Paper Assignment for 3394

This paper will be due Monday, November 7, by 4:30 pm. Bring a HARD COPY of your paper to the History department, Agnes Arnold 524. There will be a box in the mailroom marked "HIS 3394" for you to turn your paper in (you may bring it in the week prior). If you for some reason absolutely cannot bring your paper to class, you may email it to Lauran but get clearance with her first.

Answer one of the questions below in a concise essay of about 750 words; it will be worth 10 Points.

1. From the latter stages of World War II until 1950, the United States and Soviet Union saw their "Grand Alliance" shatter and global conflict emerge. What were the most important reasons for this turn of events, and what were the motives for each side in these early years of "Cold War?"

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2. Although the Cold War began as a struggle in Europe between the Americans and Soviet Union , it spread quickly to other points on the globe. Describe the Cold War in the so-called Third World from the late 1940s until the mid-1950s.