The United States in the XXth Century - 2nd semester
Code
711121051
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Ingleses e Norte-Americanos
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Teresa Botelho da Silva
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Subject matter
Bibliography
Ambrose, Stephen E. and Douglas Brinkeley, Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy since 1938 (9th revised edition) New York: Penguin, 2012
Chittick, William O., American Foreign Policy: A Framework for Analysis. Washington: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2006
Ferguson, Niall, Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire, (2nd ed.) New York: Penguin, 2009
Nye, Joseph, Presidential Leadership and the Ceation of the American Era. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013
Strong, Robert A., Decisions and Dilemas: Case Strudies in Presidential Foreign Policy since 1945. (2nd edition) New York: ME Sharpe, 2005
Zakaria, Fareed, The Post-American World.New York: W.W.Norton, 2008
Teaching method
Theoretical introductory exposition of the basic problematics of the syllabus, as contextualization of the primary sources under analysis, followed by student centered group discussions of those primary sources.
Evaluation method
Oral presentation of short research essay (40%).
Writing of written short essays in exam form (60%).