MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE
History 3080/5080
Fall, 2006
The American Century Mr. Bowling
Requirements:
1. Attendance.
2. Participation.
3. Readings.
4. Successful completion of two examinations.
5. A critical paper, c. 15 pp. (c. 25 pp. for graduate students), a
complete, typewritten draft of which is due Nov.6th.
Readings:
Thomas Schoonover, Uncle Sam's War of 1898 & the Origins of
Globalization (Lexington, 2003).
Peter Conn, Pearl S. Buck; A Cultural Biography (Cambridge, 1996).
J. Robert Moskin, Mr. Truman's War; The Final Victories of World
War II & the Birth of the Postwar World (New York, 1998).
Benjamin Weiser, A Secret Life; The Polish Colonel, His Covert
Mission & the Price He Paid to Save His Country (New York,
2004).
Alan L. Heil, Jr., Voice of America; A History (New York, 2003).
Peter L. Hahn, Caught in the Middle East; U.S. Policy toward the
Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1945-1961 (Chapel Hill, 2004).
Robert D. Schulzinger, A Time for War; The United States &
Vietnam, 1941-1975 (New York, 1999).
Chae-Jin Lee, A Troubled Peace; U.S. Policy & the Two Koreas
(Baltimore, 2006).
Jennifer L. McCoy & David J. Myers, The Unraveling of
Representative Democracy in Venezuela (Baltimore, 2004).
Stefan Halper & Jonathan Clarke, America Alone; The
Neo-Conservatives & the Global Order (Cambridge, 2005).
Tamar Jacoby, eds., Reinventing the Melting Pot; The New
Immigrants & What It Means to Be American (Baltimore,
2004).
Schedule:
Aug. 28 Introduction: Henry Luce's Formulation
Sept. 4 L A B O R D A Y
Sept. 11 The United States Looking Outward
Reading: Schoonover
Sept. 18 The Missionary Impulse
Reading: Conn
Sept. 25 1945: Year of Decisions
Reading: Moskin
Oct. 2 Cold War Espionage: A Case Study
Reading: Weiser
Oct. 9 C O L U M B U S D A Y
Oct. 10 The Original Air America
Reading: Heil
Oct. 16 M I D T E R M E X A M I N A T I O N
Oct. 23 America Enters the Middle East
Reading: Hahn
Oct. 30 The Vietnam Story
Reading: Schulzinger
Nov. 6 The Continuing Korean Story
Reading: Lee
Complete, typewritten drafts of papers are due.
Nov. 13 What Happened in Venezuela?
Reading: McCoy & Myers
Nov. 20 Neoconservatism Abroad
Reading: Halper & Clarke
Nov. 27 Who are the Americans Now?
Reading: Jacoby
Dec. 4 Conclusion: Will the 21st Century be American?
Dec. 11 F I N A L E X A M I N A T I O N