Second Week - Cold War

As we continue our exploration of US History, 1945-Present, we will concentrate a little more on the culture and attitudes that were present during the early stages of the Cold War.

May 12: The Frontier Mythology, The Atomic Age - "Duck and Cover" and the Theory of Mutual Destruction. We will talk a little bit more about our Discussion Project #1 – Cold War Memories - where you will be reporting on the memories of people you know who lived during the 1950s-1960s - especially their memories of relations between Ecuador and the United States, as well as their memories of President John F. Kennedy.

May 14: We will see Doctor Strangelove. This is a "dark comedy" that studied what was the greatest nightmare of Americans in the 1950s - that megalomaniac world leaders would draw the world into a nuclear holocaust that would destroy all life on the planet.