HIST 57.01 Behind the Iron Curtain: The Cold War From the Other Side

This course explores the Cold War from “Behind the Iron Curtain,” including both the global political struggle for ideological and strategic primacy and the reflection of this struggle in domestic cultural and material developments from the end of World War Two until the Soviet collapse in 1991. We will examine how “Cold War competition” played out in a variety of interlocking spheres, from expansionist foreign policies that first divided Europe and gradually extended to the entire global south, to urgent economic competition in both military technology and domestic consumer products, to ideological and cultural competition.

Cross Listed Courses

EEER 50.04

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:SOC; WCult:W

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Department-Specific Course Categories

Class of 2023 and Before Major/Minor Distrib: EUR; Class of 2024 and Beyond Major/Minor Distrib: EUR, modern.