HST 430/530
Spring
2004 Class
Room: AD336
Time:
MWF
Instructor:
Office: 315 AD
Office Hour:
MWF
Office Phone: 885-7166,
or 885-6253
Email: pzhu@uidaho.edu
Website: www.uidaho.edu/~pzhu
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is
designed to study the tradition, trends, characters, and problems of American
foreign policy in the twentieth century.
While a profound knowledge of
TEXTBOOKS
1)
1897, Scholarly Resources, Inc.,
2)
It Changed the World, Routledge,
2002
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
1. Three examinations 110 points each
2. One
term paper 120
3. Attendance & participation 50
**Examinations consist of short essays and identifications and they are not cumulative. A make-up exam cannot be granted without a legitimate reason.
**Term
Papers is a Bibliographical Essay. Students will choose THREE
articles on one issue/event regarding
--compare different views of the authors over the same issue from the three articles;
--compare how authors use different sources but come up with similar argument, or use the same sources and come up with different conclusions;
--analyze
the validity the arguments in all three articles; support or attack one view or
the other.
--Academic Journals DO
NOT include popular magazines such as Time, Newsweek, Sports
Illustrated, or any of such kind.
Articles from internet are NOT acceptable. Academic
Journals publish research essays written with academic opinions and
discussions using scholarly sources and theories. If you are not sure of certain journals,
please check with me before using them.
The University Library reference desk staff can help you in search of the
academic journals. I will also place a
book entitled Major Problems in American Foreign Relations,
--The Term Paper is expected to be 5-7 pages in length, double-spaced, and typed in 12 font. No late papers will be accepted without a legitimate reason. The paper must use the following format, having a title, giving proper information of the three articles and the journals that publish them, and providing citations with page numbers properly listed:
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Title
of the Essay
Rosemary Smith, “Reinterpreting the Vietnam War,” Journal of Military History, No. 2,
Vol. 23 (Spring 1989): 145-169.
Robert Hays, “Did The U.S. Lose the War?” Journal of American History, No. 3, Vol.
44 (Fall
1999): 231-255.
The
text…… “
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**Attendance is students’ responsibility. Please be aware of that you do lose points by missing too many classes. In case of emergency or other problems out of your control, I would appreciate you let me know about your situation either in advance or afterward.
GRADUATE STUDENTS should meet with the instructor for special arrangement for additional work for graduate credits.
GRADING SCALE
A=500-450 B=449-400 C=399-350 D=349-300 F=299
and below
This instructor requires the entire class to follow the
Week
1, Jan. 14-16, Class begins on
Wed.
Introduction to the Course
Imperialism
Week
2, Jan. 21-23, No Class on
Monday, National
Turning Point
Empire building
Spanish-American War
Week
3, Jan. 26-28 (No Class on
Friday)
Extending the American Empire
The Open Door Policy
Roosevelt Corollary
Week
4, Feb. 2-6
Wilsonism and the Great War
The Russian Revolution
The League of Nations
Post WWI settlement
Week
5, Feb. 9-13
Isolationism vs. Internationalism
Interwar diplomacy
The world of the 1930s
Week
6, Feb. 18-20, No Class on
Monday, Presidents’ Day
Challenge to Democracy
& U.S. Responses
The rise of Axis Powers
FDR & policy of neutrality
Week 7, Feb. 23-27
Japanese militarism
Pearl Harbor
**1st Exam on Monday
Week
8, Mar. 1-5
The Origins of the Cold
War, I
Home front
Wartime diplomacy
Atomic bombs
Week
9 Mar. 8-12
The Origins of the Cold
War, II
A world divided
Theories & schools
of thought
Week
10, Mar. 15-19, SPRING RECESS, NO
CLASS
Week
11, Mar. 22-26
The Origins of the Cold War, III
The Korean War
Week
12, Mar. 29-Apr. 2
The
Heat of the Cold War
Eisenhower
diplomacy
Cuban Missile Crisis
Week
13, Apr. 5-9
The Vietnam War & the debates
**2nd Exam on Monday
Week
14, Apr. 12-16
Detente and the lessons
of the Cold War
Week
15, Apr. 19-23
Revival of a Superpower
Soviets & Afghanistan
Reagan’s era
**Bibliographical
Essay due on Monday
Week
16, Apr. 26-30
The
New Problems
The Middle Eastern crisis
Week
17, May 3-7
International Terrorism
Patterns & traditions
US policies & strategies
New challenges
**3rd
Exam on Friday
**The
above course schedule is subject to changes by the instructor.