HIST233

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HIST233

United States Foreign Relations HIST233 FA

Crosslistings: AMST247

Not Currently Offered

This course will examine the policies of the United States toward other states and peoples, with emphasis on the 20th century. Beginning with the Progressive era and ending with the Clinton administration we will engage the role of the United States in the international arena, as well as the ideas and principles which "produce" American policies and policy decisions. Our inquiry will include the nature of expansion; the role of industrialization and free trade; the meaning(s) of world-power status for the United States; the evolution of nuclear diplomacy; the uses of war; and foreign relations as a central theme in 20th century American culture.

MAJOR READINGS

Readings will include: William Appleman
Williams, THE TRAGEDY OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY
Marilyn Young, THE VIETNAM WARS
Robert Kennedy, THIRTEEN DAYS: A MEMOIR OF THE CUBAN MISSILE
CRISIS
Walter La Feber, AMERICA, RUSSIA AND THE COLD WAR
Stephen Schlesinger & Stephen Kinzu, BITTER FRUIT
Edward Said, COVERING ISLAM
and selected documents.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Take-home midterm, final; two 2-5 page papers.

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 HIST

Prerequisites: HIST240 or AMST200

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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