I will be holding regular office hours this semester, but the best way to get in touch with me is through email. If you need to talk over an issue related to the class, feel free to catch me before or after class, during my office hours, by email, or by trying your luck just catching me in my office.

 This course will cover the history of international relations over the last two centuries, focusing largely but not exclusively on Europe, for Europe was the center of the most important developments in international politics. It will begin with the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, continue through the era of 19th-century imperialism, and explore the origins, course, and consequences of World War I, World War II, and the Cold War.
 

 1) READING. I expect you to keep up with the reading.

2) ATTENDANCE. I notice who comes to class regularly and who does not. Not attending will also hurt your comprehension of the material. The lectures and readings supplement but do not replace one another. In addition, missing the simulation days will have a severe impact on your grade.

 3) PARTICIPATION. I always welcome questions and comments, and will build opportunities for discussion into my lectures. I expect you to be actively engaged in the class.

 4) WRITING. You will write two papers during the semester, each of 5-6 pages in length. Due dates are listed on the syllabus; detailed topics will be distributed in class. I expect papers to be handed in on time, and late papers will be marked down.

 5) EXAMS. We will have a midterm and a final, consisting of short IDs and essay questions over the lectures and readings.

 6) SIMULATIONS. This course will run two simulations, one of the peace conference at Versailles at the end of World War I, and the other a mythical international conference to settle issues raised by the end of the Cold War. You will be grouped into teams and assigned a country to represent. You will keep those teams for the course of the semester and to a large degree will work together. These simulations depend heavily on your initiative, preparation, and participation. I will grade accordingly.

 The teams will be: France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Turkey / the Arab World, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

 7) EMAIL ACCOUNT. All of you will be automatically subscribed to the class listserv through your Kansas State email address. If you usually use another address, you need to subscribe to the listserv yourself through your usual account. Important course information will be distributed via email. SUBSCRIBING TO THE CLASS LISTSERV IS A REQUIREMENT.

 8) TEXTS TO PURCHASE (available in the Union and at Varney's)

Joll, The Origins of the First World War
Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of Great Powers
Keylor, The Legacy of the Great War
Keylor, The Twentieth-Century World

Please note that in the schedule below, "Keylor" refers to the Twentieth-Century World textbook. Keylor's Legacy of the Great War is intended as part of your preparation for the first simulation.

In addition, much of the reading for the early part of the semester will be in a reading packet available for purchase from the Arts and Sciences copy center in the basement of Eisenhower.
 

 NOTE: reading listed with each particular day is to be read by the start of class THAT DAY.

Friday, January 23: Introduction to Class and the European State System. Reading: Kennedy, pp. xv-xxv; Albrecht-Carrie, pp. 3-9 [packet].

 Monday, January 26: Cabinet Wars and the Spread of the European State System. Reading: Kennedy, pp. 73-115.
Wednesday, January 28: The Napoleonic Wars. Reading: Kennedy, pp. 115-139.
Friday, January 30: The Congress of Vienna System. Reading: Albrecht-Carrie, pp. 9-22 [packet].

Monday, February 2: The Diplomacy of Revolution. Reading: Albrecht-Carrie, pp. 23-40, 65-83. [packet].
Wednesday, February 4: The Industrial Revolution and International Politics. Reading: Kennedy, pp. 143-169, 191-3.
Friday, February 6: The Eastern Question and the Crimean War Reading: Kennedy, pp. 170-177; Albrecht-Carrie, pp. 40-58, 84-94 [packet].

 Monday, February 9: The Unification of Italy and Germany. Reading: Kennedy, 182-191; Albrecht-Carrie, pp. 94-141 [packet].
Wednesday, February 11: The Diplomacy of Imperialism. Reading: Joll, Chap. 7; Keylor, pp. 3-13; Albrecht-Carrie, pp. 186 194, 214-232 [packet].
Friday, February 13: The Emergence of the United States. Reading: Kennedy, 178-182; Keylor, 19-27.

Monday, February 16: Japan and the Transformation of Asia. Reading: Keylor, pp. 13-19.
Wednesday, February 18: International Movements and Economic Change. Reading: Kennedy, 194-249; Keylor, 27-39; Joll, Chap. 6.
Friday, February 20: Creation of the Alliance Systems. Reading: Joll, Chap. 3; Albrecht-Carrie, pp. 163-186, 194-214, 226-243 [packet].

 Monday, February 23: Militarism and Arms Races. Reading: Joll, Chap. 4; Kennedy, pp. 249-256; Albrecht-Carrie, pp. 253-259 [packet].
Wednesday, February 25: Escalating Crises. Reading: Albrecht Carrie, pp. 244-253, 259-295 [packet].
Friday, February 27: The July Crisis. Reading: Joll, Chap. 2.

 Monday, March 1: World War I: War Aims and the Scramble for Allies. Reading: Kennedy, pp. 256-274; Keylor, pp. 43-61.
Wednesday, March 3: World War I: Russia Out, America In. Reading: Keylor, pp. 61-71. FIRST PAPER DUE ON PREP FOR VERSAILLES
Friday, March 5: SIMULATION: Versailles.

 Monday, March 8: SIMULATION: Versailles.
Wednesday, March 10: The Versailles Settlement. Reading: Kennedy, pp. 275-291, Keylor, Chap. 2.
Friday, March 12: The Problem of the Outsiders.

Monday, March 15: The Good 1920s. Reading: Keylor, pp. 107-127.
Wednesday, March 17: The World Economic System. Reading: Keylor, pp. 92-107, 128-136.
Friday, March 19: MIDTERM EXAM

 March 22-26: Spring Break. No class.

 Monday, March 29: The Emergence of Fascism. Kennedy, pp. 291-333.
Wednesday, March 31: Origins of the Pacific War. Reading: Keylor, Chap. 7.
Friday, April 2: The Spanish Civil War and Munich. Reading: Keylor, pp. 137-175; Kennedy, pp. 333-343.

 Monday, April 5: World War II and Barbarossa. Reading: Kennedy, pp. 347-357; Reading: Keylor, Chap. 5.
Wednesday, April 7: Inter-Allied Tensions and the Diplomacy of War. Reading: Kennedy, pp. 357-372.
Friday, April 9: The Origins of the Cold War in Europe. Reading: Keylor, pp. 251-275; Kennedy, pp. 373-380.

 Monday, April 12: The Origins of the Cold War in Asia. Reading: Keylor, pp. 275-283; Kennedy, pp. 381-395.
Wednesday, April 14: Rebuilding Europe and the International System.
Friday, April 16: The Height of the Cold War. Reading: Keylor, Chap. 9.

 Monday, April 19: Decolonization. Reading: Keylor, Chap. 14.
Wednesday, April 21: The Arab-Israeli Conflict. Reading: Keylor, pp. 340-347, 391-397.
Friday, April 23: Detente and Ostpolitik. Reading: Keylor, pp. 317-340; Kennedy, pp. 395-413.

 Monday, April 26: The Newly-Developed World. Reading: Keylor, Chaps. 15 and 18; Kennedy, pp. 447-471.
Wednesday, April 28: The Developing World. Reading: Keylor, Chaps. 13, 19, 21.
Friday, April 30: The New Cold War. Reading: Keylor, pp. 382-391.

 Monday, May 3: The End of the Cold War. Reading: Keylor, Chap. 16. SECOND PAPER DUE ON PREP FOR POST-COLD WAR SIMULATION.
Wednesday, May 5: SIMULATION: The Post-Cold War World.
Friday, May 7: SIMULATION: The Post-Cold War World.

Monday, May 10: The New Europe. Reading: Keylor, Chap. 17; Kennedy, pp. 471-488.
Wednesday, May 12: Globalization and the Politics of International Terrorism. Reading: Keylor, Chap. 20, 22.
Friday, May 14: Study Day. No Class: university policy.

 FINAL EXAM. Friday, May 21, 11:50. See http://courses.k state.edu/spring2004/information/xam.htm
 

INCOMPLETES. The KSU policy on incompletes states (http://courses.ksu.edu/catalog/undergraduate/grades/):
 
 

The grade of Incomplete (I) is given in regular courses . . . upon request of the student for personal emergencies that are verifiable. The faculty member has the responsibility to provide written notification to the student of work required to remove the incomplete. The student has the responsibility to take the initiative in completing the work, and is expected to make up the incomplete during the first semester (enrolled) at the university after receiving the grade of I. If the student does not make up the incomplete during the first semester in residence at the university after receiving it, a grade may be given by the faculty member without further consultation with the student.

 I expect students to work honestly, and the vast majority of students do. Every semester, however, I catch one or two students cheating, and my policy on cheating is to assign a grade of F for the course and turn in the student involved to the Honor System.

 From the Honor System website (http://www.ksu.edu/honor):
 

 Kansas State University has an Undergraduate Honor System based on personal integrity which is presumed to be sufficient assurance in academic matters one's work is performed honestly and without unauthorized assistance. Undergraduate students, by registration, acknowledge the jurisdiction of the Undergraduate Honor System. The policies and procedures of the Undergraduate Honor System apply to all full and part time students enrolled in undergraduate courses on-campus, off-campus, and via distance learning.
A component vital to the Honor System is the inclusion of the Honor Pledge which applies to all assignments, examinations, or other course work undertaken by undergraduate students. The Honor Pledge is implied, whether or not it is stated: "On my honor, as a student, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this academic work."
A grade of XF can result from a breach of academic honesty. An XF would be failure of the course with the X on the transcript indicating failure as a result of a breach of academic honesty.
 

 The more common type of academic dishonesty, in my experience, is plagiarism on papers.

 Plagiarism is presenting someone else's work as your own. This can involve turning in a paper written by someone else, taking a paper from the internet, or not properly giving credit to sources. For another definition, see the Honor System's discussion at http://www.ksu.edu/honor/examples.htm
 

Plagiarism combines lying and stealing. Plagiarizing is lying, because it falsely claims credit for work actually done by someone else. It is stealing, because it takes the product of someone else's labor.

 Plagiarism also makes the exchange of ideas impossible. How can you trust what someone tells you if you can't check it yourself? You need to be able to examine evidence for yourself to be sure that an argument makes sense, but you can't do that if the sources aren't available.
 

Avoiding plagiarism is simple. You need to do two things. First, if you take an idea, concept, or fact from someone else, you must give credit to your source. That's usually done through a footnote, endnote, or parenthetical reference. HOW exactly you give credit isn't so important; what's important is actually doing it.

 Second, if you use someone else's exact words, you have to indicate that. Otherwise, you're taking credit for someone else's work. You indicate your use of exact words by quotation marks (or a blocked quote for longer quotations) around the passages you've taken, and some sort of reference to the source.

 Plagiarism is disregarding either one of these rules: taking information without giving credit, or taking someone else's language without showing that and giving credit.
 

Information on the internet is no different than information in books and other printed sources. If you take ideas or exact words from the internet without giving credit, you have lied about your work, stolen someone else's work, and committed plagiarism.

 Identifying your sources is even more important with internet sources. While getting a book published involves getting an editor and a publisher to agree that your work is worthwhile, any idiot can put absolutely anything on the net. Wouldn't you like to know if your information about Hitler, for example, comes from the American Nazi Party?