The reasons why the Cold War between the USA, the Soviet Union and other participants started were complex and hard to identify independently. The main reason was the ideological difference between the two models of society. The first one was socialistic and the second one was capitalistic. The causes of...

Although the U.S. was not planning to interfere in the conflict between Cuba and Spain, several factors urged the government to change its mind. On February 15, 1898, the USS Maine, which was sent by the American government to Havana, exploded. The American press reacted to this event very aggressively,...

The first Red Scare began shortly after World War I, a propagated the fear of radicalism, and it was the aftermath of World War II which exemplified a further fear of people with a political belief which was judged to be the anthesis of the basic principle of the Constitution...

The Post Second World War literature heralded a new outlook in the literal world with authors focusing on darker themes (Augustyn, 2011). The horror that had visited the world had profound implications on authors and how they perceived the society. Joseph Heller in his book Catch-22 employed satirized the soldier...

Scholars in economics, sociology, international relations and political science note the changing dynamics of socioeconomic development in the world (Berger & Weber, 2009; Collier, 2004; Milanovic, 2005). Of particular concern are the rising developmental inequities that have become quite visible by the beginning of the new millennium. Putting it simply,...