HIST 1951

HIST 1951

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To what extent does the ideal of the US as a vanguard for democracy and freedom in the world match up with other aspects—military, economic, and humanitarian—of US foreign policy? This same question about the degree to which discourses and practices correspond might be asked of other countries, like the Soviet Union, China, and Britain, but this course examines the ways in which US foreign policy has been deployed over the course of the twentieth century and the ways those policies have been perceived and received by people living in Latin America and Southeast Asia. Particular case studies will be addressed stemming from the faculty's specializations (for example, Vietnam, Cambodia, Guatemala, and Chile) and the emphasis is on the role of the United States in Latin America and Southeast Asia. Prominent themes will include forms of subversion, from military muscle to economic coercion, and how and why they have changed over time; meanings of liberty, democracy, freedom, and sovereignty in different places and times; popular responses to policies and actions of foreign administrations; the relationships between sovereign states and transnational corporations; the uses and abuses of History in the formulation and justification of policy initiatives and in local responses to them; and the complexities involved in discerning internal and external forces in an increasingly transnational world.

When Offered Spring.

Breadth Requirement (GB)
Distribution Category (HA-AS, HST-AS)
Course Subfield (HTR)
Course Attribute (EC-SEAP)

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: AMST 1951LATA 1951

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17606 HIST 1951   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18051 HIST 1951   DIS 201

    • R Uris Hall 312
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18052 HIST 1951   DIS 202

    • F McGraw Hall 366
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20305 HIST 1951   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20306 HIST 1951   DIS 204

    • F Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person