CPHS United States Government

Course Syllabus and Outline

Basic Essay Structure

Grading Rubric for Research Essays

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Annotated Film Bibliography

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The Constitution and Torture - Mid-Term Research Project

Government Websites and Reports (Neutral / Supporting)
  • Torture and the Constitution � Washington Post
  • Holder V. Bush: Torture and the Attorney General's Moment of Truth � Klaidman
  • Adminstration Won't Seek New Detention System � Finn
  • Scalia Enters Debate on the Constitution and Torture � NPR
  • Waterboarding and Torture � McCarthy
  • Torture Logic: Where to Draw the Line � Schoenfeld
  • The Truth About Torture � Krauthammer
  • The New Spanish Inquisition � Rabkin & Loyola
  • Torture and the US Intelligence Failure � Friedman
  • Critical Websites and Reports (Opposing)
  • Under U.S. Law Torture is Always Illegal � Cohn
  • Torture: An American Legacy - Boggs
  • Restricting Rights at Guantanamo � Boldin
  • Redefining torture, or "The Constitution is just a piece of paper" � Seven Generational Ruminations
  • Documents Released Under FOIA � American Civil Liberties Union
  • Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay � Cohn
  • Sanctioning Torture � Glennon
  • A Truly Shocking Gitmo Story � Worthington
  • Bush Advisor on Torture � Watts
  • The Future of American Power - Final Research Project

    Readings from the Declinist School
  • The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers � AbsoluteAstronomy.com
  • The Decline and Fall of Almost Everything � Kurth
  • Paul Kennedy�s Imperial Overstretch Revisited � PeoplesGeography
  • Why All Empires Come to Dust � Gray
  • The Perils of Empire � Kennedy
  • America�s Turbulent Decline � Rihani
  • The Eagle Has Crash Landed � Wallerstein
  • Capitalism�s Demise? � Interview with Jae-Jung Suh
  • Readings from the American Exceptionalist School
  • Three Centuries of American Declinism � Dowd
  • The Pessimist Persuasion � Herman
  • Falling Upwards: Declinism, the Box Set � Lieber
  • The End of History � Fukuyama
  • Readings from the Neo-Imperialist School
  • Triumphing Toward International Disaster - Gowan
  • Global Depression and Regional Wars � Lendman
  • Decline of America�s Empire � Lendman
  • Who Rules America? - Petras
  • Economic Empire Building: The Centrality of Corruption - Petras
  • World Depression: The Decline of US Empire - Petras
  • Recent Articles and Websites of Interest for US Government Students:

  • Addicted To War - Andreas
  • "Good Billions After Bad" - Barlett and Steele
  • "Blood and Oil: How the West Will Profit from Iraq's Most Precious Commodity" - The Independent (Britain)
  • Text Assignments for Fall 2009 (Due: Friday, January 22, 2010)

    Final Exam Study Guide

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