Modern American Cultural Diplomacy: "A Diplomacy of Peoples"

Course Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Arts in Diplomacy and Military Studies program, Master of Arts in Diplomacy and Global Security program, Master of Arts in Sustainability program, or Graduate Certificate in National Security & Strategic Studies program. Restricted to Graduate students.

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.

Credit: 3