Course curriculum

    1. How to use this course

    2. Before we begin...

    1. Video: President George W. Bush on Bombing Iraq (SNL)

    2. Constitutional Authority of the President in Regards to Foreign Policy

    3. U.S Constitution: Article I, Section VIII

    4. U.S Constitution: Article II, Section II

    5. Federalist 74

    6. Federalist 75

    7. Interpreting the Constitution and the Founders

    1. President George Washington's Challenge

    2. President George Washington's Example

    3. Clarifying the "Advice and Consent" Clause

    4. France, Britain, and Divisions in Washington's Cabinet

    5. The Neutrality Proclamation and Presidential Power

    6. The Whiskey Rebellion (1794)

    7. Takeaways from the Whiskey Rebellion

    8. The Importance of the First President

    9. George Washington's Farewell Address [Excerpts]

    10. George Washington's Farewell Address [Full Text]

    11. Takeaways from Washington's Farewell

    1. Expanding the President's Authority

    2. World War II

    3. The Cold War

    4. The Korean War

    5. Truman Expands His Power

    6. Truman's Other Foreign Policy Precedents

    7. The Limits of Truman's Power

    8. Eisenhower's Foreign Policy

    9. Eisenhower's Farewell Address [Audio]

    10. Eisenhower's Farewell Address [Text]

    11. Eisenhower Defends the Executive

    1. The War in Vietnam

    2. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    3. Justifications for the War in Vietnam

    4. Richard Nixon and the Imperial Presidency

    5. Congress Attempts to Strike Back: The War Powers Act

    6. Did the War Power Act Rein in Presidential Power?

    7. Declining Presidential Power: The Ford Presidency

    8. Congress Tries to Restrain U.S Intelligence Agencies

    9. Video: Senator Frank Church (D-ID) Speaks on Potential Abuses by the US Intelligence Apparatus

    10. Jimmy Carter Diminishes the Imperial Presidency

    11. Jimmy Carter and Personal Diplomacy

    12. Carter's Failures

    1. Ronald Reagan the Restoration of Presidential Power

    2. Video: Reagan and the Restoration of Presidential Power

    3. Reagan's Acheivements

    4. Reasserting the Presidency's Foreign Policy Power

    5. Presidential Diplomacy

    6. The Washington Summit and the INF Treaty

    7. The Reagan Administration's Intervention in Nicaragua

    8. The Iran-Contra Affair

    9. The Fallout from the Iran-Contra Affair

    10. The New Imperial Presidency: George W. Bush

    11. The PATRIOT ACT

    12. The Invasion of Iraq (2003)

    13. Pushback During the War on Terror

    14. The Bush Administration and Torture

    15. Video: The Consequences of Torture

    16. Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

    17. Continuing the New Imperial Presidency: Barack Obama

    18. Undermining the War Powers Resolution: Libya

    19. Video: Whistleblower Edward Snowden on the Abuses by the National Security Agency

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