Status
O
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Strategy,Policy & War
Term
2021A
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
001
Section ID
HIST160001
Course number integer
160
Registration notes
Course Online: Synchronous Format
Meeting times
TR 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Arthur Waldron
Description
Analysis of the political use of force, both in theory and in practice, through analytical readings and study of selected wars. Readings include Sun Zi, Kautilya, Machiavelli, Clauseqitz and other strategists. Case studies vary but may include the Peloponnesian War, the Mongol conquests, the Crusades, the Crimean War, Russo-Japanese War, World War II, Korea, or the Falklands, among others, with focus on initiation, strategic alternatives, decision and termination. Some discussion of the law of war and international attempts to limit it.
Course number only
160
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false
Major Concentrations