World History: Korean War

Korean War (1950-1953) was the first hot war of the Cold War, fought between the armies of the North Korea and South Korea. Background From 1910 till end of the WW-II, Korean Peninsula belonged to Japanese Empire. Even while war ..

World History: Foundation of NATO

After the initial success of the Marshall plan, it became increasingly evident that the plan by itself would not be enough. Soviet infringement in East Europe became overtly aggressive and it was well demonstrated in some of the events as ..

World History: Marshall Plan

The commitment to Greece and Turkey was only the first act under the American project of containing Soviet expansion {Policy of Containment}. Soon, however, the United States realised that aid for only Greece and Turkey was quite inadequate. The war ..

World History: Truman Doctrine

The American declaration of cold war came about on March 12, 1947, when President Harry Truman went before a joint session of Congress to deliver a truly epochal speech in American history. President Truman was provoked by the British who ..

World History: Origin and Initial Factors of Cold War

Cold war (1940s -1991) is characterised by a situation where there is neither a direct confrontation nor a lasting peace. It is a situation marked by mutual suspicion, jealousy, hostility and rivalry. The two super powers avoided a direct confrontation, ..

World History: Unipolar to Bipolar world order

20th century can be divided into three distinct phases. The first beginning – 1900 A.D. to 1945 could rightly be classified as the period of the world wars, the second extending from 1945 to 1991-till the dissolution of the Soviet ..

World History: Japanese Imperialism

Before Meiji Restoration (1867), which led to Emperor Meiji’s ascension to power, Japan was basically a feudal state with a confusing and ambiguous power structure. With this key event in Japanese history, Japan embarked on a meteoric rise as a regional and ..

World History: Polity of Japanese Isolationalism

The Empire of Japan officially came into existence on January 3, 1868 with the Meiji Restoration. A brief background of history prior to that is essential here to understand the “Japanese Isolationalism” or Sakoku; and subsequent events. Background Japanese rulers of ..