One 2000 word essay [Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4]

The module focuses on US foreign policy since the end of the Second World War. The main periods covered are the early Cold War, the late Cold War, the period after the collapse of Soviet and Eastern European communism, and the period from the attacks on the USA on 11 September 2001 to the present. The module pays close attention to the relationship between the USA and the UK. It also pays attention to US hegemony and its limits. Furthermore, it examines crisis management, with attention to the Cuban missile crisis. The aim of the module is to provide a clear introduction to US relationships with other countries and organisations.

The module incorporates three inter-dependent learning strategies. The lecture programme introduces themes, developments, events and relationships of US foreign policy. The seminars provide for follow up discussion and clarification of the themes, developments, events and relationships. Independent learning will be focused on directed reading and note-taking in preparation for lectures, seminars and the assessment.

Bruce W. Jentleson, American Foreign Policy third ed (WW. Norton and co inc, 2007)
Michael Cox and Doug Stokes (eds), US Foreign Policy (OUP, 2008)
Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley, Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938, eighth revised edition (Penguin, 1997)

Library, where you will find relevant books, journals, newspapers and periodicals.
Internet, where you will find relevant Web sites.
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.