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HIS 281 - Cold War: Soviet Confrontations and Vietnam


3 Credits, 3 Contact Hours (3 lec.)

Causes and effects of US-Soviet confrontations from WW II to 1994. Includes origins of the Cold War from WW II, initial Soviet probes, challenges in the Far East, probes and rhetoric, Soviet globalism, Vietnam, period of detente, end of detente, new challenge to Soviet Expansionism, and new vision and new world order.

Information: This is a continuation course to HIS 280  History of the World Wars; however, HIS 280  is not a prerequisite. This course will require a college level reading ability.