Università Roma Tre

Part 1 The origins and the evolution of the second world war. The rise of the bipolar system
The first phase of the war, 1939-1941; The birth of the Grand alliance, 1941-1943; Searching for a solution for the postwar period, 1944-1946; – The formation of the blocs, 1946- 1947; The consolidation of the blocs, 1948-1949. The Korean war and the transition in the US and in the USSR, 1950-1953; The early phase of decolonization: India and the Middle East; The Origins of European Integration

Part 2 The consolidation and fall of the bipolar system.
In search of stability, 1953-1956; Bloc tensions: the Sino-Soviet Schism and Transatlantic crises, 1956-1960; The twin crises in Berlin and Cuba; Arms control and the rise of detente, 1963 -1968; European integration and the Gaullist challenge; The Vietnam war and the beginning of detente, 1963-1968; Détente and ostpolitk, 1968-1975; The crisis of détente; The second cold war, 1979-1984; The transformation of the international system, 1985-1991

Ennio Di Nolfo, Storia delle relazioni internazionali,
vol 1, Dalla pace di Versailles alla conferenza di Potsdam 1919-1945, from p. 233 on
vol.2, Gli anni della guerra fredda 1946-1990