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17.40 American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future, Fall 2004

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Show simple item record Van Evera, Stephen
dc.coverage.temporal Fall 2004 2012-06-22T08:32:23Z 2012-06-22T08:32:23Z 2004-12
dc.identifier 17.40-Fall2004
dc.identifier.other 17.40
dc.identifier.other IMSCP-MD5-98f8025d491a43c918b13651061b730f
dc.description.abstract The mission for this course is to explain and evaluate past and present United States policies. What caused the United States' past involvement in foreign wars and interventions? Were the results of U.S. policies good or bad? Would other policies have better served the U.S. and/or the wider world? Were the beliefs that guided U.S. policy true or false? If false, what explains these misperceptions? General theories that bear on the causes and consequences of American policy will be applied to explain and evaluate past and present policies. The history of United States foreign policy in the 20th century is covered in detail. Functional topics are also covered: U.S. military policy, U.S. foreign economic policy, and U.S. policy on human rights and democracy overseas. Finally, we will predict and prescribe for the future. What policies should the U.S. adopt toward current problems and crises? These problems include the war against Al Qaeda and the wider war on terror; Iraq and Saddam Hussein; the Taiwan Straits; the Central African conflicts; and more. What should be the U.S. stance on global environmental and human rights questions? en
dc.language.iso en-US
dc.subject American Foreign Policy en
dc.subject wars en
dc.subject interventions en
dc.subject Cold War en
dc.subject Korean War en
dc.subject Vietnam war en
dc.subject Cuban missile crisis en
dc.subject CIA en
dc.subject Iran en
dc.subject Guatemala en
dc.subject Iraq en
dc.subject Afghanistan en
dc.subject China en
dc.subject human rights en
dc.subject environment en
dc.subject foreign economic policy en
dc.subject military policy en
dc.title 17.40 American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future, Fall 2004 en
dc.title.alternative American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future en
dc.audience.educationlevel Undergraduate
dc.subject.cip 450901 en
dc.subject.cip International Relations and Affairs en
dc.subject.cip 451002 en
dc.subject.cip American Government and Politics (United States) en 2012-06-22T08:32:23Z

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