History 262 - Latin Amer and US

Fall
2020
01
4.00
Kent Lohse
MW 12:30PM-01:50PM
Amherst College
HIST-262-01-2021F
ONLI ONLI
klohse@amherst.edu
HIST-262-01,LLAS-262-01

(Offered as HIST 262 [LA/TE] and LLAS 262) In this course, students will gain an understanding of major events and themes in the history of United States foreign policy toward Latin America from colonial times to the present.  As important, they will think and write critically about the contentious history of U.S.-Latin American relations.  Just a few of the many topics to be addressed are the Monroe Doctrine, the U.S. invasion of Mexico, the construction of the Panama Canal, the Bay of Pigs fiasco, and the Iran-Contra Scandal.

Fall Semester. Enrollment limited to 18 students. Visiting Assistant Professor Lohse.

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.