AMST 420—SPRING 2006
Colin S. Cavell, Ph.D. Course Room No.: S17-229
Office Hours: By appointment Office No.: S17-263
VOICE: 17438775 (W) 17729091 (H)
A
historical survey of
Grading
Policy: 20% for Attendance*; 20% for the Class
Presentation; 20% for the Midterm Exam; 20% for the Research Paper; and 20% for
the Final Exam. A Guidelines sheet will be distributed outlining the
requirements for your Class Presentation and for your Research Paper.
Grading
Scale: 93-100=A; 90-92=A-; 88-89=B+; 83-87=B;
80-82=B-; 78-79=C+; 73-77=C; 70-72=C-; 68-69=D+; 63-67=D; 60-62=D-; 0-59=F
Attendance
Policy*: Attendance in class is mandatory. It is the student’s responsibility to sign
the attendance sheet each day of class; failure to sign the attendance
sheet—even if in attendance—will be counted as an absence. If your unexcused absences exceed 25% of the
total number of lectures of the course in this semester, you will be
automatically withdrawn from the course and be given a grade of (WF) which will
be counted towards your GPA. As well,
you are expected to follow the syllabus and accordingly be prepared for each
day's class. This means that you must
read the pre-assigned readings before class so that you will be prepared to
discuss and debate in class the subject matter scheduled for that day and
answer questions related to the issues being covered. NOTE:
TURN OFF all cell phones during class.
* Absence from class may be made up by preparing a two-page, typed (i.e. using maximum 12 point font size and maximum
double-spaced text with one-inch margin on all sides), summary on the missed material scheduled to be covered the
day(s) of your absence. The summary must
be in your own words and must not be copied material from the text(s), the
internet, or any other source(s). Times
New Roman font is strongly recommended; however, if you use an alternative
style, make sure your font does not resemble italic or bold text. Also, Comic Sans MS font is not allowed.
Required Texts:
Ambrose, Stephen and Douglas
Brinkley. 1997. Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy
Since 1938.
Cavell, Colin S. 2002. Exporting
‘Made-In-America’ Democracy: The
National Endowment for Democracy & U.S. Foreign Policy.
Feb. 19: Introduction to
Feb. 21: The Twisting Path to War
Feb. 26: The War in
Feb. 28: The War in
Mar. 5: The Beginnings of the Cold War
Mar. 7: The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
Mar. 10-12:
Mar. 14: Containment Tested
Mar. 19:
Mar. 21: Eisenhower, Dulles, and the Irreconcilable
Conflict
Mar. 26: From
Mar. 28: ASC Symposium: “Diverse Voices in American Literature”
Class Will Attend Symposium
Apr. 2: Kennedy and the New Frontiers
Apr. 4:
Apr. 9: Nixon, Détente, and the Debacle in
Apr. 10: Prophet’s
Birthday [
Apr. 11: Midterm Exam
Apr. 15-19: Mid-semester break [No classes]
Apr. 23:
Apr. 25: Carter and Human Rights
Apr. 30: Reagan and the Evil Empire
May 2: The End of the Cold War
May 1: International
Labor Day [
May 7: Bush and the Gulf War
May 9:
May 14: Exporting ‘Made-In-America’ Democracy
May 16: Democracy and Hegemony
May 21: From
May 23: Past
May 28: Origin, Structure, & Grantfunding Practices
of the NED
May 30: Capitalism, Hegemony, and Democracy [Last
Day for In-Class Presentations]
June 4: Last day of class; Review
June 17: Final Exam
June 22: Last day for
submitting grades