THE COLD WAR: HISTORY AND CONTROVERSIES
September 7-11, 2008

The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies was the greatest geo-political event of the second half of the twentieth century. Its influence was worldwide, and applied itself to all aspects of political life and culture.

This first CCA of the 2008-2009 academic year will investigate the history of the Cold War, related historical controversies, and lessons these may hold for today.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

8:00 p.m. “Life Behind the Iron Curtain”
                Tatiana Yankelevich
                Director, Andrei Sakharov Program on Human Rights

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

4:00 p.m. “Historical Overview of the Cold War: Part 1”
                Derek Leebaert
                Author, The Fifty-Year Wound: The True Price of America’s
                Cold War Victory

8:00 p.m. “Historical Overview of the Cold War: Part 2”
                Derek Leebaert

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

4:00 p.m. “The Secret War”
                Tennent H. Bagley
                Author, Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly Games

8:00 p.m. “McCarthy and McCarthyism”
                M. Stanton Evans
                Author, Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of
                Senator Joe McCarthy

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

4:00 p.m. “The Looming Figure of Solzhenitsyn”
                Daniel J. Mahoney
                Assumption College

8:00 p.m. “Reagan, Thatcher, and the End of the Cold War”
                Andrew Roberts
                Author, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

11:00 a.m. “Russia Today”
                  Richard Pipes
                  Harvard University

4:00 p.m. Faculty Roundtable

All Speakers Confirmed