Matthew Trusiak

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@HISTSpring2018 #hist209b How much is our hindsight influenced by nominal awards/titles such as “New York Times Best Seller” in how we remember certain parts of history?

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@HISTSpring2018 #hist209b the main critique of John Gaddis’ history of the Cold War is that it completely misses the story of the third world throughout the period due to Gaddis’ hyper-nationalism.

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@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B During the war, everyone cared about it because of all the media coverage, it was said to be the first American war that was televised. However, after the fall of Saigon, the media outlets and reporters left and so did American’s regard for SE Asia

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@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B After Vietnam, Americans wanted to look forward to the domestic future while putting their embarrassing history behind them. Critics sought to embarrass state leaders on the matter and state leaders sought to put it behind them, regardless, no one cared abt aftereffects

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@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B The CIA report attributes much of the nation-wide unrest on campuses to the mobility of students and the ability to interact with and experience other cultures at a higher level. We see much the same thing today with the emergence of intel social media

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@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B If there were no religious conflicts (for example the Catholic Church), how active would state governments directly be in foreign population control efforts opposed to simply empowering NGO’s to do the job?

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@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B Connelly’s analysis of the link between population control and migration illuminates the racial implications of a seemingly non-racial, worldwide problem. Pop control originally began due to fear of losing too many jobs leading to efforts to reduce pop

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@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B How much of America’s involvement in Vietnam can be contributed to the emergence of the military-industrial complex? How much to actual fears of communism? How much to partisan politics?

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@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B Elliot explores a side of the Vietnam war commonly ignored by Americans despite its obvious importance in regards to the origins of the conflict. Even though this is applaudable, it’s tough to do in most situations b/c of the credibility of certain sources of this info

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@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B Connelly focuses on decolonization in this period solely throughout Africa/the Middle East, but what about the Caribbean/Latin America? How did they respond to this decolonization sentiment?

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@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B While Connelly’s argument sheds light on an often overlooked aspect of the Cold War, theres a reason it’s often overlooked. While American foreign policy obviously acknowledged decolonization at the time, the American people were much more concerned w Communism/USSR

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@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B By portraying the Japanese as animals, the public was desensitized to Japanese death. The dropping of the bombs to end the war take on a whole different meaning after learning about all the “extermination” talk that occurred throughout the war.

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@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B Should we view anti-Japanese sentiment during WWII as top-down propaganda used to garner domestic support for the war, or legitimate anti-Japanese sentiment amongst the American public?

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@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B Wilson’s words and actions regarding colonialism very much contradicted themselves, with this being the case, was Wilson simply carrying on the narrative of America as the “sympathetic” empire that TR tried to champion years earlier?

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@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B Manela’s “Wilsonian Moment” framework reveals Wilson’s true motivations behind his rhetoric. Wilson wanted to look empathetic in the eyes of intl superpowers while putting in little actual effort to change the colonial status of the same people he spoke up for

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@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B How was there such a large disconnect between the actual situation in the Canal Zone and the recruiters’ depiction of how life in the canal zone would be? Would people still have made the journey if they knew the reality?

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@Nicole_Lin18 @HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B The Roosevelt administration at this time seemed to have a huge influence on the press at this time. Other than the few pundits criticizing America as being Imperial, TR was able to use hired experts to spin the canal as a vessel of opportunity for those willing

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As Adas recognizes in his essay, the American imperial goal of Westernization seemed noble at first, however this overzealous goal stemmed from racist views of the Philippines and other American colonies as backwards people, inevitably resulting in violence & resistance #HIST209B