Course Map – POL455 Spring 2008
Click on the subject of each lecture for the notes for that day
| Week of |
Topics for the Week, Notes, Readings, Key Events |
| 1/14 |
No class Monday - school hasn't started yet
Introduction to the course and begin constitutional structure |
| 1/21 |
No Class Monday - MLK Day
The National Interest and Levels of Analysis: AFP in the study of international politics Papp, Ch 1 - 2 |
| 1/28 |
A History of AFP from the founding to the Cold War
Papp, Ch 3 - 5; Mead 1 - 3; Donaldson Ch 1 - 3 |
| 2/4 |
The Post Cold War AFP
Papp 6 - 7; Mead 4 - 6; Johnson Intro; Bennett Issue 1; Donaldson Ch 4 - 8 |
| 2/11 |
Saints and Sinners in AFP
Papp 8 - 11; Mead 8 - 9; Johnson 1 - 2; Donaldson Ch 9 |
| 2/18 |
International Economic Policy since WWII
Papp 13; Johnson 3 - 5 |
| 2/25 |
Globalization and the changing terms of AFP
Johnson 6 - Conclusion; Bennett Issues 15,16,17,19 |
| 3/3 |
9/11 and its aftermath
Papp 12, 14; Start Woodward (B@W) |
| 3/10 |
AFP after 9/11: A new set of rules?
Finish Woodward (B@W); Bennett Issue 2,20 |
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3/17 - 3/21 - No Class - Spring Break |
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| 3/24 |
Nation building and post-conflict: The American Experience
Papp 15; Bennett Issues 3,9,21 |
| 3/31 |
From War on Terror to War in Iraq
Start Woodward (SoD); Bennett Issue 4,13,14 |
| 4/7 |
Anatomy of a War: Why we won the war in Iraq and then lost the peace
Finish Woodward (SoD); Bennett Issues 5,6,12 |
| 4/14 |
A Post-Bush AFP I
Start Gordon and Podhoretz; Bennett Issues 7,8 |
| 4/21 |
A Post-Bush AFP II
Finish Gordon and Podhoretz; Bennett Issues 10,11 |
| 4/28 |
AFP 2025
Bennett 18 |
| 5/5 | Conclusions |