Cold War International Relations
GOVT 120
Fall 2011
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01
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Lasting from 1945-1991, the Cold War was a seminal era in world history with a major impact on the study and conduct of international relations. The world we live in today is greatly shaped by the experience of the Cold War. Many of the issues and topics that preoccupy the world today, from Afghanistan to the uprisings in the Middle East, the political unification on Europe, and the dominance of the U.S.A., were all greatly influenced by the Cold War. This course will provide students with an understanding of the origins, evolution, and end of the Cold War. This course will examine the U.S.-U.S.S.R. relationship and how it impacted different world regions through decolonization, neo-imperialism, globalization, and political integration around the world. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYI |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
John Lewis Gaddis, STRATEGIES OF CONTAINMENT: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF POST-WAR AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY, Second Edition (Oxford University Press, 2005)
John Lewis Gaddis, WE NOW KNOW: RETHINKING COLD WAR HISTORY (Oxford: Clarendon, 1997)
Ngaire Woods, ed., EXPLAINING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SINCE 1945, Second Edition (Oxford University Press, 2007)
Chen Jian, MAO'S CHINA AND THE COLD WAR (University of North Carolina Press, 2008)
G. John Ikenberry, AFTER VICTORY: INSTITUTIONS, STRATEGIC RESTRAINT, AND THE REBUILDING OF ORDER AFTER MAJOR WARS (Princeton University Press, 2001)
Henry A. Kissinger, DIPLOMACY (Norton, 1994)
Richard Ned Lebow & Thomas Risse-Kappen, eds., INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR (Columbia University Press, 1995)
Melvyn P. Leffler, FOR THE SOUL OF MANKIND: THE UNITED STATES, THE SOVIET UNION AND THE COLD WAR (Hill & Wang, 2007)
William C. Wohlforth, THE ELUSIVE BALANCE: POWER AND PERCEPTIONS DURING THE COLD WAR (Cornell University Press, 1993)
Vladislav Zubok, A FAILED EMPIRE: THE SOVIET UNION IN THE COLD WAR FROM KRUSHCHEV TO GORBACHEV (University of North Carolina Press, 2008)
Odd Arne Westad, ed., BROTHERS IN ARMS: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SINO-SOVIET ALLIANCE (Stanford University Press, 1998)
Odd Arne Westad, ed., THE SOVIET UNION IN EASTERN EUROPE, 1945-89 (Macmillan, 1994)
Avi Shlaim, WAR AND PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: A CONCISE HISTORY (Penguin, 1995)
Marc Trachtenberg, A CONSTRUCTED PEACE: THE MAKING OF THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT 1945-1963 (Princeton University Press, 1999)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Book Review: 1,500 words (15%)
Minor Essay: 3,000 words (20%)
Major Essay: 6,500 words (50%)
Participation/Presentations: (15%) |
| Instructor(s): Williams,Michael John Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: FISK116; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 19 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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