MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE

History 3094/5094                                                                 Fall, 2006

International Relations Since 1945                                       Mr. Bowling
    

 

Readings:

	Stephen S. Schlesinger, Act of Creation; The       Founding of the United Nations (New    York, 2003).
	Christopher Koch, The Year of Living Dangerously      (New York, 1983).
	Adeed Dawisha, Arab Nationalism in the 20th    Century; From Triumph to Despair (Princeton,    2002).
	Charles D. Brockett, Political Movements &    Violence in Central America (Cambridge, 2005).
	Michael Oren, Six Days of War; June 1967 & the    Making of the Modern Middle East (New York,    2002).
	John Matlock, Reagan & Gorbachev; How the Cold    War Ended (New York, 2004).
	Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., & Bruce Mazlish, eds.,     Leviathans; Multinational Corporations & the    New Global History (Cambridge, 2005).
	Yasheng Huang, Selling China; Foreign Direct    Investment During the Reform Era (Cambridge,    2005).
	Karl Maier, This House Has Fallen; Nigeria in    Crisis (New York, 2002).
	Craig Parsons, A Certain Idea of Europe (Ithaca,    2003).
	Paul Blustein, And the Money Kept Rolling In (And    Out); Wall Street, the IMF, & the Bankrupting of    Argentina (New York, 2005).
	Steven Rosefields, Russia in the 21st Century; The    Prodigal Superpower (Cambridge, 2004).

Requirements:  

    1.  Attendance.

    2.  Readings.

    3.  Participation.

    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 on Nov. 8th.

 

Schedule:

Aug. 30        Introduction:  1945, Year Zero

Sept. 6         How the United Nations was Born

                        Reading:  Schlesinger

Sept. 13        The Cold War in Indonesia: A Case Study

                        Reading:  Koch

Sept. 20        The "Arab Nation" & Its Mindset

                        Reading:  Dawisha

Sept. 27        The Struggle over Central America

                        Reading:  Brockett

Oct. 4            The Six-Day War & the World it Made

                        Reading:  Oren

Oct. 11         How the Cold War was Won

                        Reading:  Matlock

Oct. 18        M I D T E R M   E X A M I N A T I O N

Oct. 25        The Continuing Rise of International Business

                        Reading:  Chandler & Mazlish

Nov. 1         Doing Business in the New China

                        Reading:  Huang

Nov. 8         What Happened in Nigeria?

                        Reading:  Maier

                            Complete, typewritten draft of paper is due today.

Nov. 15        The Struggle over the European Idea

                        Reading:  Parsons

Nov. 22        T H A N K S G I V I N G

Nov. 29        Debt Problems: A Case Study

                        Reading:  Blustein

Dec. 6           Russia Faces the 21st Century

                        Reading:  Rosenfields

Dec. 13        F I N A L   E X A M I N A T I O N

 

 

   

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