Cold War
In the aftermath of WWII, the international context war very particular: the war has bled Europe dry and the continent was thus to be rebuilt. The world was divided into two hostile camps: the West side, under the aegis of the USA and which gathered democratic countries and was politically, economically and military biding. On the other part, there was the East side, with the Soviet Union and satellite nations gathered by communism.At this time, the Union Soviet leaded an expansion policy which threatened several free states like Greece and Turkey. Further more, the Soviet Union tested successfully its own atomic bomb in 1949. Now the world has entered a new area named the Cold War because both owned the ultimate weapon but none will hopefully dare to use it. Albert Einstein, probably one of the greatest scientist of the twentieth century, took an important place in the debate about the consequences of the atomic bomb discovery. In his famous article ,"The Real Problem is in the Hearts of Men" published in the NY Times, he proposed to install a world government in which he saw the only chance for a durable peace. In this article, Einstein argued that mankind was in great danger if another world war had to break out
She noticed that American values had been threatened by these anti-communists campaign just like the basic principles of the Americanism as "the right to independent thought, to hold unpopular beliefs". She also condemned the attitude of the Senate which have been affected too much by suspicion and vilification while its role of being the defender of the US Constitution had lost its meaning. She stressed the way communists were treated by the Democratic Administration and above all the attitude of the Senate. He did not propose any solution or evidences of what he was affirming but however it had a great impact on the American mind, and it leaded to a national hysteria against communists. In the following years, he and other famous scientists intensified these kind of endeavours, multiplying conferences and manifestos like the Russel-Einstein Manifesto in 1955 in which they stressed the danger for mankind of the Hydrogen Bomb. She reproached the lack of leaderships of the government in the handling of the crisis: instead of denying the McCarthyism it has almost encouraged it. So he opted for a containment policy which will lead to "support free peoples who are resisting" against armed minoritie
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Approximate Word count = 819
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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