Hm, I think here Cold War essay was considerably better! I don't quite understand the point she's trying to make, and I don't agree with her views there either. Perhaps she was younger when she wrote that one?

I think the USA was right to break free from the UK though, and those early days of the USA are exciting to read about.
It is extremely fascinating to think about who choose to go to the USA, their reasons and what they did when they arrived in the USA.

I would like the USA the way I like Canada, but I just can't because of all the military bases that they USA has in Europe and because of all the invasions and wars lately. It's so fascinating how the USA is really plenty of countries and peoples inside one country, with states as different as Florida, Maine, Alaska or New Mexico, yet united as



As for more Cold War stuff, gosh I am so glad this is behind us!! How scary and depressing it was! Even though it was so bizarre, it seemed so normal at the time.

At the same time I am sad about all the tragic things that happened in the ex USSR area in the 1990s, and the loss of some of the good things that existed in Eastern Europe that were lost and may never come back again. In East Germany, there is a name for this "Ostalgie" which is a mix of East and nostalgia.
I think in general they are pleased about their country being reunited, but they feel somewhat cheated, and they realised that there were a few things that were actually better in East Germany ,than West Germany and they realise that those things are lost forever.