At the following links, view the two designated episodes from the 1998 Times-Warner Cold War Documentary produced by Ted Turner:
Cold War Documentary Part 17 - "Good Guys, Bad Guys" 1967-1978

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6nrKdLO7m0

Cold War Documentary Part 18 - "Backyard" 1954-1990

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhC2ViRuFuI&t=3s

You are also required to read the following primary documents from Chapter 26 on MINDTAP:

"The Truman Doctrine" & "The Brezhnev Doctrine"

Answer the following study questions in a 600-word minimum essay, quoting the films and the primary documents at least once each in your essay to help support your conclusions.

PROMPT:

1. Properly identify your sources: The 1998 Times-Warner film and the primary documents, supplying description of sources, dates, names, producers, publishers, places, etc.

2. Describe the ambitions and approaches of each Cold War World Power, the USA and the USSR, to the 3rd World Developing Countries discussed in these films. How did each nation justify its actions in these events?

3. Name and describe the various "Hot Spots" of the Cold War discussed in these sources. Who were the winners and losers in these incidents?

4. What role did Truman and Brezhnev play in the dynamics of the Cold War? Do you believe the fears of each nation against the other was justified? Why or Why not?

Assigned Sources:

Film: "Crusades : Crescent and the Cross, Part 1"

Textbook: Clifford Backman, The Cultures of the West, A History, Vol. 1. Oxford Univ. Press, 2013. pgs. 310 - 318

Primary Sources: "Gesta Dei" by Guibert de Nogent, 1107-1108, in Sources, Backman, ed. pg. 107

"Memoirs" by Usamah Ibn Munqidh, 1183, in Sources, Backman, ed. pg. 111

Prompt -

Discussion Board Questions - YOU ARE REQUIRED to answer these questions in an essay form:

1. In watching the Documentary film "Crusades : Crescent and the Cross, Part 1", and reading the two primary documents from both a Christian and a Muslim who experienced the Crusades, what did you learn about the societies portrayed in these sources that you did not know before?

2. How did the historical information in the film and primary documents compare with what you read in the textbook?

3. What were the significant similarities and/or differences between all your sources. i.e. film, primary documents and textbook?

4. And lastly, what connections, or comparisons, can you make between these societies of the ancient past and today?

YOU ARE REQUIRED to quote and cite each of your sources named above AND your textbook for the class (film, text, and 2 primary documents = 4 quotes) at least ONCE EACH in the body of your essay to support your analysis and conclusions.

ALSO YOU ARE REQUIRED to give full identification of your sources, such as titles, authors, directors, producers, venues, genres, dates, description of source, intended audience, and purpose for source when possible.