Ss211 Unit 2
Unit 2: Conceptions of the Cold War
SS211: The 1960s Reshaping the American Dream
09/09/2014
1. Using quotes from your interviews, describe how each of your three respondents understand the Cold War. I interviewed three people using the sample questions provided regarding the Cold War. My first interviewee stated that the terms “World War 3 and nuclear holocaust” came to mind when they thought about the term Cold War. The interviewee did study the Cold war in school and remembered discussing the “Nuclear arms race”. The U.S and Russia were the parties involved and the Cuban Missile Crisis was named as a key event associated with the Cold War. The second person I interviewed stated that Russia and America came to mind …show more content…
This person did not remember if they studied the Cold War in school. The United States Government and the USSR were involved and the key events were “Cuban Missile Crisis and the tearing down of the Berlin Wall”.
2. Explain to what extent their definition/understanding of the Cold War differs from the definition above (see the bold typeface in the Overview section above). “As your Reading and Discussions point out, one of the biggest issues that citizens and politicians confronted during the 1960s was the Cold War, which might be defined as the geopolitical tensions and proxy wars fought between the United States and the Soviet Union. Indeed, for anyone who grew up during the 1950s, 60s, or 70s, the Cold War was a household topic everyone seemed to understand.” When I compare my interviews to the Overview of the Cold War provided I see that over time things have been forgotten and even twisted.
3. If your respondents’ understanding of the Cold War is different from the way the Cold War is defined in this course, explain why that might be the case. (Also, if their definition of the Cold War is very similar, explain this as
SS211: The 1960s Reshaping the American Dream
09/09/2014
1. Using quotes from your interviews, describe how each of your three respondents understand the Cold War. I interviewed three people using the sample questions provided regarding the Cold War. My first interviewee stated that the terms “World War 3 and nuclear holocaust” came to mind when they thought about the term Cold War. The interviewee did study the Cold war in school and remembered discussing the “Nuclear arms race”. The U.S and Russia were the parties involved and the Cuban Missile Crisis was named as a key event associated with the Cold War. The second person I interviewed stated that Russia and America came to mind …show more content…
This person did not remember if they studied the Cold War in school. The United States Government and the USSR were involved and the key events were “Cuban Missile Crisis and the tearing down of the Berlin Wall”.
2. Explain to what extent their definition/understanding of the Cold War differs from the definition above (see the bold typeface in the Overview section above). “As your Reading and Discussions point out, one of the biggest issues that citizens and politicians confronted during the 1960s was the Cold War, which might be defined as the geopolitical tensions and proxy wars fought between the United States and the Soviet Union. Indeed, for anyone who grew up during the 1950s, 60s, or 70s, the Cold War was a household topic everyone seemed to understand.” When I compare my interviews to the Overview of the Cold War provided I see that over time things have been forgotten and even twisted.
3. If your respondents’ understanding of the Cold War is different from the way the Cold War is defined in this course, explain why that might be the case. (Also, if their definition of the Cold War is very similar, explain this as