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Remembering An Invasion: The Panama Intervention In America’S Political Memory, Dave Nagaji
Remembering An Invasion: The Panama Intervention In America’S Political Memory, Dave Nagaji
Senior Theses
In December of 1989, the United States launched Operation Just Cause, a military invasion of the country of Panama, capturing Manuel Noriega and overthrowing his government. This research project examines how Colin Powell, Richard Cheney, James Baker, and George H.W. Bush presented Operation Just Cause in their memoirs. It attempts to determine how these senior leaders’ depictions of this invasion incorporated it into the Bush administration’s overall foreign-policy strategy. The research finds that their general approach was to present the Panama intervention as an isolated incident which had no intentional link to other major events at the time, was not …
More Lessons From Vietnam: Comparing Refugee Policy In The Cold War And The War On Terror, Stephen Komar
More Lessons From Vietnam: Comparing Refugee Policy In The Cold War And The War On Terror, Stephen Komar
International and Global Studies Undergraduate Honors Theses
The U.S. response to the Indochinese refugee crisis from 1975-1992 has been hailed as an excellent example of humanitarianism and sound U.S. foreign policy. It’s example has been used to criticize the U.S. for the refugee policy it currently employs in the Middle East, even as it remains heavily involved in the conflicts creating refugee flows there. This paper asks the following questions: How exactly has refugee policy differed between the two situations? Why is it different? And how might the former inform changes to the latter? This paper employs statistical analysis of refugee admissions data to answer the first, …
Who Was The Man In Mexico? The Degree To Which The Mexican State Enjoyed Autonomy And Sovereignty With Respect To Its National And International Relationships From 1958 To 1964, Sebastian Carrasco
Who Was The Man In Mexico? The Degree To Which The Mexican State Enjoyed Autonomy And Sovereignty With Respect To Its National And International Relationships From 1958 To 1964, Sebastian Carrasco
Senior Projects Spring 2018
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.