As students learn about the Cold War, you might want to engage them in further research. This lesson offers topics that will ignite students' curiosity and help them develop their own voice and expertise in relation to the Cold War. Researching the Cold War When we teach modern American his...
social sciences existed before the Cold War began. The Cold War had an enormous influence in reshaping and expanding the social sciences' character: their approaches, research agendas, funding possibilities, and all manner of other uses for public and private enterprises. It also sparked critical, ...
This article presents a brief history of artificial intelligence research at the Rand Corporation. Rand has long been a leader in the field of AI, beginning with the seminal work of Newell, Shaw , and Simon some thirty years ago, and con... P Klahr,DA Waterman - 《Cold War & American ...
InstitutCarolaInstitut(AUTHOR)InstitutEBSCO_AspCentral European HistorySachse, Carola: What Research, to What End? The Rockefeller Foundation and the Max Planck Gesellschaft in the Early Cold War. Central European History 42/1 (2009), 97-141....
This essay reviews new histories of the role of game theory and rational decision-making in shaping the social sciences, economics among them, in the post war period. The recent books The World the Game Theorists Made by Paul Erickson and How Reason Almost Lost Its Mind by Paul Erickson, Ju...
A series of questions and answers about the Fulton speech followed: ‘What is the goal of the Cold War according to Churchill?’ (broadening the influence of the Western powers in the world), ‘What should the West do?’ (keep working together and abide by the principles of the Atlantic ...
The Journal of Cold War Studies features peer-reviewed articles based on archival research in the former Communist world, in Western countries, and in other parts of the globe. Articles in the journal draw on declassified materials and new memoirs to illuminate and raise questions about numerous ...
Still, there are some strong signs in Leffler and especially Zubok that methodologies other than traditional political history, fresh approaches, and new research questions are starting to interest and influence Cold War historians. One can even argue that it is no longer acceptable only to bring ...
Scholars have also been particularly interested in questions of responsibility and blame, especially regarding the origins and end of the Cold War. Many questions remain unresolved, and the boundaries of scholarly inquiry are continually expanding, making it an especially rich field of research for ...
Cold War: Iron Curtain [] The Year is 1949, a shattered planet begins to fall back into the arms of tyranny and conflict, as new rivalries emerge. Welcome to a new era of struggle, determination and conflict, as nations struggle to achieve independence and power. Superpowers rise from the...