| Week | Topic and Reading |
Aug. 27-August 30 |
Days of Infamy
|
September
5-7 |
Politics
of War
|
*September
10-14
|
Disunited
Nations
Jensen, entire
|
September
17-21
|
The
National Security State
Paterson/Clifford, 91-137 Question: Did early U.S. Cold War policy rely more heavily on military, political, or economic means? |
Sept.24-Sept.28 |
More
Bang for the Buck
|
*October 1-5 |
Pay
Any Price
Garthoff, entire To Move
a Nation Question: |
October 8-12 |
Bear
Any Burden
Greene, entire No Exit Triple-Canopied Tragedy Indecent Interval Question: According to Fowler, Pyle "was impregnably armoured by his good intentions and his ignorance. He comes in and people have to die fo his mistakes.' Is Pyle a metaphor for the United States in Vietnam? Documents |
| October 15 | Dissect Documents |
| October 17 | REVIEW |
| October 19 | MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
October 22-26 |
Arrogance
of Power
Paterson/Clifford, 181-226 Burr, 1-26 |
Oct.
29-Nov. 2 |
Limits
of Power
Paterson/Clifford, 227-82 Burr, 27-165 Question: Many claim that the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan made Carter appear naive and foolish? What is the basis for this claim? |
*November 5-9 |
Balance
of Power
Burr, 166-321 |
November 12-16 |
Swords
into Ploughshares Burr, 322-485 Question: True or False: The most serious obstacle to ending the Cold War was mutual distrust? |
November
19-21 |
Ploughshares
Into Swords LaFeber, 1-89
|
| November 22 | Thanksgiving Recess |
| November 26 | PAPERS DUE |
Nov. 26-30 |
The
Walls Come Tumbling Down
|
December
3 |
Brave
New World?
|
| December 5 | REVIEW |
| December 10 | FINAL EXAMINATION |
