| SES # | TOPICS | DUE DATES |
|---|---|---|
| I. Theories and Strategies | ||
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Power and Security: Overview of U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1914 | |
| 3–5 | Theories of U.S. Foreign Policy | |
| 6–8 | U.S. Interests and Grand Strategies | Response paper due |
| II. America's Major Wars: World War I, World War II, Cold War, & Korea | ||
| 9–12 | World War I and World War II | Quiz |
| 13–14 | Cold War Origins and Conduct; the Korean War | |
| III. Interlude: U.S. National Security Policy; The Terror War; U.S. Foreign Economic Policy | ||
| 15–16 | U.S. National Security Policy, 1945–present | Finished draft of first paper due |
| 17 | The U.S. "War on Terror," 9/11/01–present | First paper due |
| 18 | U.S. Foreign Economic Policy, 1945–present | |
| IV. Cold War Crises: Berlin, Taiwan Straits, and Cuba 1962 | ||
| 19–20 | The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis; Other Cold War Crises | Quiz |
| V. American Interventions in the "Third World" | ||
| 21–22 | The Indochina War, 1950–1975 | Finished draft of second paper due |
| 23–24 |
Other American Interventions: 1900–1934 (Panama, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Mexico, Russia) 1945–1993 (Iran 1953, Guatemala 1954, Chile 1973, Angola 1975, Indonesia 1957, Guyana 1964, Congo 1960, the Wars of the Reagan Doctrine, Panama 1989, Persian Gulf 1991, Somalia 1992–93) Non-Interventions: (Mexico in 1930s; Bolivia in 1950s) | Second paper due |
| VI. The Road Ahead: Current Crises and Future Policies | ||
| 25–26 | Current Issues and Crises; Assessment of Bush 43 and Obama Administration's Foreign Policies; The Future of American Foreign Policy | |
| 27 | Final Exam | |