History Essay 12 pages

Prompt 1:

Your 19-year-old cousin who flunked out of high school has decided to enlist in

the Armed Forces. While you respect his desire to serve his country, his history

of bad decision making worries you. Does he know what it means to fight in a

war? Has he thought this through? You have just read THANK YOU FOR YOUR

SERVICE for this class and you think it might be a good thing for him to read it

before he shows up for his physical. Write the letter you would send to your

cousin describing this book, its impact on you, and an explanation of why he

needs to read it.

The book is called: Thank you for your Service by David Finkel

So this specific book needs to be used in this letter. No thesis statement is required but you need to use quotes from this book in this letter and cite the quotes as (Finkel, p#). This letter is to convince your cousin to not join the army because of all of the experiences the soldiers in the book THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE talks about. Talk about the impact of how this book had on you the reader and explain why your cousin needs to read this book.

THIS PROMPT NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST 2 PAGES

This is the second prompt

The thesis needs to be bolded at the end of the intro paragraph

Prompt 2. Stokely Carmichael once made the claim that what is good for Black people is

good for American democracy. Discuss this claim and build a case for or against

it for the period from 1954 to the present, drawing on course readings, lectures

and films.

You must use evidence from the book called The Unfinished Journey, by Chafe. If you can’t use the book use reliable sources and make sure to have a bibliography.

THIS PROMPT NEEDS TO BE 4 PAGES

Prompt 3: https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/ho-chi-minh-truman. ACCESS

THIS LETTER FROM HO CHI MINH TO PRESIDENT TRUMAN. THEN WRITE A

RESPONSE FROM TRUMAN TO HO CHI MINH IN WHICH HE EXPRESSES HIS

SYMPATHY WITH VIETNAM’S DESIRE TO BECOME A REPUBLIC

INDEPENDENT FROM THE FRENCH OR ANY OTHER COLONIAL POWER AND

PROMISES TO HELP THEM. THE LAST SECTION OF YOUR PAPER SHOULD BE

A COUNTER-FACTUAL IN WHICH YOU DESCRIBE WHAT WOULD HAVE

HAPPENED (ESPECIALLY IN THE US) IF TRUMAN HAD, IN FACT RESPONDED

POSITIVELY.

You must use evidence from the book called The Unfinished Journey, by Chafe. If you can’t use the book use reliable sources and make sure to have a bibliography.

THIS PROMPT NEEDS TO BE 4 PAGES

All the prompts together should equal at least 12 pages not including a bibliography