History 102 Readings Schedule
Spring 2016
Note: The reading dates are given for both sections of H102. Section 01 (Monday and Wednesday) is the first date and Section 02 (Tuesday and Thursday) is the second date.
January 18/19 Cold War:
Origins and Impact
The Truman Doctrine (1947)
The Marshall Plan (1947)
Vyshinsky Speech to the United Nations
(1947)
"Communists Should Not Teach
in Universities" (1949)
"President Proclaims a
National Emergency..."
Acheson's Speech on Asia (1950)
Speech by Senator Joseph McCarthy
(1950)
Eisenhower,
The
Domino Theory (1954)
Discussion Questions
February 3/4 Vietnam Wars: Origins and
Impact
Kennedy, The Domino Theory (1963)
"Congress Backs
Johnson on Resolution..."
Letter of Ho Chi Minh (1967)
Cronkite, "We Are Mired In
Stalemate" (1968)
Nixon, The Silent Majority
(1969)
"Vietnamese say GI's Slew 567...."
Vietnam Death Toll
Discussion Questions
March 22/23 Decolonization, Nationalism, and Nation Building
Israel Declaration of Independence
(1948)
Israel at Independence (1948)
The Case for Apartheid (1953)
Imre Nagy, Last Speech (1956)
Nehru on Nonalignment (1956)
Nelson Mandela, The New Menace
(1958)
Discussion Questions
April 6/7 Problems,
Problems, Problems.....
Brezhnev Doctrine
Kennedy's Speech on Cuba
Editorial: The
Aging Population
Editorial: Kosovo
Editorial: Overpopulation
Editorial: United Nations
Statistics
Yeltsin's Speech, August 19, 1991
Gorbachev's Speech, December 7, 1988
The London Declaration, 1990
Discussion Questions