Università Roma Tre

The course will analyze the evolution of relations between the United States and Europe from the end of the Second World War to the crisis of US global hegemony. More specifically, the course will debate key moments in the origins and evolution of the transatlantic relationship during the Cold War, such as the Atlantic Charter, the Marshall plan, the formation and evolution of NATO, the Suez Canal crisis, détente and the Vietnam conflict, Germany unification and the end of the East-West division. Th evolution of relations between the United States and Europe after the end of the Cold War will also be presented and debated.

Required Textbook:

Geir Lundestad, The United States and Western Europe since 1945 (Oxford: OUP, 2005)

or

Jussi M. Hanhimaki, Benedikt Schoenborn and Barbara Zanchetta (eds), Transatlantic Relations since 1945. An Introduction (London: Routledge, 2012)

Suggested reading:

Ellen Hallams, Luca Ratti & Ben Zyla (eds), NATO beyond 9/11: The Transformation of the Atlantic Alliance (London & New York: Palgrave/MacMillan, 2013)

or

Luca, Ratti The US, the UK and German Unification, 1945-1990 (Edinburgh: EUP, 2017)