The topic I am choosing is the Sputnik Crisis. I am choosing this topic because it is something I'm interested in (history, politics, and space), it doesn't have much information up, and I'm sure it will have a lot of easily researched information. This is important to do now due to the recent reemergence of interest in space travel due to the discovery of water on Mars in addition to the wealth of new movies about space. In addition, with Russia making moves again there is a renewed interest in US affairs with Russia. This topic goes back to the beginning of the Cold War and the US' political maneuvering with Russia (USSR) and the beginning of space travel.
The three topics I chose from were: The Sputnik Crisis, Christopher Hitchens, and The Bosnian Genocide.
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