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Readings

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

WEEK #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	The Dawn of the Nuclear Age
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.
3	Cold War Abroad	Session 1 Schrecker, pp. 97-149. Session 2 Shrecker, pp. 150-95.
4	Cold War at Home	Session 1 Boyer. Chapter 3. Schrecker, pp. 196-246.
5	Age of Abundance	Session 1 Boyer. Chapter 4. Griffith, pp. 147-62, 164-67. Session 2 Boyer. Chapter 5. Griffith, pp. 200-13.
6	JFK and the New Frontier	Session 1 Boyer. Chapter 6. Griffith, pp. 236-68.
7	LBJ and the Great Society	Session 1 Boyer. Chapter 7. Griffith, pp. 305-11. Schulman, pp. 167-77. Session 2 Schulman, pp. 177-91.
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.
9	The New Left and Counterculture	Session 1 Boyer. Chapter 9. Griffith, pp. 447-66. Session 2 Griffith, pp. 503-512.
10	Vietnam	Session 1 Boyer. Chapter 10. Schulman, pp. 213-25. Session 2 Griffith, pp. 399-422. Schulman, pp. 226-32.
11	End of Liberalism	Session 1 Boyer. Chapter 11. Schulman, pp. 233-45. Session 2 Griffith, pp. 512-522.
12	Watergate	Session 1 Boyer. Chapter 12. Session 2 Griffith, pp. 557-571.
13	Economic Woes	Session 1 Boyer. Chapter 13. Session 2 Griffith, pp. 595-613.
14	Reagan Revolution	Session 1 Boyer. Chapter 14. Session 2 Griffith, pp. 641-659.
15	A New World Order	Session 1 Boyer. Chapter 15. Session 2 Griffith, pp. 690-705.