THESIS: What was the most important technology that had the most impact on the outcome of the Cold War?
Make sure you have a clear Introduction paragraph, Body paragraphs, and a Conclusion paragraph.
Remember – your thesis is about influence and impact, NOT whether the “development” was necessarily “good” or “bad.” Tragic results from your development/tech may increase its significance, so feel free to make those kinds of arguments.
Be sure to use COLD WAR categories of analysis. Arguments concerning other time periods (i.e. World War II, early Communism, post-Cold War, etc.) need to have a secondary significance to your arguments, if any at all. Of course these kinds of impacts can add to your argument, but you need to focus on the Cold War: 1945-1991.
Minimum 8+ pages, standard fonts/margins, double spaced. Feel free to write more than 8 pages if you wish, up to about 12 pages. Under 8 pages will, of course, result in penalties.
You must have AT LEAST TWO sources from outside of class. (You can use Fink or the articles provided for the course but they do not count as outside sources.) You must cite the outside source as well – make sure you use it. Remember the format: (Author, page number). So therefore if you cite something from an author named Smith on page 15 of their book, it would be (Smith, 15).
You must provide a bibliography page which does NOT count towards the 8+ page minimum for this paper.