The End of the Cold War, 1979-1991
HIST 194
Fall 2010
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| Crosslisting:
REES 194 |
| Certificates: International Relations |
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the relative stability that had prevailed between the United States and Soviet Union since the end of the Cuban missile crisis (and, more fundamentally, since the East and West German governments were formed in 1949) broke down. By 1983 well-informed figures in both Washington and Moscow feared nuclear war.
Yet within six years the Cold War ended and a new mode of cooperation between the Soviet and U.S. leaders emerged. How and why did this extraordinary change occur, and what is the significance for modern world history? This seminar will address those questions by exploring the changing personnel, thinking, and policies of both the U.S. and Soviet governments. In the process we will also consider developments in Poland, other parts of Eastern Europe, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Angola, and other countries where the superpowers or their allies confronted each other. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Ethical Reasoning, Interpretation |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
John Lewis Gaddis, STRATEGIES OF CONTAINMENT: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY DURING THE COLD WAR (rev. ed., 2005)
Pavel Palazchenko, MY YEARS WITH GORBACHEV AND SHEVARDNADZE: THE MEMOIR OF A SOVIET INTERPRETER (1997)
Vladislav M. Zubov, A FAILED EMPIRE: THE SOVIET UNION IN THE COLD WAR FROM STALIN TO GORBACHEV (2009)
Anatoly S. Chernyaev, MY SIX YEARS WITH GORBACHEV (2000) - selected chapters
Steve Coll, GHOST WARS: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE CIA, AFGHANISTAN, AND BIN LADEN, FROM THE SOVIET INVASION TO SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 (2004) - selected chapters
Peter W. Rodman, MORE PRECIOUS THAN PEACE: THE COLD WAR AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE THIRD WORLD (1994) - selected chapters
George P. Shultz, TURMOIL AND TRIUMPH: MY YEARS AS SECRETARY OF STATE (1993) - selected chapters
Plus numerous primary documents and articles
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Examinations and Assignments:
Write three short essays (2-3pp.) interpreting primary documents
Write one longer essays (10-12pp.) analyzing both primary and secondary sources |
| Instructor(s): Schatz,Ronald W. Times: ....R.. 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: ALLB304; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 1 | JR major: 1 | | |
| Seats Available: 7 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 9 | FR: X |
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