Contemporary Conflicts in light of the Cold War

  The following lesson plans are in Adobe PDF format, which requires the free Adobe Reader to view. CCWS permits the redistribution and reprinting of this work for nonprofit, educational purposes, with full and accurate attribution to the UCSB Center for Cold War Studies (CCWS).
   For background information, please refer to the related eWorkshop briefing by Prof. Fredrik Logevall.

  for High School classrooms:

  "Wise Leaders...Wise Choices..." (PDF) by Vance Furtado, Nueva High School
      Synopsis: An exploration of the concept of leader formation as exemplified in lives of presidents Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy.

  for College-level courses:

  "Analogues and Allies: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embraced the 'Vietnam Analogy'" (PDF) by George Fujii, UCSB
       Synopsis: A series of activities exploring the popularity of historical analogies in discussions of current events and the consequences of this popularity.
     50-minute version (PDF) for discussion sections up to an hour in length.
     90-minute version (PDF) for 1.5 to 2 hour discussion sections.       

   Crisis Diplomacy in Vietnam and Iraq (PDF) by David Schuster, UCSB
       Synopsis: Uses the Johnson administration’s formation of foreign policy towards Vietnam as a springboard for discussing the formation of Bush’s foreign policy towards Iraq.