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History 5419: The Cold War

Course Website Spring 2011

 

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Course Syllabus

 

List of Cold War Fiction and Film

 

Midterm Study Guide

 

Additional Course Readings

"Cat People: What Dr. Seuss Really Taught Us," The New Yorker

Jussi Hanihimaki, “Ironies and Turning Points: Détente in Perspective”

"NSC-68 and the Korean War"

"The Empire of Justice: Soviet Ideology and Foreign Intervention"

"The Empire of Liberty: American Ideology and Foreign Intervention"

"The Fall of Detente and the Turning Tides of History"

Inevitable Revolutions Chapter IV Part 1

Inevitable Revolutions Chapter IV Part 2

Inevitable Revolutions Chapter V Part 1

Inevitable Revolutions Chapter V Part 2

The Islamist Defiance: Iran and Afghanistan

 

 

Readings on the Cold War and Nicaragua, for April 7

Explosion Over Nicaragua

Mysterious Help from Offshore?

Sidetracked Revolution

Tough Tug of War