US Foreign Relations (MA, 2025) (Group 1)
Requirements
- Research Paper: 50%
- Participation: 30%
- Supplementary Reading: 10%
- Summary Review: 10%
Books: (all available through amazon.com, at link below)
- Don Doyle., The Cause of All Nations
- Mary Dudziak, Cold War Civil Rights
- John Lewis Gaddis, George F. Kennan: An American Life
- Piero Gleijeses, Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976
- Waldo Heinrichs, Threshold of War
- Kristin Hoganson, A Consumers’ Imperium
- Ronald Johnson, Diplomacy in Black and White
- Fredrik Logevall, Embers of War
- Hans Schmidt, The United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934
- James Wilson, A Triumph of Improvisation
- Bob Woodward, War
- Philip Zelikow, The Road Less Traveled
My Contact Information:
- email: kcjohnson9@gmail.com
- cell: 207-329-8456
Schedule:
August 26: Organization & Intro
September 2: Origins of U.S. Foreign Policy
U.S. Constitution & ratifying debates–foreign policy matters
Ronald Johnson, Diplomacy in Black and White
September 9: Civil War
Don Doyle., The Cause of All Nations [Joey]
supplementary reading: Robert May, Manifest Destiny’s Underworld [Emily]
September 16: Growth of U.S. Power
- Kristin Hoganson, A Consumers’ Imperium [Waverly]
Supplementary Reading: Walter LaFeber, The New Empire [Joey]
Sept. 23 No class (per college schedule)
September 30: Wilsonianism and World War I:
- Philip Zelikow, The Road Less Traveled [Johnny]
Supplementary Reading: Erez Manela, The Wilsonian Moment [Leonard]
October 7: Interwar Imperialism []
- Hans Schmidt, The United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934
Supplementary Reading: Emily Rosenberg, Financial Missionaries to the World [Celeste]
October 14: No class (per college schedule)
October 21: Onset of War []
- Waldo Heinrichs, Threshold of War [Adia]
Supplementary Reading: Ernest May, Strange Victory [Evan]
October 28: Containment []
- John Lewis Gaddis, George F. Kennan: An American Life [Jaclyn]
Supplementary Reading: Thomas Alan Schwartz, America’s Germany: [Adia]
November 4: Domestic & International Affairs
Mary Dudziak, Cold War & Civil Rights [Emily]
supplementary reading:
David Johnson, The Lavender Scare [Waverly]
November 11: Vietnam []
Fredrik Logevall, Embers of War [Evan]
Supplementary Reading: (Thomas Alan Schwartz, Lyndon Johnson and Europe): [Johnny]
November 18: Third World Adventurism []
- Piero Gleijeses, Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976 [Celeste]
Supplementary Reading:
(James Baker, The Politics of Diplomacy): Kerry
Nov. 25: The Cold War Ends
- James Wilson, A Triumph of Improvisation [Leonard]
Supplementary Reading: (Lawrence Wright, The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11) [Jaclyn]
December 2: Modern Diplomacy []
Bob Woodward, War [Kerry]
supplementary reading: Richard Haass, A World in Disarray
December 9: Review
KC Johnson 