Research Topics
September 4, 2013
For my digital history class, the topics I would be interested in researching include the following:
The Napster file sharing lawsuit. Napster was the main file sharing network that exchanged music between two users and changed the business of music forever. I was in middle school during the times when Napster was at its peak, and when they were taken to court. Now as an adult, I would love to actually read into and research what happened in the case and what permanent changes took place to the music and file sharing industries.
Desert Storm Conflict. I think it is important to see and research the actions leading up to desert storm, and its effects to Iraq and Kuwait. The conflict was a early preview to Operation new Dawn and the U.S. invasion of Iraq. I am always interested in Middle Eastern conflicts and culture, because of the amount of time I have spent over there, and learning their vastly different way of life as compared to the Western culture. It has been an area of the world that has been fought over for many centuries, and I am intrigued on how the United States has left the beginning stride of its footprint there from Desert Storm.
Russian occupation of Afghanistan. The reason I would research this topic is because like the Desert Storm conflict, the Russian occupation of Afghanistan is fairly modern history. I feel that since coalition involvement in Afghanistan in modern times, more light and research has been written on the Russian involvement there. I would like to see how similar or different the conflicts are, and with it also begins the US training of Bin Laden, which will later come to haunt us. I find it fascinating because it has the ingredient of the Cold war, Bin Laden, the Afghan people, and US involvement.