PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The ability to write a report is a critical skill. This assignment asks you to develop a research question, study sources, and convert the question into a thesis statement. The key is to narrow your subject. Look at the samples below.

• How did the P-51 Mustang change the air war over Europe? Does the Mustang deserve its reputation?
  
• How does the P-51 or P-47 fighter plane of WWII stand as a metaphor of women's achievement? This paper would focus on As Women's Air Force Service Pilots (WASPS) and The Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS), women trained to test fly and ferry high-performance fighters.
  
• Did leading isolationists between 1939 and 1941 lose faith in their own creed, or did people stop believing them in the face of German and Japanese ambitions?
  
• Why did Truman and the United Nations authorize General MacArthur to pursue NKPA forces to the Yalu River?
  
• Samantha Power argues in The Problem from Hell that the tepid U.S. and Western European response to "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia led to 9-11. Does this argument hold?
  
• Have generals since the 1990s been more prone to make public policy statements? How does this compare to generals of the WWII generation?

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FORMAT

See "General Guidelines" on link 2351 website. Papers will employ endnotes (not part of 8-10 pages). Reference you papers using quick reference from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition.

SOURCES

For starters, consult the bibliographies in For the Common Defense. Also search the web and consult Livingston.

GRADING

PROOFREAD. Staple to draft you turn in.	1
MECHANICS and STYLE	5
NAME BLOCK, TITLE, and pagination correct	3
Length: Paper is 8-10 pages	1
INTRODUCTION: Main argument or "thesis"	5
BODY: Argue why the reader should accept your thesis statement.	10
CONCLUSION	5
TOTAL	30