Give me a topic, need to chose something that occured during the cold war (anything from the 50's-90's)

Question

Whats one of the main things you remember during those years that i could research.

Answer 1

Here are two topics you may want to research:

Did the Zionist state of Israel really form mainly out of the gathering of four terrorist organizations.

Who really funded and put hitler into power; and are THEY still in positions of power and authority.

Answer 2

U2 pilot, Francis Gary Powers shot down while making a high altitude spying mission for the CIA.

Before this, the US had NEVER publicly acknowleddged that they did ANY kind of spying on the Soviets. Of course, everyone knew that we all spied on each other.

The American intelligence community thought that there would be absolutely no chance that one of our U2 spy planes could be detected, much less, shot down. But a Soviet surface to air missle did just that, and the plane was hit and Powers had to bail out. He was captured, tried and jailed.

The US managed to have him released, in exchaned for an important Soviet spy. It was a publicly embarrasing time for the US, because it forced president Eisenhower to publicly acknowlege the spy plane program, and offer an apology to the soviets.

Answer 3

Cuban Missile Crisis

Korean War

Kennedy Assassination

Krushchev Banging Shoe at U.N.

Soviet Invasion of Hungary

Sputnik

Bomb Shelters for your Home (50's thing)

Answer 4

The Iran-Contra affair. This was a very big deal in the 80s. It also ties into our current situation in Iraq. If you research this topic, you will see how America was not always such an enemby of Saddam Hussein, but actually teamed up with him vs. Iran.

Answer 5

Cuban Missile Crisis, the Bay of Pigs, collapse of the Berlin Wall, erection of the Berlin Wall. Sputnik and the Space Race, Nixon's visit to China, JFK's assassination, Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan Wars.

That should get ya started.

Answer 6

An interesting research project might be the U.S. Navy's detonation of the hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll back in the 60s.

Answer 7

Do a little something more off the beaten path. Try researching the parallel development in Soviet and US weapons systems. For example you can research the way US and Soviet submarines (both attact and missle) were constantly changing to counter each others abilities.

Answer 8

Topic: Describe the social values of "hippies" in the American 1960s and 1970s.

Answer 9

The Bay of Pigs incident. Very interesting.

Answer 10

McCarthyism's a good one.