LECTURE AND READING SCHEDULE

 

THE U.S. AND THE MIDDLE EAST

(AMH 4930/ASH 4930)

 

 

Week 1:

 

1/8:     Introduction

            and  Interpreting the Modern Middle East (EH)

 

1/10:    Guest Lecture:  Nathan Connolly

            and  Interpreting U.S. Foreign Policy (KO)

            Little, pp. 1-8

 

Week 2:

 

1/15:    Palmerston’s Playground: Europe and Revolutions in the Middle East (EH)

Cleveland, pp. 103-118, 133-148

 

1/17:    No class meeting.  Students must attend required guest lecture on 1/18.       

 

*1/18:              Required Guest Lecture:

Douglas Little: “The United States and Iraq: Past and Future”

10:00-11:30am, Senate Chambers, Student Union

(seating limited, please arrive early!)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Optional Event:

                        The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East

                        Roundtable Discussion

                        12:00pm-1:30pm, Senate Chambers, Student Union

                       

Week 3:

 

1/22:   WWI and the Making of the Modern Middle East (EH)

Cleveland, pp. 149-170

 

 

1/24:   Mandate System and Palestinian Mandate (EH)
Cleveland, pp. 193-238, 239-272

 

Week 4:

 

1/29:   American Encounters with the Middle East: 1776-1917 (KO)
Little, pp. 9-33, 229-233

 

 

1/31:    Total War: Remaking of U.S. Relations with the Middle East (KO)

            Little, pp. 43-58

 

Week 5:

 

2/5:     Origins of the Cold War in the Middle East (KO)
Little, pp. 117-137

 

 

2/7:     Truman and the Arab-Israeli Conflict  (KO)
Little, pp. 77-87, 267-272

            ** Research Paper Proposal Due

 

Week 6:

 

2/12:   Mossadeq and Iranian Nationalism (EH)
Cleveland, pp. 175-192, 275-300 (Focus on Persian/Iranian experience)

 

2/14:   Nasser and Arab Nationalism (EH)
            Cleveland, pp. 301-344

 

Week 7:

 

* 2/19:            No class.  Students are required to see guest lecture at 3:30pm

 

* 2/19 Required Guest Lecture

Helen Thomas: The First Lady of the Press Speaks on Women, Washington, and the War

3:30-5:00 p.m., Kaye Auditorium

Tickets are required! Bring student ID to get FREE tickets at the Student Union box office.

 

2/21:   Eisenhower, Iran, and Israel (KO)

            Little, pp. 87-93, 272-276

 

Week 8:

 

2/26:   Will the Real Eisenhower Doctrine Please Stand Up? (KO)
Little, pp. 127-137, 157-192

 

2/28:   Midterm Exam

 

3/3-3/9:  Spring Break

 

Week 9:

 

3/11:   Shah’s White Revolution (EH)
Cleveland, pp. 275-300

 

 

3/13:   Arab-Israeli Wars: 1967 & 1973 (EH)
Cleveland, pp. 345-368

 

Week 10:

 

3/18:   Making the U.S.-Israeli “Alliance” (KO)

            Little, pp. 93-115, 137-146, 276-288

 

3/20:   Lebanese Civil War (EH)
Cleveland, pp. 373-396

 

 

Week 11:

 

3/25:   Iranian Revolution (EH)
Cleveland, pp. 423-450

 

 

3/27:   This Time the Wolf Is Here: The 1970s (KO)

            Little, pp. 58-75, 193-198, 215-227

           

Week 12:

 

4/1:     Secret War in Afghanistan (KO)

            Little, pp. 146-155

 

4/3:     Terrorism & Counterterrorism to the 1980s (KO)

            Little, pp. 33-42, 206-214

 

Week 13:

 

4/8:     Intifada and beginnings of Oslo (EH)
Cleveland, pp. 473-518; Little, 288-306

 

4/10:   Oslo II and beyond (EH)
Cleveland, pp. 499-518

           

Week 14:

 

4/15:   The U.S. and Iraq to 1990

            Little, 198-206, 245-266

 

4/17:  Confronting Al-Qaeda and Iraq at Century’s End (KO)
Little, 319-328; Cleveland, pp. 519-540

            ** Research Paper Due



Week 15:

 

4/22:  As Others See US (EH)

 

4/24:  Reading Day – No Class

 

Week 16:

 

5/1:     Final Exam, 7:45-10:15 a.m.