Please watching the videos and do the readings for the following questions:

1. In your opinion, based off of the readings, should the United States and the USSR have invested so much money in expanding nuclear technology that they could not use without world-wide devastation?

2. What were the differences between Stalin’s version of communism and Mao’s?

3. How did the Sino-Soviet split affect US decision making?

4. Why wasn’t Korea granted full independence immediately following WWII?

5. Should UN troops have stopped at the 38th parallel or tried to reunite Korea?

6. Was the battle by proxy a reasonable way to prevent WWII?

7. How did the arms race affect national security concerns in Europe and Asia?