Listed in: History, as HIST-50 | Political Science, as POSC-55
N. Gordon Levin (Section 01)
Pavel Machala (Section 01)
(Offered as POSC 55 and HIST 50 [US].) A 1992 still-classified Pentagon Defense Policy Guidance draft asserts that America’s political and military mission in the post-cold war era will be to ensure that no rival superpower be allowed to emerge in world politics. This course will examine American foreign relations from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the present. We will study the similarities and differences in the styles of statecraft of all post-cold war U.S. administrations in producing, managing and sustaining America’s unrivaled international position, which emerged in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union. While examining the debates between liberals and neoconservatives about America’s role in the world both preceding and following the 9-11 attack, we will also discuss the extent to which these debates not only have shaped American foreign policy but also how they have influenced our domestic politics and vice versa. Among the other main themes to be examined: the strategic, tactical and humanitarian uses of military and other forms of power by each administration (e.g., towards Somalia, the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan); U.S. policy towards NATO and towards the world economy; U.S. policy towards Russia, China, the Middle East and Latin America; human, economic and political costs and benefits of American leadership in this period.
Preference given to students who have taken one of the following courses: Political Science 13, 30, 46, 50; History 49. Limited to 30 students. Not open to first-year students. Spring semester. Professors G. Levin and Machala.
If Overenrolled: Preference given to students who have taken one of the following courses: Political Science 13, 30, 46, 50; History 49.
Cost: $39.00 ?
Section 01
W 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM MORG 111
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| America Between the Wars : From 11/9 to 9/11 : The Misunderstood Years Between the Fall of the Berli | Derek Chollet & James Goldgeier | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
| America Unbound : The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy | Ivo Daalder & James Lindsay | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
| The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace | Aaron David Miller | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
| The Russia Hand: A Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy | Strobe Talbott | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
| The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power | David Sanger | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.