HIST 211
Understanding 9/11 and the War in Iraq
Last Offered Spring 2020
Division II Difference, Power, and Equity
Cross-listed ARAB 211
This course is not offered in the current catalog

Class Details

What were some of the causes of 9/11/2001 and what were some of the consequences? Why and how did the United States invade Iraq in 2003 and what impact did the subsequent occupation of that country have on the rest of the Middle East? In this course on recent political and cultural international history, that will also consider this history in film and popular culture, the monumental ramifications of the “War on Terror” will be considered and how this framework has shaped the 21st century. In the first part of the course, US-Middle Eastern relations will be explored and the eventual emergence of al-Qaeda in the late 1990s. Then the terrorist attacks on American soil on 9/11 will be studied and the ensuing wars on Afghanistan and Iraq. Particular attention will be on the prelude to the Iraq War, especially how that war was justified and rationalized, and the eventual occupation of Iraq. The myriad Iraqi responses will be studied along with American military experience. Finally, the course will evaluate the significance of the first decade of the 21st century and how these events continue to reverberate today.
The Class: Format: lecture
Limit: 40
Expected: 25
Class#: 3226
Grading: yes pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: short online writings and papers and a final project
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: History and Arabic Studies majors
Distributions: Division II Difference, Power, and Equity
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
HIST 211 Division II ARAB 211 Division II
DPE Notes: This course will consider power and difference in a number of ways. First, it will evaluate how the US government used its political power to convince the public to support a military operation under questionable premises. Second, it will critically assess the "War on Terror" and who has benefited from it. Third, it will examine how the American military occupied Iraq and the ways in which Iraqis tried to resist the American designs on their country.
Attributes: HIST Group E Electives - Middle East
HIST Group G Electives - Global History

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