As time went on, the Cold War became less about Europe and its perceived security and more about a battle of ideas -- a choice between individual freedom and free market capitalism vs. state control and socialism... How did we get from a disagreement about Europe to this ideological battle?
You are to prepare a brief oral presentation based on a number of the following topics as assigned in class:
You are to prepare a brief oral presentation based on a number of the following topics as assigned in class:
Theaters of the Cold War
- Korean War TOS
- Khrushchev and De-Stalinization BS
- 1956 Hungarian Revolution
- 1953 Iranian coup d'etat
- Congo Crisis
- Cuban Revolution, Bay of Pigs and Cuban missile crisis EW
- 1968 Czechoslovakian Invasion and the Brezhnev Doctrine MO
- Vietnam War SC
- Nixon goes to China LP
- 1973 Chilean coup d'etat and Operation Condor
- Detente, SALT, Helsinki Accords JB
- SALT II, Iranian Revolution and US Hostages, Nicaraguan Revolution SK
- Soviet invasion of Afghanistan KS
- Berlin - the Rise and Fall of the Wall TYS
Other Topics Which Shaped the Nation During the Cold War:
- Army - McCarthy hearings
- JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King Jr. assassinations DL
- Hippie/counterculture movement
- Watergate Scandal RW
- Three Mile Island nuclear accident
- The Space Race AC
- Strategic Defense Initiative - Star Wars JC
Your goal is to give a brief eight minute overview of your topic(s) with an eye towards the following:
- Summary of what happened
- Relationship to the Cold War (i.e where do US and USSR fit in?)
- Ultimate Impact
- A one page report that will be distributed to the class with all of your topics included
APA format - submit it in a separate document
Presentations will begin May 5 and likely go through to May 11
