Spring 2020
Wednesday January 15 Cold War: Origins and Impact
The Truman Doctrine (1947)
The Marshall Plan (1947)
Vyshinsky Speech to the United Nations (1947)
“Communists Should Not Teach in Universities” (1949)
“President Proclaims a National Emergency…”
Acheson’s Speech on Asia (1950)
Speech by Senator Joseph McCarthy (1950)
Eisenhower, The Domino Theory (1954)
Discussion Questions
Monday February 3 Vietnam Wars: Origins and Impact
Kennedy, The Domino Theory (1963)
“Congress Backs Johnson on Resolution…”
Letter of Ho Chi Minh (1967)
Cronkite, “We Are Mired In Stalemate” (1968)
Nixon, The Silent Majority (1969)
“Vietnamese say GI’s Slew 567….”
Vietnam Death Toll
Discussion Questions
Monday March 9 Decolonization, Nationalism, and Nation Building
Israel Declaration of Independence (1948)
Israel at Independence (1948)
The Case for Apartheid (1953)
Imre Nagy, Last Speech (1956)
Nehru on Nonalignment (1956)
Nelson Mandela, The New Menace (1958)
Discussion Questions
Monday April 6 Problems, Problems, Problems…..
Brezhnev Doctrine
Kennedy’s Speech on Cuba
Editorial: The Aging Population
Editorial: Kosovo
Editorial: Overpopulation
Editorial: United Nations Statistics
Yeltsin’s Speech, August 19, 1991
Gorbachev’s Speech, December 7, 1988
The London Declaration, 1990
Discussion Questions