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How We Get Into Wars
List of Weekly Topics
For each class session, there is a listing of archetype,
individual, and topic. Although listed third, the topic is the most important
column, as it will be the focus of the class discussion for that session. The
archetype, and a specific example thereof, are mentioned to give us some concrete examples
of individuals and stereotypes. The archetype is, in this context, like a stock
character in the foreign-relations play. The individual is a particular example of
the archetype but who, like any actual individual in the real world, differs in some
important ways from the caricature of personality represented by the archetype. I
include the archetypes and individuals along with the topics because the topics are so
broad that it is wise in examining them to think also about the roles of individuals.
| Date |
Archetype |
Individual(s) |
Topic |
| August 26th |
The Prussian General(s) |
The von Moltkes |
The Wars of Middle Europe, 1870-1999 |
| September 2nd |
The Imperial Cousins |
Kaiser Wilhelm and Tsar Nicholas |
The Beginning of World War I in Europe |
| September 9th |
The Minister's Son |
Woodrow Wilson |
The US and World War I |
| September 16th |
The Emperor |
Haile Selassie |
The League of Nations |
| September 23rd |
The Tiger |
Georges Clemenceau |
The Versailles Treaty |
| September 30th |
The Devil |
Adolf Hitler |
German Expansionism, 1933-1939 |
| October 7th |
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NO CLASS |
| October 14th |
The Admiral |
Jacky Fisher |
Navies in the World Wars |
| October 21st |
The Patrician |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
US Foreign Policy from Harding to FDR |
| October 28th |
The Bulldog |
Winston Churchill |
US Neutrality in World War II |
| November 4th |
The Partisan |
Josep Tito |
The History of Yugoslavia |
| November 11th |
The Wall Street Lawyer |
Cyrus Vance |
Bosnia |
| November 18th |
Politicians with Law Degrees |
Bill Clinton and Slobdan Milosevic |
Kosovo |
| December 2nd |
The Judges? |
Robert Jackson and Gabrielle McDonald |
War Crimes |
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