IPCP 207 - History of the Cold War and Post-Cold War Transition

Taught in Prague, Czech Republic. Students will gain insight into several events and concepts of World War II such as the Allies and enemies in WWII; Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam, the atomic bomb; the Truman doctrine, the Marshall Plan and the crisis of 1948. This course will also discuss the Cold War in the Far East; China and the Korean war, 1950; the Soviet Union of Nikita Khrushchev; USSR vs. USA in the Middle East; from Berlin to Cuba; Vietnam to the Helsinki accords; Reagan vs. Gorbachev; and the revolutions of Eastern Europe. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits