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, 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.

Textbook: G. Lundestad, The United States and Western Europe Since 1945: From "Empire" by Invitation to Transatlantic Drift (Oxford University Press, 2005)

Alongside the textbook students must prepare for the exam on one of the following books:

E. Hallams, L. Ratti, B. Zyla (eds), NATO Beyond 9/11: The Transformation of the Atlantic Alliance, (Palgrave/MacMillan, 2013)

L. Ratti, A Not-So-Special Relationship: The US, The UK and German Unification, 1945-1990 (EUP, 2017)

S. Sloan, Defense of the West. NATO, the European Union and the Transatlantic Bargain (MUP, 2016)