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166-061 Theories of the Cold War | |
Note | Formerly available as 166-446. Students who have completed 166-446 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Peter Shearman |
Prerequisites | Admission to Fourth Year Honours in Political Science. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Subject Description | This subject examines the Cold War. What was it? How do we explain it? When and why did it start? When and why did it end? How did it end? Who won? Who lost? What can we learn from it? An examination will be made of how and why explanations over time shifted from orthodox accounts of Soviet communist expansionism to revisionist accounts of American capitalist neo-imperialism, to the more recent and contending post-revisionist theories. An assessment is made of the role of key personalities, from Stalin and Truman, to Reagan and Gorbachev. At the end of the subject students should be able to critically evaluate the contending theories regarding the origins, demise and consequences of the Cold War. |
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