| Week | Topic and Reading |
August 30-Sept.
3 |
Days of Infamy
|
September 8, 10 |
Politics
of War
|
September
13-17
|
Disunited
Nations
Levering et.al, 1-83
|
*September
20-24 |
The
National Security State Harbutt, 91-137 Levering et.al, 85-178 Preponderance of Power Question:
Was early U.S. Cold
War policy driven primarily by ideological, economic, or
security/geopolitical concerns? |
Sept.27-Oct. 1 |
More
Bang for the Buck Harbutt, 98-200 Pickett, 1-39 Waging
Peace Question: Was the goal of Eisenhower's New Look strategy containment or rollback? |
*October 4-8 |
Pay
Any Price
Logevall, 1-57 To
Move a Nation Question: |
*October 11-15 |
Bear
Any Burden
Logevall, 58-145 No
Exit |
| October 18 | Dissect Documents |
| October 20 | REVIEW |
| October 22 | MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
October 25-29 |
Arrogance
of Power
Harbutt, 201-237 Burr, 1-26 |
*Nov.
1-5 |
Limits
of Power Harbutt, 238-263 Burr, 27-165 Question: |
November 8-12 |
Balance
of Power
Burr, 166-321 |
*November 15-19 |
Swords
into Ploughshares
Harbutt, 301-26 Burr, 322-485 Question: |
November
22, 24 |
Ploughshares
Into Swords LaFeber, 1-89 End of History |
| November 26 | Thanksgiving Recess |
| November 29 | PAPERS DUE |
*November
29-December 3 |
The
Walls Come Tumbling Down
LaFeber, 90-164 Globalization and its Discontents Question: |
December 6
|
Brave New World? |
| December 8 | REVIEW |
| December 13 | FINAL EXAMINATION |
