Catch-22: A Study in Post-War Attitudes by Chris Nicholson In 1961, Joseph Heller published Catch-22, his first novel. Based on his own war experiences, the novel wickedly satirized bureaucracy, patriotism, and all manner of traditional American ideals. This was reflective of the increas...

The U.S. had feared the worst with the Cuban Missile Crisis: a nuclear attack. The Soviets were not necessarily planning on using the missiles to go ahead and begin a war with the U.S. It was merely set up as a tactic to keep the U.S. out of Cuba and to leave Castro and his government alone mainly i...

Integration Theory Some theorists have generally viewed integration as a process leading to a condition called "political community", in the international level, as primarily consensual, or based principally on the development of shared norms, values, interests, or goals. According to ...

The Anglo-Russian "cold war" of the 19th Century and the US-Soviet "cold war" of the 20th Century were both conflicts over differences concerning the spread of communism. England's objective in the Anglo-Russian conflict was containment, the idea that England wanted ...