Thomas Harbison · October 16, 2012 at 11:23:59 · →
As we discussed in class, the next step you should take is to identify particular articles and books that serve as secondary sources. When historians speak of “secondary sources,” this is typically what they are referring to. Some of the resources you have listed here could serve as starting points for locating articles and books on the subject, but they are not self-contained pieces that present a distinctive argument.
As you locate articles and books, it is important that you identify pieces that contain a historical argument about the War on Drugs. They should answer, or at least attempt to answer, some aspect of the question of how the War changed over time, and somehow relate those changes to national politics. I strongly recommend that you run some searches on JSTOR, checking off historical journals in the advanced search. You should also search the library (http://apps.appl.cuny.edu:83/F?func=find-b-0&local_base=baruch) for books on the subject. The sites that you have identified in the above post are mainly focused on current policy as opposed to history.
The group wanted to include this in addition.
http://www.ontheissues.org/Drugs.htm#Headlines
http://stopthedrugwar.org/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ondcp/2012_ndcs.pdf
As we discussed in class, the next step you should take is to identify particular articles and books that serve as secondary sources. When historians speak of “secondary sources,” this is typically what they are referring to. Some of the resources you have listed here could serve as starting points for locating articles and books on the subject, but they are not self-contained pieces that present a distinctive argument.
As you locate articles and books, it is important that you identify pieces that contain a historical argument about the War on Drugs. They should answer, or at least attempt to answer, some aspect of the question of how the War changed over time, and somehow relate those changes to national politics. I strongly recommend that you run some searches on JSTOR, checking off historical journals in the advanced search. You should also search the library (http://apps.appl.cuny.edu:83/F?func=find-b-0&local_base=baruch) for books on the subject. The sites that you have identified in the above post are mainly focused on current policy as opposed to history.
http://apps.appl.cuny.edu:83/F/TV19FGVFII63FJKEHQ3KRQUTPT6M98G5CYTHJEKTIBN7K3QNNB-12346?func=full-set-set&set_number=063173&set_entry=000002&format=999
(The effective of war on drug on children)
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25462207
Drugs and foreign policy
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20639592
Views on the war on drugs in 1993
Just wanted to make sure you guys were aware of this new movie: “The House I Live In.”
Thanks, we have decided to watch this and incorporate it into our topic.
Here is a review of the documentary I also recommend that you look at: http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/oct/22/war-we-arent-debating/