Readings on the left are written from an American/Western perspective. Readings on the right are written from a Russian/Communist perspective. General assignments are centered.
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September 5th (F) - Session 1
September 9th (T) - Session 2
Leffler, For the Soul of Mankind: ch 1a (pp. 11-36)
Burns, James Macgregor; Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom
"Stalin" (pp. 92-97)
"Reprise: Russia Second" (pp. 231-238)
"Tehran" (pp. 406-417)
"Yalta" (pp. 557-580)
Zubok, A Failed Empire: ch 1
Andrei Gromyko, Memoirs
"On America" (pp. 68-76, pp. 92-97)
"Tehran, Yalta" (pp. 77-90)
September 12th (F) - Session 3
Leffler, For the Soul of Mankind: ch 1b (pp. 38-57)
Truman, Memoirs, vol 1;
"Molotov" (pp. 71-82)
Ch 21 (pp. 332-342)
Ch 22-23 (pp. 342-371)
Ch 24-25 (pp. 372-414)
Zubok, A Failed Empire: ch 2
Gromyko, Memoirs
Potsdam (pp. 95-114)
Library Session
September 19th (F) - Session 5
Library Session: Internet & The Cold War
September 23rd (T) - Session 6
Leffler, For the Soul of Mankind: ch 1c (pp. 74-84)
HST, vol 2;
Ch 7 "Truman Doctrine"
Ch 8 "Marshall Plan"
Hogan, Marshall Plan
Conclusion
Zubok, A Failed Empire: ch 3 (pp. 62-78)
Volkogonov
Stalin (pp. 451-454)
September 26th (F) - Session 7
HST, vol 2;
Ch 9 "Berlin Blockade"
Ch 17 "NATO"
Patterson, Grand Expectations
Ch 7 "Red Scares Home and Abroad"
September 30th (T) - Session 8
HST, vol 2;
ch 21, 22: Korean War
ch 23, 24: Korean War
Michael H. Hunt, Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 107, No. 3.
"Beijing and the Korean Crisis, June 1950-June 1951"
Zubok, A Failed Empire; ch 3 (pp. 78-93)
Volkogonov, Autopsy for an Empire; ch 2 (pp. 151-166.)
Khrushchev, Memoirs
Korean War
Unit Two: The Khrushchev Years
October 3rd (F) - Session 9
Leffler, For the Soul of Mankind; ch 2 (pp. 84-122)
Eisenhower; Mandate for Change
Ch 16 "Guatemala"
Ch 18 "New Look"
Ch 21 "Geneva Summit"
Patterson
Ch 10 "World Affairs, 1953-1956"
Zubok, A Failed Empire; ch 4 (pp. 94-107)
Volkogonov, Autopsy for an Empire; ch 2 (pp. 166-180), ch 3 (pp. 181-209)
Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali, The Inside Story of an American Adversary: Khrushchev's Cold War, WW Norton, 2006
Ch 2 "Geneva" (pp. 33-56)
Ch 3 "Arms to Egypt" (pp. 57-82)
Khrushchev
Ch "Geneva"
October 7th (T) - Session 10
Leffler, For the Soul of Mankind; ch 2 (pp.122-147)
Zubok, A Failed Empire; ch 4 (pp. 94-109), ch 5
Volkogonov, Autopsy for an Empire; ch 3 (pp. 201-222)
Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali, The Inside Story of an American Adversary: Khrushchev's Cold War, WW Norton, 2006
Ch 4 "Suez" (pp. 83-113)
Ch 5 "Twin Crisis"
October 10th (F) - Session 11
Leffler, For the Soul of Mankind; ch 2 (pp. 147-151)
Zubok, A Failed Empire; ch 5 (pp,123-143)
Volkogonov, Autopsy for an Empire; ch 3 (pp. 222-235)
October 14th (T) - Session 12
Zubok, A Failed Empire; ch 5 (pp,123-138)
Volkogonov, Autopsy for an Empire; ch 3 (pp. 222-235)
Fursenko
Broken Link
Broken Link
October 17th (F) - Session 13
Leffler, For the Soul of Mankind; ch 3 a (pp. 151-192)
Dallek
Broken Link Chapter 10
Ch 11 "World of Troubles"
Ch 12 "Crisis Manager"
David Reynolds, Summits: Six Meetings that Shaped the Twentieth Century
Ch 4 "Viennna"
Zubok, A Failed Empire; ch 5 b (pp. 138-153)
Fursenko
Ch 14 "Son of a Bitch"
Ch 15 "Iron Ring"
Ch 16 "Storm in Berlin"
October 21st (T) - Session 14
Leffler, For the Soul of Mankind; ch 3 a (pp. 151-192)
Dallek
Ch 16 "To The Brink"
Zubok, A Failed Empire; ch 6 (pp.163-177)
Volkogonov, Autopsy for an Empire; Ch 3 (pp. 235-248)
Fursenko
Ch 17 "Meniscus"
Ch 18 "We will win this"
Ch 19 "Cuban Missile Crisis"
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October 24th (F) - Session 15
Midterm Exam
October 28th (T) - Session 16
Leffler, For the Soul of Mankind; ch 3 (pp. 192-233)
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
ch 12 Withdrawal
Zubok, A Failed Empire ;ch 6 (pp.177-191)
Volkogonov, ch 3 (pp. 248-261)
Victory in Vietnam,
conclusion
October 31st (F) - Session 17
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
ch 11 "Under Seige in the White House
ch 12 Withdrawal
Zubok, A Failed Empire; ch 7 (pp. 192-207)
Victory in Vietnam,
conclusion
Unit Three: The Brezhnev Years
November 4th (T) - Session 18
Term Project Research Status Report #2
Jeremi Suri, Power and protest: Global revolution and the Rise of Detente
ch 5 "The Global Disruption of 1968"
Zubok, A Failed Empire , ch 7 (pp.207-215)
November 7th (F) - Session 19
Jeremi Suri, Power and protest: Global revolution and the Rise of Detente
ch 6 Diplomacy and the Politics of Detente
The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
"Vietnam" (pp.390-415)
"Operation Breakfast" (pp.380-382)
"Cambodia and Kent State" (pp.445-469)
Zubok, A Failed Empire ch 7 (215-226)
November 11th (T) - Session 20
Nixon (BROKEN LINKS)
"China" (pp.544-580)
"N. Nam invades South" (pp.583-594)
"Summit 1" (pp. 609-622)
"End of War" (pp.717-744)
Zubok, A Failed Empire ch 8 (pp. 227-238)
Dobrynin
ch 3 "Geopolitical Triangle" (pp. 226-238)
ch 4 "to the Summit" (pp.239-264)
November 14th (F) - Session 21
Final Term Project Due - LATE PAPERS FAIL
Leffler, ch 4 (pp.234-244)
Nixon
"Summit II" (pp. 875-889) -BROKEN
"Yom Kippur War" (pp.920-944)
Zubok, A Failed Empire ch 8 (pp.238-247)
Dobrynin
ch 5"To the Summit again, in America" (pp.265-286)
ch 6 "October War" (287-318)
ch 7 "Fall of Nixon" (pp.302-318)
November 18th (T) - Session 22
Leffler, ch 4 (pp.244-259)
Zubok, A Failed Empire ch 8 (pp.247-254)
Dobrynin, THE FORD PRESIDENCY, 1974-1977
I. Searching for the Real Gerald Ford
II. The Erosion of Detente
November 21st (F) - Session 23
Leffler ch 4 (pp.259-337)
Zubok, A Failed Empire ch 8 (pp.254-264)
Unit Four: The Gorbachev Years
Reagan 1981-1982
November 25th (T) - Session 24
Leffler ch V, (pp. 338-374)
Zubok, A Failed Empire ch 9 (pp.265-288)
November 28th (F)
Thanksgiving Break - No Class
Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving!
Reagan 1982-1985
December 2nd (T) - Session 25
Leffler ch V, (pp. 374-414)
Zubok, A Failed Empire ch 9(pp.288-302)
Reagan 1985-1988
December 5th (F) - Session 26
Leffler ch V, (pp. 414-439)
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December 9th (T) - Session 27
Leffler ch V, (pp. 439-451)
Wilentz, ch 10 (pp.288-322)
Zubok, A Failed Empire ch 10 (pp.303-335)
Summary/Conclusion
December 12th (F) - Session 28
Leffler Conclusion (pp.451-469)
Zubok, A Failed Empire Epilogue
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December 16th (T) - Session 29
Final Exam