Friday, January 29, 2010

Cuba, Vietnam and the Cold War

Assess the successes and failures of foreign policies of either Eisenhower or Kennedy.

Assess the successes and failures of the domestic policies of Kennedy or Johnson.

For what reasons, and with what results, was limited warfare a feature of the second half of the twentieth century

What caused the Vietnam War?

What were the results of the Vietnam War?

“The Vietnam War had a disastrous effect on the presidencies of both Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon.” To what extent do you agree with this statement?

Why was Castro able to come to power?

What were the economic effects of Castro’s rise to power?

Analyze the short term and long term consequences for Cuba of Castro’s rise to power.

Analyze the part played by Cuba in the development of the Cold War.

In what ways, and with what results, did the U.S. Cold War policy of containment affect Cuba after 1959?

Assess the reasons for the long survival of Fidel Castro’s regime in Cuba.

Why did the Cold War spread from Europe to other parts of the world after 1950?

Analyze the part played by Cuba in the development of the Cold War.

"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task." ~William James