This course takes a close look at the Yalta Conference between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin in order to examine the question of possible alternatives to the Cold War. It engages the Cold War era literature on the Conference, which viewed this summit not only as the highest point in wartime cooperation between the Allies, but also as the starting point of the almost half-century long confrontation between the communist East and capitalist West. The preparations to the conference, its work and its outcome are presented in the context of the long term geostrategic goals of the United...