1. COLD WAR IN THE AMERICAS

2. Readings Smith, Talons, chs. 5-8 Holden&Zolov, selections 70-72, 81-87, 109-113, 120

3. CHRONOLOGY OF COLD WAR 1941-45World War II (Europe and Asia) 1946Churchill speech on “iron curtain” 1947Truman Doctrine 1948Berlin airlift 1949Soviet atomic bomb, Communist victory in China 1950-53Korean War 1965-75Vietnam War 1962Cuban missile crisis 1989Collapse of Berlin Wall 1990-91Implosion of Soviet Union

4. The U.S. and the Cold War Credos and Rules of the Game 1. Bipolar conflict 2. Arms race and “mutual assured destruction” (MAD) 3. The need for “containment” of Soviet expansion 4. Geopolitics, dominoes, and the Third World 5. Marxism and the developing world

5. Joseph Stalin, 1878-1953

6. Mao Zedong, 1966

7. U.S. Policy in the Americas 1. Monroe redux: cordoning off the Americas 2. Economic aid: the Alliance for Progress 3. Purging the body politic 4. Containing revolution: Guatemala (1954) Bay of Pigs (1961) Dominican Republic (1965) Chile (1973) Grenada (1983) Central America (1980s)

8. Strategic Options for Latin America 1. Reformist: seeking U.S. aid 2. Radical: supporting revolution 3. Reactionary: joining the anti-communist crusade 4. “Non-aligned”: promoting Third World solidarity

9. Consequences for Latin America 1. Polarization, weakening of political center 2. Ascendancy of right-wing forces 3. Assaults upon the political left 4. Transitions toward democracy 5. Acknowledgement of U.S. hegemony

10. Reflections 1. Reality vs. ideology 2. Imagining alternatives (?) 3. On the language of “war”