Under the pressures of the Cold War, many nations experienced rapid change, social disruptions, and large-scale conflict. Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which cultural, political, military, or economic changes resulting from the Cold War affected ONE of the following regions between 1945 and 1991: Eastern Europe, East Asia and the Western Pacific, or Central America and the Caribbean.

In your response, you should do the following:

Respond to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis or claim that establishes a line of reasoning
Describe a broader historical context relevant to the prompt
Use specific and relevant examples of evidence to support an argument in response to the prompt
Use historical reasoning (e. g., comparison, causation, or continuity or change) to frame or structure an argument that addresses the prompt
Use evidence to corroborate, qualify, or modify an argument that addresses the prompt