Students must individually address the assigned IFC, through college level succinct and insightful paragraphs. Initial responses should be between 150-250 words. They must then individually comment – reply – to at least one fellow student’s post for each of the two remaining issues from the other group’s initial responses. The faculty grades the student’s contribution for all posts: the initial responses and the replies to their fellow students’ responses.

Remember, these are college-level postings. Pay attention to grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. The post or response need to explore both sides of the issue, especially the “yes or no” or “why or why not” type of questions. Feel free to introduce new material on the subject you found in your own research.

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Here’s the instructions on what the essay will be based on:

Truman argued that the U.S. must be willing to project its financial and military power into different parts of the world to contain the spread of communism. Was Truman justified in making this argument? How does Truman’s argument compare to arguments today about projecting US power to contain or defeat terrorism? In thinking through this issue, consider the following: In the decades after Truman’s Address, the U.S. committed financial and military resources to many countries on different continents, including Greece, Turkey, Korea, Vietnam, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Chile. Your response should be a minimum of three paragraphs.

No MLA or APA citation is really required. Just simple and brief of atleast 500 words. I have attached a sample essay of one that I did before. Just be sure to include atleast 3 quotations from the articles to prove the view.

Articles that the essay should be based on:

• V. M. Molotov, “Equal Opportunity and Dollar Democracy” (1946) – In the wake of the announcement of the Marshall Plan in 1946, Molotov, then Soviet Foreign Minister, attacked the British and the Americans for violating their own principle of free seas in the cases of the Suez and Panama Canals. The United States, he contended, had profited from World War II and its aftermath. American plans for aiding Europe amounted to little more than American opportunism, given the weakness of the eastern European countries after the war and their consequent vulnerability to the penetration of American capital. The dollar was merely the instrument of American foreign policy–whose aims were not so noble, in Molotovs opinion–as the Americans themselves claimed. [If this link is broken, ignore it. I can’t find a replacement for it.]
• Harry S. Truman, “Speech to Congress” (1947) – On Dec. 31, 1946, President Truman declared an end to the period of World War II hostilities. Early in 1947 the British said they could not support the Greek government after March 31. Many diplomats feared that the Soviet Union would then spread its power throughout the Middle East. President Truman met the problem by asking Congress for 400 million dollars to aid Greece and Turkey. Congress appropriated the money. This policy of aid, popularly known as the Truman Doctrine, was an American challenge to Soviet ambitions throughout the world.
• James McCarthy, “Speech at Wheeling” 1950 – McCarthy, in a speech at Wheeling, West Virginia, mounted an attack on Truman’s foreign policy agenda by charging that the State Department and its Secretary, Dean Acheson, harbored “traitorous” Communists.

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The assignment will include statements of fact, but the goal of the essay is to establish something that cannot be empirically verified: the meaning of a word.

As you may have experienced when composing the Fact Paper, our ability to make an argument is limited when we cannot appeal to values. Contrary to the belief that values diminish the validity of an argument by rendering it mere opinion, values are a necessary part of argument. Indeed, they are the very heart of argument. This is the case in part because evaluative terms are notoriously difficult to define.

To establish what is meant by any evaluative word, we must rely on precedent and context. We can refer to authoritative sources such as dictionaries, but we must also take into account common usage and intent. In the case of words like hot, cold, short, or tall, there may be specific temperatures or heights that we can all agree define that term. There is no such widespread agreement for other evaluative terms, especially cultural values.

Cultural values are key terms to which we appeal again and again when deciding a course of action. They are values that most people would agree are fundamental to our society, even if we cannot agree on their definition. Examples of cultural values are: freedom, happiness, efficiency, maturity, ingenuity, independence, health, security, life, criminality, responsibility, and sustainability.

This assignment is designed to give you practice in another technique of persuasive writing, that of defining a cultural value or other key term in such a way that seems credible to your reader. Your ability to credibly define your terms will help you to contribute to a range of public discourse in influential ways.

Instructions

Identify an instance in a document, broadcast, or conversation in which the meaning an author assigns to a word is debatable. You are not looking for an instance in which someone uses a term incorrectly, such as using the word “antidote” to refer to a short story. Rather, you are looking for an instance in which a person applies a word to an object or situation and you disagree with the person’s evaluation of that object or situation.

When you have your example, then answer for yourself the following question: Why is it important to dispute the meaning of that word? Your answer to that question will eventually become the thesis of your paper.

Begin your essay by summarizing your example, presenting your thesis, and previewing your definition of the disputed word. Following your introduction, present your research on your word that supports the usage for which you advocate.

There are a number of ways to establish a precedent for a preferred meaning of a term, including reference to a dictionary, though that reference should not be limited to Merriam Webster’s.

You can trace the etymology of your word in the Oxford English Dictionary, which is available electronically via the university library: http://catalog.sjlibrary.org/record=b1879016~S1 (Links to an external site.)

Other dictionaries you can search include:

legal: http://www.legal-dictionary.org/ (Links to an external site.)

medical: http://www.online-medical-dictionary.org/ (Links to an external site.)

philosophical: com/dy/index.htm” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/index.htm (Links to an external site.)

slang: http://www.urbandictionary.com/ (Links to an external site.)

Another way to establish the meaning of a term is to show how others use it, even if that usage is common only to a certain group of people. To do this, you will need to compile examples of others using your word in the manner for which you advocate. This research might include reference to the term’s equivalent in other languages.

A third strategy for establishing the meaning of a term is to define related terms. For instance, if you are establishing the meaning of maturity, you may also want to define experienced, responsible, and established.

After establishing a precedent for your preferred meaning, explain the difference it will make to use that meaning over another. In this section of the paper, you will want to provide specific examples of how the word’s meaning can or will influence decision-making and social action.

Conclude your paper with a brief summary of your argument and re-statement of your thesis.

1. The Cold War is often described as the decades-long struggle between the United States and Soviet Union that managed to avoid breaking out into open armed conflict. While partially true, some have argued that in fact many of the fiercest battles between these two powers were carried out through proxy wars in the Third World. Use three examples from the post-war period to either support or reject this assertion.

2. Trace the history of genocide from the beginning of the 20th century up to the present.

3. Some might argue that since the British Empire, the world has been growing into a smaller, more tightly connected community of nations. Do you agree or disagree with this idea? What evidence do you have for you position? Construct an argument that lays out your point of view.