GMA 305 - u. s. National Security Policy

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California Maritime Academy

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Description:

CLASS HOURS: 3; CREDIT: 3 Prerequisites: HIS 200, GMA 100 This course examines the manner in which U.S. national security policy is made and analyzes the implications of this policy-making process. The goal of the course is to encourage students to think critically about the choices available to political and military leaders and why, in the face of alternatives, a particular course of action or policy is selected. To this end, we begin by focusing in Part I on the goals and inputs of U.S. national security policy, in a historical framework, in order to understand how international, domestic, and individual constraints affect the policy process and, consequently, policy outcome. In the second half of the course we will apply this framework of analysis to several recent and current security issues faced by the United States, including the following: a) the challenges of global terrorism; b) recent U.S. military interventions, including the use of U.S. troops for humanitarian and peacekeeping missions; and c) future security threats faced by the United States: specifically, those presented by rogue states.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.csum.edu

Phone Number:

(707) 654-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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