American Foreign Policy: Theory and Method
17.428 · Political Science · Graduate · Fall 2004
Prof. Stephen Van Evera
<p>This course examines the causes and consequences of American foreign policy since 1898. Course readings cover both substantive and methods topics. Four substantive topics are covered:</p> <ol> <li>major theories of American foreign policy;</li> <li>major episodes in the history of American foreign policy and historical/interpretive controversies about them;</li> <li>the evaluation of major past American foreign policies–were their results good or bad? and</li> <li>current policy controversie…
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