The paper draws upon the recent developments of alcohol policy in the ex-Soviet Union and in Africa, especially Kenya. According to the standard criteria of success, both are to be regarded as total or near-total failures. The examination of these cases will, consequently, reveal some of the...
Soviet UnionThis paper examines the ideological, economic, and political factors that have led to low levels of environmental quality in centrally planned economies. In particular, the paper examines how the following have contributed to low environmental quality: (1) the labor theory of value, (2...
The purpose of this paper is to show how failures of adjustment of Soviet refugees to America are to a great degree determined by their difficulties in mourning. The author argues that due to such difficulties, Soviet refugees may get fi... M Yaglom - 《Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy》...
Before Stalin's death the question was hardly relevant. The Soviet Union had been living in war-like conditions, preparing and conducting war, then recovering from it, and was protecting itself against the 'capitalist encircling'. All economic failures could be attributed to these exceptional ...
1) Some of the “propping up dictators” Ray McGovern objects to is an aftereffect of the cold war. The West and the Soviet bloc were engaged in a struggle that could have gone nuclear. The Soviets tried to damage our economy. We resisted. ...
When Bush visited Kyiv, however, he and his entourage treated Ukraine as sovereign and made sure that only Ukrainian and English were used. See Jack F. Matlock, Jr.,Autopsy on an Empire: The American Ambassador’s Account of the Collapse of the Soviet Union(New York: Random House, 1995)...
1) Some of the “propping up dictators” Ray McGovern objects to is an aftereffect of the cold war. The West and the Soviet bloc were engaged in a struggle that could have gone nuclear. The Soviets tried to damage our economy. We resisted. ...