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Eclipsing Competition: Presidential Policy And Nasa 1955-1979, Ryan Conway
Eclipsing Competition: Presidential Policy And Nasa 1955-1979, Ryan Conway
All Theses
The aim of this thesis is to analyze presidential decisions in formulating NASA programs in the first twenty years of the space administration. NASA programs varied greatly: from a “hands-off†approach taken by Eisenhower to a reactive role taken by the Kennedy and Johnson presidencies, as different presidents viewed Cold War competition in different lights. It also analyzes how competition and cooperation shaped NASA policy making. The thesis shows that NASA programs were extensions of the sitting president’s foreign policy goals. Despite presidential rhetoric of cooperation with the Soviet Union, the programs of NASA from 1958-1969 relied upon competition to …
Crimean Tatars From Mass Deportation To Hardships In Occupied Crimea, Karina Korostelina
Crimean Tatars From Mass Deportation To Hardships In Occupied Crimea, Karina Korostelina
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
The article begins with a description of the deportation of Crimean Tatars. It provides a brief review of the Nazi Occupation of Crimea, examines the negative images of Crimean Tatars published in Soviet newspapers between 1941-1943 and the explicit rationale given by the Soviet authorities for the deportation of Crimean Tatars, and reviews the mitigation of hostilities against Tatars in the years following the war. The article continues with accounts of the attempts to repatriate Crimean Tatars after 1989 and the discriminative policies against the returning people. The conclusion of the article describes current hardships experienced by Tatars in occupied …
The Decision To Invade: Stalin In 1950, Elliot Estebo
The Decision To Invade: Stalin In 1950, Elliot Estebo
Ex-Patt Magazine
Examining the past and recently discovered Soviet-Era documents to determine how Stalin came to the decision to invade.
Express Yourself: Investigating Wartime Deportations In The Context Of Changing Soviet National Policy, Beryl Emily Taylor
Express Yourself: Investigating Wartime Deportations In The Context Of Changing Soviet National Policy, Beryl Emily Taylor
Senior Projects Spring 2015
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.