HIST 410N WEEK 6: THE NOT SO COLD WAR DISCUSSION HIST 410N WEEK 6: THE NOT SO COLD WAR DISCUSSION – It would be easy to dismiss the Cold War simply as proof that Capitalism was a better theory than Communism. Easy, but not the whole story. In order for Communism to be relegated to […]
HIST 410N WEEK 6: THE END OF THE COLD WAR DISCUSSION HIST 410N WEEK 6: THE END OF THE COLD WAR DISCUSSION – What impact did Mikhail Gorbachev’s ideas of glasnost (openness), perestroika (restructuring) and demokratizatsiia (democratization) have on Communist society? Were these principles compatible with collectivization and a command economy? Did Communist leaders favor […]
HIST 410N WEEK 6: CASE STUDY: HO CHI MINH AND VIETNAMESE INDEPENDENCE ASSIGNMENT HO CHI MINH AND VIETNAMESE INDEPENDENCE ASSIGNMENT – Was Ho Chi Minh a Communist? To many Americans he was. But to many Vietnamese he was a nationalist hero, and to even a few Americans he was that as well, plus a friend, […]
HIST 410N WEEK 5: AFRICA AND THE WEST DISCUSSION HIST 410N WEEK 5: AFRICA AND THE WEST DISCUSSION – What accounts for the rather late emergence of African countries as independent nation-states? Is there something peculiar about Africa that delayed its drive for independence? (Begin with a specific African country, and argue your case.) Class, […]
HIST 410N WEEK 5: CASE STUDY: WINSTON CHURCHILL’S IRON CURTAIN SPEECH Assignment WINSTON CHURCHILL’S IRON CURTAIN SPEECH – There are many ways to get a feel for the events of the 20th Century. One way is through the analysis of primary source documents. Few documents set the stage for the second half than Winston Churchill’s […]
HIST 410N WEEK 5: CASE STUDY: WINSTON CHURCHILL’S IRON CURTAIN SPEECH Assignment WINSTON CHURCHILL’S IRON CURTAIN SPEECH – There are many ways to get a feel for the events of the 20th Century. One way is through the analysis of primary source documents. Few documents set the stage for the second half than Winston Churchill’s […]
HIST 410N WEEK 4: COLD WAR BUZZ WORDS DISCUSSION HIST 410N WEEK 4: COLD WAR BUZZ WORDS DISCUSSION – The Cold War its very own verbiage. The West had more than its share: Cold War, Iron Curtain, Containment, Domino Theory were just a few. What did they mean in this strange new post-war environment? Hello […]
HIST 410N WEEK 4: THE COLD WAR: WHO SHOT FIRST? DISCUSSION THE COLD WAR: WHO SHOT FIRST? The United States accused the Soviet Union of breaking all its wartime pledges and holding Eastern Europe hostage while trying to subvert governments in the west. The Soviet Union accused the US and its allies of trying surround […]
HIST 410N WEEK 3: CASE STUDY: THE DEMOCRAT AND THE DICTATOR ASSIGNMENT THE DEMOCRAT AND THE DICTATOR ASSIGNMENT – Franklin Roosevelt and Adolph Hitler both came to power in 1933. They found themselves in charge of nations still suffering from the consequences of World War 1 and the Great Depression. Unemployment in the US was […]
HIST 410N WEEK 3: CASE STUDY: THE DEMOCRAT AND THE DICTATOR ASSIGNMENT THE DEMOCRAT AND THE DICTATOR ASSIGNMENT – Franklin Roosevelt and Adolph Hitler both came to power in 1933. They found themselves in charge of nations still suffering from the consequences of World War 1 and the Great Depression. Unemployment in the US was […]
