For nearly a half century, from 1945 to 1991, the United States and
the Soviet Union maneuvered to achieve global hegemony. Each forged
political alliances, doled out foreign aid, mounted cultural
campaigns, and launched covert operations. The Cold War also deeply
affected the domestic politics, cultures, and economic policies of
the two superpowers, their client states, and other nations
throughout the world. Teaching the Cold War is both necessary and
challenging. Understanding and Teaching the Cold War is designed to
help collegiate and high school teachers navigate the complexity of
the topic, integrate up-to-date research and concepts into their
classes, and use strategies and tools that make this important
history meaningful to students. The volume opens with Matthew
Masur's overview of models for approaching the subject, whether in
survey courses or seminars. Two prominent historians, Carole Fink
and Warren Cohen, offer accounts of their experience as long-time
scholars and teachers of the Cold War from European and Asian
perspectives. Sixteen essays dig into themes including the origins
and end of the conflict, nuclear weapons, diplomacy, propaganda,
fear, popular culture, and civil rights, as well as the Cold War in
Eastern Europe, Western Europe, East Asia, Africa, Latin America,
and the nonaligned nations. A final section provides practical
advice for using relevant, accessible primary sources to implement
the teaching ideas suggested in this book.
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