“What is Military History?”
HIST 97O
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Course Information
Description
Military history studies the context, instruments, causes, course, and outcome of armed conflict. Its blending of discrete events such as battles and wars with the broad socio-political environment in which those events take place makes the study of military history an ideal means for initiating students into historical thinking, research methodology, and writing. This course approaches military history through not only traditional categories such as state power and interest but also perspectives of race, gender, and culture. We demonstrate the capaciousness of the historical discipline through the adoption for the study of war and the military of concepts from international relations and psychology and the use of sources ranging from military theory to the life-writing of ordinary soldiers and their families.
Course Notes
Required of all History concentrators in the spring term of their sophomore year and open to all secondary field students. This course may not be audited or taken Pass/Fail. It enrolls prior to shopping period through the History concentration. Please contact the ADUS in History if you wish to enroll without being a concentrator in History.
Not Available for Cross Registration
