ALL1443-Z Second 6 Weeks Wednesdays 10:30-11:50 Start Date 22-Oct
Zoom Limit 25
We will examine the fraught relations between America and Russia from the Bolshevik Revolution to the present. The topics include: the two Red Scares in the US, the World War II alliance, the origins of the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, detente, the collapse of the Soviet empire, Vladimir Putin’s challenge to American global supremacy and the Ukraine War.
Coordinator: Russell Leng 
Russ is a retired professor of political science at Middlebury College. He has published widely on the interaction of states engaged in military crises. Russ taught in-person courses at ALL for many years before transitioning to Zoom so that he could continue from his home in Vermont.