HIST 348 America and the World
America and the world explores American diplomatic history from the First World War to the Iraq War. It puts particular emphasis on the promise and perils of democracy promotion as a mainstay of American foreign policy. This class also places key turning points in the fashioning of American foreign policy in a global context. It examines not just the evolution of American policies but the personalities, political dynamics and social forces that have driven this evolution. Though very much an inquiry into the past, this course will, when relevant, make use of contemporary developments for the sake of better analyzing and discussing the historical record.