POST 131 PZ - U.S. Foreign Policy: The U.S. as a Global Power

This course focuses on U.S. foreign policy since World War II. This course will employ various decision making models such as the rational actor, bureaucratic politics, governmental politics, groupthink and imperialistic models to examine various cases including U.S. relations with Vietnam, Iran, Guatemala, Cuba, Chile, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Angola, Panama, Grenada, Afghanistan, and Iraq. In the process of exploring these cases we will trace the evolution of U.S. policy from Containment to Preventive War.

For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.

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