Academic Article Worksheet

Title: America in the 20th Century/The Cold War

Author: Brent Hannigan, Richard Hawksworth, Shelley Spencer, Harlan Hogan

Documentation info: Chicago, IL : Media Rich Communications : Distributed by Films for the Humanities and Sciences, ©2009.

Type of journal: Video

Abstract or summary: Abstract

What’s this writer saying that s/he is adding to the conversation?

Although communists and capitalists united during World War II to crush fascism, Hilter's defeat set the stage for allies to become adversaries once more.

What does the intro say this article is going to address?

This program frames the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union as the defining conflict of much of the 20th century. Viewers are shown how the world's two superpowers faced off in an uncompromising showdown over ideology and economics that would persist for five decades - not in a vacuum, but under the omnipresent threat of nuclear holocaust

What are the subheads?

None

What do you learn from looking at illustrations or graphics?

The violence during the Cold World and different political leaders…

What does the conclusion address?

It addresses America's policy of targeting Soviet military bases as a deterrent to war is shown to be ineffective during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

What’s the argument that this writer is making? (It is often early in the essay—in or near the introduction and after the section where the writer acknowledges what others have written about this topic.)

America was facing an enemy, whose objective was world domination. There are rules in this game, thus is it acceptable that the norms of human conduct do not apply.

What part of this essay really speaks to you and your topic of inquiry? Include page nos.

A quote from Newbold Morris, Special Assistant Attorney General, about how Joseph McCarthy changed the government because it showed how Hitler’s actions were affecting the US.

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