| Theories and Strategies |
| 1 |
Introduction |
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| 2 |
Overview of American Foreign Policy Since 1914 |
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| 3-5 |
Theories of American Foreign Policy |
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| 6-8 |
American Interests and Grand Strategies |
First response paper due in sections (2 pages) |
| America's Major Wars: World War I, World War II, Cold War, and Korea |
| 9-11 |
World War I and World War II |
Quiz in class |
| 12-13 |
Cold War Origins and Conduct
The Korean War |
Second response paper due in sections (2 pages)
Paper topics handed out |
| Interlude: U.S. National Security Policy; The Terror War; U.S. Foreign Economic Policy |
| 14 |
American National Security Policy, 1945-Present |
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| 15-16 |
The U.S. War on Terror |
Outlines/rough drafts of first paper due in class |
| 17-18 |
American Foreign Economic Policy, 1945-1999 |
First paper due in class (8 pages) |
| Cold War Crises: Berlin, Taiwan Straits, and Cuba 1962 |
| 19-20 |
The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
Other Cold War Crises |
Quiz in class |
| American Interventions in the Third World |
| 21-22 |
The Indochina War, 1950-1975 |
Outlines/rough drafts of second paper due in class |
| 23-24 |
Other American Interventions: Those of 1900-1934, 1945-1993 |
Second paper due in class (8 pages) |
| The Road Ahead: Current Crises and Future Policies |
| 25-26 |
The Cold War's Demise
Current Crises
The Future of American Foreign Policy |
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