One 2500 word essay [Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4]

The module starts in the Second World War and focuses on US foreign policy since the end of the 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.

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.

Ambrose, S. E. & Brinkley D.G. [2011]: Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938, ninth revised ed. Penguin
Cox, M. & Stokes, D. (eds) [2012]: US Foreign Policy, second ed. OUP
Jentleson, B. W. [2014]: American Foreign Policy, fifth ed. WW. Norton & Co

1. UNDERSTAND THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE USA SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
[Knowledge & Understanding]

2. APPRECIATE CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES IN THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE USA.
[Learning]

3. ANALYSE DEVELOPMENTS AND EVENTS IN THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE USA MAKING USE OF A RANGE OF SOURCES.
[Analysis]

4. DEMONSTRATE COMPETENCE IN APPLYING AND EXPRESSING UNDERSTANDING OF MODULE THEMES TO COMMENT ON ISSUES.
[Application]