Thursday, February 12, 2004
Discovery Research Exercise #3
February 12th, 2004
Annotated Bibliography
1. McAuley, John. "Re: Interview Questions." E-mail to the subject.
27 January 2004
This has been my primary source and the document that has allowed me to navigate in the right direction for my Discovery project. I am going to focus on the conflicting ideologies of the former Soviet Union and the United States. My father did a lot of research in college on the conflicting sides of each country and found it fascinating. Using his personal information has helped me in finding books that are more useful in my research. I am also trying to get information on the typical life of a person living during the Cold War and so hearing about his experiences along with comparing them to others has been very interesting. The interview questions were based around his location, his opinions, how he was effected, etc. and he was then able to give more information and comments which I found useful in the beginning portion of my research.
2.Paterson, Thomas G. The Origins of the Cold War. University of Connecticut, 1974
The Origins of the Cold War was a book in my father's collection which he suggested I use as a starting point. He has a large amount of books dealing with the different aspects of the Cold War. First of all it is a scholary source from the University of Connecticut, therefore I know the information will be accurate and useful. It was written in 1974, and although it is old I appreciated being able to read a work from an author who was currently facing the Cold War. When it was written this book could have been considered a current event source and I find that very interesting. It goes through all the different major events leading into/causing the Cold War along with events that were occuring in the midst of the Cold War. The beginning is information about Harry S. Truman and the end of World War II, it leads into chapters about other influential and powerful leaders of the time and how they along with their countries had an impact in the leading of the Cold War. Communisim is discussed throughout the second part including pros and cons. The last section was entitled Scholary Debate: Leninist Ideology and Stalinist Paranoia, this section was also helpful in information dealing with ideologies.
3.Bender, David L. The Collapse of the Soviet Union. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1999
This book was helpful in analyzing information that dealt with my father's strongest interest in the Cold War, the collapse. He told me many times about how he wrote papers based around how he believes the Cold War would end and this book explains how it did end. It is a part of a collection called "Turning Points" by Greenhaven Press Company. Section three of Chapter two was entitled, "Cooperation with the West" and I found this part very informative with the arms race, democracy and its impact and failures of communism. Although I did not need the entire book there are some great chapters that speak directly about ideologies and their impacts during the Cold War.
4. Yeltsin, Boris. Midnight Diaries. New York: Public Affairs, 2000
This book focuses more on after effects on the Cold War in Russia. I know how my father's life was after the Cold War and it did not change too much, yet after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia had to rebuild a nation, economically, etc. and therefore it is obvious that there were many impacts on the Russian people. Midnight Diaries is feelings of the leader, Boris Yeltsin. I found it interesting because it is about someone who lived during the COld War, and was now facing the after effects...It speaks about his beliefs in reviving of Russia, his opinions of communism and more. Some of what he wrote is very impactful and useful for quotations in my Discovery paper.
5. Heyns, Terry L. American & Soviet Relations Since Detente. Washington D.C: National Defense University, 1987.
This book is a government based book focusing on diplomatic relations, media, trade, and technology and how all of these had an impact on the COld War. It leads to why relations between the United States and the Soviet Union weakened and became hostile along with the competition between the two nations. It is a United States government based book therefore it has a strong bias towards the United States. I find it useful because it contains lists and documents everything in a straight forward style. It is more factual than any of my other sources even though it holds a strong bias.
6. McAuley, Mary. Soviet Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
I liked this book not only because the author shares my last name but because it was a scholarly source. I knew the information which I was reading was accurate and credible. This book was more as a resource to teach me about the Soviet Union, how it took power, it's changes in government control and the impact of communism and its fall in the United States. It speaks about its relations with other nations such as the United States but focuses more on the Soviet Union. Considering many of my sources were focused on the United States in the Cold War, this source was useful in understanding more about the Soviet Union.
February 12th, 2004
Annotated Bibliography
1. McAuley, John. "Re: Interview Questions." E-mail to the subject.
27 January 2004
This has been my primary source and the document that has allowed me to navigate in the right direction for my Discovery project. I am going to focus on the conflicting ideologies of the former Soviet Union and the United States. My father did a lot of research in college on the conflicting sides of each country and found it fascinating. Using his personal information has helped me in finding books that are more useful in my research. I am also trying to get information on the typical life of a person living during the Cold War and so hearing about his experiences along with comparing them to others has been very interesting. The interview questions were based around his location, his opinions, how he was effected, etc. and he was then able to give more information and comments which I found useful in the beginning portion of my research.
2.Paterson, Thomas G. The Origins of the Cold War. University of Connecticut, 1974
The Origins of the Cold War was a book in my father's collection which he suggested I use as a starting point. He has a large amount of books dealing with the different aspects of the Cold War. First of all it is a scholary source from the University of Connecticut, therefore I know the information will be accurate and useful. It was written in 1974, and although it is old I appreciated being able to read a work from an author who was currently facing the Cold War. When it was written this book could have been considered a current event source and I find that very interesting. It goes through all the different major events leading into/causing the Cold War along with events that were occuring in the midst of the Cold War. The beginning is information about Harry S. Truman and the end of World War II, it leads into chapters about other influential and powerful leaders of the time and how they along with their countries had an impact in the leading of the Cold War. Communisim is discussed throughout the second part including pros and cons. The last section was entitled Scholary Debate: Leninist Ideology and Stalinist Paranoia, this section was also helpful in information dealing with ideologies.
3.Bender, David L. The Collapse of the Soviet Union. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1999
This book was helpful in analyzing information that dealt with my father's strongest interest in the Cold War, the collapse. He told me many times about how he wrote papers based around how he believes the Cold War would end and this book explains how it did end. It is a part of a collection called "Turning Points" by Greenhaven Press Company. Section three of Chapter two was entitled, "Cooperation with the West" and I found this part very informative with the arms race, democracy and its impact and failures of communism. Although I did not need the entire book there are some great chapters that speak directly about ideologies and their impacts during the Cold War.
4. Yeltsin, Boris. Midnight Diaries. New York: Public Affairs, 2000
This book focuses more on after effects on the Cold War in Russia. I know how my father's life was after the Cold War and it did not change too much, yet after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia had to rebuild a nation, economically, etc. and therefore it is obvious that there were many impacts on the Russian people. Midnight Diaries is feelings of the leader, Boris Yeltsin. I found it interesting because it is about someone who lived during the COld War, and was now facing the after effects...It speaks about his beliefs in reviving of Russia, his opinions of communism and more. Some of what he wrote is very impactful and useful for quotations in my Discovery paper.
5. Heyns, Terry L. American & Soviet Relations Since Detente. Washington D.C: National Defense University, 1987.
This book is a government based book focusing on diplomatic relations, media, trade, and technology and how all of these had an impact on the COld War. It leads to why relations between the United States and the Soviet Union weakened and became hostile along with the competition between the two nations. It is a United States government based book therefore it has a strong bias towards the United States. I find it useful because it contains lists and documents everything in a straight forward style. It is more factual than any of my other sources even though it holds a strong bias.
6. McAuley, Mary. Soviet Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
I liked this book not only because the author shares my last name but because it was a scholarly source. I knew the information which I was reading was accurate and credible. This book was more as a resource to teach me about the Soviet Union, how it took power, it's changes in government control and the impact of communism and its fall in the United States. It speaks about its relations with other nations such as the United States but focuses more on the Soviet Union. Considering many of my sources were focused on the United States in the Cold War, this source was useful in understanding more about the Soviet Union.
