HIST 3140 - U.S. in the World

(crosslisted)
(also AMST 3140, CAPS 3140) (HA-AS)

Fall, summer. 4 credits.

When offered in Summer Session, course is a Summer-in-Washington course.

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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 Clinton). Important themes include the American response to a revolutionary world since 1912, the role of American racial views in the making of foreign policy, and the increasingly dominant role of the president in the making of U.S. foreign policy.