Global Connections

Resources:

Colonial City: Revolutionary Battleground
Resource Type: E-Seminar

Relevant transcripts:
The British Army
The Battle of Fort Washington
The Battle of Fort Lee
A Debt to Washington
The City Burns
Nathan Hale
Why Does New York Rise Up Out of the Ashes?

New Deal Order
Resource Type: E-Seminar

Relevant transcripts:
Optimism: In 1945, some diplomats still believed that Stalin was reasonable.
Pessimism: Other policymakers compared Stalin to Hitler.
According to Kennan, the Soviets were out to destroy American society.
Kennan seemed to be ceding Eastern Europe to the Soviets.
Kennan on where to resist communism: Not everywhere.
The Cold War gave the Marshall Plan a new urgency.

The Politics of Anticommunism
Resource Type: E-Seminar

Relevant transcripts:
Why were people so afraid?