Triumph of Conservatism?

Share your work answering these questions from class in the comments below. 

How did "conservatism" change from 1945 to the 1980s?
What did "conservatism" mean in the 1980s?
What are the ideological origins of conservatism?
What are the differences between social and political conservatism?
To what degree did conservatism really "triumph?"

This post will be available for comments until Monday, December 14.

Find out more!

Choose one thing from your list of three things you wanted to find out more about concerning topics raised in this article and find out more about it.

In the comments below, indicate:

• your original question
• the method you used to find out more (google, library databases, a book, asked a friend, etc)
• one thing you learned that you didn't know before
• one more thing that you would like to know more about based on the research you've done so far 
• an idea of how you could find out more (a different research strategy)

 This post will be available for comments until Thursday, December 10.

What Paul Robeson Said

Read this article about Paul Robeson's career and his testimony before HUAC in 1956.

Does HUAC's treatment of Robeson (and other witnesses) seem consistent or inconsistent with US foreign policy during this period, as outlined by the Kenan telegram, the Truman Doctrine, and NSC-68?

This post will be available for comments until Monday, November 23.

The World on the Brink

Robert Kennedy at an Executive Committee meeting during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Photo: The National Security Archive.

Visit the JFK Library's online exhibit of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Listen to meetings with President Kennedy and his advisors, read official documents and private correspondence. Considering the early Cold War documents discussed in class (the Truman Doctrine, the Kennan "Long Telegram" and NSC-68), as well as the Berlin Airlift, the Marshall Plan and the Korean War, to what degree do the events of the thirteen day crisis reflect the ideology of the early Cold War?

This post will be available for comments until Thursday, November 19.

World War II

Why does Eric Foner conclude that World War II ends with "Peace but not Harmony?" What does he mean?

This post will be available for comments until Monday, November 16.