POLS 437 - International Security

This course will examine national security doctrine and the use of military forces to achieve national goals. The course is being updated with information on the role of the Homeland Security Council and the newly formed Department of Homeland Security. We’ll examine WMD and how the US is responding to their threats. Additionally, we’ll examine some of the implications of the recent completed Iraqi Freedom operation on US security policy.

This course can be applied towards:

• Fire and Emergency Services Administration (B.S.)
• Liberal Arts (B.A.)

Textbooks and Materials

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.

Required

• American Foreign Policy and National Security (2004)
  Paul R. Viotti
  ISBN: 0130400270
• American National Security, 6th Ed. (2009)
  Jordan, Amos A. et al.
  ISBN: 978-0801891533

Instructors

Eric Fattor
efattor@mail.colostate.edu