LEAD 373
The United Stated, Revolution, and the Postcolonial World Spring 2010
Division II
Cross-listed HIST 473
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The United States is a country born of revolution and steeped in anti-colonialism. Nevertheless, by the second half of the twentieth century, the U.S. government found itself allied with European imperial powers and battling emerging revolutionary movements around the developing world. This course will examine this transition and consider the nature and long-term implications of the U.S. response to revolution in the postcolonial world. We will look at a number of revolutionary movements in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa with a focus on the 1960s and 1970s. Case studies will include the Cuban, Vietnamese, Palestinian, Angolan, and Iranian Revolutions. Students will write an original 20- to 25-page research paper, based on primary sources, on a topic to be chosen in consultation with the instructor.