HST 123 - Postwar America and the Origins of the Cold War

Course Units: 1

(Not offered in 2014-15) The stand-off between the United States and the Soviet Union permeated the politics and culture of the United States from the end of the Second World War through the early 1960s. This course will explore the origins of the Cold War, the terms on which it was fought, and the degree to which it imposed a political and cultural “consensus” on the United States.