Schedule of Sessions
August 28
Introduction
September 4
Class Reading: Hogan and Paterson
Reviews: Individual essays
Commentaries: Everyone
September 11
Class Reading: Gilbert
Reviews:
Bemis, Diplomacy of the American Revolution
Gould, Among the Powers of the Earth
Hendrickson, Peace Pact
Smith, Keeping the Republic
Commentaries:
Bemis, Diplomacy of the American Revolution
Gould, Among the Powers of the Earth
Hendrickson, Peace Pact
Smith, Keeping the Republic
September 18
Class Reading: Harper
Reviews:
Kaplan, Thomas Jefferson
Matthewson, A Proslavery Foreign Policy
Parker, Uncle Sam in Barbary
Rossignol, The Nationalist Ferment
Commentaries:
Kaplan, Thomas Jefferson
Matthewson, A Proslavery Foreign Policy
Parker, Richard, Uncle Sam in Barbary
Rossignol, The Nationalist Ferment
September 25
Class Reading: Sexton
Reviews:
Weeks, John Quincy Adams and Global Empire
Lewis, American Union and the Problem of Neighborhood
Cusick, The Other War of 1812
Stagg, The War of 1812
Commentaries:
Weeks, John Quincy Adams and Global Empire
Lewis, American Union and the Problem of Neighborhood
Cusick, The Other War of 1812
Stagg, , The War of 1812
October 2
Class Reading: Stephanson
Reviews:
Graebner, Empire on the Pacific
Greenberg, The Wicked War
Horsman, Race and Manifest Destiny
Hietala, Manifest Design
Commentaries:
Graebner, Empire on the Pacific
Greenberg, The Wicked War
Horsman, Race and Manifest Destiny
Hietala, Manifest Design
October 9
Class Reading: LaFeber
Reviews:
Hoganson, Fighting for American Manhood:
May, Imperial Democracy
Ninkovich, Global Dawn
Perez, War of 1898
Commentaries:
Hoganson, Fighting for American Manhood:
May, Imperial Democracy
Ninkovich, Global Dawn
Perez, War of 1898
October 16
Class Reading, Kramer
Reviews:
Hunt, Making of a Special Relationship
Henning, Outposts of Civilization
Neu, Uncertain Friendship
Young, The Rhetoric of Empire
Commentaries:
Hunt, Making of a Special Relationship
Henning, Outposts of Civilization
Neu, Uncertain Friendship
Young, The Rhetoric of Empire
October 23
Class Reading: Rosenberg
Reviews:
Colby, The Business of Empire
Nichols. Promise and Peril
Renda, Taking Haiti
Veeser, A World Safe for Capitalism
Commentaries:
Colby, Jason, The Business of Empire
Nichols. Promise and Peril
Renda, Taking Haiti
Veeser, A World Safe for Democracy
October 30
Class Reading: Manela
Reviews:
Ambrosius, Woodrow Wilson and the American Diplomatic Tradition
Kennedy, The Will to Believe
Knock, To End All Wars
Widenor, Henry Cabot Lodge and the Search for an American Foreign Policy
Commentaries:
Ambrosius, Woodrow Wilson and the American Diplomatic Tradition
Kennedy, The Will to Believe
Knock, To End All Wars
Widenor, Henry Cabot Lodge and the Search for an American Foreign Policy
November 6
Class Reading: Iriye
Reviews:
Dingman, Power in the Pacific
Hogan, Informal Entente
Johnson, The Peace Progressives and American Foreign Relations
Leffler, The Elucive Quest
Commentaries:
Dingman, Power in the Pacific
Hogan, Informal Entente
Johnson, The Peace Progressives and American Foreign Relations
Leffler, The Elucive Quest
November 13
Class Reading: Heinrichs
Reviews:
Doenecke, Storm on the Horizon
Kaiser, No End Save Victory
Thorne, Limits of Foreign Policy
Reynolds, The Creation of the Anglo-American Alliance
Commentaries:
Doenecke, Storm on the Horizon
Kaiser, No End Save Victory
Thorne, Limits of Foreign Policy
Reynolds, The Creation of the Anglo-American Alliance
November 20
Class Reading: Kimball
Reviews:
Borgwardt, A New Deal for the World
Costigliola, Roosevelt’s Lost Alliances
Dower, War Without Mercy
Louis, Imperialism at Bay
Commentaries:
Borgwardt, A New Deal for the World
Costigliola, Roosevelt’s Lost Alliances
Dower, War Without Mercy
Louis, Imperialism at Bay
December 4
Class Reading: Walker
Reviews:
Alperovitz, The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb
Hasegawa, Racing the Enemy
Miscamble, The Most Controversial Decision
Sherwin, A World Destroyed
Commentaries:
Alperovitz, The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb
Hasegawa, Racing the Enemy
Miscamble, The Most Controversial Decision
Sherwin, A World Destroyed