Faculty of Arts
Week 1: w/c 18 July
Course organisation
Seminar Debates
Week 2: w/c25 July
Spaniards betrayed the Philippines more than the USA?
Week 3: w/c 1 August
Were Filipinos freedom fighters or bandoleros (bandits)?
Week 4: w/c 8 August
The USA was ‘good’ for Japan?
Week 5: w/c 15 August
Someone needed to take on the role of world policeman after 1945?
Week 6: w/c 23 August
No seminar
Mid semester
Seminar presentations
Week 7: w/c 12 September
The Cold War in Korea was a direct consequence of World War 2
The origins of the Korean War were as much a product of history as politics
Week 8: w/c 19 September
What was the Korean War about for Koreans?
The Korean War was fought more by Americans and Chinese than by Koreans?
Week 9: w/c 26 September
The French were just surrogates for the USA in Vietnam?
The USA should have supported the French at Dien Bien Phu?
Week 10: w/c 3 October
Who won the Vietnam War?
The Paris Peace Accords were a shameless sell-out?
Week 11: w/c 10 October
America’s involvement in the Middle East was initially a Cold War affair?
It’s all about oil in the Middle East?
Week 12: w/c 17 October
Terrorism is a legitimate weapon of the repressed and downtrodden?
Why does the world hate the USA?
