Week 12: Gulf War, Racial Gulfs
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(32) Mon 4/12 Gulf War I
Reading: HOT 393-417 = Herring
Background reading: Moss 266-272 / GML 1001-1003
In-class link: Countdown to War (PBS Frontline), “Virtual War” (PBS On the Media 4/10/10)
(33) Wed 4/14 Congress Day 6
Committee hearings and legislative debate on your bills, and hopefully some votes (unless there’s a filibuster)
(34) Fri 4/16 The Clinton Years & the OJ Trial
Reading: Chronology of the Clinton impeachment trial, and view a 10-min segment of PBS Frontline on the OJ Verdict, “The Trial, Everything, is About Race” (Part Four).
Background reading: Moss 273-283/ GML 1003-1033