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Course Description: Illuminate and relate activist events & trends in US foreign policy that impacted world history from World War II thru the Cold War (either good or bad). Some events are well-known (Cuban Missile Crisis), while others are footnotes in history and public awareness (Sinking of the Reuben James). These significant events demonstrate US activist foreign policy and the belief America could & should be a dominant player on the world stage. Notions of Pax Americana will be explored, along with US political personalities that drove this agenda. Lessons Sinking of the Reuben James Operation BLACKLIST The formation of NATO Cuban Missile Crisis Vietnam, the almost-resignation of the JCS Nuclear Weapons, Fail Safe & Dr. Strangelove

Course Instructor: Mark Schwartz has a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and twenty-two years in US Air Force, Lt. Colonel as an aviator and war plans specialist/emergency actions. He taught at SaddleBrooke Institute for Learning in Retirement and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and taught courses at Utah State University Summer Citizen Program in 2019. He lectures at the Pima Air Museum, Friends of the SaddleBrooke Library, SaddleBrooke Great Decisions & SaddleBrooke Rotary. He has published papers on military and political topics. Has completed numerous professional military schools and thirty years’ experience in aerospace industry.
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