American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future

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This course explores the reasons for America’s past wars and interventions.

It covers the consequences of American policies, and evaluates these consequences for the U.S. and the world. History covered includes World Wars I and II, the Korean and Indochina wars, the Cuban Missile Crisis and current conflicts, including those in in Iraq and Afghanistan, and against Al Qaeda

Course Curriculum

I. Theories and Strategies
- Introduction Unlimited
- Theories of International Politics and Theories of U.S. Foreign Policy Unlimited
- The “Spiral Model” vs. the “Deterrence Model” Unlimited
- United States Interests and Grand Strategies Unlimited
II. America’s Major Wars: World War I, World War II, Cold War, & Korea
- The United States and World War I Unlimited
- The United States and World War II Unlimited
- Cold War Origins, & U.S. Intervention in the Korean War Unlimited
III. Interlude: U.S. National Security Policy; The Terror War; U.S. Foreign Economic Policy
- U.S. National Security & Nuclear Policy, 1945–present Unlimited
- The War on Terror, 2001–present Unlimited
- US Foreign Economic Policy: Trade, Investment, and Aid Issues and Policies Unlimited
IV. Cold War Crises: Berlin, Taiwan Straits, and Cuba 1962
- The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16–28, 1962 Unlimited
V. American Interventions in the “Third World”
- The Vietnam War, 1945–1975 Unlimited
- American Interventions in the Developing World: An Overview Unlimited
VI. The Road Ahead: Current Crises and Future Policies
- Predicting the Future and Prescribing for the Future Unlimited

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