History of Cold War
Objectives
a) Acquire a general overview of the Cold War and its multiple impacts, both at the regional and global levels, and within a longue durée time scale
b) Understand the multiple dimensions which underpinned the East-West antagonism, its regional dynamics and the role of other peripheral actors in the global confrontation
c) Make sense of the factors that shaped the emergence and evolution of the two main societal models in dispute during the Cold War
d) Identify and interpret the major crisis of the Cold War
e) Be familiar with the evolution of the historical perspectives concerning the various topics of the course
f) Be familiar with some of the key authors on the various topics of the course and be able to locate and work with historical sources related to the Cold War
g) Be able to write critical essays and deliver oral presentations on any of the topics of the course
h) Become familiar with the Contemporary era and be able to proceed to a higher level of academic studies
General characterization
Code
711051148
Credits
6
Responsible teacher
Available soon
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
None.
Bibliography
GADDIS, John Lewis, A Guerra Fria, Lisboa, Edições 70, 2009
JUDT, Tony, Pós-Guerra. História da Europa desde 1945, Lisboa, Edições 70, 2006
WESTAD, Odd Arne - The Global Cold War. Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2005
WESTAD, Odd Arne e LEFFLER, Melvyn P. The Cambridge History of the Cold War, Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 2010, 3 volumes
ZUBOK, Vladislav M., A Failed Empire. The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev, Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press, 2007
Teaching method
A combination of lectures by the teacher and scheduled interventions by the students, followed by discussion among all the participants in the class. Occasional screening of documentaries or films. Tutorial meetings with students to help them with their doubts and the drafting of their essays.
Evaluation method
Exam (40%) and written essay (40%). Participation in some of the classes is mandatory (20%)
Subject matter
a) Concepts, perspectives and historical debates: what was the Cold War?
b) Stages and characteristics of the bipolar conflict
c) Ideology and collective mindsets
d) Alliances, strategy and the arms race
e) Science and technological developments
f) Natural resources and economic competition
g) Propaganda and cultural strategies
h) Intelligence and covert operations
i) The role of international organizations
j) Decolonization and the Cold War
k) European integration and the Cold War
l) The North/South divide and the Cold War
m) Key figures: statesmen, revolutionaries, dissidents
n) Who ended the Cold War? The debate in International History and IR
o) Cold War legacies and the new configuration of the international system