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Sunday, April 4, 2010

History of the International System - Course Reader


I downloaded this course from Stanford at iTunes U! Cool!
The prof is James Sheenan
This is quoted directly off of the included "Outline" :DDD

Readings: (to be purchased)
W.Keylor, The Twentieth-Century World: An International History
E.H.Carr, The Twenty-Years Crisis
Jonathan Spence, Mao Zedong
S.Kotkin, Armageddon Averted
The U.S.Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual
Course Reader

Lecture and Discussion Schedule:

WEEK ONE: THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM, c.1900
Tuesday Jan. 8 Introduction
Wednesday Jan. 9 The Formation of a Global Society
Thursday Jan. 10 Transformation of the European System
Discussion #1 Course Reader, #1 The Problem of
Sovereignty
Keylor, pp. 1-36 (pages may vary
according to which edition you are using)

WEEK TWO: WAR AND PEACE, 1914-1919
Tuesday Jan. 15 The First World War
Wednesday Jan. 16 Peacemaking
Thursday Jan. 17 Search for Order: Europe
Discussion #2 Course Reader, #2 Peacemaking
Keylor, pp. 39-83

WEEK THREE: TWENTY YEARS TRUCE
Tuesday Jan. 22 The Search for Order: The Middle East
Wednesday Jan. 23 The Search for Order: Asia
Thursday Jan. 24 Collapse of the Postwar Order
Discussion #3 Carr, Twenty-Years Crisis
Keylor, pp. 84-156; 201-11

WEEK FOUR: TOWARDS TOTAL WAR
Tuesday Jan. 29 The Second World War
Wednesday Jan. 30 Foundations of the Postwar World
Thursday Jan. 31 Origins of the Cold War
Discussion #4 Course Reader, #3 Making the
Postwar World
Keylor, pp. 157-78; 211-230

WEEK FIVE: THE COLD WAR
Tuesday Feb. 5 Nuclear Strategy and Statecraft
Wednesday Feb. 6 After Empire: The Middle East
Thursday Feb. 7 After Empire: Africa
Discussion #5 Course Reader, #4 The Problem of
Palestine
Keylor, pp. 233-315

WEEK SIX: A BIPOLAR WORLD
Tuesday Feb. 12 MIDTERM
Wednesday Feb. 13 After Empire: Asia (1)
Thursday Feb. 14 After Empire: Asia (2)
Discussion #6 Spence, Mao Zedong
Keylor, pp. 315-51; 376-404

WEEK SEVEN: CRISIS AND COLLAPSE OF THE POSTWAR ORDER
Tuesday Feb. 19 “The Third World”
Wednesday Feb. 20 Superpower Coexistence and Competition
Thursday Feb. 21 The End of the Cold War
Discussion #7 Kotkin, Armageddon Averted
Keylor, pp. 405-422; 382-97

WEEK EIGHT: THE POST-COLD WAR WORLD
Tuesday Feb. 26 A New World Order
Wednesday Feb. 27 The Last Superpower
Thursday Feb. 28 From “The War on Terror” to the War in
Iraq
Discussion #8 U.S.Army/Marine Corps Manual, xiiixliii,
Chapters 1-3
Keylor, pp. 468-89

WEEK NINE: THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Tuesday March 4 The Future of Sovereignty: Failed States
Wednesday March 5 The Future of Sovereignty: Contested
Spaces
Thursday March 6 The Future of Sovereignty: The European
Model
Discussion #9 Course Reader, #5 The Varieties of
Sovereignty
Keylor, pp. 423-67

WEEK TEN: CONCLUSION
Tuesday March 11 The International System in 2008
Wednesday March 12 Conclusion

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