The Fortunes of War: Presidential Authority During the Civil War and Reconstruction
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Professor Charles Postel reviews the life of Thomas Paine.
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Professor Christopher Flannery examines the prominence of the Declaration of Independence in U.S. history and present life, the context in which it was written, and the intentions of its drafters. He includes readings from historical documents.
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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Professor John Moser examines the foreign policy of Franklin D. Roosevelt, comparing and contrasting it to the policies of Woodrow Wilson.
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Professor John Moser examines Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward's establishment of the power of the federal government over that of the state governments and the implications this had for foreign policy. Moser considers the Civil War as the possible origin of U.S. nationalism.
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Professor Jeremi Suri details the life and foreign policy views of John Quincy Adams, examining how Adams merged popular nationalism with international realism.
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Professors Sidney Milkis and Marc Landy discuss whether presidential greatness, as held in the public memory of past "great" presidents, is achievable in the present day.
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Professors Sidney Milkis and Marc Landy look at the memory of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency and how the presidents that followed him—Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan—failed to establish similar legacies.
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