Yugoslavia was a contentious area long before the fall of the Soviet Union and the subsequent Yugoslavian revolt. From Turkish defeat of the Yugoslavian area in 1389 and its five hundred year domination thereof to the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Francis Ferdinand in 1914 that set off WWI by a Serbian nationalist, the area has … Continue reading Post Cold-War Europe, Yugoslavia
Month: December 2016
Feminism in Post-War Europe
The reality of life during WWII enabled women, even in societies like Germany who wanted women to remain in the home, to venture out into the workforce by necessity. Postwar Europe began to reflect this shift in attitudes towards females in society, allowing women to accept positions outside of the home in larger numbers, but … Continue reading Feminism in Post-War Europe
Perspectives on the Cold War
The US and Russia as the superpowers in the Cold War had an almost comical (at least in hindsight) series of misconceptions and missteps throughout the Cold war period. It was anything but comical at the time, however, and my parents remember practicing for potential bombings as well as earthquakes as they were growing up … Continue reading Perspectives on the Cold War
Consequences of WWII
Although the textbook this week on WWII did not go into a lot of detail about the subject, I think that unarguably the biggest consequence of WWII has to be the Holocaust, and the systematic extermination of over 6 million people throughout all of Europe with the primary focus being on those who were Jewish. … Continue reading Consequences of WWII
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