Government 213 - COLQ: THE BUSH YEARS
Spring
2014
01
4.00
Marc Lendler
TTh 03:00-04:50
Smith College
40458-S14
SEELYE 306
mlendler@smith.edu
This course will look at the eight years of the Bush presidency, including his election, domestic issues such as tax cuts, response to 9/11, the lead up to and conduct of the war in Iraq, the controversies around the "unitary presidency," the response to Hurricane Katrina, and the financial destabilization of 2008. The purpose will be to bring perspective to those years. Enrollment limited to 20. Prerequisite is at least one other course in American Government.
Instructor Permission.