Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Theories and Strategies
1	Introduction
2	Overview of American Foreign Policy Since 1914
3-5	Theories of American Foreign Policy
6-8	American Interests and Grand Strategies	First response paper due in sections (2 pages)
America's Major Wars: World War I, World War II, Cold War, and Korea
9-11	World War I and World War II	Quiz in class
12-13	Cold War Origins and Conduct The Korean War	Second response paper due in sections (2 pages) Paper topics handed out
Interlude: U.S. National Security Policy; The Terror War; U.S. Foreign Economic Policy
14	American National Security Policy, 1945-Present
15-16	The U.S. War on Terror	Outlines/rough drafts of first paper due in class
17-18	American Foreign Economic Policy, 1945-1999	First paper due in class (8 pages)
Cold War Crises: Berlin, Taiwan Straits, and Cuba 1962
19-20	The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Other Cold War Crises	Quiz in class
American Interventions in the Third World
21-22	The Indochina War, 1950-1975	Outlines/rough drafts of second paper due in class
23-24	Other American Interventions: Those of 1900-1934, 1945-1993	Second paper due in class (8 pages)
The Road Ahead: Current Crises and Future Policies
25-26	The Cold War's Demise Current Crises The Future of American Foreign Policy