Academic Calendar 2015/2016 - The Global Cold War

HIST 2137  The Global Cold War

Prerequisites:

6 credits of History at 1000 level OR 24 credits completed.

Antirequisites:

HIST 2305

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

Students examine world politics after 1945 as they were shaped by a Cold War that was initially dominated by the superpower conflict between the USA and the USSR. A major part of the course concerns the impact of the Cold War on developments in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.