Vietnam War

Research Paper Guidelines: Each student will prepare a 1250-1750 word general research paper on one of the topics listed below.  The paper should be typed, double spaced, and in a 12pt font.  This paper must be supported by at least 5 legitimate sources, including at least 1 primary source.  The paper must also be supported by citations (footnotes) and a bibliography page, and these must conform to the History Department Writing Guide.  The paper should make use of a minimum of 4 appropriate sources.  The paper is worth 30% of the course grade.  The paper is due for submission to Canvas according to the schedule below.  See the late policy below.   Possible Paper Topics: Jean Calvin, Martin Luther, Counter-Reformation, Sir Francis Drake, Spanish Conquest of Mexico, Ferdinand Magellan, English Reformation, Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Thirty Years War, English Civil War, Glorious Revolution, Enlightenment Political Thought, Enlightenment Religious Thought, Seven Year’s War, French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, Congress of Vienna, Revolutions of 1848, Karl Marx, Scramble for Africa, European Imperialism, Franco-Prussian War, German Unification, Italian Unification, Outbreak of World War I, Trench Warfare in World War I, Paris Peace Conference (1919), Russian Revolution, Fascism, Josef Stalin, blitzkrieg, strategic bombing, Pearl Harbor, Operation Barbarossa, Holocaust, Manhattan Project, Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Vietnam War, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bosnian Civil War, Al Qaeda, Desert Storm.