The Global Cold War

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The United States and the Soviet Union spent almost half of the twentieth century engaged in a hostile confrontation, which had profound effects on the rest of the world. This course explores the origins of the Cold War from its development in 1945 to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. It studies the economic and ideological conflicts between the two countries, the proxy wars, and other conflicts and competitions short of war through which they fought, as well as explaining the effects of the Cold War on politics and culture around the world. Offered Occasionally.