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Academic Year 2003/2004

The Cold War
GOVT 273 FA

This course will analyze the 40-year rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that brought the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation. Topics to be covered include the logic of nuclear deterrence; superpower competition for client states in the Third World; and the way that the Cold War structured the economies, political systems and ideological outlook of the two sides.

MAJOR READINGS

Richard Smoke, NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE NUCLEAR DILEMMA
Martin Walker, THE COLD WAR: A HISTORY
John Lewis Gaddis, WE NOW KNOW: RETHINKING COLD WAR HISTORY
Robert Gates, FROM THE SHADOWS: THE ULTIMATE INSIDER'S STORY OF FIVE PRESIDENTS AND HOW THEY WON THE COLD WAR

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm, three short papers, one research paper.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS GOVT    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: GOVT155 OR GOVT157 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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