Fall 2023 History UN2671 section AU1

The Cold War in Latin America

The Cold War in Latin Ame

Call Number 19014
Day & Time
Location
MW 4:10pm-5:25pm
OTHR OTHER
Points 0
Grading Mode Ungraded
Approvals Required None
Instructor Alfonso Salgado
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This lecture offers a comprehensive view of the Cold War in Latin America and zooms in on those places and moments when it turned hot. It understands the Cold War as a complex and multi-layered conflict, which not only pitted two superpowers—the United States and the Soviet Union—against one another, but also two ideologies—capitalism and socialism—whose appeal cut across societies. In Latin America, the idea of socialist revolution attracted a diverse set of actors (workers, students, intellectuals, politicians, etc.) and posed a significant challenge to both capitalism and United States hegemony. We will probe what the Cold War meant to people across the region, paying particular attention to revolutionary and counterrevolutionary events in Guatemala, Cuba, Chile, and Nicaragua, all the while examining the diplomatic and cultural battles for the hearts and minds of Latin Americans.

Web Site Vergil
Department Auditing
Enrollment 5 students (5 max) as of 9:06PM Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Status Full
Subject History
Number UN2671
Section AU1
Division Interfaculty
Note FOR CLASS LOCATION SEARCH NON-AUDITING SECTION IN DIRECTORY
Section key 20233HIST2671WAU1