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Newburgh, New York
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HIS 3380
THE COLD WAR
This course will examine the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union and how it created a political, ideological, economic, and military contest on global scale. It will give special attention to the American role and experience. Particular topics of focus include the origin of the Cold War, the spread of communism, the division of Germany, wars on the periphery- the Korean War and the Vietnam War, the arms race, detente, the end of the Cold War and its legacy.
Units: 3.0