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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

AS 4282 - America in War and Peace: 1898 to 2001

Credits: 4
How does the American experience of war across the 20th century help us to comprehend the events of 9/11 and War on Terror in the 21st century? How has war affected our lives, the economy, politics and culture? Why did the United States become a world power in our war with Spain at the beginning of the 20th century? How has war shaped our nation at home and abroad ever since? We will discuss the political, economic, and cultural impact of American involvement in the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Cold War, the Korean War, Vietnam War and the Gulf War.

Prerequisites
AS 2112 , AS 2122 , or permission of instructor, EMS

When Offered:
Occasionally.