PS 331 - Political Responses to Crisis

(3.00 cr.)

Explores the reactions of the executive branch to unanticipated domestic and international events. Students examine both the institutional mechanisms and the political imperatives generated in cases such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, the onset of the First World War, and 9/11. Is the "energy in the executive" touted by Hamilton up to the challenges of the twenty-first century?

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