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.
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Discovery Research Exercise #2
January 28th, 2004
Primary Source #1
McAuley, John. "Re: Interview Questions." E-mail to the subject.
27 January 2004
My first primary source was an interview I conducted through e-mail to my father. He is the subject of my Discovery Project and because of his strong interest of the Cold War the source of my subject. He had experience with studying the Cold War throughout his undergraduate years at University of Virginia and planned to obtain a job in the field of solutions towards the Cold War. His major thesis involved the Cold War and how to end it. The following is the interview questions he answered:
1. What is your interest in the Cold War?I was born during the Cold War, and grew up throughout it’s height , and in many ways it dominated the world I lived in…from the Bomb drills in school(where we climbed under our desks, to the at least weekly air raid sirens , that blasted in our neighborhood at least every Saturday at noon, to the Vietnam war which dominated our news and influenced our life.
2. How well educated are you on the time period?The Cold War and its effects as well as proposals to successfully win/end the cold war was the main part of my studies in college and my graduate work and doctoral thesis was on this very subject.
3. What do you feel are the 3 main causes of the Cold War? Stalin’s desire for Soviet Imperialism coupled with the communist movement in China and in other nations , couplked with our Leaders view of communism/socialism as an automatic threat..combined to create the tension throughout the world that came to be called the cold war.
4. How did the Cold War effect your life? Our country and the world political structure was dominated by this tension. Our economic policy was also effected as we continued military buildup and an outrageous arms race with the Soviets and other eastern block nations…The cold War had a definite influence in every action of our country as well as the actions of everyone around the world. It was the most influential and pervasive factor for close to 40 years.
5. How do you feel the Cold War effected the United States as a whole? It caused us to have a us against them attitude…it led to the Vietnam war which contributed to civil strife of enormous proportions in the US…it effected our economy and led to deficit spending and and various economic recessions could be traced to the cold wars influence.
6. How did your life change after the Cold War? In a positive way, the arms race led to the space race and in a perverted way is partly responsible for many innovations in the world today…particularly technological and is probably responsible for a closer world today and a better and faster growing world economy.
7. What do you think are valuable lessons from the entire time period? We cannot simplify more complicated social/political/economic issues in to a simple us vs them scenario…issues between nations/issues between people are much more complex and are not properly evaluated and pursued if we simply look at it from what ieswrong with the other part vs how are we alike or are our nterests similar…how can we work together for the greater benefit of all…the world is made up of individual people not some evil other side.
8. During the Cold War, did you fear communism and believe events would escalade into physical war actions?Yes!!! I remember in the 60’s the Vietnam war…we also knew the fear of the Cuban missile crisis…and I remember registering for the draft in the late 70’s when a military action against China seemed inevitable.
9. Was the area you were living in directly effected? Yes. The entire country was effected…in NYC area we were told many times that we and Dc were the number1 and two targets of a potential atomic bomb/nuclear attack( a possible precursor to (9-11)…Carlottesville was the escape town for DC, and many Professors at UVA were influential policy makers and policy advisors on the Cold War…..lastly the civil strife greatly effected the area I grew up in and changed the very environment I lived in which was a state of constant tension, when one really looks back at it..
10. Did the Cold War have an influence on your political views? It made me more conservative in many ways…but it also made me be more independent in my political thinking.
11. List any other comments you have about your experience with the Cold War, feelings about the time period, etc.... It was a very long period of tension…It finally ended due to an aggressive economic policy, coupled with the natural smaller world reality that has come about due to technological advances,,,the irony is that the actions taken that escalated the Cold War eventually were some of the greatest factors that ended the Cold War
Primary Source #2
Yeltsin, Boris. Midnight Diaries. New York: Public Affairs, 2000
I chose this book because it is personal thoughts around the Cold War, written by a political figure of Russia. I want to be able to get multiple sides to the Cold War since a war involves different groups. I figure this will be personal information of feelings about the Cold War and I could then compare and contrast them to the thoughts of my father. There are chronoligical events leading to the falling of the Berlin Wall through the end of the Cold War. This was the time period in which my father was interested in because he was at the age where he could make a difference.
Primary Source #3
Bender, David L. The Collapse of the Soviet Union. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1999
This book focuses on my father's main interest in the Cold War which is the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since he had many theories of how it should end and what to do after the collapse this book will be able to coorelate to my interview with him. I can read and compare what really happened and what he thought should happen. Since the book is somewhat recent it should have accurate information that will lead to finding more sources. There are also opinions and effects on people in both the Russia and America.
January 28th, 2004
Primary Source #1
McAuley, John. "Re: Interview Questions." E-mail to the subject.
27 January 2004
My first primary source was an interview I conducted through e-mail to my father. He is the subject of my Discovery Project and because of his strong interest of the Cold War the source of my subject. He had experience with studying the Cold War throughout his undergraduate years at University of Virginia and planned to obtain a job in the field of solutions towards the Cold War. His major thesis involved the Cold War and how to end it. The following is the interview questions he answered:
1. What is your interest in the Cold War?I was born during the Cold War, and grew up throughout it’s height , and in many ways it dominated the world I lived in…from the Bomb drills in school(where we climbed under our desks, to the at least weekly air raid sirens , that blasted in our neighborhood at least every Saturday at noon, to the Vietnam war which dominated our news and influenced our life.
2. How well educated are you on the time period?The Cold War and its effects as well as proposals to successfully win/end the cold war was the main part of my studies in college and my graduate work and doctoral thesis was on this very subject.
3. What do you feel are the 3 main causes of the Cold War? Stalin’s desire for Soviet Imperialism coupled with the communist movement in China and in other nations , couplked with our Leaders view of communism/socialism as an automatic threat..combined to create the tension throughout the world that came to be called the cold war.
4. How did the Cold War effect your life? Our country and the world political structure was dominated by this tension. Our economic policy was also effected as we continued military buildup and an outrageous arms race with the Soviets and other eastern block nations…The cold War had a definite influence in every action of our country as well as the actions of everyone around the world. It was the most influential and pervasive factor for close to 40 years.
5. How do you feel the Cold War effected the United States as a whole? It caused us to have a us against them attitude…it led to the Vietnam war which contributed to civil strife of enormous proportions in the US…it effected our economy and led to deficit spending and and various economic recessions could be traced to the cold wars influence.
6. How did your life change after the Cold War? In a positive way, the arms race led to the space race and in a perverted way is partly responsible for many innovations in the world today…particularly technological and is probably responsible for a closer world today and a better and faster growing world economy.
7. What do you think are valuable lessons from the entire time period? We cannot simplify more complicated social/political/economic issues in to a simple us vs them scenario…issues between nations/issues between people are much more complex and are not properly evaluated and pursued if we simply look at it from what ieswrong with the other part vs how are we alike or are our nterests similar…how can we work together for the greater benefit of all…the world is made up of individual people not some evil other side.
8. During the Cold War, did you fear communism and believe events would escalade into physical war actions?Yes!!! I remember in the 60’s the Vietnam war…we also knew the fear of the Cuban missile crisis…and I remember registering for the draft in the late 70’s when a military action against China seemed inevitable.
9. Was the area you were living in directly effected? Yes. The entire country was effected…in NYC area we were told many times that we and Dc were the number1 and two targets of a potential atomic bomb/nuclear attack( a possible precursor to (9-11)…Carlottesville was the escape town for DC, and many Professors at UVA were influential policy makers and policy advisors on the Cold War…..lastly the civil strife greatly effected the area I grew up in and changed the very environment I lived in which was a state of constant tension, when one really looks back at it..
10. Did the Cold War have an influence on your political views? It made me more conservative in many ways…but it also made me be more independent in my political thinking.
11. List any other comments you have about your experience with the Cold War, feelings about the time period, etc.... It was a very long period of tension…It finally ended due to an aggressive economic policy, coupled with the natural smaller world reality that has come about due to technological advances,,,the irony is that the actions taken that escalated the Cold War eventually were some of the greatest factors that ended the Cold War
Primary Source #2
Yeltsin, Boris. Midnight Diaries. New York: Public Affairs, 2000
I chose this book because it is personal thoughts around the Cold War, written by a political figure of Russia. I want to be able to get multiple sides to the Cold War since a war involves different groups. I figure this will be personal information of feelings about the Cold War and I could then compare and contrast them to the thoughts of my father. There are chronoligical events leading to the falling of the Berlin Wall through the end of the Cold War. This was the time period in which my father was interested in because he was at the age where he could make a difference.
Primary Source #3
Bender, David L. The Collapse of the Soviet Union. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1999
This book focuses on my father's main interest in the Cold War which is the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since he had many theories of how it should end and what to do after the collapse this book will be able to coorelate to my interview with him. I can read and compare what really happened and what he thought should happen. Since the book is somewhat recent it should have accurate information that will lead to finding more sources. There are also opinions and effects on people in both the Russia and America.
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Discovery Research Exercise #1
January 22, 2004
My father, John McAuley is my subject for the Discovery Project and because his college thesis was based around the Cold War and the Soviet Union I have decided to use the Cold War as my topic of research. The book, The Origins of the Cold War, is a good starting point for my research. It opens up with the reasons behind the Cold War and leads into occurrences along with a strong basis for further research. It is a scholarly and credible source because it was consistently being updated by new editions along with it being published by the University of Connecticut.
Bibliography:
Paterson, Thomas G. The Origins of the Cold War. University of Connecticut, 1974
January 22, 2004
My father, John McAuley is my subject for the Discovery Project and because his college thesis was based around the Cold War and the Soviet Union I have decided to use the Cold War as my topic of research. The book, The Origins of the Cold War, is a good starting point for my research. It opens up with the reasons behind the Cold War and leads into occurrences along with a strong basis for further research. It is a scholarly and credible source because it was consistently being updated by new editions along with it being published by the University of Connecticut.
Bibliography:
Paterson, Thomas G. The Origins of the Cold War. University of Connecticut, 1974
