CGS SS 202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Classical Liberalism, Totalitarianism, Cuban Missile Crisis
6 Apr 2016
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Midterm study questions: views of the united states as an exceptional nation have permeated american history from its earliest days. Define american exceptionalism and explain how the vindicationist tendency of u. s. foreign policy derives from it, giving examples from our study of the post- Believed u. s. exceptional/superior b/c had first modern democracy: had individual liberties and many ethnicities, not only different, but better. Vindicationists (u. s. must spread and defend democracy) vs. exemplorists (have isolation and detachment from world: led them to becoming world police. Examples: cold war berlin airlift/war, korean wars, and vietnam war. In the 1940s, the united states affirmed its allegiance to the united nations charter, detonated two nuclear weapons in japan, and created the nato military alliance. Discuss the principles and commitments underlying each of these decisions and the contradictions among them, giving examples from course readings.
