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HIS 39H - 01   U.S. Bases in Asia Pacific: Power, Pollution, and Protest

2024 Summer Quarter

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Career
Undergraduate
Grading
Student Option
Class Number
70366
Type
Lecture
Instruction Mode
In Person
Credits
5 units
General Education
PR-E
Status
Open
Available Seats
26
Enrollment Capacity
31
Enrolled
5
Wait List Capacity
999
Wait List Total
0

Description

Survey of U.S. military bases and influence in the Asia Pacific Region since the end of the Second World War. Using the geographic scope of PACOM (Pacific Command), the course covers an area including Japan, Guam, Hawai?i, and Korea. Despite the failure of President Obama?s ?Pivot to the Pacific? campaign, there remains a long history of U.S. presence in and across the Pacific Ocean; sometimes this presence is in the form of U.S. soldiers stationed on bases abroad, sometimes this presence is landscape altering in the form of nuclear testing. Students are introduced to key themes in the creation of ?America?s Lake,? as well as movements of resistance against the U.S. empire.

Meeting Information

Days & Times Room Instructor Meeting Dates
MW 01:00PM-04:30PM Crown Clrm 208 Staff 07/29/24 - 08/30/24
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