IPC2601/101/3/2013 Tutorial letter 101/3/2013 International Organisations Semesters 1 and 2 IPC2601 Department of Political Sciences IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This tutorial letter contains important information about you module. CONTENTS 1 1.1 2 2.1 2.2 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 6 7 7.1 7.2 7.2.1 7.2.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 8 9. INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME ................................................................................................................. 3 Tutorial
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History 1950’s Conformity Following World War II America saw an extreme decade of both conformity and nonconformity. A strong post-war economy meant there was money to spend. Settling down‚ raising a family‚ and owning a home were the established goals of the American dream. Many tried to attain the ideal family depicted on TV shows such as Leave It to Beaver and Father Knows Best. Deviating from this popular culture was the "Beat Generation." The post-war economic boom of the 1950’s in the U
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The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction ‘McMahon has produced a commanding short narrative of a vital period in recent world history. Clear‚ concise‚ and compelling‚ The Cold War is a superb primer on the subject.’ Fredrik Logevall‚ University of California‚ Santa Barbara Very Short Introductions are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way in to a new subject. They are written by experts‚ and have been published in more than 25 languages worldwide. The series began in 1995
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Chinese invasion of southeast asia Cold War Of Vietnam Loretta L. Richardson Troy University Anthropology 2200 Susan E. Pappas‚ Ph.D. October 30‚ 2011 Cold War Of Vietnam Today in America the question still come to the minds of many of the American people. How did the American soldiers’ view the war and was it a mission that was necessary to protect the people of the United States Of America. Most servicemen would say yes
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How We Are Influenced Social psychology is the “scientific study of how people think about‚ influence‚ and relate to one another” (Myers‚ 2010‚ p. 4). There are many different “external social forces” (Myers‚ 2010‚ p. 8) that influence our thoughts‚ feelings‚ behaviors and attitudes‚ such as our family‚ peers‚ culture and gender; all of which persuade us in one direction or another. Any social situation we may encounter can be so powerful that it “leads us to act contrary to our expressed
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Cold War DBQ Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1 -- 14. (Some of the documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that: • Provides an appropriate‚ explicitly stated thesis that directly addresses all parts of the question and does NOT simply restate the question. • Discusses a majority of documents individually
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Do you know why we are able to trade with other countries? Or why we aren’t in wars with other countries? This could be because of presidents and their compromise for our country. Since our presidents did what they did‚ we are able to do things like trade and cowork with other countries. I believe Richard Nixon was the strongest American President during the Cold War Era due to His SALT treaty‚ visit to China and REALPOLITIK. Since Nixon was such a good president‚ he came up with the SALT treaty
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Power Cold War Worksheet Power‚ Ideology‚ and Terror in the Atomic Age Worksheet The Cold War Answer each of the following questions in a single paragraph: 1. What role did atomic weapons play in the Cold War? Summarize nuclear developments from 1945 to 1991. Capitalist and communist nations distrusted each other and wanted to further their own ideals while stopping the spread of the other. This led to the formation of NATO and other pacts to protect their respective “areas”. This
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America the only democratic Country in the world. To help prevent the spread of communism Truman created a policy to help contain Eastern Europe. This was called the Truman Doctrine and was made from the consequence of Marshall. Marshall said that Communism spread easily in Countries were poverty was bad. At the time most of Eastern Europe was still suffering the affects of World War 1‚ so communism could spread easily if nothing was done. Marshall said that Eastern Europe would need $30
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The Cold War was one of the most significant events of European history because it caused a split in Europe that divided the continent into Western Europe‚ the capitalists‚ and Eastern Europe‚ the communist Soviets. During the Cold War‚ many different European leaders took different approaches on holding a country down and protecting it from the Soviets‚ or joining the Soviets. In the novel‚ The Prince‚ by Niccolò Machiavelli‚ advice is given to a prince for governing a principality‚ or a nation
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