BUAD 5881 - American Politics and National Defense

Summer Credits: 3

This course will survey key features of American national politics, including public opinion, Congress, the executive branch, the judiciary, and the policy-making process. There will be an emphasis on war and national defense, including public opinion on war and military conflict, political control of the defense department, national security decision-making, and the question of who has the power to commit the nation to war.