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Oct 31, 2024
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HIST128 PO - United States Empire: 1890 to the presentWhen Offered: Last offered fall 2016.
Instructor(s): V. Silverman
Credit: 1
Has the United States created an “empire for liberty” as Thomas Jefferson hoped? This course provides ways to answer this question by exploring the U.S.’ dramatic leap to preeminence and the nature of its global order. It introduces students to competing interpretations of momentous events in U.S. foreign relations since the closing of the western frontier including: wars fought around the world, covert operations to control foreign governments, efforts to organize the world economy, and the spread of U.S. political and cultural power.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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