Document Type
Graduate Syllabus
Date
Fall 2011
School
Diplomacy
Course Number
DIPL 6196 AA
Course Description
Through a detailed investigation of a series of case studies, this course will examine past efforts of President’s of the United States to manage relations with “enemies” or adversaries. The course will examine the different strategies used by Presidents to enter conflict or engage in diplomacy (“talking with the enemy”) and explore the various theories connected with decision making. The course will cover case studies ranging from Roosevelt’s 1933 opening of relations with the USSR and the decision at Munich to “appease’ Hitler, the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb up to present day debates over US policy toward North Korea, Libya, Cuba, and whether the US should talk directly with Iran The course will also consider how the US might deal with groups in the new paradigm of non-state actors such as Taliban, Hamas, and Hezbollah.
Recommended Citation
Luers, William Ambassador, "DIPL 6196 AA Talking With The Enemy: An Investigation of US Efforts to Talk with the Enemy from 1933 to the Present" (2011). Diplomacy Syllabi. 663.
https://scholarship.shu.edu/diplomacy-syllabi/663
