History/Political Science 452 provides an advanced examination of the international affairs of the United States, analyzing political, economic, strategic, and ideological factors. We will examine the country’s journey from a disorganized postcolonial assortment of thirteen semi-sovereign states on the global periphery in the late eighteenth century, to an emergent superpower in 1945. The course also examines the effects of U.S. foreign policy at home and abroad. It covers the position of the British North American colonies in the international system, the diplomacy of independence, free trade, continental expansion, the Civil War, imperialism, progressive internationalism, World War I, the diplomacy of the New Era and Great Depression, and U.S. entry into World War II.
- Teacher: Dustin Walcher