COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS

1. Based on the Cominform declaration and National Security Council paper, what similarities do you see between Soviet and U.S. cold war attitudes and corresponding policies?

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   Based on the Cominform declaration and National Security Council paper, what similarities do you see between Soviet and U.S. cold war attitudes and corresponding policies?
2. What do the Life cover and President Kennedy’s letter suggest about how these attitudes and policies helped to create a climate of cold war that pervaded everyday life?

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   What do the Life cover and President Kennedy’s letter suggest about how these attitudes and policies helped to create a climate of cold war that pervaded everyday life?
3. How would you compare the struggles of Ho Chi Minh and Simone de Beauvoir against rigid traditional power structures during the postwar era?

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   How would you compare the struggles of Ho Chi Minh and Simone de Beauvoir against rigid traditional power structures during the postwar era?
4. How did a deep sense of anxiety permeate the period from 1945 to the 1960s? What were the sources of such anxiety, and where does it surface in the documents included here?

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   How did a deep sense of anxiety permeate the period from 1945 to the 1960s? What were the sources of such anxiety, and where does it surface in the documents included here?