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Reading Questions
Reading Questions
1. What did Kissinger mean by his statement that Germany was “too big for Europe, too
small for the world?”
2. What is Francis Fukuyama’s theory?
3. What gave Germany the power to become the key leader of the European Union?
4. How is Germany not taking this leadership role within the EU?
Wars of Empire Reading
5. What is this “New World Order” pronounced by Bush?
6. What new roles have this given to the military?
7. Is this truly a “perversion of the military's role?”
Questions in General
We have now read several times about America’s attempts to universalize its values.
8. Make a logical argument on whether the United States should or should not make this
foreign policy approach.
9. Make a moral argument on whether the United States should or should not make this
foreign policy approach
10. Was decolonization carried out more so because of peaceful political processes or by
violent wars of decolonization?
11. Is Francis Fukuyama’s “end of history” theory right? Why or why not?
12. Is the UN simply an international organization that carries out American Imperialism?