety The country and the whole world
was dividing into two the ones who wanted
to find the killer and the ones who were
hiding the killer
JFKennedy with his wife Jacqueline before
his assassination
12
The first to be accused was Lee Harvey
Oswald the man who allegedly pulled the
trigger of a rifle from the Texas School
Book Depository and was found 40
minutes Oswald denied involvement in the
killing Two days later while being
transferred to the county jail Oswald was
shot and killed by nightclub owner Jack
Ruby and then he killed himself
But why did Jack Ruby killed Oswald for
then killing himself There is a belief that
they were involved to a Mafia Contract and
that Oswald knew too much and Jack Ruby
owned a favor to the Mafia and he had no
choice still everything is a theory
There are also lots of probabilities that this
murder was a conspiracy The suspicious
people that were supposed to be involved
in this conspiracy and that will get benefit
from it are The that there could have been
an involvement from the Pentagon from
the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the FBI the
CIA and even the White House itself
because maybe President Kennedy was a
threat to their plans
A great example of how Kennedy could be
a threat was what he decided to do with the
Vietnam War The USA gave supplies
arms and every material thing that they
needed but Kennedy knew he could not get
the war further the USA was too involved
with the Vietnam War already in 1963 But
people like Vice President Johnson
opposed to the decision because they were
ambitious politicians and they could not let
communism won after what happen during
the Cold War and the Domino Theory so
there is a belief that every person that
wanted the United States to become
actively involved in the Vietnam send
someone or some people to kill Kennedy
13
However it is not only believed that the
Vietnam War was the only fact or reason
for killing Kennedy Before this there was
the Cuban Revolution Kennedy was also
involved in it and is said that because
President Kennedy did not help the Cubans
exiles in their attempt (1961) to invade
Cuba and stop the communism of Fidel
Castroacutes government he also did not
destroy Cuba on the Cuba missile crisis of
1962 this facts created a great anger from
those Cubans that believed USA would
help them and Kennedy was the one in
charge so this is a theory of why
someone would kill him
Conclusion
There are many theories on Kennedyrsquos
death and for each argument therersquos an
argument against making the research
even more difficult But the one that had
most motives and more arguments in
favor is Oswald being the one that has
more quotes videos and interviews in
other words more evidence It has being
proved that he had some psychological
issues He tried to enter the USSR it
didnrsquot worked so well and it seems that
he killed the president to gain favor with
Russians
Kennedy showing Vietnamacutes map and
what they have already done for them
Propaganda
saying how
Kennedy
should be
careful by
getting
involve with
Cuba
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiAssassination_
of_John_F_Kennedy
o httpwwwcoverupscomjfkwhohtm
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiLee_Harvey_O
swald
o httpwwwjfkmurdersolvedcomlhociahtm
o httplistversecom2007090811-
alternative-jfk-assassins
14
SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART ANDANDANDAND
CINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHY Common themes between the Two
by Valeria Jara and Jimena Suarez
here is no doubt that most people
recognize the Soviet Union for its
communist ldquoachievementsrdquo advanced
technology nuclear weapons and
several conflicts with other countries For others the
Soviet Union is also one of the main producers of
high quality films and artistic masterpieces Soviet
art amp cinematography was influenced by the
surrounding events of the time resulting in the use
of a scale of descending colors Furthermore the
artists in charge never looked to an idealized past
but always
looked into
the future
Films and
posters were
also a great
propaganda
tool This
created hatred towards any sort of Soviet art in
some groups of people claiming that by having
this purpose there was nothing ldquo artisticrdquo about
Soviet cinematography and art at all
This article aside from showing characteristics and
the history of Soviet art and Soviet cinematography
will show the main common theme that these two
share by demonstrating how important it was for the
Soviets to diffuse propaganda as much as possible
using these mediums while keeping in mind the
ldquoartisticrdquo factors of them
Cinematography
After the Union of Soviet Social Republics (USSR)
stated that films could be a useful way to spread
TSoviet propaganda against Hitler
(1)
Movie leaflet
15
propaganda considering the immense popularity that
films had among citizens several Soviet films were
developed but needed support around WWI
Once that Stalin died in 1953 censorship was
constantly applied by the government to movies with
any undesirable or politically offensive material
However now directors were free to apply whatever
they thought that the public would like to see
unlike before Stalinrsquos death where films were done
just to spread propaganda
ldquoSocial realismrdquo was finally liberalized to allow the
creation of more human characters but communism
could not be criticized at all
ldquoA revolutionary cinema for the revolutionrdquo and
ldquoExperimentation as a systemrdquo were important ideals
of the Soviet cinematography It was necessary to
show the world the triumph of the revolution in a
revolutionary way and the government was
experimenting with films to build a revolutionary
state in every single aspect (including artistically)
They investigated cinematic theories
montages the film industry as a propaganda tool and
more In fact Soviet films did cause a worldwide
revolution mainly due to the highly realistic images
and excellent use of montages it showed everyone a
new type of expression
The Soviet film industry kept in mind the diffusion
of propaganda as proven before Nonetheless in the
end it was important for everyone else the way that it
expressed the message not the actual message The
mediums that it used to achieve this that is what
impressed the rest of the world which is why Soviet
cinematography is a very important point in the
history of films in general
Art
Before 1932 Soviet art drew on futurism cubism
and abstraction These were symbolic of the
new realism being established by the government
Several
recognized artists
produced
propaganda
posters and
sculptures
considered to
be true
ldquoOf all the arts for us the most
important is cinemardquo
-Lenin (2)
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
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[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
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[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
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[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
9
he also affected innocent people by making
them loose their job and not being able to find
another one Also when the television was
created The USA was able to spread
propaganda in a more easy fast and effective
way
As literature was so cheap the non-fiction books
and comics became methods to implant
propaganda These were sold very cheap and
were about superheroes defeating the
communists The story was usually about a
cowboy or soldier going against a terrible
situation but always saving the day
The non-fictional
books were very
fictional they were
always about
communism and the
reason why it was
bad It said how Soviets were waiting for any
moment to try to destroy America Comics that
were normally geared towards children took a twist-
in comic Is This Tomorrowrdquo Russians are shown
conquering
and enslaving
America
So which
country made
the most and
the best
interesting
propaganda of
the Cold War
According to
what was said above even though most of the
propaganda that we can see today comes from
the Soviet Union because of the reasons already
mentioned the US made the most interesting and
amazing propaganda using comics television
Hollywood books and posters Using all these
different strategies helped the US to make the best
propaganda
10
BIBLIOGRAPHY RESOURCES
[1] John B Whitton The American Journal of International Law Vol45 No 1 (published in January 1951) pp 151-153 Published by American Society of International Law URL httpwwwjstororgstable2194791
[2] Davidson Philip Propaganda and the American Revolution 1763-1789
Chapel Hill NC
published in 1941
URL httpwwwamericanforeignrelationscomO-WPropagandahtml
[3] Total Cold War US Propaganda in the Free World 19531960 PhD
dissertation University of California Santa Barbara Calif 2001 Many of this
essays conclusions are drawn from the original research in the dissertation
Read more Propaganda
Published in 2001
URL httpenglishrussia[3]com20060920soviet-propaganda-against-usa-
posters
[4] Politics and Film Propaganda and Its Influence during the Cold War
Heather Bullis Carnegie Vanguard High School
Published in 02082008
URL httphtimathuheducurriculumunits200802080202pdf
[5] Propaganda Merriam-Webster
Published in 11 Feb 2008
URLwwwmerriam-webstercom
Simple definition of the term used as a basic understanding for the students
[6] Soviet Propaganda cartoon DVDacutes by Cory Doctorow at 100 pm Sunday
Published in November 4
URL httpboingboingnet20071104soviet-propaganda-cahtml
MEMBERS - Victoria Borra
- Karen Rumay
- Sandra Un Jan
11
KENNEDYacuteS ASSASSINATION MYSTERY Who did it Why he was killed
By Ana Caroline Ruiz and Alexandra Granda
The Kennedys went to Dallas for JKFrsquos
campaign There were lots of people there
and the Kennedys where on a car waving
at the people The car turned off at the
Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 1230
pm the car continues to move passing the
Texas School Book Depository and
suddenly gunfire started in the plaza One
of the bullets struck in the presidentrsquos neck
and he slumped towards Mrs Kennedy
Every single person that has studied history
knows this stories is at schools books
and even movies but why Why is this
even so important in history What does
JFK had that made him different from other
killed person other president other
American And most importantly who
actually killed him
Kennedy represented hope and the
prospects for the new generation he
created an atmosphere that was different
from any other elections and therefore it
was devastating
Kennedyrsquos assassination represented the
end of an innocent time and the beginning
of a turbulent one Race relations the war in
Vietnam the threat of communism all
conspired together to make it a time of
anxiety The country and the whole world
was dividing into two the ones who wanted
to find the killer and the ones who were
hiding the killer
JFKennedy with his wife Jacqueline before
his assassination
12
The first to be accused was Lee Harvey
Oswald the man who allegedly pulled the
trigger of a rifle from the Texas School
Book Depository and was found 40
minutes Oswald denied involvement in the
killing Two days later while being
transferred to the county jail Oswald was
shot and killed by nightclub owner Jack
Ruby and then he killed himself
But why did Jack Ruby killed Oswald for
then killing himself There is a belief that
they were involved to a Mafia Contract and
that Oswald knew too much and Jack Ruby
owned a favor to the Mafia and he had no
choice still everything is a theory
There are also lots of probabilities that this
murder was a conspiracy The suspicious
people that were supposed to be involved
in this conspiracy and that will get benefit
from it are The that there could have been
an involvement from the Pentagon from
the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the FBI the
CIA and even the White House itself
because maybe President Kennedy was a
threat to their plans
A great example of how Kennedy could be
a threat was what he decided to do with the
Vietnam War The USA gave supplies
arms and every material thing that they
needed but Kennedy knew he could not get
the war further the USA was too involved
with the Vietnam War already in 1963 But
people like Vice President Johnson
opposed to the decision because they were
ambitious politicians and they could not let
communism won after what happen during
the Cold War and the Domino Theory so
there is a belief that every person that
wanted the United States to become
actively involved in the Vietnam send
someone or some people to kill Kennedy
13
However it is not only believed that the
Vietnam War was the only fact or reason
for killing Kennedy Before this there was
the Cuban Revolution Kennedy was also
involved in it and is said that because
President Kennedy did not help the Cubans
exiles in their attempt (1961) to invade
Cuba and stop the communism of Fidel
Castroacutes government he also did not
destroy Cuba on the Cuba missile crisis of
1962 this facts created a great anger from
those Cubans that believed USA would
help them and Kennedy was the one in
charge so this is a theory of why
someone would kill him
Conclusion
There are many theories on Kennedyrsquos
death and for each argument therersquos an
argument against making the research
even more difficult But the one that had
most motives and more arguments in
favor is Oswald being the one that has
more quotes videos and interviews in
other words more evidence It has being
proved that he had some psychological
issues He tried to enter the USSR it
didnrsquot worked so well and it seems that
he killed the president to gain favor with
Russians
Kennedy showing Vietnamacutes map and
what they have already done for them
Propaganda
saying how
Kennedy
should be
careful by
getting
involve with
Cuba
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiAssassination_
of_John_F_Kennedy
o httpwwwcoverupscomjfkwhohtm
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiLee_Harvey_O
swald
o httpwwwjfkmurdersolvedcomlhociahtm
o httplistversecom2007090811-
alternative-jfk-assassins
14
SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART ANDANDANDAND
CINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHY Common themes between the Two
by Valeria Jara and Jimena Suarez
here is no doubt that most people
recognize the Soviet Union for its
communist ldquoachievementsrdquo advanced
technology nuclear weapons and
several conflicts with other countries For others the
Soviet Union is also one of the main producers of
high quality films and artistic masterpieces Soviet
art amp cinematography was influenced by the
surrounding events of the time resulting in the use
of a scale of descending colors Furthermore the
artists in charge never looked to an idealized past
but always
looked into
the future
Films and
posters were
also a great
propaganda
tool This
created hatred towards any sort of Soviet art in
some groups of people claiming that by having
this purpose there was nothing ldquo artisticrdquo about
Soviet cinematography and art at all
This article aside from showing characteristics and
the history of Soviet art and Soviet cinematography
will show the main common theme that these two
share by demonstrating how important it was for the
Soviets to diffuse propaganda as much as possible
using these mediums while keeping in mind the
ldquoartisticrdquo factors of them
Cinematography
After the Union of Soviet Social Republics (USSR)
stated that films could be a useful way to spread
TSoviet propaganda against Hitler
(1)
Movie leaflet
15
propaganda considering the immense popularity that
films had among citizens several Soviet films were
developed but needed support around WWI
Once that Stalin died in 1953 censorship was
constantly applied by the government to movies with
any undesirable or politically offensive material
However now directors were free to apply whatever
they thought that the public would like to see
unlike before Stalinrsquos death where films were done
just to spread propaganda
ldquoSocial realismrdquo was finally liberalized to allow the
creation of more human characters but communism
could not be criticized at all
ldquoA revolutionary cinema for the revolutionrdquo and
ldquoExperimentation as a systemrdquo were important ideals
of the Soviet cinematography It was necessary to
show the world the triumph of the revolution in a
revolutionary way and the government was
experimenting with films to build a revolutionary
state in every single aspect (including artistically)
They investigated cinematic theories
montages the film industry as a propaganda tool and
more In fact Soviet films did cause a worldwide
revolution mainly due to the highly realistic images
and excellent use of montages it showed everyone a
new type of expression
The Soviet film industry kept in mind the diffusion
of propaganda as proven before Nonetheless in the
end it was important for everyone else the way that it
expressed the message not the actual message The
mediums that it used to achieve this that is what
impressed the rest of the world which is why Soviet
cinematography is a very important point in the
history of films in general
Art
Before 1932 Soviet art drew on futurism cubism
and abstraction These were symbolic of the
new realism being established by the government
Several
recognized artists
produced
propaganda
posters and
sculptures
considered to
be true
ldquoOf all the arts for us the most
important is cinemardquo
-Lenin (2)
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
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[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
10
BIBLIOGRAPHY RESOURCES
[1] John B Whitton The American Journal of International Law Vol45 No 1 (published in January 1951) pp 151-153 Published by American Society of International Law URL httpwwwjstororgstable2194791
[2] Davidson Philip Propaganda and the American Revolution 1763-1789
Chapel Hill NC
published in 1941
URL httpwwwamericanforeignrelationscomO-WPropagandahtml
[3] Total Cold War US Propaganda in the Free World 19531960 PhD
dissertation University of California Santa Barbara Calif 2001 Many of this
essays conclusions are drawn from the original research in the dissertation
Read more Propaganda
Published in 2001
URL httpenglishrussia[3]com20060920soviet-propaganda-against-usa-
posters
[4] Politics and Film Propaganda and Its Influence during the Cold War
Heather Bullis Carnegie Vanguard High School
Published in 02082008
URL httphtimathuheducurriculumunits200802080202pdf
[5] Propaganda Merriam-Webster
Published in 11 Feb 2008
URLwwwmerriam-webstercom
Simple definition of the term used as a basic understanding for the students
[6] Soviet Propaganda cartoon DVDacutes by Cory Doctorow at 100 pm Sunday
Published in November 4
URL httpboingboingnet20071104soviet-propaganda-cahtml
MEMBERS - Victoria Borra
- Karen Rumay
- Sandra Un Jan
11
KENNEDYacuteS ASSASSINATION MYSTERY Who did it Why he was killed
By Ana Caroline Ruiz and Alexandra Granda
The Kennedys went to Dallas for JKFrsquos
campaign There were lots of people there
and the Kennedys where on a car waving
at the people The car turned off at the
Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 1230
pm the car continues to move passing the
Texas School Book Depository and
suddenly gunfire started in the plaza One
of the bullets struck in the presidentrsquos neck
and he slumped towards Mrs Kennedy
Every single person that has studied history
knows this stories is at schools books
and even movies but why Why is this
even so important in history What does
JFK had that made him different from other
killed person other president other
American And most importantly who
actually killed him
Kennedy represented hope and the
prospects for the new generation he
created an atmosphere that was different
from any other elections and therefore it
was devastating
Kennedyrsquos assassination represented the
end of an innocent time and the beginning
of a turbulent one Race relations the war in
Vietnam the threat of communism all
conspired together to make it a time of
anxiety The country and the whole world
was dividing into two the ones who wanted
to find the killer and the ones who were
hiding the killer
JFKennedy with his wife Jacqueline before
his assassination
12
The first to be accused was Lee Harvey
Oswald the man who allegedly pulled the
trigger of a rifle from the Texas School
Book Depository and was found 40
minutes Oswald denied involvement in the
killing Two days later while being
transferred to the county jail Oswald was
shot and killed by nightclub owner Jack
Ruby and then he killed himself
But why did Jack Ruby killed Oswald for
then killing himself There is a belief that
they were involved to a Mafia Contract and
that Oswald knew too much and Jack Ruby
owned a favor to the Mafia and he had no
choice still everything is a theory
There are also lots of probabilities that this
murder was a conspiracy The suspicious
people that were supposed to be involved
in this conspiracy and that will get benefit
from it are The that there could have been
an involvement from the Pentagon from
the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the FBI the
CIA and even the White House itself
because maybe President Kennedy was a
threat to their plans
A great example of how Kennedy could be
a threat was what he decided to do with the
Vietnam War The USA gave supplies
arms and every material thing that they
needed but Kennedy knew he could not get
the war further the USA was too involved
with the Vietnam War already in 1963 But
people like Vice President Johnson
opposed to the decision because they were
ambitious politicians and they could not let
communism won after what happen during
the Cold War and the Domino Theory so
there is a belief that every person that
wanted the United States to become
actively involved in the Vietnam send
someone or some people to kill Kennedy
13
However it is not only believed that the
Vietnam War was the only fact or reason
for killing Kennedy Before this there was
the Cuban Revolution Kennedy was also
involved in it and is said that because
President Kennedy did not help the Cubans
exiles in their attempt (1961) to invade
Cuba and stop the communism of Fidel
Castroacutes government he also did not
destroy Cuba on the Cuba missile crisis of
1962 this facts created a great anger from
those Cubans that believed USA would
help them and Kennedy was the one in
charge so this is a theory of why
someone would kill him
Conclusion
There are many theories on Kennedyrsquos
death and for each argument therersquos an
argument against making the research
even more difficult But the one that had
most motives and more arguments in
favor is Oswald being the one that has
more quotes videos and interviews in
other words more evidence It has being
proved that he had some psychological
issues He tried to enter the USSR it
didnrsquot worked so well and it seems that
he killed the president to gain favor with
Russians
Kennedy showing Vietnamacutes map and
what they have already done for them
Propaganda
saying how
Kennedy
should be
careful by
getting
involve with
Cuba
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiAssassination_
of_John_F_Kennedy
o httpwwwcoverupscomjfkwhohtm
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiLee_Harvey_O
swald
o httpwwwjfkmurdersolvedcomlhociahtm
o httplistversecom2007090811-
alternative-jfk-assassins
14
SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART ANDANDANDAND
CINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHY Common themes between the Two
by Valeria Jara and Jimena Suarez
here is no doubt that most people
recognize the Soviet Union for its
communist ldquoachievementsrdquo advanced
technology nuclear weapons and
several conflicts with other countries For others the
Soviet Union is also one of the main producers of
high quality films and artistic masterpieces Soviet
art amp cinematography was influenced by the
surrounding events of the time resulting in the use
of a scale of descending colors Furthermore the
artists in charge never looked to an idealized past
but always
looked into
the future
Films and
posters were
also a great
propaganda
tool This
created hatred towards any sort of Soviet art in
some groups of people claiming that by having
this purpose there was nothing ldquo artisticrdquo about
Soviet cinematography and art at all
This article aside from showing characteristics and
the history of Soviet art and Soviet cinematography
will show the main common theme that these two
share by demonstrating how important it was for the
Soviets to diffuse propaganda as much as possible
using these mediums while keeping in mind the
ldquoartisticrdquo factors of them
Cinematography
After the Union of Soviet Social Republics (USSR)
stated that films could be a useful way to spread
TSoviet propaganda against Hitler
(1)
Movie leaflet
15
propaganda considering the immense popularity that
films had among citizens several Soviet films were
developed but needed support around WWI
Once that Stalin died in 1953 censorship was
constantly applied by the government to movies with
any undesirable or politically offensive material
However now directors were free to apply whatever
they thought that the public would like to see
unlike before Stalinrsquos death where films were done
just to spread propaganda
ldquoSocial realismrdquo was finally liberalized to allow the
creation of more human characters but communism
could not be criticized at all
ldquoA revolutionary cinema for the revolutionrdquo and
ldquoExperimentation as a systemrdquo were important ideals
of the Soviet cinematography It was necessary to
show the world the triumph of the revolution in a
revolutionary way and the government was
experimenting with films to build a revolutionary
state in every single aspect (including artistically)
They investigated cinematic theories
montages the film industry as a propaganda tool and
more In fact Soviet films did cause a worldwide
revolution mainly due to the highly realistic images
and excellent use of montages it showed everyone a
new type of expression
The Soviet film industry kept in mind the diffusion
of propaganda as proven before Nonetheless in the
end it was important for everyone else the way that it
expressed the message not the actual message The
mediums that it used to achieve this that is what
impressed the rest of the world which is why Soviet
cinematography is a very important point in the
history of films in general
Art
Before 1932 Soviet art drew on futurism cubism
and abstraction These were symbolic of the
new realism being established by the government
Several
recognized artists
produced
propaganda
posters and
sculptures
considered to
be true
ldquoOf all the arts for us the most
important is cinemardquo
-Lenin (2)
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
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[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
11
KENNEDYacuteS ASSASSINATION MYSTERY Who did it Why he was killed
By Ana Caroline Ruiz and Alexandra Granda
The Kennedys went to Dallas for JKFrsquos
campaign There were lots of people there
and the Kennedys where on a car waving
at the people The car turned off at the
Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 1230
pm the car continues to move passing the
Texas School Book Depository and
suddenly gunfire started in the plaza One
of the bullets struck in the presidentrsquos neck
and he slumped towards Mrs Kennedy
Every single person that has studied history
knows this stories is at schools books
and even movies but why Why is this
even so important in history What does
JFK had that made him different from other
killed person other president other
American And most importantly who
actually killed him
Kennedy represented hope and the
prospects for the new generation he
created an atmosphere that was different
from any other elections and therefore it
was devastating
Kennedyrsquos assassination represented the
end of an innocent time and the beginning
of a turbulent one Race relations the war in
Vietnam the threat of communism all
conspired together to make it a time of
anxiety The country and the whole world
was dividing into two the ones who wanted
to find the killer and the ones who were
hiding the killer
JFKennedy with his wife Jacqueline before
his assassination
12
The first to be accused was Lee Harvey
Oswald the man who allegedly pulled the
trigger of a rifle from the Texas School
Book Depository and was found 40
minutes Oswald denied involvement in the
killing Two days later while being
transferred to the county jail Oswald was
shot and killed by nightclub owner Jack
Ruby and then he killed himself
But why did Jack Ruby killed Oswald for
then killing himself There is a belief that
they were involved to a Mafia Contract and
that Oswald knew too much and Jack Ruby
owned a favor to the Mafia and he had no
choice still everything is a theory
There are also lots of probabilities that this
murder was a conspiracy The suspicious
people that were supposed to be involved
in this conspiracy and that will get benefit
from it are The that there could have been
an involvement from the Pentagon from
the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the FBI the
CIA and even the White House itself
because maybe President Kennedy was a
threat to their plans
A great example of how Kennedy could be
a threat was what he decided to do with the
Vietnam War The USA gave supplies
arms and every material thing that they
needed but Kennedy knew he could not get
the war further the USA was too involved
with the Vietnam War already in 1963 But
people like Vice President Johnson
opposed to the decision because they were
ambitious politicians and they could not let
communism won after what happen during
the Cold War and the Domino Theory so
there is a belief that every person that
wanted the United States to become
actively involved in the Vietnam send
someone or some people to kill Kennedy
13
However it is not only believed that the
Vietnam War was the only fact or reason
for killing Kennedy Before this there was
the Cuban Revolution Kennedy was also
involved in it and is said that because
President Kennedy did not help the Cubans
exiles in their attempt (1961) to invade
Cuba and stop the communism of Fidel
Castroacutes government he also did not
destroy Cuba on the Cuba missile crisis of
1962 this facts created a great anger from
those Cubans that believed USA would
help them and Kennedy was the one in
charge so this is a theory of why
someone would kill him
Conclusion
There are many theories on Kennedyrsquos
death and for each argument therersquos an
argument against making the research
even more difficult But the one that had
most motives and more arguments in
favor is Oswald being the one that has
more quotes videos and interviews in
other words more evidence It has being
proved that he had some psychological
issues He tried to enter the USSR it
didnrsquot worked so well and it seems that
he killed the president to gain favor with
Russians
Kennedy showing Vietnamacutes map and
what they have already done for them
Propaganda
saying how
Kennedy
should be
careful by
getting
involve with
Cuba
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiAssassination_
of_John_F_Kennedy
o httpwwwcoverupscomjfkwhohtm
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiLee_Harvey_O
swald
o httpwwwjfkmurdersolvedcomlhociahtm
o httplistversecom2007090811-
alternative-jfk-assassins
14
SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART ANDANDANDAND
CINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHY Common themes between the Two
by Valeria Jara and Jimena Suarez
here is no doubt that most people
recognize the Soviet Union for its
communist ldquoachievementsrdquo advanced
technology nuclear weapons and
several conflicts with other countries For others the
Soviet Union is also one of the main producers of
high quality films and artistic masterpieces Soviet
art amp cinematography was influenced by the
surrounding events of the time resulting in the use
of a scale of descending colors Furthermore the
artists in charge never looked to an idealized past
but always
looked into
the future
Films and
posters were
also a great
propaganda
tool This
created hatred towards any sort of Soviet art in
some groups of people claiming that by having
this purpose there was nothing ldquo artisticrdquo about
Soviet cinematography and art at all
This article aside from showing characteristics and
the history of Soviet art and Soviet cinematography
will show the main common theme that these two
share by demonstrating how important it was for the
Soviets to diffuse propaganda as much as possible
using these mediums while keeping in mind the
ldquoartisticrdquo factors of them
Cinematography
After the Union of Soviet Social Republics (USSR)
stated that films could be a useful way to spread
TSoviet propaganda against Hitler
(1)
Movie leaflet
15
propaganda considering the immense popularity that
films had among citizens several Soviet films were
developed but needed support around WWI
Once that Stalin died in 1953 censorship was
constantly applied by the government to movies with
any undesirable or politically offensive material
However now directors were free to apply whatever
they thought that the public would like to see
unlike before Stalinrsquos death where films were done
just to spread propaganda
ldquoSocial realismrdquo was finally liberalized to allow the
creation of more human characters but communism
could not be criticized at all
ldquoA revolutionary cinema for the revolutionrdquo and
ldquoExperimentation as a systemrdquo were important ideals
of the Soviet cinematography It was necessary to
show the world the triumph of the revolution in a
revolutionary way and the government was
experimenting with films to build a revolutionary
state in every single aspect (including artistically)
They investigated cinematic theories
montages the film industry as a propaganda tool and
more In fact Soviet films did cause a worldwide
revolution mainly due to the highly realistic images
and excellent use of montages it showed everyone a
new type of expression
The Soviet film industry kept in mind the diffusion
of propaganda as proven before Nonetheless in the
end it was important for everyone else the way that it
expressed the message not the actual message The
mediums that it used to achieve this that is what
impressed the rest of the world which is why Soviet
cinematography is a very important point in the
history of films in general
Art
Before 1932 Soviet art drew on futurism cubism
and abstraction These were symbolic of the
new realism being established by the government
Several
recognized artists
produced
propaganda
posters and
sculptures
considered to
be true
ldquoOf all the arts for us the most
important is cinemardquo
-Lenin (2)
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
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httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
12
The first to be accused was Lee Harvey
Oswald the man who allegedly pulled the
trigger of a rifle from the Texas School
Book Depository and was found 40
minutes Oswald denied involvement in the
killing Two days later while being
transferred to the county jail Oswald was
shot and killed by nightclub owner Jack
Ruby and then he killed himself
But why did Jack Ruby killed Oswald for
then killing himself There is a belief that
they were involved to a Mafia Contract and
that Oswald knew too much and Jack Ruby
owned a favor to the Mafia and he had no
choice still everything is a theory
There are also lots of probabilities that this
murder was a conspiracy The suspicious
people that were supposed to be involved
in this conspiracy and that will get benefit
from it are The that there could have been
an involvement from the Pentagon from
the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the FBI the
CIA and even the White House itself
because maybe President Kennedy was a
threat to their plans
A great example of how Kennedy could be
a threat was what he decided to do with the
Vietnam War The USA gave supplies
arms and every material thing that they
needed but Kennedy knew he could not get
the war further the USA was too involved
with the Vietnam War already in 1963 But
people like Vice President Johnson
opposed to the decision because they were
ambitious politicians and they could not let
communism won after what happen during
the Cold War and the Domino Theory so
there is a belief that every person that
wanted the United States to become
actively involved in the Vietnam send
someone or some people to kill Kennedy
13
However it is not only believed that the
Vietnam War was the only fact or reason
for killing Kennedy Before this there was
the Cuban Revolution Kennedy was also
involved in it and is said that because
President Kennedy did not help the Cubans
exiles in their attempt (1961) to invade
Cuba and stop the communism of Fidel
Castroacutes government he also did not
destroy Cuba on the Cuba missile crisis of
1962 this facts created a great anger from
those Cubans that believed USA would
help them and Kennedy was the one in
charge so this is a theory of why
someone would kill him
Conclusion
There are many theories on Kennedyrsquos
death and for each argument therersquos an
argument against making the research
even more difficult But the one that had
most motives and more arguments in
favor is Oswald being the one that has
more quotes videos and interviews in
other words more evidence It has being
proved that he had some psychological
issues He tried to enter the USSR it
didnrsquot worked so well and it seems that
he killed the president to gain favor with
Russians
Kennedy showing Vietnamacutes map and
what they have already done for them
Propaganda
saying how
Kennedy
should be
careful by
getting
involve with
Cuba
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiAssassination_
of_John_F_Kennedy
o httpwwwcoverupscomjfkwhohtm
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiLee_Harvey_O
swald
o httpwwwjfkmurdersolvedcomlhociahtm
o httplistversecom2007090811-
alternative-jfk-assassins
14
SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART ANDANDANDAND
CINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHY Common themes between the Two
by Valeria Jara and Jimena Suarez
here is no doubt that most people
recognize the Soviet Union for its
communist ldquoachievementsrdquo advanced
technology nuclear weapons and
several conflicts with other countries For others the
Soviet Union is also one of the main producers of
high quality films and artistic masterpieces Soviet
art amp cinematography was influenced by the
surrounding events of the time resulting in the use
of a scale of descending colors Furthermore the
artists in charge never looked to an idealized past
but always
looked into
the future
Films and
posters were
also a great
propaganda
tool This
created hatred towards any sort of Soviet art in
some groups of people claiming that by having
this purpose there was nothing ldquo artisticrdquo about
Soviet cinematography and art at all
This article aside from showing characteristics and
the history of Soviet art and Soviet cinematography
will show the main common theme that these two
share by demonstrating how important it was for the
Soviets to diffuse propaganda as much as possible
using these mediums while keeping in mind the
ldquoartisticrdquo factors of them
Cinematography
After the Union of Soviet Social Republics (USSR)
stated that films could be a useful way to spread
TSoviet propaganda against Hitler
(1)
Movie leaflet
15
propaganda considering the immense popularity that
films had among citizens several Soviet films were
developed but needed support around WWI
Once that Stalin died in 1953 censorship was
constantly applied by the government to movies with
any undesirable or politically offensive material
However now directors were free to apply whatever
they thought that the public would like to see
unlike before Stalinrsquos death where films were done
just to spread propaganda
ldquoSocial realismrdquo was finally liberalized to allow the
creation of more human characters but communism
could not be criticized at all
ldquoA revolutionary cinema for the revolutionrdquo and
ldquoExperimentation as a systemrdquo were important ideals
of the Soviet cinematography It was necessary to
show the world the triumph of the revolution in a
revolutionary way and the government was
experimenting with films to build a revolutionary
state in every single aspect (including artistically)
They investigated cinematic theories
montages the film industry as a propaganda tool and
more In fact Soviet films did cause a worldwide
revolution mainly due to the highly realistic images
and excellent use of montages it showed everyone a
new type of expression
The Soviet film industry kept in mind the diffusion
of propaganda as proven before Nonetheless in the
end it was important for everyone else the way that it
expressed the message not the actual message The
mediums that it used to achieve this that is what
impressed the rest of the world which is why Soviet
cinematography is a very important point in the
history of films in general
Art
Before 1932 Soviet art drew on futurism cubism
and abstraction These were symbolic of the
new realism being established by the government
Several
recognized artists
produced
propaganda
posters and
sculptures
considered to
be true
ldquoOf all the arts for us the most
important is cinemardquo
-Lenin (2)
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
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[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
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[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
13
However it is not only believed that the
Vietnam War was the only fact or reason
for killing Kennedy Before this there was
the Cuban Revolution Kennedy was also
involved in it and is said that because
President Kennedy did not help the Cubans
exiles in their attempt (1961) to invade
Cuba and stop the communism of Fidel
Castroacutes government he also did not
destroy Cuba on the Cuba missile crisis of
1962 this facts created a great anger from
those Cubans that believed USA would
help them and Kennedy was the one in
charge so this is a theory of why
someone would kill him
Conclusion
There are many theories on Kennedyrsquos
death and for each argument therersquos an
argument against making the research
even more difficult But the one that had
most motives and more arguments in
favor is Oswald being the one that has
more quotes videos and interviews in
other words more evidence It has being
proved that he had some psychological
issues He tried to enter the USSR it
didnrsquot worked so well and it seems that
he killed the president to gain favor with
Russians
Kennedy showing Vietnamacutes map and
what they have already done for them
Propaganda
saying how
Kennedy
should be
careful by
getting
involve with
Cuba
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiAssassination_
of_John_F_Kennedy
o httpwwwcoverupscomjfkwhohtm
o httpenwikipediaorgwikiLee_Harvey_O
swald
o httpwwwjfkmurdersolvedcomlhociahtm
o httplistversecom2007090811-
alternative-jfk-assassins
14
SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART ANDANDANDAND
CINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHY Common themes between the Two
by Valeria Jara and Jimena Suarez
here is no doubt that most people
recognize the Soviet Union for its
communist ldquoachievementsrdquo advanced
technology nuclear weapons and
several conflicts with other countries For others the
Soviet Union is also one of the main producers of
high quality films and artistic masterpieces Soviet
art amp cinematography was influenced by the
surrounding events of the time resulting in the use
of a scale of descending colors Furthermore the
artists in charge never looked to an idealized past
but always
looked into
the future
Films and
posters were
also a great
propaganda
tool This
created hatred towards any sort of Soviet art in
some groups of people claiming that by having
this purpose there was nothing ldquo artisticrdquo about
Soviet cinematography and art at all
This article aside from showing characteristics and
the history of Soviet art and Soviet cinematography
will show the main common theme that these two
share by demonstrating how important it was for the
Soviets to diffuse propaganda as much as possible
using these mediums while keeping in mind the
ldquoartisticrdquo factors of them
Cinematography
After the Union of Soviet Social Republics (USSR)
stated that films could be a useful way to spread
TSoviet propaganda against Hitler
(1)
Movie leaflet
15
propaganda considering the immense popularity that
films had among citizens several Soviet films were
developed but needed support around WWI
Once that Stalin died in 1953 censorship was
constantly applied by the government to movies with
any undesirable or politically offensive material
However now directors were free to apply whatever
they thought that the public would like to see
unlike before Stalinrsquos death where films were done
just to spread propaganda
ldquoSocial realismrdquo was finally liberalized to allow the
creation of more human characters but communism
could not be criticized at all
ldquoA revolutionary cinema for the revolutionrdquo and
ldquoExperimentation as a systemrdquo were important ideals
of the Soviet cinematography It was necessary to
show the world the triumph of the revolution in a
revolutionary way and the government was
experimenting with films to build a revolutionary
state in every single aspect (including artistically)
They investigated cinematic theories
montages the film industry as a propaganda tool and
more In fact Soviet films did cause a worldwide
revolution mainly due to the highly realistic images
and excellent use of montages it showed everyone a
new type of expression
The Soviet film industry kept in mind the diffusion
of propaganda as proven before Nonetheless in the
end it was important for everyone else the way that it
expressed the message not the actual message The
mediums that it used to achieve this that is what
impressed the rest of the world which is why Soviet
cinematography is a very important point in the
history of films in general
Art
Before 1932 Soviet art drew on futurism cubism
and abstraction These were symbolic of the
new realism being established by the government
Several
recognized artists
produced
propaganda
posters and
sculptures
considered to
be true
ldquoOf all the arts for us the most
important is cinemardquo
-Lenin (2)
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
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37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
14
SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART SOVIET ART ANDANDANDAND
CINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHYCINEMATOGRAPHY Common themes between the Two
by Valeria Jara and Jimena Suarez
here is no doubt that most people
recognize the Soviet Union for its
communist ldquoachievementsrdquo advanced
technology nuclear weapons and
several conflicts with other countries For others the
Soviet Union is also one of the main producers of
high quality films and artistic masterpieces Soviet
art amp cinematography was influenced by the
surrounding events of the time resulting in the use
of a scale of descending colors Furthermore the
artists in charge never looked to an idealized past
but always
looked into
the future
Films and
posters were
also a great
propaganda
tool This
created hatred towards any sort of Soviet art in
some groups of people claiming that by having
this purpose there was nothing ldquo artisticrdquo about
Soviet cinematography and art at all
This article aside from showing characteristics and
the history of Soviet art and Soviet cinematography
will show the main common theme that these two
share by demonstrating how important it was for the
Soviets to diffuse propaganda as much as possible
using these mediums while keeping in mind the
ldquoartisticrdquo factors of them
Cinematography
After the Union of Soviet Social Republics (USSR)
stated that films could be a useful way to spread
TSoviet propaganda against Hitler
(1)
Movie leaflet
15
propaganda considering the immense popularity that
films had among citizens several Soviet films were
developed but needed support around WWI
Once that Stalin died in 1953 censorship was
constantly applied by the government to movies with
any undesirable or politically offensive material
However now directors were free to apply whatever
they thought that the public would like to see
unlike before Stalinrsquos death where films were done
just to spread propaganda
ldquoSocial realismrdquo was finally liberalized to allow the
creation of more human characters but communism
could not be criticized at all
ldquoA revolutionary cinema for the revolutionrdquo and
ldquoExperimentation as a systemrdquo were important ideals
of the Soviet cinematography It was necessary to
show the world the triumph of the revolution in a
revolutionary way and the government was
experimenting with films to build a revolutionary
state in every single aspect (including artistically)
They investigated cinematic theories
montages the film industry as a propaganda tool and
more In fact Soviet films did cause a worldwide
revolution mainly due to the highly realistic images
and excellent use of montages it showed everyone a
new type of expression
The Soviet film industry kept in mind the diffusion
of propaganda as proven before Nonetheless in the
end it was important for everyone else the way that it
expressed the message not the actual message The
mediums that it used to achieve this that is what
impressed the rest of the world which is why Soviet
cinematography is a very important point in the
history of films in general
Art
Before 1932 Soviet art drew on futurism cubism
and abstraction These were symbolic of the
new realism being established by the government
Several
recognized artists
produced
propaganda
posters and
sculptures
considered to
be true
ldquoOf all the arts for us the most
important is cinemardquo
-Lenin (2)
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
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[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
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[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
15
propaganda considering the immense popularity that
films had among citizens several Soviet films were
developed but needed support around WWI
Once that Stalin died in 1953 censorship was
constantly applied by the government to movies with
any undesirable or politically offensive material
However now directors were free to apply whatever
they thought that the public would like to see
unlike before Stalinrsquos death where films were done
just to spread propaganda
ldquoSocial realismrdquo was finally liberalized to allow the
creation of more human characters but communism
could not be criticized at all
ldquoA revolutionary cinema for the revolutionrdquo and
ldquoExperimentation as a systemrdquo were important ideals
of the Soviet cinematography It was necessary to
show the world the triumph of the revolution in a
revolutionary way and the government was
experimenting with films to build a revolutionary
state in every single aspect (including artistically)
They investigated cinematic theories
montages the film industry as a propaganda tool and
more In fact Soviet films did cause a worldwide
revolution mainly due to the highly realistic images
and excellent use of montages it showed everyone a
new type of expression
The Soviet film industry kept in mind the diffusion
of propaganda as proven before Nonetheless in the
end it was important for everyone else the way that it
expressed the message not the actual message The
mediums that it used to achieve this that is what
impressed the rest of the world which is why Soviet
cinematography is a very important point in the
history of films in general
Art
Before 1932 Soviet art drew on futurism cubism
and abstraction These were symbolic of the
new realism being established by the government
Several
recognized artists
produced
propaganda
posters and
sculptures
considered to
be true
ldquoOf all the arts for us the most
important is cinemardquo
-Lenin (2)
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
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[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
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37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
16
masterpieces of abstract symbolism
Years past 1932 symbolism was gone and realism
began
The new paintings included real-life themes such as
youth energy labor peasants and buildings It was
quite similar to Nazi art though Soviet Art looked
towards the future instead
The death of Joseph Stalin also affected the arts
positively causing a wave of liberalization Artist
now felt free to experiment in their work unlike in
the past However as time flew by it was not as
liberal as artists had hoped Artists who painted in
styles different from realism had to do it secretly and
in private Fortunately Mikhail Gorbachevrsquos
policies around the 1980rsquos made it nearly impossible
for the authorities to get involved or place
restrictions on artists and their freedom of speech
Soviet posters played a main role in the art of
propaganda They were introduced to Russia before
the Revolution yet Lenin created the first
modern propaganda machine These became
extremely popular as well as controversial and
nowadays are remembered by many as one of the
main contributors to the Soviet Union A prime
example can be the Anti-Hitler poster in page 1
In conclusion Soviet paintings and cinema
searched for freedom art and a way to express their
propaganda properly in any sort of mainstream
medium Still freedom seemed to be more important
for art than it was for cinematography and people
were actually allowed to experiment in films after
the death of Stalin There was also another very
common theme between the two revolution It was
the most important thing for the Soviet Union in
general and it was necessary to express the triumph
of revolution in both mediums
Soviet abstract sculpture
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
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xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
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[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
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[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
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[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
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[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
17
Bibliography
1 Anti-Nazi Poster Homepagedailycom
httpwwwhomepagedailycomuploads20090811
db4cf020-4e3f-4813-a60c-
eeff81f19190a55_redarmyjpg
2 ldquoOf all the arts for us the most important is
cinemardquo ndashLenin (January 17 of 1922) The
Film Factory Russian and Soviet Cinema in
Documents 1896-1939 First published in
1988
httpbooksgooglecompebooksid=dkVKmMW3
V9ECamppg=PA53amplpg=PA53ampdq=of+all+arts+leni
n+most+importantampsource=blampots=HtRUi2P-
Dpampsig=xoLwWQcdAMR7Ga3KZGzkWVB5piwamp
hl=enampsa=Xampei=QXBNUMfAE4mQ9QS1-
4GADgampved=0CC8Q6AEwAQv=onepageampq=of
20all20arts20lenin20most20importantampf=
false
3 Nazi amp Soviet Art Goodartorg
httpwwwgoodartorgartofnzhtm
4 Russian amp Soviet Cinema The British
Library Board
httpwwwblukreshelpfindhelplangrussianrussia
ncinemarusscinemahtml
5 The Russian and Soviet Cinematography ndash
great art from the big country
Magdaolchawskacom 2011
httpwwwmagdaolchawskacomentry164
6 Soviet Art Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiSoviet_art
7 Cinema of the Soviet Union Wikipedia
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCinema_of_the_Soviet_
Union
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
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[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
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[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
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[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
18
What was Life like for Women
In the Soviet Union By Camila Soria amp Valeria Paz
Women during the twentieth century wanted to have
the same rights as men had such as the same right to
work equal pay better education be able to
participate in social and political activities However this
didnrsquot occur in Russia until October 1917 which was a
milestone in the emancipation of women For the first
time the complete economic political and sexual
equality of women was put on the historic agenda Also
women would finally have the opportunity to work
outside of their homes and have a role in all spheres of
political and social life (1)
Furthermore in the soviet army there where
more than more than 8 percent of mobilized
troops that were women This situation
reflected more the propaganda efforts of the
soviets than the reality
Besides the Soviet Union was one of the first
societies that included women in their armed
forces Women were soldiers in World War 1
and 2 In the active force they worked in
clerical positions the communications field
administration as repair technicians and
particularly in the health and medical services
(3)
The Soviet Government wanted to mobilize millions of
women workers to participate in building the new
society For this to occur many conferences were
organized The government was doing everything it
could to enable the Soviet woman to be an
independent proletarian socialist worker (1)
Women propaganda
In these times women were more independent and
they were no longer obligated to live with their husband
Attention was paid to women maternity laws Also
womenrsquos department wanted to bring women into
politics by visiting factories and villages (1)
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
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contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
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Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
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destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
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Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
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30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
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7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
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[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
19
Women were encouraged to have large families
but also expected to work outside the home
Western feminists have often been confused to find
that for Russian women feminism means being able
to stay at home with their children rather than
having to work long hours at a job as well as having
to do all the housework cooking etc Russian
women have been having it all for decades and
many of them are tired of it Very few women in top
government jobs for instance and although there
were a lot of women doctors doctor did not have
particularly high status
From the beginning the soviet law recognized that
motherhood is not a private matter but rather the
social duty of the active and equal female citizen
As well the Soviet Union has solved one of the most
important dilemmas how women can work without
leaving their motherhood Vladimir Lenin who was a
Russian revolutionary leader said that the public
canteens kindergartens Young pioneer camps
playgrounds and cregraveches all facilitate women to
work by caring for their children
Moreover in this time the soviet state provides
increasing materials assistance to mothers and they
had support of the government In 1945 when the
families were bigger or one-parent homes the
government would pay them two billion roubles
The women of the Soviet Union worked on an equal
footing with men to advance science culture and
the arts and they had an outstanding place in the
national education and health services
Also they are implementing their political rights in
practice While 256 thousand women have been
elected to rural regional urban and republican
organs of state power
Lenin considered that the role of women was
essential to the success of revolution In 1918 in a
Womenrsquos congress he said the experience of all
liberation movements has shown that the success of
a revolution depends on how much the women
take part in it
In the elections of 1927 for the rural Soviets 6500000
women took part Also 146251 women were elected
to the rural Soviets In October 1927 women formed
128 percent of the membership of the Communist
Party Finally one-third of the students of higher
education were women Also there are huge
industrial enterprises in the USSR like the Skorokhod
Shoe Factory where 60 per cent of those employed
were women (4)
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
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[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
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[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
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[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
20
Therefore women laws were respected marriage
had no effect on the citizenship of either party and
women did not have to follow their husbands to
another place like it was before Other laws were
created in favor of women like providing a vacation
period with pay for women before and after
childbirth Some examples of successful women in
the USSR can be Valentina Grizodubova Paulina
Ossipenko and Marina Raskova who were fliers that
displayed such heroism in the art of flying in their
long-distance non-stop flight from Moscow to the Far
East They made a record in non-stop women flight
(6)
Conclusion
Womenrsquos lives were complicated because at first
they didnrsquot have the rights they deserved
however they fight for them and with the support
of the government women get the rights they
wanted Much educational propaganda also
helped women to succeed Women played an
important role in the Soviet Union and they
helped along World War 1 and 2 by being part of
the military troops Women received benefits
from the government as well as some of the
rights they wanted Women in the Soviet Union
should be considered as heroes because they
fight for the nations they wanted to help in the
society Women were accorded public honor for
good work or the attainment of greater skill (5)
(1) httpwwwsocialistappealorganalysi
swomen-marxism141-women-in-the-
soviet-union
Women in the Soviet Union - Monday 19
January 1998 1900
(2) httpwwwjstororgdiscover102307
128134uid=3738800ampuid=2ampuid=4ampsid
=21101032293193
Alice Schuster Vol 30 No 3 (July 1971) pp
260-267
(3) httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilair
chroniclesaureview1982jan-
febobrienhtml
Air University Review January-February 1982
Mary Louise OBrien
(4) httpwwwmarxistsorghistoryussr
government1928sufdsch25htm
Source Alexandra Kollontai Selected
Articles and Speeches Progress Publishers
1984 First Published Sovetskaya
zhenshchina(Soviet Woman) No 5
September-October 1946 pp 3-4 abridged
(5)httpwwwmarxistsorgarchivekollont
a1946fullhtm
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
(6)httpwwwmarxistsorgsubjectwome
nauthorspichuginawomenhtml
Published Foreign Languages Publishing
House 1939
Transcribed for marxistsorg in April 2002
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
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[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
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[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
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[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
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[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
21
WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE IN 1990 By Angie Su amp Melanie Chinchayan
he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) was a former country with a
major world power which began with the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and ended in its
collapse in 1991 It was founded by a revolution
led by the Bolshevik party under the leadership
of Vladimir Lenin The country was ruled by
only one party the Communist Party When
Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 he was replaced by
Joseph Stalin who later became known as one
of the most brutal mass murderers in history
The Soviet Union and the United States were
major rivals in the end of World War II creating
the Cold War i
There were disagreements over the size and
depth of the Soviet systems problems and no
one thought them to be on risk George Kennan
an American adviser political scientist and
historian found it hard to think of any event
more strange and startling and at first glance
inexplicable than the sudden and total
disintegration and disappearancehellip of the great
power known successively as the Russian
Empire and then the Soviet Unionii Richard
Pipes an American historian of Russia and
advisor to US President Ronald Reagan
called the revolution unexpected The Soviet
Union was far away from any decline and it did
not seem to have any serious problems But
underneath the surface were economic and
political issues specifically the amount of
money they needed to support all the weapons
and the fact that people were not sure if they
wanted to continue being communists
The Decline of the Soviet Union was between
the 1985 and the 1989 At the 1960s people
thought that communists were the best
because
they will
produce
more
goods than the USA and Western Europe By
the 1980s people started realizing that
capitalism was better and that communism had
failed because the people were poorer than the
people of Western Europe In addition to that
Soviet farming failed They had rich lands but
they could not produce enough food for the
people
Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet communism moved a long way from the
new kind of state based on fairness and
equality and it became more corrupt Lenin
closely predicts the Partyrsquos future when he asks
T
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
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xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
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[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
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[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
22
What if unscrupulous and malevolent men
succeeded in capturing these institutions and
manipulated them to cover-up or condone their
own abuses of power Years later in 1964
when Brezhnev came into power they system
would reflect Lenins fears and the hope for
true socialism would be gone As a result this
people had less respect for communism iii
During the Second cold war (1979 ndash 1985)
communist economies were in trouble and they
did not have enough money to pay for weapons
But America and its allies could pay for them
because their economies were better than the
Soviet Unionrsquos The cost of the Cold War
started to increase when US president Ronald
Reagan came to power in 1981 He increased
military spending and challenged USSR to join
a new arms race This started a big competition
between the Soviet Union and the USA to
destroy their missiles in space
In 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to
support its communist government The
invasion
was
criticized
by the
Islamic
world The Afghan rebels received help from
USA so the invasions made Reagan take a
tough anti- Soviet stance The Soviet military
action failed The Afghan army was not strong
enough to win so the USSR helped them but
this affected more the USSR economy
When Mikhail Gorbachev came to the power of
the Soviet Union their economy was still failing
but Gorbachev believed the communist system
needed to be reformed not replaced He
thought there was a way to do it called
ldquoPerestroikardquo or ldquoReformsrdquo
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Berlin 1986
He also wanted to stop corruption and he knew
that the cause of economic problems was the
amount of money spent on defense And the
ways to reduce it was taking Afghanistan out of
the Soviet Union negotiating arms reductions
with the USA and stop interfering in the affairs
of other communist countries He did some of
these things but they did not help the Soviet
Union get stronger
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
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[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
23
Gorbachev failed so he announced that the
Brezhnev Doctrine was now abandoned The
doctrine determined that when one country was
going to pass from a socialist (communist)
government to a capitalist one (democracy) it
concerned all socialist countries not only the
affected country So when the doctrine was
abandoned the Eastern Europe countries could
do whatever they liked In 1989 a series of
massive anti-communist protests took place on
Czechoslovakia the communist government
soon collapsed Through Eastern Europe there
was no more popular support for communism
and without the threat of Soviet tanks
communism fell apart
After that everybody wanted independence
from The Soviet Union and many people
demanded the end of communism The USSR
divided into separate republics and Russia was
the largest one Boris Yeltsin left the communist
party in 1966 and joined groups to destroy
Soviet communism Gorbachev tried to stop the
disintegration of the USSR by using forces
against
nationalists
in the
Baltic
republics this caused the loss of his long
standing friends and supporters In 1991 a
group of hard-line communists tried to seize
power by arresting Gorbachev and were
declaring an emergency In December of 1991
the individual Soviet Republic became
independentiv
To conclude the Collapse of the Soviet Union
was mostly because of economic issues how
they used most of the money for weapons in
wars It was also because of how people were
seeing communism different and how they
started realizing that capitalism was better
causing the major causes for the collapse of the
Soviet Union
i Anissimov Michael What is the Soviet
Union wiseGEEK Sep 11 2012 httpwwwwisegeekcomwhat-is-the-soviet-unionhtm ii Aron Leon Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong Foreign Policy July 2011 httpwwwforeignpolicycomarticles20110620everything_you_think_you_know_about_the_collapse_of_the_soviet_union_is_wrongpage=full iii Unknown The Growing Problem of Corruption
Under Brezhnev Corruption under Brezhnev 2002 httpstalingrad_1943tripodcomstalingradid19html
iv McAleavy Tony Gorbachev and the fall of
the Soviet Empire 2002 Twentieth Century History International Relations since 1919 Pages 160- 165
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
24
The Third World War
Was the Cold War a World War
There are many reasons of why the Cold
War should be considered a World War
In the following article we are going to
present evidence that will support the
hypothesis of why was it a world war
One of the strongest arguments of this
was the intervention of the considerable
number of the most powerful countries in
the Cold War We are also going to analyze
the most powerful leadersrsquo works the causes
and effects of the Cold War how Africa and
the Middle East were involved in the war
and finally the comparison between the
world wars and the Cold War These will be
analyzed in order to answer our main
topic question
First we are going to ask ourselves what
is exactly a world war According the
TheFreeDictionarycom a world war is a
war in which the major nations of the
world are involved This concept confirms
our argument because as we can see in the
graph [1] these sorts of countries are
involved for example the US the USSR
England France Germany etc
The most powerful leaders in that era were
Churchill from UK Roosevelt from US (that
was then replaced by Truman at the Potsdam
conference) and Stalin from USSR as we can
see respectively in picture [2] At the
beginning of the Cold War we all know that
they had to discuss about the government of
most of the European countries that were in
ruins (economically speaking) They agreed
in the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that
non-communist country had to have
emergency governments as the elections had
to occur as soon as possible also that the
[1]
Countries involved in the Cold War
(httpimgurcomAh9tS)
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
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xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
25
border between Germany and Poland would
be free of Nazi influence and get ready for
reparations As it was expected the US and
USSR did not respect those agreements so
instead of that they started to plan
separately how to in the case of the US how
to make European countries democratic and
become their allies and in the case of USSR
how to make countries communist and make
them their allies
The main reason of the Cold War was the
disagreements between these two world
powers on what to do with European
countries Stalin wanted the rise of
communism in Europe and eventually in the
whole world while Truman wanted each
country to decide by itself what to do and
which side to choose but of course he gave
some advantages to the countries that
wanted to be democratic For example the
Marshall Plan that consisted in helping the
economic developing of European countries
was only available to non-communist
countries So Stalin tried to copy every idea
the US created not just the Marshall Plan
but also the NATO by setting up a similar
system that was the Warsaw Pact But the US
plans were more successful
The Cold War in the Middle East was a US
victory After the Second World War the
Jewish and Arabs disputed about an area
called Palestine but finally the US decided to
create a Jewish state called Israel Therefore
as Israel was a US ally it was a Soviet Union
enemy An Arab named Nasser took control
in Egypt and he seized control of the Suez
Canal and asked the USSR for help Then
Israel and Arab states continued fighting
between each other but with American help
Israel won the war Then a new Egypt leader
Anwar Sadat broke relationships with the
[2] Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta 1945
(httpwwwamericaslibrarygovjbwwiijb_wwii_stalin_2_ehtml)
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
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[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
26
USSR and established good relationships
with the US Finally the Americans achieved
to join the Jewish Israelis and Arab
Palestinians to sign a peace treaty in 1993
Summarizing the US was more successful in
influencing the Middle East than the Soviet
Union
Now the intervention of the world powers in
Central America was different In 1959
Castro promoted a revolution in Cuba and
introduced the idea of communism and
became a USSR ally
In 1961 the American CIA organized an
attack over Cuba to stop Castro and it ended
disastrously wrong with the humiliation of
the American President John F Kennedy
Then in 1962 Khrushchev (the new Soviet
leader) placed nuclear missiles on Cuba
There was a grave possibility of a nuclear
war When the US found this out Kennedy
insisted Khrushchev to take them out
Eventually Khrushchev did it but with the
condition that the US will take out their
missiles in Turkey And Kennedy agreed ldquoIt
was our judgment that within a short time
after the crisis was over those missiles would
be gonerdquo [3] And finally Cuba ended being a
Soviet Union ally because it was communist
In conclusion Was the Cold War a War Yes
it was and during this article we had seen
everything that can prove it Summarizing
the first evidence is that just like the two
world wars the Cold War included the two
most powerful countries in the world the US
and Russia and also the participation of many
others countries Also we have seen the
intervention of these two world powers in
the Middle East and in Central America
which means that this war take place in
many parts of the world And between these
we had discovered the roots of the Cold War
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
27
and similarities to any other world war
Therefore we can conclude that this huge
and historical war should be considered a
world war
httpwwwsparknotescomhistoryamericancoldwartermshtml
httpwwwshmoopcomcauses-of-cold-warjosef-stalinhtml
httpwwwthefreedictionarycomworld+war
httpenwikipediaorgwikiJoseph_Stalin
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War
httpwikianswerscomQWhat_countries_were_in_the_Cold_War
ldquoBiblioteca de Aprendizaje Interactivo Mundo Hispanordquo Editorial Oceacuteano ldquoLa Guerra friacuteardquo page
1384
httpenwikipediaorgwikiCold_War_(1953E280931962)
httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cachevf1CO3x-
xhgJwwwgwuedu~nsarchivnsacuba_mis_crimomenthtm+It+was+our+judgment+that+withi
n+a+short+time+after+the+crisis+was+over+those+missiles+would+be+goneampcd=1amphl=esampct=cln
k
Jesuacutes Vigil amp Mariano Ranilla 9th Hawking
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
28
After the Vietnam War the US and USSR were
devastated and as a way to reduce the tension
between them and the countries which could be
involved they decided to use MAD doctrine Mutual
Assured Destruction is in fact a doctrine which
believes that there are enough nuclear weapons in
one place to destroy another one and vice versa so
both places have the same chances to win or fail
an attack if they fail there would be an ldquoassured
destructionrdquo The purpose of this article is to show if
people were for in favor of this policy and if it
worked making the countries abstain from using
nuclear weapons
This doctrine had many strategies One was the
nuclear deterrence and divided it into two to defeat
the USSR because USSR was expanding and the
US did not want to use conventional armament but
nuclear armament MAD was seen as a doctrine
which helped to prevent conflicts between the
USSR and the US Some people consider that the
Cold War ended in 1990 but although it ended
MAD did not and another strategy was to try to
convince the opponent that a minimum attack
would be responded with a total attack 1
Then the term ldquonuclear credibilityrdquo appeared which
was another strategy that consisted in the
possibility to reach the enemy the existence of a
wide range of nuclear weapons and the certainty or
commitment that will be used if necessary If we
divided it into three parts there would be the
counterforce strategy to destroy or reduce limits the
enemy the counterpart strategy which had the aim
to destroy the enemy resources and town and
finally the concept of triad which became strong in
the 1950rsquos
The Triad arises in the late 1950rsquos and had the aim
to destroy the nuclear arsenal of the opponent
Limited Nuclear War
The staff of the nuclear power also feature
strategies that seek to prevent nuclear escalation to
end in a nuclear war The second-order nuclear
powers like Britain and France due to their limited
arsenal are forced in many cases to use these
strategies Limited Nuclear War can be described
A cartoon showing the first strategy of MAD ldquoif you attack
me toordquo
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+destrc
tionampum=1amphl=esamprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE457ampbiw=1280ampbi
h=880amptbm=ischamptbnid=rQV8SUf1TM7bdMampimgrefurl=http)
wwwstephankinsellacom201004mutually-assured-
destruction-and-the-
guillotineampdocid=yNmOTdSOzJFfiMampimgurl=httpwwwstep
hankinsellacomwp-
contentuploads201004guillotinepngampw=600amph=570ampei=
Q4liUPKdLoqw0AH994HQBQampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=850ampvpy
=489ampdur=493amphovh=219amphovw=230amptx=140ampty=102ampsig=1
08208220467670828222amppage=1amptbnh=163amptbnw=171ampstar
t=0ampndsp=20ampved=1t429r13s0i106)
Did the policy Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD) work By Cristina Zegarra and Mayra Ochoa
What is Mutual Assured
Destruction
How did it work
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
29
simply as a small-scale use of nuclear weapons by
two or more belligerentsThe concepts of limited
nuclear war are not compatible with strategies such
as maximum deterrence and other strategies
designed at the beginning of the nuclear age
Flexible Response Strategy
Responds to the concepts of graduated response
and tries to respond to each threat or aggression
with a proportionate response to the nature of that
hoping to master the process of climbing and
driving the opponent to restrain or negotiate Such
strategies were developed from the 1970rsquos to be
used in military organizations like NATO and in
response to very specific scenarios and defined
Tactical Nuclear War
The previous discussion of concepts was created
for strategic nuclear weapons which are those that
seek to destroy the adversarys military capability
primarily in the rear These strategic weapons often
have far-reaching and enormous destructive power
There are a class of so-called tactical nuclear
weapons or theater that are less powerful than the
strategic scope These weapons are under political
control but can be used by managers in direct
support of conventional forces and are used
primarily against enemy armies
Perfect detection
There is not possibility to camouflage a launch
because the use of stealth technology in aircraft
such as the B-2 bomber makes this assumption
less likely to be fulfilled
There are not errors in the equipment that have to
identify a launch by the other side but if it happens
accordingly will produce a full nuclear exchange
Perfect attribution occurs when a launch is
launched in the border of two countries for
example If there is a launch in from the Sino-
Russia border it could be difficult to identify which
nation is responsible thus both Russia and China
have the capability to decide where is place where
they want to launch 2
Perfect Rationality
Not every state can develop weapons however if
they do they stop behaving as a ldquorogue staterdquo and
subject themselves to the logic of MAD They must
not treat with other nuclear weapons states as
ldquorogue statesrdquo
The ldquorogue commandersrdquo cannot make decisions to
corrupt launch process
The leaders with launch capability must take care
of their fellows
This image is a proof made by the US in the Pacific
(Nuclear weapon test Apache -yield 185 Mt)
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa)=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE45)
7ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptbnid=yA7Ep4zuvCU9YM
ampimgrefurl=httpenwikipediaorgwikiMutual_assured_
destructionampdocid=CoMpLTMM1pLHMMampimgurl=httpu
ploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthumbaa6Red
wing_Apachejpg280px-
Redwing_Apachejpgampw=280amph=223ampei=SohiUL31LLSy0AH
L64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=194ampvpy=533ampdur=1172
amphovh=178amphovw=224amptx=125ampty=100ampsig=1082082204
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
30
Inability to Defend
When a nation is inability to defend it doesnrsquot have
enough anti-missile technology to protect the
equipment
Conclusion
MAD did work because it convinced people
that the use of that power could devastate the
world and they believed strongly that a limited
nuclear exchange was impossible to accept If
US and USSR would have decided that having
the nuclear weapons was a good idea they
would destroy the world a lot of times but we
are still alive which means that the strategies
mentioned worked and was a brilliant idea for
the two countries to stop trying to have more
nuclear weapons because it brought more
peace for people and managed to reduce the
international tension although if these two
countries would have denied MAD doctrine
having no nuclear weapons would be safer
because people could be certain that any of
those countries would have any chances to
attack and it really would end tension
ldquoToday I can declare my hope and declare it from
the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see
the time when the number of nuclear weapons is
down to zero and the world is a much better
placerdquo3
mdashGen Colin Powell USA
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Introduction to MAD Josh Clark 2007
httppeoplehowstuffworkscommutual-assured-destructionhtm
2 Richard R Muller talks about MAD
httpwwwstrategicstudiesinstitutearmymilpdffilespub585pdf
3 mdashGen Colin Powell USA Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
httpwwwairpowermaxwellafmilairchroniclesapjapj97win97parr
inhtml
An image showing people who believe that after the
total war humanity may live better
(httpwwwgooglecompeimgresq=mutual+assured+de
structionampum=1amphl=esampsa=Namprlz=1C1CHJL_esPE457PE
457ampbiw=1280ampbih=844amptbm=ischamptb)d=UZ5UNOmIILLj
Mampimgrefurl=httpswikisnyueduek6modernamericaind
exphpAmericanPowerAmpCulturalHegemonyNuclearPo
werampdocid=JOmRZBbleu3YhMampimgurl=httpwikisnyued
uek6modernamericauploadsAmericanPowerAm)
lHegemonyNuclearPower4gifampw=421amph=568ampei=SohiU
L31LLSy0AHL64DACAampzoom=1ampiact=hcampvpx=177ampvpy=
152ampdur=268amphovh=261amphovw=193amptx=113ampty=154ampsig
=108208220467670828222amppage=2amptbnh=149amptbnw=10
7ampstart=20ampndsp=30ampved=1t429r0s20i137)
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
31
What can We Learn from Chernobyl
The following
article would talk
about Chernobyl
Nuclear Power
Plant Disaster It
would try to
explain how this accident occurred and what
can we learn from it Also it would try to show
how this disaster affected history and changed
humanrsquos life
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located
in Ukraine 20km south of the border with
Belarus At the time of the accident the plant
had four working reactors The disaster was a
catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on
26 April in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian
SSR) which was under the direct jurisdiction
of the central authorities of the Soviet Union
There occurred a huge explosion and fire that
released large quantities of radioactive
contamination into the atmosphere which
spread over much of Western USSR and
Europe And the causes of this accident was
that there were an inexperienced staff they
were in a test to see the perform of the power
plant and suddenly that was the moment
where all starts The battle to contain the
contamination and avert a greater catastrophe
ultimately involved over 500000 workers and
cost an estimated 18 billion rubles The official
Soviet casualty count of 31 deaths has been
disputed and long-term effects such as
cancers and deformities are still being
accounted for
After the disaster Ukraine promulgate a lot of
laws not laws that they were going to do in
that moment but they accorded some
recovery projects and were three The first
one was the Chernobyl Shelter fund the
second one the United Nations Programed
and the last one was the International Project
on the health Effects of the Chernobyl
Accident
1
2 3
4
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
32
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a
nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat(
49000 habitants) Ukraine It consisted of four
nuclear reactors of the RBMK- 1000 design
The reactor one and two were constructed
between 1970 and 1977 whilst the reactors
three and four were constructed in 1983
Moreover to the southeast of this nuclear
power plant was constructed an artificial lake
to purvey water to the reactors it was located
beside the river Pripyat The RBMK- 1000 is
the soviet design reactor that uses Uranium
Dioxide fuel These reactors were capable of
producing 1000 megawatts of electric power
10 percent of all Ukraineacutes electricity
There are 4 parts in the plant which produces
nuclear energy
1 The reactor which produces nuclear
fissionable reaction
2 The steam generator the heat produced in
the reactor is used to boil water
3 The turbine produces electricity with the
energy contained in the steam
4 The condenser or cooling systems where it
helps to remove excess heat in the plant
The goal of creating a nuclear plant is to
produce a better source of energy in a cleaner
way that does not produce greenhouse gases
as it is a type of renewable energy
What happened the 26th of April in 1986
Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up at
123 am on this day This is the worst nuclear
disaster in history to date It affected almost all
of the European countries especially the ones
that border Ukraine like Belarus and Russia
Other countries that were also affected by the
radioactive deposition were Sweden Finland
and Austria
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
33
Engineers that
were in charge of
the reactor
number four
began an
experiment
lowering the 20 percent of absorption of
neutrons and slowing the chain of reaction
required for the test Nevertheless many rods
made of uranium
were lower and the
reactor shut down
Engineers knew
that there could be
instability in the
Uranium dioxide
molecules so they raised the number of rods
to increase the output Later the output
generated by the
reactor was still
low so the
specialists raised
the number of
rods until power
reached 12
percent In consequence the power
generated increased to dangerous levels
After that the reactor overheated and the
water that is supposed to cool it started to
convert into steam The power generated was
one hundred times more than usual this
caused two explosions that caused the
reactoracutes roof to be blown off (as we can see
in the figure 4) As air entered to the reactor it
caused a
flammable carbon
monoxide gas
causing the
reactors to burn for
9 days Can you
imagine how much water firefighters spent
trying to put that fire out Large amounts of
radioactive fallout escaped into the
atmosphere
Effects of Chernobyl Radioactivity
Chernobyl nuclear
disaster not only
affected humans
physically but it
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
34
also psychologically affected around 5 million
people in Belarus Ukraine and Russia
The psychological impact is now considered
to be Chernobyls biggest health
consequence said Louisa Vinton of the
UNDP People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years and are
therefore more apt to take a passive approach
toward their future rather than developing a
system of self-sufficiencyrdquo
As for the physical
impacts radiation
can cause human
beings many kinds
of dangerous
diseases in the
body like cancer deformations in the body
and even malfunctions in internal organs Just
one radioactive atom is enough to cause this
disease Besides the most vulnerable
persons are unborn babies because they
havent finished developing and arent as
stronger as adults or young people In
Chernobylrsquos incident there were approximately
93000 deaths from cancer most of them
were babies that were born with deformities in
all the body
+ Krypton 85 affects the entire body and
increases the chances of getting leukemia
+ Cesium 137 can attack the entire body
centering on the liver and the muscles
+ Barium 140 gathers in the bones and can
cause tumors
+ Iodine 131 gathers in the thyroid It
produces cancer there
What can we learn from Chernobyl
Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in
history with a level 7 on the International
Nuclear Event Scale This accident has
demonstrated us that the cost of ensuring
safety in the nuclear reactor is much lower
Baby with malformations
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
35
Chernobyl Nuclear plant
after explosion in 1896
than that of
confronting with
accident effects
(physiological
and physical
damages)
Billions of dollars
have been
reported from
Belarus Ukraine and Russia as a result of
this accident over 26 years
This accident created a negative perception
about this renewable energy and showed the
importance of following the principles for
nuclear power plants construction This is
because Chernobyl nuclear power plant was
made of flammable materials that caused the
fire for 9 days Moreover this accident
demonstrated that responsible governments
should establish an emergency response in
case of accidents and should create public
dialogues about nuclear energy instead of
trying to make all the decisions by their own
Furthermore this accident produced important
scientific researches about radiation safety
and medicine Thanks to different countries
like USA Japan Belarus Russia Ukraine
and international organizations as UN WHO
IAEA However managing the radioactive
deposition from the accident have not been a
successful programmed and this topic is
becoming a major problem as time passes
because radiation would continuing spreading
through Europe and Asia
Besides we have learned how to deal with the
agro industrial materials that has been
contaminated by the radionuclides that have
affected the soil As we all know plants take
the nutrients from the soils but if you plant
crops in this contaminated soil there will be a
radionuclide transfer from soil to plan and later
from plant to human or any animal that feed
on these crops
Plants
contaminated
with radiation
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
[10] A Report Commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of UN-OCHA and WHO Year Published 25 January 2002 URL httpwwwunorghachernobyldocsreportpdf
[11]The New York Times Date of Publication March 24 2011 URL httptopicsnytimescomtopreferencetimestopicssubjectscchernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986indexhtml
[12] Report of the UN Chernobyl Forum Expert Group ldquoEnvironmentrdquo (EGE) Year Published August 2005 URLhttpwwwiaeaorgnewscenterfocuschernobylpdfsege_reportpdf
[13] David L Stern March 7 2011 URLhttpwwwglobalpostcomdispatchnewsregionseurope110306chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-ukraine
[14] Jennifer RosenbergLast Retrieved 16092012 URL httphistory1900saboutcomodhorribledisasterspChernobylhtm
[15]BBC News The Chernobyl Disaster Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpnewsbbccouk2sharedsplhiguides456900456957htmlnn2page1stm
[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
36
Nowadays there are new laws about nuclear
security however the probability of a nuclear
accident will never be zero Chernobyl
accident provides a unique opportunity to us
for improving an emergency response system
otherwise people would suffer in case
radiation leaks or depositions
In conclusion Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster
taught us many lessons like being more cautious if we
are talking about nuclear energy because if there is any
nuclear fallout it could affect physically to humans or any
animals that could be contaminated in a long period of
time Also it taught us that in future occasions we
should always be prepared for an emergency so we
must have emergency system routine Moreover it also
taught us that security is always first over other things
that superfluous In my opinion all the things that left this
accident was chaos Poor people suffer from this
radiation and die Also they were not the only countries
that were affected by this tragedy also Moldova Italy
Belarus and more Until the day when you ask some of
the survivors the only thing that they are going to tell you
is that they would never forget that moment and will last
until death
Arturo Torres Miguel Ju and Sergio Ramiacuterez
Bibliography
[1] European Centre of Technological Safety URL httpwwwtesec-intorgchernobylLessonshtm
[2] Jennifer Ciotta Mar 22 2011 URL httpsuite101comarticlethe-chernobyl-disaster-can-we-learn-from-history-a361016
[3]httpenwikipediaorgwikiChernobyl_disaster
[4] World Nuclear Association April 2012 URL httpwwwworld-nuclearorginfochernobylinf07html
[5] Environmental Issues date not specified URL httpenvironmentaboutcomodchernobylpchernobylhtm
[6] David E Hoffman Monday March 14 2011 URL httphoffmanforeignpolicycomposts20110313the_lesson_of_chernobyl
[7] heodor Abelin Professor for Social and Preventive Medicine University of Berne Current Concerns Nordm1 2006 URLhttpwwwcurrentconcernschindexphpid=57
[8] Rich East High School Date retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwricheastorghtwmchernobylchernobylhtml
[9] Institute of Global Climate and Ecology Russian Federal service of Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Russian Science Academy Russia Last Retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwweolssnetSample-ChaptersC09E4-11-06-06pdf
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[17]The day in History Last retrieved 16092012 URL httpwwwhistorycomthis-day-in-historynuclear-disaster-at-chernobyl
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
37
How did the US
affect Argentina
during the Cold
War
The cold war was an
extremely important event to
the world and was between
the world powers the United
States and the USSR in 1947
and was a war of thinking
because US think that
nationalism was better than the
USSR ideology that was
communist We all know what
happen between them but what
we really do not know is what
was happening in other parts of
the world and how did the US
affect other countries to be
secure that communist did not
expand
At the moment that World
War II ended Argentina with
other small countries get
together and made up a
lsquoglobal international systemrsquo This
made up a world community of
economy technology political
and more [1]
The US was not the only
one who had influence over
Argentina during the cold war
To General Juan Domingo
Peroacuten and his regime there was
not benefit having US
involvement because of his Nazi
ideology in others words that
any other country could not get
involved in Argentinarsquos economy
and politics based on
capitalism
The USrsquos aim was to get
the general Juan Domingo
Peroacuten out of the government
because of his kind of ideology
and for not letting the US get
involved and put a US type of
government That means that
Juan Domingo Peroacuten was not in
favor of either US or USSR and
this created a lot of external
commercial relationships without
any kind of discrimination
(Communist Nationalism or
Socialist) Argentina also had
commercial relationship with
Czechoslovakia Romania
Poland and Bulgaria However
historically both countries have
been among the strongest and
most independent countries in
America
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
38
Argentines for the first time
built their first railroads with
external help in the year 1947
Also they developed the job in
transportation thanks to the
British and French[5]
European and American
companies were trading
overseas The Argentina
economy depended on the
British French German and US
trades like mining and public
resources The US in an effort
to prevent Communism from
spreading wanted support from
Argentina and did that by
making up some kind of
Marshall Plan for Latin America
to gain greater international
influence and concomitantly to
attain a greater degree of
industrialization with the
attendant assured markets in
South America[1]
There was a treatment
called TIAR (Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance)
in 1947 that includes military
assistance with Latin American
countries with the objective of
having more international help
Argentina also encouraged the
signing of this treatment by
Latin American countries
Argentinarsquos first goal was to
make small economic countries
to have a bigger economy [2]
In 1975 there was also
an important US plan called
Operation Condor This was for
removing communist influence in
South America in such countries
as Argentina Brazil Chile
Colombia Ecuador Panama
Paraguay Uruguay and
Venezuela but with the
condition that the United States
would supervise all the process
That means that Latin American
countries were not free to
make their national decisions
because the United States
supervised and the US had to
agree with everything that
Argentina wanted [3 4]
First railroads in
Argentina and built
with external help
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
39
Maybe one main reason
that the United States wanted
to make a treaty with Latin
America was because several
countries in Latin America were
communist in this moment but
with the treaty they made sure
that those countries were only
capitalist
However the dictatorship
ended for Argentina and other
countries such as Brazil and
Chile between the years 1983
and 1990 The kidnapping the
torture and corruption was over
for them
In conclusion the US
affected Argentina in the
positive side improving their
economy and they gave the
country money to improve their
lives like for college and school
transport and medical resources
In the negative side the US did
not want Argentina to be free
they were always supervising
and watching the country
because they were afraid of
Argentina to become communist
like other countries like Cuba
Bibliography
[1] Noah Ron Hagood 2011 The
cold war in Argentina
URL httpvoicesyahoocomthe-
cold-war-argentina-
9116669htmlcat=37
(Last retrieved September 9 2012)
[2] Anonymous 2010 Neacutestor amp
Cristina Kirchner = Juan amp Isabel
Peroacuten
URLhttpwwwplawloticcomta
g=economic-policy
(Last retrieved September 11
2012)
Improvement of Argentina
starts in 1875 increases over
time and that may happen
because of US economic
support
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html
40
[3] Katie Clough 2011 Abstract
Cold War Politics in Argentina and
Cuba American and Soviet
Spheres of Influence
URL
httpupperclassmonroeblogsw
medu20110201abstract-cold-
war-politics-in-argentina-and-
cuba-american-and-soviet-
spheres-of-influence
(Last retrieved September 10
2012)
[4] Arturo Jimenez 2007 The
Condor Case [Operation Condor]
the human costs of militarization in
Latin America
URL
httpwwwthirdworldtravelercom
South_AmericaOperationCondo
r_humancosthtml
[5] Maria Candelaria Government
of Peroacuten
URL
httptranslategooglecomtransl
atehl=esampsl=esamptl=enampu=http3A
2F2Fwwwtodo-
argentinanet2Fhistoria2Fperoni
sta2Fperon12F1947html