After winning World War II, few would have guessed America would so quickly face another conflict, especially with a nation whom only a few months earlier was an ally. Blame for the start of the Cold War is beyond this course’s scope. However, the policies created to wage it are not. Those policies included a massive military buildup, containment, and direct involvement in several conflicts under the mantle of preventing the spread of communism. We won the Cold War so the policies can at a minimum be deemed at least partially successful. Would you consider the examples below successful and would you have handled them in a different manner:
The Berlin Blockade (1948-9)
The Korean War (1950-1953)
The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
The Vietnam War (1954-1973)
Utilize 2 credible ources to incluse, this reference:
Chp. 15-18
Book Title For The Common Defense
Author / Editor Allan R. Millett and Peter Maslowski
Publisher Free Press
ISBN 9781439118276
Publication Date 2012-09-25
Category: Military history
After six months of constant defeat, America scored an historic victory against Japan at Midway in June 1942 and then launched its first offensive in August at Guadalcanal. After a victory there and at Buna in New Guinea in January 1943, a strategic debate evolved between those desiring an island-hopping campaign across the Central Pacific and those preferring an advance across the northern coast of New Guinea to the Philippines. The Central Pacific drive was endorsed by Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Chester Nimitz, the Philippines option by Southwest PACIFIC Area Commander General Douglas MacArthur. Evaluate the American Pacific campaign of World War II. Which approach do you find better suited America’s vast capabilities at this time?
some possible references: please use attached book for one reference
Berthon, Simon, and Joanna Potts. Warlords: An Extraordinary Re-Creation of World War II Through the Eyes and Minds of Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2006.
Bess, Michael. Choices Under Fire: Moral Dimensions of World War II. New York: A.A. Knopf, 2006.
Chickering, Roger, Stig Fo¨rster, and Bernd Greiner. A World at Total War: Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction, 1937-1945. Washington, DC: German Historical Institute, 2005.
Plowright, John. The Causes, Course, and Outcomes of World War Two. England: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Weinberg, Gerhard L. Hitler’s Foreign Policy: The Road to World War II, 1933-1939. New York: Enigma, 2005.
World War 2, also known as the Second World War, was a war fought from 1939 to 1945 in Europe and, during much of the 1930s and 1940s, in Asia.
This is the second of the three Research Essays that will involve researching a battle or a military engagement and writing a detailed summary essay. The essay will focus one 500 AD to 1799 AD battle or military engagement that you researched.
Essay Format
1. You will need to have at least 300 words in this post plus full references due Friday …Research must be done in the library using JSTOR database or other sources that are creditable. The essay can not be the same battle you discussed for week 3 or 4….you must pick entirely different battle than the one discussed in Week 3 or 4.
3. You must reference using one of the three formats and following your major’s designated style: MLA, APA, CS, Kate L. Turabian’s Manual, and the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS). YOU MUST CITE YOUR SOURCES! (See syllabus for links to the Style websites to learn how to cite and references)
The following should be addressed in your essay:
Describe the historical context in which the battle occurred.
Describe the key leaders for both sides of the battle and the decisions they made which affected the outcome of the battle.
Describe the military groups, discussing the types of soldiers/sailors, the numbers who fought, specific groups for both sides of the battle.
Describe the technology used, the weapons and new items introduced to this battle.
Address the who, what, when, where and whys.
Include influences- how the conflict affected the entire global society, politics, economics, the people and the culture
Address the overall significance of the battle in regards to the outcome of the larger conflict.
YOU CHOOSE the battle as long as it follows the guidelines of a battle from 500 AD to 1799 AD
The essay will be about 5 paragraphs or 300 words with grammar checked and references should be included in this essay discussion post.
This is the second of the three Research Essays that will involve researching a battle or a military engagement and writing a detailed summary essay. The essay will focus one 500 AD to 1799 AD battle or military engagement that you researched.
Essay Format
1. You will need to have at least 300 words in this post plus full references due Friday …Research must be done in the library using JSTOR database or other sources that are creditable. The essay can not be the same battle you discussed for week 3 or 4….you must pick entirely different battle than the one discussed in Week 3 or 4.
3. You must reference using one of the three formats and following your major’s designated style: MLA, APA, CS, Kate L. Turabian’s Manual, and the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS). YOU MUST CITE YOUR SOURCES! (See syllabus for links to the Style websites to learn how to cite and references)
The following should be addressed in your essay:
Describe the historical context in which the battle occurred.
Describe the key leaders for both sides of the battle and the decisions they made which affected the outcome of the battle.
Describe the military groups, discussing the types of soldiers/sailors, the numbers who fought, specific groups for both sides of the battle.
Describe the technology used, the weapons and new items introduced to this battle.
Address the who, what, when, where and whys.
Include influences- how the conflict affected the entire global society, politics, economics, the people and the culture
Address the overall significance of the battle in regards to the outcome of the larger conflict.
YOU CHOOSE the battle as long as it follows the guidelines of a battle from 500 AD to 1799 AD
The essay will be about 5 paragraphs or 300 words with grammar checked and references should be included in this essay discussion post.
For this week, select a battle of your own choice to analyze from the campaigns of 1863 and 1864. In the analysis please include the following:
1. Examine the factors that led to the battle.
2. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of both the Union and Confederate armies, including the key commanders.
3. Present an overview of the battle.
4. Present an analysis of the battle’s decisive moments and decisions.
Use this source for one reference between chapter 6 and 7
Book Title For The Common Defense
Author / Editor Allan R. Millett and Peter Maslowski
Publisher Free Press
ISBN 9781439118276
Publication Date 2012-09-25