Essays on Joseph Stalin

In the book, The Prince, the phrase ‘the ends justify the means’, was famously written by Niccolò Machiavelli in 1532 that illustrates how to acquire and maintain political power. Interpreting the lesson would be that “rulers must not be guided by conventional ideas of virtue...

The Soviet Union originated from the Russian Revolution in1917. It was founded by leader Vladimir Lenin. Following Lenin’s death, a brutal dictator took over the USSR, whose name was Joseph Stalin. Stalin was aware that the country was developing at a really slow speed, agriculture,...

A cold blooded murderer, an unfair ruler, who is the first person that comes to mind when you think about this… Hitler? Well, what about Joseph Stalin a violent man who sent more Russians to their death than Hitler did with Jews. “Death is the...

History is full of miraculous stories involving advancements and victories, but a majority of the time it is unfortunately filled with brutal war and unethical people. Over time, more and more deeply evil humans have leadership positions and have begun to run their countries a...

Forty-four seconds, this is the amount of time the citizens of Hiroshima had in between the dropping of the atomic bomb named “Little Boy” and the detonation of the bomb. This nuclear weapon proved efficient, killing 220,000 citizens. Soon after this, a hunger for power...

Engerman claims that… which, to some extent, is similar to J.L Gaddis’ core argument – it was the differing ideas of security and with that the building of two very different empires that caused the Cold War- , as both are post-revisionist. However J. L...