Our Brush With History

Where were you when President Kennedy was shot? When Iran seized our embassy in Tehran? This course will explore events in American history during the last 70 years. We’ll look at the following topics: JFK’s presidency and assassination, including possible assassination theories; the student revolt and the counterculture of the sixties; the Vietnam War, what went right, what went wrong, and the question of could the U.S. have won; Nixon’s détente with China and Russia, the end of the Cold War, and new threats from both nations; the Iranian Revolution, the hostage crisis, and the Iranian threat today; the events leading to 9/11 & where the U.S. seems to be in the war on terror.