The MAKING of an ENEMY The US and the COLD WAR

The MAKING of an ENEMY

CONVINCING the MASSES
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Who and what is being depicted? Who is portrayed as the enemy? the victim? Who is the creator? Who is the audience? Why is it convincing?

*With the united power of the whole nation...let us smash the nuclear war provocations of America!

The US and the COLD WAR
Europe Sputnik Kennan Telegram Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan Berlin Airlift Timeline	Cuba Agrarian Reform Bay of Pigs Missile Crisis Mariel Boatlift Elian Gonzalez Timeline	Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin US Policy in Vietnam Eddie Adams Tet ~ My Lai ~ Hue Kent State Timeline	Nicaragua Iran-Contra Contras and Sandinistas Iran Hostages Ollie North Iran-Contra Hearings Timeline	Space Race Sputnik (Nov. 15, 1998) Mercury, Gemini Apollo 1 Apollo 11 Apollo Soyuz Timeline, Timeline II
		Draft Dodgers, Protesters (Songs, Posters; WARNING: contain profanity), Conscientious Objectors
Create a timeline of events for your own reference and understanding. Why are we fighting? Who is the enemy? How do we know they are the enemy? How did "they" become our enemy? Who decided they are the enemy? What do we stand to gain from this conflict/confrontation? What are we sacrificing? What could/did we lose? Why are the events listed above pivotal in the evolution of the conflict you are examining?