GOVT311

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GOVT311

United States Foreign Policy GOVT311 SP

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times
2	12	0	Times: .T.T... 1:10PM-2:30PM;

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:00:40 EST 1998 )

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The end of the Cold War marks a turning point in American foreign policy, a time for rethinking both means and ends. It prompts us to review the conventional assumptions of the past fifty years and to test their relevance for the future. To ground predictions about the future in knowledge of the past, the first half of the course examines the history of U.S. foreign policy. We will give special attention to ways in which competing views of foreign policy shaped past decisions and drive contemporary debates. During the second half of the course, we will examine the assumptions of several major approaches to the conduct of foreign policy and trace their implications for current policy issues. The focus will be on key issues, such as regional policy towards Europe, Asia and the Middle East as well as nuclear proliferation, trade and intervention policy, which face architects of a new United States foreign policy.

MAJOR READINGS

Felix Gilbert, TO THE FAREWELL ADDRESS
(Princeton University Press, 1961)
George Kennan, AMERICAN DIPLOMACY 1900-1950 (University of
Chicago Press, 1951)
Henry Kissinger, DIPLOMACY (Touchstone, 1995)
Michael Brown, et al, eds., AMERICA'S STRATEGIC CHOICES
(MIT Press, 1997)

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm, paper 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 02: Sheetz, M; Times: .T.T... 1:10PM- 2:30PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 2, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 2; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

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