MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE

History 3094/5094                                                     Summer, 2005

International Relations Since 1945                           Mr. Bowling

 

Readings:

	*David Reynolds, One World Divisible     (New York, 1999).
	Fred Halliday, The Middle East in Inter-    national Relations (Cambridge, 2005).
	Howard Jones, Death of a Generation; How    the Assassination of Diem and JFK Pro-    longed the Vietnam War (New York,    2003).
	Paul Dosal, Comandante Che; Guerrilla    Soldier, Commander, and Strategist,   1956-1967 (University Park, 2003).
	Timothy Smith, France in Crisis; Welfare,    Inequality & Globalization Since 1980    (Cambridge, 2004).
	Niall Ferguson, Colossus: The Price of    America's Empire (New York, 2004).

Requirements:

          1.    Attendance.

2.    Participation.

3.    Readings.

4.    Oral Reports (longer for graduate students), on topics to be
  approved by the instructor, based on library research for
  which some class time will be provided.

5.   Successful completion of two examinations.

 

 

General Statement of Purpose and Plan of Study:

In the aftermath of World War II, “year zero,” a “new world order” took shape,
made by the victorious powers of that epochal conflict.  There soon followed the long
history of the Cold War, which overshadowed most international relations until its
demise in the late 1980s. The so-called “bipolarity” of the Cold War international
structure was then replaced with the new situation of the unprecedented power of the
United States.

  Topics:

• 1945: A World Destroyed, A New World Born
• The Cold War Begins
• The United Nations's Early Crises
• Decolonization in its Varied Forms
• Mao's China
• The Appeal of Communism & of Authoritarianism
• Independent Africa's Problems
• Detente in the Cold War
• The Economic Shocks of the 1970s
• The "New Cold War" of the 1980s
• The Renewal of the United States
• Victory in the Cold War
• The Renewal of Capitalism
• Development & Underdevelopment (continued)
• The Rise of East Asia, continued
• The New Europe
• Modern Terrorism
• The Debate over America's Role in the 21st Century
  
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