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GOVT311

United States Foreign Policy GOVT311 SP

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:00:17 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       22      0         22

The end of the Cold War marks a turning point in American foreign policy, a time for rethinking both our means and goals and our methods of making policy. To ground predictions about the future in knowledge of the past, the course starts by looking at the history of U.S. foreign policy. We will pay special attention to ways in which competing views of foreign policy shaped past decisions and drive contemporary debates. Since there is often a gap between stated policy preferences and actions undertaken, we will then look at how the process of making foreign policy decisions influences outcomes. During the final weeks of the course, we will examine some of the key issues facing architects of a new foreign policy for the United States.

MAJOR READINGS

Stephen Ambrose, RISE TO GLOBALISM (5th or
6th ed.)
Stanley Michalak, Jr.,COMPETING CONCEPTIONS OF AMERICAN
FOREIGN POLICY
Lars Schoultz, NATIONAL SECURITY AND UNITED STATES POLICY
TOWARD LATIN AMERICA
James Nathan and James Oliver, FOREIGN POLICY MAKING AND
THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM (2nd ed.)

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm, several papers and final

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS GOVT

Prerequisites: GOVT155

Section 01: Gallagher, N; Times: .T.T... 1:10PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1; Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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