Category: Aftermath of World War 2

When looking back on history, its easy to forget that real people lived through the periods youre looking at. Real people, with real feelings and emotions, just like people alive today. Thats why looking at LIFE magazines is such a good idea. It gives you a little peek into the lives of real Americans throughout…

Before the war, a majority of Americans believed that a woman’s main commitment was looking after her family and home. However, during World War II, the government used propaganda of all forms to communicate the need for changes in women’s roles and stereotypes surrounding their work. These changes encouraged women to enter factory jobs, and…

The world economy has changed since world war. Perhaps the most fundamental change is the emergence of global markets; responding to new opportunities global competitors have steadily displaced or absorbed local ones. Concurrently, the integration of the world economy has increased significantly. Economic integration stood at 10 percent at the beginning of the 20th century;…

Post-World War France was witness to the emergence of the nouveau roman and the New Wave of cinema. After many years of a drought of cinema culture, enforced by Nazi occupation and its ban on the industry, its emancipation meant that it was inundated by exposure to world cinema and the progress that it had…

The Horrific Ending to a Deadly War It is an atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe. The force from which the sun draws its power has been lost against those who brought war to the Far East. What was the beginning to the end of World War II…