Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World

American Hegemony, Soviet Challenge: 1945-1975 (1x45)

Air date: Jan 01, 2006

The two undisputed superpowers threaten each other with nuclear arsenals and fight proxy wars for global dominance. Americans use their leadership and wealth to establish democracies in Germany and Italy and to restore Western European economies through the Marshall Plan. This lecture doesn't address the end of the Cold War.