History 492B - S- The Nuclear Age

This upper-level undergraduate seminar explores the impact of nuclear weapons on U.S. culture, politics, and foreign policy from World War II to the Global War on Terror. Key topics include the atomic bombing of Japan in 1945, the Cold War and the nuclear arms race, the Cuban Missile Crisis, apocalyptic films, Reagan's "Star Wars," and anti-nuclear activism.

This course will meet in the Feinberg Innovation Space, located in Engineering Lab II building, Room 115