READING ASSIGNMENTS

Textbook:

Present Tense: The United States Since 1945 3rd Edition Michael Schaller, Robert Schulzinger Karen Anderson (New York: Houghton Mifflin: 2004)

Readings are to be done in advance of class, i.e read Ch. 1 on Dec.22 for Dec.23 class

Dec.22: Intro

Dec. 23: Ch.1 New Deal and World War:

Dec. 24-25: No Class

Dec. 26: Ch. 2 From Atomic War to Cold War; Ch. 3 America at Home, 1953-1960

Dec 29: Ch. 4 Generals and Presidents; Ch. 5 The Frontier at Home and Abroad, 1960-1963

Dec. 30: Ch. 6 The Dream of a Great Society

Dec. 31: Ch. 7 The Vietnam Nightmare

Jan. 1: No class

Jan. 2: Ch. 8 The Politics and Culture of Protest; Ch. 9 Illusion of Peace

Jan. 5: Midterm

Jan.6: Ch. 10 The Use and Abuse of Power

Jan. 7: Ch. 11 The Challenges of Change, 1974-1980

Jan 8: Ch. 12 Right Turn
Website review due

Jan. 9: Ch.13 From the New Cold War to the New World Order

Jan, 12: Ch.14 On the Edge, 1993 to the Present

Jan. 13: Final Exam