History 171D The United States and the World Since 1945.

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History 171D The United States and the World Since 1945

Prof. Fredrik Logevall Cornell University Wednesday, April 10, 4 pm McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020) Embers of War The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam Extra Credit Opportunity!

History 171D The United States and the World Since 1945

1986

Themes I. Controversy

Pieter Geyl

I. Controversy Oliver Stone

I. Controversy Oliver Stone

I. Controversy There is broad consensus among historians over standards of evidence and logic but much debate within that consensus Oliver Stone

Themes II. American Power

US has been dominant world power throughout post-1945 period

II. American Power US lost some (relative) power in 1960s and 1970s US hostages in Iran, 1979

II. American Power... but regained it in closing decades of 20th century Air war against Iraq, 1991

II. American Power Is US power now declining?

Themes III. Cold War—Debates over how and why it started and ended Yalta Conference, 1945

Themes III. Cold War—Debates over how and why it started and ended Fall of Berlin Wall, 1989

III. Cold War—Debates over how and why it started and ended Re beginning of CW: conservatives and centrists agree Soviet Union to blame

III. Cold War—Debates over how and why it started and ended Re beginning of CW: leftists more inclined to blame US

III. Cold War—Debates over how and why it started and ended Re ending of CW: conservatives credit Ronald Reagan

III. Cold War—Debates over how and why it started and ended Re ending of CW: conservatives credit Ronald Reagan

III. Cold War—Debates over how and why it started and ended Re ending of CW: centrists credit long-term, bipartisan US foreign policy

III. Cold War—Debates over how and why it started and ended Re ending of CW: centrists credit long-term, bipartisan US foreign policy

III. Cold War—Debates over how and why it started and ended Re ending of CW: leftists say, “Why celebrate?”

Themes IV. Foreign Policy Lessons

“No more Munichs!” Neville Chamberlain with Adolf Hitler, Sept. 1938

IV. Foreign Policy Lessons “No more Vietnams!”

Themes V. Interaction between foreign and domestic affairs

Foreign policy influences on domestic affairs: Case in point: Vietnam War

Foreign policy influences on domestic affairs: Vietnam War polarized US society, sparking simultaneous rebellions from left and right

Foreign policy influences on domestic affairs: Vietnam War polarized US society, sparking simultaneous rebellions from left and right Antiwar protest, Oakland, CA, 1965

Foreign policy influences on domestic affairs: Vietnam War polarized US society, sparking simultaneous rebellions from left and right Ronald Reagan

Foreign policy influences on domestic affairs: Vietnam War polarized US society, sparking simultaneous rebellions from left and right

Domestic influences on foreign policy: “Vietnam syndrome” constrained (for a while) subsequent US interventionism

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