The readings below are from the following required texts:
Boyer, Paul S. Promises to Keep: The US Since World War II. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
Baker, Paula, and Robert Griffith eds. Major Problems in American History Since 1945. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
Schrecker, Ellen. The Age of McCarthyism. 2nd ed. Bedford: St. Martin's, 2001.
Schulman, Bruce J. Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism: A Brief Biography With Documents. Bedford: St. Martin's, 1995.
Readings
| 1 |
The Dawn of the Nuclear Age |
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| 2 |
World War II and the Origins of the Cold War |
Session 1
- Boyer. Chapter 1.
- Griffith, pp. 50-65.
Session 2
- Boyer. Chapter 2.
- Griffith, pp. 100-119.
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| 3 |
Cold War Abroad |
Session 1
Session 2
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| 4 |
Cold War at Home |
Session 1
- Boyer. Chapter 3.
- Schrecker, pp. 196-246.
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| 5 |
Age of Abundance |
Session 1
- Boyer. Chapter 4.
- Griffith, pp. 147-62, 164-67.
Session 2
- Boyer. Chapter 5.
- Griffith, pp. 200-13.
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| 6 |
JFK and the New Frontier |
Session 1
- Boyer. Chapter 6.
- Griffith, pp. 236-68.
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| 7 |
LBJ and the Great Society |
Session 1
- Boyer. Chapter 7.
- Griffith, pp. 305-11.
- Schulman, pp. 167-77.
Session 2
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| 8 |
Civil Rights |
Session 1
- Boyer. Chapter 8.
- Griffith, pp. 354-64.
- Schulman, pp. 192-208.
Session 2
- Griffith, pp. 364-77.
- Schulman, pp. 208-12.
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| 9 |
The New Left and Counterculture |
Session 1
- Boyer. Chapter 9.
- Griffith, pp. 447-66.
Session 2
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| 10 |
Vietnam |
Session 1
- Boyer. Chapter 10.
- Schulman, pp. 213-25.
Session 2
- Griffith, pp. 399-422.
- Schulman, pp. 226-32.
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| 11 |
End of Liberalism |
Session 1
- Boyer. Chapter 11.
- Schulman, pp. 233-45.
Session 2
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| 12 |
Watergate |
Session 1
Session 2
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| 13 |
Economic Woes |
Session 1
Session 2
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| 14 |
Reagan Revolution |
Session 1
Session 2
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| 15 |
A New World Order |
Session 1
Session 2
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