History 6 - Experimental Courses in History

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Dartmouth College

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09W: 10A 09S: 3A, 10 09X: 10A In 09W: 10A, Guerrilla Warfare, Counter-Insurgency and Movements of National Liberation in Asia, Africa and Latin America. This course examines the theory and practice of guerrilla warfare used in national liberation movements during the twentieth century and the counter-insurgency strategies developed to combat these movements. The course will analyze some key theories of guerrilla struggle before exploring conflicts in the Philippines, Algeria, Kenya, Vietnam, Cuba and Nicaragua. The course will conclude with a comparative treatment of the war in Iraq from the emergence of the Iraqi insurgencies to the development of the "surge" under General David Petraeus . Major Dist: INTER . Haynes.In 09S at 3A, (Section 1) Bubonic Plague: Past, Present, and Potential ( Identical to College Course 6). An examination of history's worst biomedical disasters and society's responses; reservoirs and outbreaks of plague in the world today; and its potential as weapon of bioterrorism. Topics: epidemiology of plague; role of molecular biology in identifying diseases of the past; ecological disasters as precipitating events; effects of demographic collapse on the value of labor and on social relations. Cultural responses: images of St. Sebastian, Islamic martyrdom, Chinese boatburning rituals, Camus ' The Plagu e. Guest lecturers from the Departments of French and Religion, and the Dartmouth Medical Schoo l. Dist: SOC or INT. Major Dist: INTER; <1700, <180 0. LittleIn 09S at 10 (Section 2), Crusades and Jihad: The Mediterranean Experience 1095-1350 ( Identical to College Course 4). The Crusades, launched in 1095 by European Christians to secure military control over Jerusalem and the Holy Land, led to a period of sustained and largely hostile contact between Christian and Muslim cultures. The result engendered important and often unintended changes in religion, politics, and cultural life in both Christendom and Islamdom, and largely defined Muslim-Christian understanding and self-understandings through the present day. This course, co-taught by a specialist in Islamic Religion and a specialist in the European Middle Ages, takes a comparative perspective. Dist: SOC or INT; WCult: CI. Major Dist: INTER; <1700, <1800. Gaposchkin, Reinhart. In 09X at 10A, Introduction to Global History Methods. In reading the course will survey the major concepts used to construct global narratives, from ancient Sumeria, Greece and China to the present day. Students will complete major essays on a field of their own interest. Crossley.

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3.00

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www.dartmouth.edu

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(603) 646-1110

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New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Quarter

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