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I lived through the last 20 yrs or so. What specifically do you need to know? How we all grew up "knowing" we'd die in nuclear fire?
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Hmmm, wasn't that back in the days when people believed duck and cover would save you from a nuke?
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Advent: Not by the 80s we didn't =) Many of us had adopted the idea of "Ya know.. I think I'd rather not survive..." especially after seeing "The Day After"
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The topic of my english term paper is the 1950's. So I decided I would write about the cold war. I know the basics but I need some help coming up with a topic/thesis for my essay. Anything about the political situation, the viewpoints of Americans and the Russians. Also the essay is a persuasive essay. Any ideas?
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(I'd be more than happy to help critique your ideas, or refine them, or proofread. But you need to at least do your own brainstorming and have an idea or a direction you want to focus on before asking for help.)
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Well, before you get dogpiled with suggestions to do your own homework, I can suggest that you look at the changing nature of propaganda from WWII (which was the 1940's and "hot war" to the 1950's "cold war."
How was the enemy portrayed by each government? In the press? In editorials and cartoons.
That sort of thing.
Of course, if you need to get this done in a short time frame, you will probably need to limit that to American views of the Russians, I suppose (unless you have vast resources and can read Russian).
Good luck.
Let us know if you see black helicopters.
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your right, I apologize. Now that I am using my brainpower, I want to write about a key figure who may have caused, been a catalyst, or ended the cold war. Not just a world leader, but someone (or a group) who influenced the cold war behind the scenes. My problem comes from the essay being pursuasive.
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It is a problem for me because I can write about an event for DAYS. But it would just be me babbling. I need to focus my essay to prove my thesis. (I am the type of person that doesn't back up my statements)
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In an effort to focus my ideas I came up with the topic, who played the bigger role in causing, or keeping alive the cold war? Who had more propoganda? Who made more weapons? Who tried to spread their influence more? What do you think?
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Still to broad. Try Marshall Plan or Berlin Airlift, or Nixon's status with the "Right" allowing him the creditability to end the Viet Nam war, or Reagon's rearmament bluff bankrupting the Soviet Union and ending the cold war. Nothing over a couple of years time span.
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You're stuck with the '50s, right? So you're looking for a figure who seriously impacted -- either shortening or lengthening -- the Cold War during that period, right?
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50's? Cold war huh? do it on the Korean war and how it helped polarize geopolitics and how the two super powers began a policy of fighting in surrogut fronts and how both sides set up friendly governments, sometimes toppling democracies in the process for political expediancy.
Don't forget Sputnik and how it helped start the space race!
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CaTH: Pick one thing, something, anything, that seems interesting and narrow it down to answer a why question such as (hypothetically) Why did so and so support such and such despite the fact that <insert people> were against it?
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Well, it helps to keep to a topic. The Korean War is by far the easier one.
However, if you decide to stick to the Cold War, a quick glance through a book called "Blind Man's Bluff" could come in handy. It's about submarines during that time. It's been a while since I read it, and also may not fit the exact scope of your report. It was a good book though.
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Two great miniseries to watch on the Cold War: "Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy" and "Smiley's People".
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