Modern American Cultural Diplomacy: "A Diplomacy of Peoples"

HIST

History

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Modern American Cultural Diplomacy: “A Diplomacy of Peoples”

This seminar explores the power and global influence of modern American cultural diplomacy. Students will study the diplomacy of private citizens and cross-cultural encounters to understand public perception and opinion as well as U.S. governmental projection of cultural power abroad. We will study the rise of U.S. nationalism/ internationalism, the growth of U.S. power in continental expansion and the Spanish-American War, interwar citizen activism, public opinion and World War II, post-war occupations and reconstructions, the rising influence of internationalism, the UN, and human rights, as well as the impact of the Cold War, developmentalism, third world revolutions, and rapid globalization.

MADM - Diplomacy and Military Studies, MASU - Sustainability, NSSS - Nat Security & Strateg Studies, MDGS - Diplomacy and Global Security

GR - Graduate

N - Course May Not Be Repeated