1. The International Origins of the Cold War The International Origins of the Cold War Global Depression, Collapse of Capitalism Global Depression, Collapse of Capitalism Liberalism & its Discontents Liberalism & its Discontents The Keynesian Solution The Keynesian Solution

3. The U.S. Response to Depression The ‘New Deal’: Saving the System The ‘New Deal’: Saving the System American Capitalism & the Coup of 1934 American Capitalism & the Coup of 1934Coup of 1934Coup of 1934 John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes  World War II

4. War, Depression, & a New Post-War Order? The Bretton Woods Conference IMF World Bank The ‘Liberal Consensus’? The Bankers & Labor

5. Diplomacy of the Early Cold War  The Yalta Conference, February, 1945  Eastern Europe & Russian security Poland: the London Poles vs. the Lublin PolesPoland: the London Poles vs. the Lublin Poles  The United Nations General Assembly & Security CouncilGeneral Assembly & Security Council  The US & China

6. Postwar Europe & a “buffer zone”

7. Post-War Europe

8. Atomic Diplomacy & a “Cold War”  The A-bomb & history:  “The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb”  The Rise of American Hegemony?  Stalin, Russia, & a “buffer zone”

9. The Politics of Cold War Truman, the Democrats, & Anti-Communism Henry A. Wallace, the ‘Century of the Common Man’ Or the ‘century of fear’  The Cold War & ‘The American Century’

10. The Early Cold War An ‘Iron Curtain’ (The Sinews of Peace) The Long Telegram (George F. Kennan)   Truman Doctrine Truman Doctrine Truman Doctrine  The Marshall Plan  NSC-68