3000 word Essay

1500 word Literature Review

Lectures
1) Deep Origins
2) Origins
3) European Integration
4) Ossification and Reaction
5) The Middle East
6) Crisis
7) South Asia
8) Vietnam
9) Détente
10) Eastern Europe
11) Endgame

Tutorials
1) What is ‘Cold War’?
2) The Cold War’s origins
3) Western Europe and the Cold War
4) The Bandung Moment
5) The Middle East and the Cold War
6) The Sino-Soviet Split
7) On the Borderlands of South Asia
8) The Vietnam Wars
9) Détente and its Discontents
10) Eastern Europe and the Fall of Communism
11) The Reagan-Gorbachev Axis

An International History of the Cold War Era - 5122HIST

An International History of the Cold War Era

Define and explain what ‘Cold War’ means and differentiate between how various historians have interpreted these meanings.

Demonstrate and critically apply knowledge of the history of the Cold War, its deep roots and its persistent influence in the 21st century.

Identify and discuss – through formal written assessment – how the bipolar struggle affected various regions and how it intersected with other major global themes such as decolonization, the rise of transnational human rights, etc.