Cold War

Do the tasks on this page.

14 May, 2009

Please read all pages. The first page is a little introduction to the missiles of the crisis so you'll know what we're talking about.

Analyze the two letters by Khrushchev and Castro regarding opvl (origin, purpose, value, limitation in case you still don't know). Do that thoroughly! It's excellent exercise for your exams. Another helper are the exam question at the end of the doc.

Please bring all those documents to the next session. We're going to watch a documentary on the cmc so it makes sense to follow the events on your timeline.

Origins

Presentation

Name some of the origins of the CW in the 19th century, in the early 20th and of course during WWII.

Monster Session on Thursday, 30 April!! Be prepared for the Cold War. Some ideas to be considered:

What happened at Potsdam in 1945?

What is the Truman Doctrine?

Define containment policy.

Explain the Marshall-Plan.

Why did Berlin need an airlift? When?

How did the nuclear arms race develop?

WW II: Yalta and Potsdam

What happened at Yalta and Potsdam?

Post-War Years

How the world was divided. Name key stages of the CW in the post WWII years.

Atomic Bombs

Here are some your links about nuclear devices.

Titan

davy crockett, tactical artillery (seriously)

submarine launch

tsar bomb 1, tsar bomb 2, the biggest man-made explosions ever

and please also have a look at some of the other videos on YouTube about atomic weapons.

Daisy Commercial

View this very controversial commercial from LBJ's campaign in 1964.

Attitude towards the Bomb

Watch this video by Tom Lehrer.

If needed, here are the lyrics.

OPVL the video.

The '50s

Find out about the nuclear arms race.

Korean War

Timeline

Presentation 1 Have a look at this site in general! You'll find presentations on most historical topics. Be cautious though about their origin...

Presentation 2

Presentation 3

Do the task on this page.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Key documents and chronology here .

THE Classic of the Cuban Missile Crisis - biased though! - Thirteen Days by Robert Kennedy

Download this document.

Please read all pages. The first page is a little introduction to the missiles of the crisis so you'll know what we're talking about.

Analyze the two letters by Khrushchev and Castro regarding opvl (origin, purpose, value, limitation in case you still don't know). Do that thoroughly! It's excellent exercise for your exams. Another helper are the exam question at the end of the doc.

For next time please bring all those documents. We're going to watch a documentary on the cmc so it makes sense to follow the events on your timeline.