Political Science
POLI-422 CHAPTERS 3 & 4-Spring 2023
1. READ CHAPTERS 3 &4: AFTER THE MISSILE CRISIS AND THE VIETNAM WAR: REALISM AND IDEALISM IN FOREIGN POLICY & THE RETURN AND END OF THE COLD WAR: THE REAGAN AND BUSH ADMINISTRATIONS
2. After reading, complete the corresponding essay assignment.
QUESTIONS
1. Discuss the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 constituted an existential threat to the United States and the Global Community.
2. What lessons emerged in U.S.-Soviet Relations from the Cuban Missile Crisis?
3. Discuss the “realist” approach to foreign policy under the President Richard Nixon administration.
4. Discuss the “Idealist” approach to Foreign Policy under the Jimmy Carter Administration.