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An Analysis of the Parallel Frames in the Media Used to Describe Communism in the Early Cold War and Terrorism in the Post-9/11 Era

Carter, Savannah (University of Oregon, 2015-06)

A persistent rhetorical pattern dominates both the early years of the Cold War and the years immediately following the 9/11 attacks leading up to the Iraq War Specifically, this pattern portrays the threat of Communism and ...
From Coup to Constitution: Repression, Legitimacy, and Human Rights in Pinochet’s Chile (1973-1980)

Kim, Nayeon (University of Oregon, 2015-06)

The year 1973 brought General Augusto Pinochet to power through a coup d’état that disrupted and transformed Chilean democracy. This investigation examines the first seven years of junta rule, during which Pinochet adapted ...
No Second Chances: US-Guatemalan Relations in the 1960s

Bedan, John (University of Oregon, 2013-10-10)

This thesis examines US-Guatemalan relations during the first half of the 1960s. At a critical juncture in Guatemalan history, a relatively inexperienced US ambassador, John Bell, subverted democratic systems in Guatemala ...
October 26, 1954: Building Ideology on Both Sides of the Iron Curtain

Takeo, Colin M. (University of Oregon, 2016)

October 26, 1954 was a day for constructing ideology. This thesis explores the building – successful and not – of ideology on that day in both the United States and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in the form of music ...
The World They Wanted: The Japanese Delegation in the World Youth Forum

Blake, William (University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)

This thesis introduces the contribution of Japanese teenage diplomats to the discourse of US-Japan relations in the 1950s. This thesis is focused on young Japanese individuals, and how they chose to represent both themselves ...