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L17: The War on Terror – P1 American Foreign Policy

L17: The War on Terror – P1 American Foreign Policy. Agenda Objective : To understand and evaluate the new foreign policy philosophy articulated by the Bush administration in the wake of 9/11. To compare this foreign policy philosophy to past foreign policy theories. Schedule : Brainstorm

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L17: The War on Terror – P1 American Foreign Policy

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  1. L17: The War on Terror – P1 American Foreign Policy • Agenda • Objective: • To understand and evaluate the new foreign policy philosophy articulated by the Bush administration in the wake of 9/11. • To compare this foreign policy philosophy to past foreign policy theories. • Schedule: • Brainstorm • Video: The War Behind Closed Doors • Discussion Homework: Read New York Times articles on drone warfare for L18 (Tan = Fri 5/31; Red = Wed 6/5; Blue = Tues 6/4) Unit Test & Homework Completion (Tan = Mon 6/3; Red = Mon 6/10; Blue = Thurs 6/6)

  2. Brainstorm! War on Terror • What do you know about the war on terror? • How did it start? Where is the US engaged? What is its strategy? Where do we stand today?

  3. War on Terror • Today we will look to understand the foreign policy philosophy undergirding the war on terrorism. • Our focus will not be on the events, but rather… • What was the foreign policy framework that the Bush administration applied in making their decision to declare war on Iraq following the 9/11 attacks? • How does this foreign policy come to define the war on terror? • What does this foreign policy framework mean for the United States’ place in the world today?

  4. War on Terror • Big Questions: • What was the foreign policy framework that the Bush administration applied in making their decision to declare war on Iraq following the 9/11 attacks? • How does this foreign policy come to define the war on terror? • What does this foreign policy framework mean for the United States’ place in the world today? • Smaller Questions: • What were the two foreign policy philosophies circulating in the Bush administration? • In his September 11 speech, President George Bush said, “We will not distinguish between the terrorists and those countries that harbored them.” What makes this so significant? • What are the foreign policy implications of Bush arguing that the 9/11 attacks were not an act of terror but an act of war? • What is the Bush Doctrine? • How is the Bush Doctrine the antithesis of the theory of containment? • How is the Bush Doctrine like the Truman Doctrine? • How is the war on terrorism like the Cold War? • How are the strategies used to fight these wars different? • How is America’s willingness to act alone militarily a departure from past U.S. foreign policy?

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