Courses of Study 2017-2018 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Courses of Study 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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HIST 3140 - U.S. in the World

(crosslisted) AMST 3140 , CAPS 3140  
(HA-AS)      
Spring (not offered every year), summer. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Offered in Washington, D.C. in summer.

Spring, P. VonEschen; summer, staff.

Students examine the emergence of the United States as a world power in the twentieth century. The course focuses on the domestic sources of foreign policy and the assumptions of the major policy makers (Wilson through Bush), as well as U.S. relations with pivotal global actors. Important themes include the American response to a revolutionary world since 1912, American response to colonialism and anticolonialism, and role of different areas of government, from the president to the CIA, in the making of U.S. foreign policy.



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