Professor Jeremi Suri discusses Henry Kissinger's foreign policy of detente. He looks at the effect Kissinger's policies had on Cold War diplomacy and how they affected the Cold War and the world as a whole, and also discusses the writing of academic books and articles.
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Professor John Moser considers the foreign policy of the Truman administration. He examines the Truman Doctrine, the origins of the policy of containment, and the impact of this policy on future administrations.
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Professors John Moser and Jeremi Suri overview several schools of foreign policy: republicanism, nationalism, balance of power, and Wilsonianism. They also review what is meant by foreign policy in general.
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Professors Sidney Milkis and Marc Landy discuss the institution of the U.S. presidency, examining what popular memory and contemporary reactions to presidents hold as qualities of greatness.
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Dr. Charles Kesler traces the history of liberalism in the U.S., looking at its origins in progressivism and its opposition to conservatism.
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Professor Lucas E. Morel discusses the history of affirmative action in the U.S., looking at how it has changed from the early 1960s to the present day. He examines particularly the 2003 U.S. Supreme Court cases Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger, both on affirmative action.
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Dr. Carol Swain speaks about her own views on race relations and the development of race relations, particularly her view that a new "white nationalism" has replaced outright racism in the U.S. today.
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Dr. Raymond Wolters examines the life of W.E.B. Du Bois and his roles as both scholar and activist.
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Professor Jeffrey Sikkenga examines freedom of speech and continues on to examine the definition and development of the rights of individuals formally accused of crime. He focuses on the 1966 Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona and the 2000 case Dickerson v. U.S., which established and upheld the "Miranda rights"—that is, the reading of an individual's rights to silence and representation upon arrest.
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Professor David Forte looks at the U.S. Constitution and its interpretation, focusing on how Supreme Court Justices have interpreted it—and their own role in lawmaking—throughout U.S. history.
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