SES # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
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I. Theories and Strategies | ||
1 | Introduction | American Foreign Policy: Introduction (PDF) |
2 | Overview of American Foreign Policy Since 1914 | No notes |
3-5 | Theories of American Foreign Policy |
Theories of International Politics (PDF) The "Spiral Model" vs. the "Deterrence Model" (PDF) |
6-8 | American Interests and Grand Strategies | US Interests and Grand Strategies (PDF) |
II. America's Major Wars: World War I, World War II, Cold War, & Korea | ||
9-11 | World War I and World War II |
The United States and World War II (PDF) The United States and World War I (PDF) |
12-13 | Cold War Origins and Conduct; the Korean War | Cold War Origins and US Intervention in the Korean War (PDF) |
III. Interlude: U.S. National Security Policy; The Terror War; U.S. Foreign Economic Policy | ||
14 | American National Security Policy, 1945-present | No notes |
15-16 | The U.S. War on Terror |
U.S. National Security Policy, 1945-Present (PDF) The War on Terror, 2001-Present (PDF) |
17 | American Foreign Economic Policy, 1945-present | U.S. Foreign Economic Policy (PDF) |
IV. Cold War Crises: Berlin, Taiwan Straits, And Cuba 1962 | ||
18-19 | The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis; other Cold War Crises | The Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 16-28, 1962 (PDF) |
V. American Interventions In The Third World | ||
20-21 | The Indochina War, 1950-1975 | The Vietnam War, 1945-1975 (PDF) |
22-23 | Other American Interventions and Non-Interventions | American Interventions in the Third World: An Overview (PDF) |
VI. The Road Ahead: Current Crises And Future Policies | ||
24-25 | Current issues and crises; assessment of Bush and Obama administration's foreign policies; the future of American foreign policy | Predicting the Future and Prescribing for the Future (PDF) |
26 | Final Exam | Final Exam Study Questions (PDF) |