HNRS 178

Secret Coups, Imperial Wars, and American Democracy since World War II

Honors Collegium · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Study of U.S. involvement, both covert and overt, in expeditionary wars since World War II, including involvement in Vietnam, Korea, Cuba, Iran, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Chile, and implication of these actions for vitality of American democracy.

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