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3.00 Credits
A study of the Soviet Red Army, from its revolutionary origins to its development as the mighty engine that destroyed the Nazi Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front. It will trace its post-World War II evolution in the Cold War, its operations ranging from eastern Europe to Afghanistan, and its evolution as the Russian Army of the present.
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An examination of the history of the American war in Vietnam, beginning with the foundations of French imperialism in Indochina, the Japanese occupation during World War II, and the Vietnamese resistance during the First Indochina War. It will chart the contours of American policy toward Indochina and the escalation of military responses under presidents Kennedy and Johnson. Significant attention will be placed upon military operations from 1965 to 1972, the war's impact on American society; and the North Vietnamese conquest of South Vietnam in 1975.
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3.00 Credits
The Cold War was arguably the twentieth century's most significant long-term conflict. This course takes an international perspective on its varied causes and consequences in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East. Major topics will include U.S.-Soviet relations and nuclear diplomacy; wars in Korea, Vietnam, and Latin America; crises in Berlin, Budapest, Prague, and Cuba; decolonization and the rise of the "Third World"; "the containment doctrine"; espionage and McCarthyism; and the (surprising) end of the Cold War.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the US and international military campaigns against global terrorism in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Attention is given to the historical origins of Islamic terrorism, and the rise of al-Qaeda, ISIS, and other terrorist organizations, their ideologies, and their methods. The military campaigns in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom); Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom), and the Levant (Operation Inherent Resolve) will be examined, in a broader political-military context of state-building, counterinsurgency strategies, and counterterrorism efforts.
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A study of the turbulent history between the Arab countries of the Middle East and the state of Israel from 1900 to the present. The course will cover the rise of the World Zionist Organization, the impact of WWI and WWII diplomacy on the topic, the creation of the state of Israel, the impact of the state of Israel on the Palestinian people, the various wars and conflicts that have emerged between the Arab states and Israel, as well as the first and second Intifada in the occupied territories, the U.S. role in the conflict, and the impact of the Arab-Israeli conflict on terrorism.
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3.00 Credits
This course charts war and violence in China from the Bronze to the Nuclear Age. It would include topics such as chariot warfare, the emergence of infantry armies and the crossbow, professional generals and their manuals on military strategies and tactics, warfare against the nomads, farmer-soldiers and agricultural garrisons, knight-errantry and revenge killings, banditry, piracy, the development of firearms, peasant rebellions and secret societies, martial arts, the Boxer Rebellion, Warlordism, the Red Army and the Jiangxi Soviet, the War of Resistance against the Japanese, Chinese intervention in the Korean War, the military suppression of the Tian'anmen protests, and the modernization of the People's Liberation Army.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the rise of the Samurai warrior tradition during the Heian period, the emergence and endurance of military government in Japan, the Japanese defeat of the Mongols, the feudal Warring States period, Hidoyoshi's invasion of Korea and the start of the First East Asian war, the de-militarization of the Samurai during the Tokugawa period, the infusion of Samurai values during the modernizing Meiji period, the Samurai ethic and the Japanese soldier in the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, the militarization of the pre-war Japanese government and the invasion of Manchuria, and the Samurai legacy connection with atrocities and Kamikaze during WWII.
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3.00 Credits
The image of the fierce Vikings, spreading fear and dread across Europe, has been transmitted into the popular culture of today through literature, music and movies. This course will use both primary texts and material culture to consider what gave the Vikings their military prowess, as well as the cultural impact they made in their original homelands, and across Europe, Russia, and Byzantium.
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3.00 Credits
Examines war as a chronic condition, big business, way of life, and determinant of statecraft in the three centuries following the Black Death. It gives special attention to the logistical, engineering, and financial challenges posed by the advent of firearms and other technical innovations after the 1490s.
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Explores the complicated nexus of religious, dynastic, economic, and social developments that produced the Dutch Revolt of 1568-1648. It also considers how eight decades of chronic warfare altered the landscape and shaped the culture of the Low Countries.
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