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Cold War Playlist Part III (1964-1989)

409 minutes

12 Items

Cold War DBQ (1947-1989)

Lesson

The Tonkin Gulf Resolution, 1964

Activity

40 Min

Lyndon B. Johnson, “Peace Without Conquest,” April 7, 1965

Activity

40 Min

The Vietnam War: Ia Drang Valley

Essay

2113 Words

The Vietnam War Experience: An Interview with Veteran William Maxwell Barner III

Activity

40 Min

There’s Something Happening Here: The Vietnam War and Student Protests | BRIdge from the Past

Video

11 Min

Walter Cronkite Speaks Out against Vietnam, February 27, 1968

Activity

40 Min

Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon

Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the War Powers Resolution

Lesson

5 Activities

95 Min

Cold War De-Escalation with Jeremi Suri | BRI Scholar Talks: Cold War & the Presidency Series #4

Video

21 Min

President Nixon and Premier Zhou Enlai shake hands in front of an airplane staircase. Nixon's wife, Pat, and Chinese leaders look on.

Richard Nixon Opens Diplomatic Relations with China

Essay

2643 Words

Reagan & the Cold War with Stephen Knott | BRI Scholar Talks: Cold War & the Presidency Series #5

Video

17 Min

Tear Down This Wall: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and Responsibility

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min