Soldiers with the 101st Division Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division watch as two Chinook helicopters fly in to take them back to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 4, 2008. Current issues and crises, like the war in Afghanistan, are discussed at the end of this course. (Image courtesy of the U.S. Army.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Stephen Van Evera
MIT Course Number
17.40
As Taught In
Fall 2010
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course covers the history of American foreign policy since 1914, current policy questions, and the future of U.S. Policy. We focus on policy evaluation. What consequences did these policies produce for the U.S. and for other countries? Were/are these consequences good or bad?
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