Democratic Revolutions at the Cold War’s End

Democratic Revolutions at the Cold War’s End

In writing your essays, you may refer to documents from Sources in Patterns of World History Volume 2: Since 1400 and 1989 Democratic Revolutions at the Cold War’s End (A brief History with Documents) by Padraic Kenney (cite page numbers in parentheses), additional research is needed.

Section 1: Document Identification

Complete the following two quotes from documents and write two essays for each document that

a) identify the document being quoted,
b) describe its context, and
c) explain the significance of this particular document (not just these sentences) to one or more major themes in the course

1. “In the first place, we are dealing with a matter of definition. A war can be defined as violence between nations, as the use of force between nations. It is analogous to violence between individuals within a nation–using violence in a large sense as equivalent to the use of force. When this fact is clearly grasped, the average citizen will be spared the mental confusion he now suffers because he thinks of war as in itself wrong.”

2. “The preservation of peace forms the central aim of India’s policy, It is int he pursuit of this policy that we have chosen the path of non-alignment in any military or like pact or alliance. Non-alignment does not mean passivity of mind or action, lack of faith or conviction. It does not mean submission to what we consider evil. It is a positive and dynamic approach to such problems that confront us.”

Section 2: Document Comparison, The World in the 20th Century

Complete the following two sets of documents and write an essay that

a) identifies at least one common thread, idea, or question that runs through at least three of the four listed documents, and
b) explains how that common thread, idea, or question relates to one or more of the major themes of the course.

1. Mussolini Repudiates Political Liberalism (p. 125); Lyndon Johnson, Remarks upon Signing the Civil Rights Bill (p. 146); The Tiananmen Square Massacre, 1989: A Poet Remembers (p. 153); Desmond Tutu, Change or Illusion (1989, p. 34)

2. Leo Africanus on Timbuktu (p. 38); Qianlong, Letter to George III (p. 57); Edward D. Morel, The Black Man’s Burden (p. 104); James Tooley, The Beautiful Tree (p. 163).CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON THIS TOPIC