HIST 4683 - Special Topics in Military History

3 semester hours

Prerequisite(s): Six hours of history or consent of the chair.

An analysis of political and military actions leading up to and during armed conflict. Emphasis will be placed on tactical and strategic decision making, personalities, force structures, the experience of the combat soldier, and the application of technological innovations to warfare. Conflicts to be studied vary from semester to semester, but may include the Roman and Viking ways of war, medieval warfare, the Military Revolution(s), Napoleonic Warfare, the world wars, the Chinese Revolution, the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s, armed insurrections, and/or comparisons of armed conflicts as determined by the professor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

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