$100 winner: Lauren DellaVolpe
Title: "Diem: John F. Kennedy’s Tragic Coup d’Etat"
Submitted by: Dr. Thomas Curran
Department: History

DellaVolpe writes a thought-provoking paper about mistakes the Kennedy administration may have made during the coup d’etat taking place in South Vietnam.  The paper is a “must read!”
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$50 winner: Jason Guberman-Pfeffer
Title: "From Illusion to Truth: China’s Pre-Opium War Conception of Foreign Relations"
Submitted by: Dr. Thomas Curran
Department: History

Gubermann-Pfeffer examines the history of China’s policies regarding foreign relations.  This is an interesting paper as he examines these relations from many perspectives: cultural, economic, and militaristic.
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