History 323 Discussion Questions
May 7, 2009
In answering these questions ( and
the questions each week) be certain that you base your answer on specifics
from the articles and documents.
- Why is the Truman Doctrine considered to be one of the
most important documents which defines American foreign policy in the
post-WWII period? What are the attributes which make it so important?
What would be the relationship of the Truman Doctrine to Vietnam?
- What is the relationship between foreign policy and
domestic policy in the United States in the 1950s?
- Based on the readings, to what extent did the government
"legitimately believe" that it was threatened during the cold
war? What was that belief based on?
- Based on the readings and the movie Atomic Cafe, what was
America's perception of itself? Of communism? Of the Soviet
Union?
- What was the importance of Asia in American foreign
policy considerations?