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End of Term Reflection on the Cold War We began this term by discussing the sentiment of cynicism many were feeling towards both sides of the cold war after five decades of this struggle between super-powers. After seeing presentations on all five decades of the cold war, do you think such cynicism about both sides was justified? What is your overall impression of the Cold war? What do you think of the American claims to be fighting for freedom and democracy? What about the Soviet claims to be fighting for the interests of workers and the common people? Did either side represent a greater evil in your opinion? What good came out of the cold war? Your reflection must be a minimum of 600 words and make specific reference to at least 6 of the events listed below and must include at least 1 event from each decade. 1940’s 1950’s 1960’s Potsdam & Yalta conferences Berlin blockade Coup d’état in Czechoslovakia The Marshall Plan The Founding of NATO The Greek Civil War (US role & Truman Doctrine) McCarthy & the witch-hunt The Korean War Cuban Revolution Operation Ajax (Iran) Coup d’état in Guatemala The Warsaw Pact 1970’s 1980’s Operation Menu (Cambodia) Publication of the Pentagon papers Coup d’état in Chile The Soviet Afghan War The Cuban intervention in Angola The Cambodian Genocide Argentina’s Dirty War The Gulf of Tonkin incident (Vietnam) The Bay of Pigs Invasion (Cuba) The Cuban Missile Crisis The Tet Offensive (Vietnam) Prague Spring Construction of Berlin Wall Brazilian coup d’état of 1964 The Sandinista-Contra War (Nicaragua) The Iran-Contra Affair Fall of the Berlin Wall Glasnost & Perestroika Romanian Revolution Velvet Revolution (Czechoslovakia) School of the Americas