The Cold War at it’s most fundamental was a clash in political and economic ideologies: capitalism and communism. The nations aligned with capitalism, or The West, were led by the United States while the nations alinged, willingly or not, with communism were lead by the Soviet Union or USSR. It grew out of the waning [...]
Archive for August, 2006
What essentially was the Cold War about?
Posted in Blogroll on August 30, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Flags of Our Fathers
Posted in Blogroll on August 26, 2006 | 8 Comments »
In October, director Clint Eastwood will release Flags of Our Fathers, based on the James Brady book of the same name. The movie, and book, tells the story of the five Marines and one Navy corpsman who hoisted the flag on Mt. Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II. The photograph [...]

