A couple of interesting articles on the CIA's involvement with Fidel Castro.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/19/castro.top10/
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol49no4/Castro_Obsession_10.htm
Monday, February 1, 2010
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.
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.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Early Cold War Topics
1. To what extent were the domestic policies of Eisenhower and Truman affected by a backlash against the New Deal and FDR?
2. The 1950’s have been coined the “Age of Consensus.” To what extent did the domestic policies of Truman and Eisenhower encourage this development?
3. Assess the successes and failures of the domestic policies of either the Eisenhower or Truman Administrations.
4. Assess the part played by differing ideologies in the origin of the Cold War?
5. In what way and with what results was Germany the key focus of the early stages of the Cold War?
6. Define and analyze the importance of the following: Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, NATO,
7. For what reasons, and with what results, were there disagreements between participants at the conferences of Yalta and Potsdam?
8. “An unnatural alliance that was bound to fall apart after the defeat of a common enemy.” To what extent does this statement explain the origin of the Cold War?
9. To what extent did the United States antagonize the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War?
10. Compare and contrast the policies of the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. towards Korea between 1945 and 1955.
11. To what extent was the Korean War a limited war?
12. Who was responsible for starting the Korean War?
Here are a couple of articles that are really helpful in handling the historiography of the Cold War. I would review them, if I were you.
http://www.oah.org/pubs/magazine/korea/roberts.html
http://www.anzasa.arts.usyd.edu.au/ahas/cworigins_historiography.html
Yalta Potsdam overview
http://www.johndclare.net/cold_war4.htm
2. The 1950’s have been coined the “Age of Consensus.” To what extent did the domestic policies of Truman and Eisenhower encourage this development?
3. Assess the successes and failures of the domestic policies of either the Eisenhower or Truman Administrations.
4. Assess the part played by differing ideologies in the origin of the Cold War?
5. In what way and with what results was Germany the key focus of the early stages of the Cold War?
6. Define and analyze the importance of the following: Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, NATO,
7. For what reasons, and with what results, were there disagreements between participants at the conferences of Yalta and Potsdam?
8. “An unnatural alliance that was bound to fall apart after the defeat of a common enemy.” To what extent does this statement explain the origin of the Cold War?
9. To what extent did the United States antagonize the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War?
10. Compare and contrast the policies of the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. towards Korea between 1945 and 1955.
11. To what extent was the Korean War a limited war?
12. Who was responsible for starting the Korean War?
Here are a couple of articles that are really helpful in handling the historiography of the Cold War. I would review them, if I were you.
http://www.oah.org/pubs/magazine/korea/roberts.html
http://www.anzasa.arts.usyd.edu.au/ahas/cworigins_historiography.html
Yalta Potsdam overview
http://www.johndclare.net/cold_war4.htm
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