Annotated Bibliography

A&E Television Network. "Cold War." History.com. Last modified January 1, 2005. Accessed
December 19, 2018. https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war.
This source will be useful in proving my point because it provides information about the Red
Scare, many of the sub-wars of the Cold War, and events in America in the meantime.

———. "1960s." History.com. Last modified January 1, 2014. Accessed December 19, 2018.
https://www.history.com/topics/1960s.
This source will help prove that in the 1960s, there was finally some social progress happening
in American culture among younger people.

———. "Red Scare." History.com. Last modified January 1, 2005. Accessed December 19,
2018. https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/red-scare.
This source will help prove that in the ‘50s, there was an era of paranoia surrounding
communism, as well as an era of conservatism accompanying this in America.

"Aftermath of World War I and the Rise of Nazism, 1918-1933." United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum. Last modified January 1, 2005. Accessed December 19, 2018.
https://www.ushmm.org/learn/introduction-to-the-holocaust/path-to-nazi-genocide/chapte
r-1/aftermath-of-world-war-i-and-the-rise-of-nazism-1918-1933​.
This source will help prove my point by proving that Germany’s dire state post-WWII directly
led to Nazi Germany, and by extension, WWII.

America's Library. "World War I Ended with the Treaty of Versailles June 28, 1919." America's
Story. Last modified January 1, 2005. Accessed December 19, 2018.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/jazz/jb_jazz_ww1_1.html​.
This source’s accuracy seems questionable due to a lack of author name and publication date, but
all the information it presents is consistent with other accounts. It will help prove my
point by proving that Germany’s economic struggles were a result of WWI.

Baum, Gregory. "Catholicism and Secularization of Quebec." ​CrossCurrents​ 36, no. 4

(1986-1987). ​https://www.jstor.org/stable/24459103​.
This will help prove my point because it proves that even seemingly irrelevant countries can be
and have been affected by global events, and even started trends among foreign
countries.

Blackstone-Nugent, Jane. Interview by the author. Hamden, CT. December 13, 2018.
This source will help prove my point by further proving that the Holocaust was a result of
countless years of buildup.

CNN Library. "ISIS Fast Facts." CNN. Last modified September 3, 2018. Accessed December
19, 2018. ​https://www.cnn.com/2014/08/08/world/isis-fast-facts/index.html​.
This source will help prove my point by emphasizing that excessive focus on al Qaeda led to the
growth of ISIS until it was a formidable force.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Brittanica. "Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan." Brittanica. Last
modified January 1, 2010. Accessed December 19, 2018.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Soviet-invasion-of-Afghanistan​.
This source will help prove that US strategy in Afghanistan was more focused on improving the
group’s that were already there and fighting, rather than sending troops to fight.

Einstein, Albert. Letter to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, August 2, 1939. Accessed December 19,
2018. ​http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Begin/Einstein.shtml​.
This source will help prove my point by proving that Einstein wanted the US to develop the
atomic bomb first.

Germain, Eric. Interview by the author. 20 Ranch Road, Hamden, CT. December 3, 2018.
This interview will help prove my point because it is proof that an international event can affect
families living in neither of the involved nations.

History.com Editors. "Osama bin Laden." History.com. Last modified January 1, 2009. Accessed
December 19, 2018. ​https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/osama-bin-laden​.
This source will help prove that Osama bin Laden was radicalized further by excessive US
involvement in Middle Eastern affairs.

———. "Vietnam War Timeline." History.com. Last modified January 1, 2010. Accessed
December 19, 2018. ​https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-timeline​.
This source will help prove that American involvement in Vietnam gradually increased, against
the desires of much of the population, which will in turn help prove that the US strategy
in Afghanistan was decided based on the unpopularity of the Vietnam War.

Jha, Alok. "E=mc2: Einstein's Equation That Gave Birth to the Atom Bomb." Guardian News.
Last modified April 5, 2014. Accessed December 19, 2018.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/apr/05/einstein-equation-emc2-special-relativ
ity-alok-jha​.
This will help prove my point by proving that Einstein’s theories helped to develop the atomic
bomb.

Kelly, Martin. "5 Key Causes of World War I." ThoughtCo. Last modified July 11, 2018.
Accessed December 19, 2018.
https://www.thoughtco.com/causes-that-led-to-world-war-i-105515​.
This source will help prove my point because it details the causes of WWI, including the
assassination and the preceding militarism.

Oath. "What Life Was Like in the 1950s." Huffington Post. Last modified January 22, 2017.
Accessed December 19, 2018.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/quora/what-life-was-like-in-the_b_9052876.html​.
This will help further prove that the 1950s were a very conservative-leaning era.
Robison, Jennifer. "Decades of Drug Use: Data from the '60s and '70s." Gallup. Last modified
July 2, 2002. Accessed December 19, 2018.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/6331/decades-drug-use-data-from-60s-70s.aspx​.
This, in combination with my uncle’s interview, will help prove that the US and Quebec were
going through similar social changes at similar times.

WETA. "Timeline of Albert Einstein's Life." PBS. Last modified July 1, 2005. Accessed
December 19, 2018. ​https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/timeline/​.
This will help prove my point because it helps prove that the Holocaust forced Einstein to come
to America and that Einstein’s theories helped to develop the nuclear bomb.

———. "Timeline of WWII." PBS. Last modified September 27, 2007. Accessed December 19,
2018. ​https://www.pbs.org/thewar/at_war_timeline_1940.htm​.
This will help prove my point by proving that the nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan due to
Japan dragging the US into the war with Pearl Harbor.