The military of the United States of America have a well develop military power. In the early 1900’s the United States able to empower the force of their military to protect their nation. And up to now is the major factor for the being most powerful nation in whole wide world. The power of its military primary aims to obtain their needs as a nation. That is why the United States had been associated in two world wars, and they able to control every event that happened and will happen to the world. The United States cultivated their military in order to attain their self-interest and to protect and secure their nation from any treats. This aspect shows the realism-oriented military culture of the United States of America. As observed in many studies, the United States’ key is the military in able for them to manipulate every occurrence events and to retain the domination to the world. The economy aspect explains the powerful military of the United States, it is because a progressive economy of a nation able to provide the necessity of its army.
In the cold war period the United States able to show their dominion in military power to other nation. Even if John F. Kennedy is a idealism-influenced president, there are some circumstances that determines the ideology of realism. Like what they did in Cuba, they embargoed the economy of it as a sanction for developing and producing nuclear weapons because the United States see it as a treat to their national security. It is 14 day diplomacy and if the diplomatic act won’t work, they will able to use their military power to stop the Cuba from producing nuclear weapons and pursuit Cuba by all means. This act of the United States illustrates the realism-oriented military of them. As we see the United States is being bias when it comes to maintaining world peace. They will not allow a nation to produce nuclear weapon for their benefits. To maintain their domination into military matters, to protect their self-interest as a nation and to retain their world power in order to dictate what a nation should do. These are fact characteristic of the United States. The world history tells that the United States able to engage into many kinds of war. Life for a simple reason, war of ism. As we know the United States promotes the democratic influenced government, and the most structure or ideology of a government that is contrary to democratic idea is the communism. This clash of ism lead to world wars. It is insane that a solution to any incident is war. The United States is the vanguard of the welfare of the world but in exchange they would like to involve themselves to any events on every nation to secure and to gain their needs as a nation.
In the political term of Gorge W. Bush, the United States had engaged to war with the Iraq, the primary reason behind the assault is to have a justice regarding the 9-11 terrorist attack. In order to satisfy the Americans they used their powerful military, some critics had said that it is not a war, it is an invasion. That act portrays the ideology of realism, the United States able to manipulate every event on the world because their to confident in their military power and their military serves their vanguard to any nation that will oppose them. I may say that the world’s event relies on the manipulation of the United States; most of the nations in the world are controlled by the United States, including us. Like their participation on the revolution in Egypt, US President Barack Obama offers his support for the people who revolt in Egypt to end the dictatorship era of PM Mobarak and they succeed. There are reasons behind that, primarily the Egypt is one of the oil suppliers to the United States, so the United States cannot afford to lose the import of oil by the Egyptians.
The military of the USSR or the red army, the USSR is a communist nation. This is my observation for any socialist/communist oriented nation; they intend to develop their military power. Like the SS of the NAZI, the red army of the USSR able to experience and showcase their skills in many wars. Germany and USSR are allies before until they noticed that they are a treat to each other. The military of the USSR was develop for some reasons, like to attain their self-interest as a nation or for some individuals.
The USSR military or the red army is use by Josef Stalin to attain world supremacy; by all means they will get all resources to provide the needs of its government. The soviet republic or the USSR is one of the nation that is involve to cold war. As we have seen in the history, the USSR is not focused on their soldiers but to their nuclear warfare in order to protect their national territory from any treats. In early 1990’s every nation is realism-oriented it is because they are concern for one thing; how to provide the needs of their nation and hoe to protect their nation from any treats. It is basically practical to develop the military power, but as Niccolo Machiavelli had explained to his book “the prince” that a nation should fortify its military power. The acts of USSR portray the idea of Machiavelli’s book.
As for my conclusion, whatever structure of government you have the idea of realism will be applied to a certain nation in order to secure their self-interest. A nation developing its military may always relate to the ideology of realism, because it is the one factor for a nation to secure their self interest. No matter what are the reasons to empower the force of military it is a realist-base idea? These are the reality of the world; it is like survival of the fittest and trusts no one. Thanks to Machiavelli, Thucydides and other contributor to realism because we able to have a knowledge securing a nation’s self-interest.
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