Bridget Vaughey

Barnett
APWH
4/4/17

The DBQ

Explain the continuities and changes over time between

United States, Middle East relations from the Cold War to the
War on Terrorism

Document 1 terrorism
Ways of the World, page 1035
Occasion

Document 2 communism
The Kite Runner, Page 36
The generation of Afghan children whose ears would know
nothing but the sounds of bombs and gunfire was not yet born the
beginning of the end. The end, the official end, would come first in
April 1978 with the communist coup dtat, and then in December
1979, when the Russian tanks would roll into the same streets where
Hassan and I played, bringing death of the Afghanistan I knew and
marking the start of a still ongoing era of bloodletting.

Document 3 communism
The Kite Runner, page 112
Complain about the curfew to the butcher and next thing you knew,
you were behind bars staring at the muzzle end of a Kalashnikov. Even
at the dinner table, in the privacy of their own home, people had to
speak in a calculated manner the rafiqs were in the classrooms too;
theyd taught children to spy on their parents, what to listen for, whom
to tell.
 This had to be a dream. Had to be. Tomorrow morning, Id
wake up, peek out the window: No grim-faced Russian soldiers
patrolling the sidewalks, no tanks rolling up and down the streets of my
city, their turrets swiveling like accusing fingers, no rubble, no curfews,
no Russian Army Personnel Carriers weaving through the bazaars.

Document 4 Jihad
9/11 and jihad tradition page 154

Document 5: good inbetween!!!

9/11 and jihad tradition page 155

*Essay outline should include:

-Thesis statement/argument
-Topic sentences for at least two paragraphs
-Brief description of at least 2 documents and where they will go in your
essay
 Explain the continuities and changes over time between
United States, Middle East relations from the Cold War to the
War on Terrorism

Thesis:
Russias communist influence on the Middle East from the cold
war to the War on Terrorism provoked the United States continuous
interaction with the Middle East. This is because the United States
wanted to maintain their ability to trade with the Middle East. A change
that has been occurring throughout this time period has been modern
terrorism from the Middle East. This change came about through
extreme Jihadists, such as Osama Bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida in
the Middle East, which sparked the creation of Islamophobia in the
United States.

Body Paragraph 1
Russias communist influence on the Middle East was
unwelcomed and because the United States required trade with the
Middle East they stepped in.

Docs about communism and oil to support idea that communism was/is
unwanted and United States helps because Middle East is a large
supplier of oil.

Body Paragraph 2
Another important aspect of United States, Middle East relations
is terrorism and Islamophobia.
September 11, 2001 is an example of this.

Doc from 9/11 and jihad tradition and talk about extreme jihadists
and origins of hatred.