Your first written assignment is to do a brief report on one of the following primary sources, bibliographic guides, or reference works important to the study of U.S. involvement in international affairs or U.S. history, generally:
American Foreign Relations Since 1600: A Guide to the Literature, 3d ed. (Check with me for login and password information.)
Cold War International History Project
Congressional Record
Declassified Documents Reference System
Foreign Relations of the United States
Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1997
National Security Archive/Digital National Security Archive
Presidential Library Web Sites: Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan
Presidential Recordings Project, Miller Center for Public Affairs
Public Papers of the Presidents
Vanderbilt Television News Archive
Write a two-page, single-spaced report that provides the following information:
1) Availability--Where is this resource located? If it’s an electronic resource, provide the URL (web address). If it’s available in hard copy, provide specifics, as well as where it can be found. (Some of the resources listed above are available both in print and electronic formats.)
2) Scope of coverage--What kind of documents or sources of information does this resource provide? Provide relevant information about the scope of coverage, whether thematic, geographical, or chronological.
3) Value/Utility--How useful is this resource for the study of U.S. involvement in world affairs or 20th-century U.S. history? Please explain your answer and be specific in doing so.
Please save your assignment as a Word or WordPerfect document and email it to me as an attachment. My email address is: pach@ohio.edu. Please submit your assignment by Friday, September 18. I will post all the assignments on my web page. Please read the other assignments before class on September 21 and be ready to discuss your assignment--as well as the others--in seminar that evening.
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