Watch the Cold war documentary – Part 18 – Backyard – 1954-1990 E-■ video.
Describe how U.S. Cold War strategies such as Containment, the Truman Doctrine, and the Domino Theory impacted one of the following regions:
• Asia • Latin America
Write an initial post which addresses the following prompts:
• Which region did you chose? • What policies and events informed U.S. Cold War strategy in this region? • Describe at least one major U.S. intervention in this region. Some examples might be: • The Vietnam War o The Coup D’etat in Guatemala in 1954 o The Bay of Pigs attempted invasion of Cuba o The Coup D’etat in Chile in 1973
(Refer to the Cold War Foreign Policy Background Readings for further background on specific events)
• What impact did this intervention have on the region. and on the history of the Cold War? • In what way do we see the consequences of this intervention in our own present day?
