Calendar

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
I. Theories and Strategies
1 Introduction  
2 Overview of American Foreign Policy Since 1914  
3-5 Theories of American Foreign Policy  
6-8 American Interests and Grand Strategies First response paper due in sections (2 pages)
II. America's Major Wars: World War I, World War II, Cold War, & 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
III. Interlude: U.S. National Security Policy; The Terror War; U.S. Foreign Economic Policy
14 American National Security Policy, 1945-present  
15-16 The U.S. War on Terror Outlines/rough drafts of first paper due in class
17 American Foreign Economic Policy, 1945-present First paper due in class (8 pages)
IV. Cold War Crises: Berlin, Taiwan Straits, And Cuba 1962
18-19 The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis; other Cold War Crises Quiz in class
V. American Interventions In The Third World
20-21 The Indochina War, 1950-1975 Outlines/rough drafts of second paper due in class
22-23 Other American Interventions and Non-Interventions Second paper due in class (8 pages)
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  
26 Final Exam