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The interpretation and understanding of history largely depends on the perspective used to process events and experience that create that history. The period of the Cold War and especially the political implications of the silent confrontation between the United States and the U.S.S.R. is seen and perceived differently by people with different backgrounds. For this assignment I chose to interview three people that have different backgrounds in terms of age, life experience, and cultural background. Ms. X is a high-school graduate from a traditional American family, born and raised in the United States. Mr. Y is a middle-aged engineer that came 25 years ago from Eastern Europe. Mrs. Z is as well middle-aged, Cuban primary school teacher.
Each of the people interviewed had different answers to provide to the same questions: "how would you characterize the Cold War period?," "What did you learn in school about it?," "What is, if any, your experience related to this period."
Ms. X answered that she would characterize the Cold War period as a historical period in the history of the United States that consisted in deep tense moments in the political relations...
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