This unit investigates the origins, evolution and demise of the Cold War, largely through the prism of American?Soviet rivalry in the Third World: from the politics of containment and conflict during the 1950s and 1960s, to the rise and demise of superpower detente in the 1970s, to a revival of superpower conflict during the Reagan era, to the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of the 1980s and the return to the world of a single superpower (United States of America) in the 1990s. The last part of the unit focuses on post-Cold War policy toward the Third World. The case studies include: the 1990?1991 Gulf War; the United States of America's policy toward Cuba; and the application of... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Morris Morley
Prerequisites: 12cp or (3cp in HIST or MHIS or POL units)
