Course Description and Goals
This course examines the historical evolution of the conduct and outcomes of war from a theoretical and normative perspective. What
elements of war have changed over time, and what core precepts remain the same? To what degree have advances in technology
altered the conduct, and outcomes of war? Why have some weapons been deemed cruel and inhumane at times and merciful at others?
We will explore the interrelationships among military technology, society, politics, and war, asking how different forces have shaped
warfare from the introduction of gunpowder to the present, focusing on how and why different weapons have been used (or prohibited)
over time.
Students will learn to perform basic research and analysis through writing and thinking about conflict from multiple different
perspectives. Readings are drawn from historic and contemporary scholars of weapons, technology, and war, cover a wide
variety of issues, and are presented in historical order. Assignments are a mixture of analysis, research, and experiential
learning.
Requirements
Class Participation
Students are required to actively participate in the class; they will have the opportunity to do so both during and outside of classroom
hours. Beginning the second week of class, each student will be assigned to three days during the semester in which they will author a
short reaction memo (300-400 words) expressing an opinion about that day’s readings. These are NOT summaries; rather, they should
attempt to agree or disagree with or compare and contrast the readings. This should be posted in the forums on the course website by 8
PM the day before the readings are to be discussed. ALL students are required to read the memos and be prepared
to respond to them the next day in class. Students are encouraged to respond to the postings online as part of their
participation.
Readings
Readings for the course are drawn from books available at the bookstore as well as E-Readings, which can be downloaded off the
course website. Readings marked “Further” are other relevant articles; they are not required for class. Students who have a particular
interest in the topics in question are encouraged to read these articles and to incorporate them into their assignments. I
encourage all students to use EndNote to download the class readings, take notes, and use for citing works in their
papers. CUS has a page on Installing EndNote at Reed as well as a Basic Usage Guide online. However, laptops are not
permitted in class unless you are taking notes and are willing to post those notes at the end of class to the Moodle
site.
Five books are for sale at the bookstore and are also on reserve at the library. The library has 22 copies of Keegan; they can be checked
out for the entire term if you are enrolled in the class. Since we will be reading Biddle ($18.00 used), Brodie and Brodie ($11.25
used), and Ropp ($16.50 used) throughout the semester, you should order all three; any edition of any book will suffice. All but Biddle
are available used on Amazon for essentially the cost of shipping. For further reading, Van Creveld is an entertaining source, and is
available used at the bookstore ($15.40) as well.
Required
- Theodore Ropp (1962) War in the Modern World. New rev. edition. New York, NY: Collier Books, ISBN
0801864453
- Bernard Brodie and Fawn McKay Brodie (1973) From Crossbow to H-Bomb. Bloomington: Indiana University
Press, ISBN 0253324904
- John Keegan (1976) The Face of Battle. New York, NY, ISBN 0670304328
- Stephen D. Biddle (2004) Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle. Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press, ISBN 0691128022
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Recommended
- Martin Levi van Creveld (1989) Technology and War: From 2000 B.C. to the Present. New York, NY: Free Press,
ISBN 002933151X
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Course Website
Frequent reading of the course website will be helpful for success in the class. Discussion and collaboration with your peers is
available to you through the website as well as in class; supplemental and core readings will be made available there; and assignments
will be turned in electronically using the site.
Assignments and Quals
There are two formal assignments for this course. More details regarding the assignments will be available later. If you intend to qual
in this course, you must let me know the first day. In general, I look for four things in an essay: A clear argument in the
introductory paragraph, an explanation of the theories that you will be using, an illustration of your argument with
direct examples, and a conclusion that discusses the implications of your findings. Note that word counts include your
bibliography.
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The
first
assignment
(due
Fri,
March
5,
the
end
of
week
6)
will
be
a
short
(1500-2000
word)
essay.
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The
second
assignment
(due
Fri,
April
23,
the
end
of
week
13)
will
be
a
longer
(2000-3000
word)
essay.
Recommended Films
Due to restrictions on what can be demanded of students and liability problems, it is impossible for Reed College to send you to war
(Your own government, on the other hand, is an entirely different matter). Consequently, the best we can do is to read about it and
watch films. Below is a selection of films that you may find edifying. If time and enthusiasm permits, we may screen some of these
during the semester.
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| pre-20th Century Warfare | World War I |
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| Henry V (Agincourt, 1415) | Paths of Glory |
| Glory (American Civil War, 1863) | All Quiet on the Western Front |
| Gettysburg (American Civil War, 1863) | Gallipoli |
| Zulu (Zulu War, 1879) | Joyeux Noel |
| Breaker Morant (Boer War, late 1800s) | Lawrence of Arabia |
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| World War II | Korea/Vietnam |
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| Thin Red Line | Pork Chop Hill |
| Saving Private Ryan | The Bridges at Toko-Ri |
| Das Boot | Apocalypse Now |
| Patton | Platoon |
| Bridge on the River Kwai | Full Metal Jacket |
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| Cold War | Contemporary Warfare |
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| Dr. Strangelove | Black Hawk Down |
| The Killing Fields | Three Kings |
| Crimson Tide | Hotel Rwanda |
| Battle of Algiers | No Mans Land |
| Thirteen Days | The Hurt Locker |
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Citation and Plagiarism
A major goal of this course is to encourage good reading, research, and citation habits. Good research requires good documentation of
sources and the ability to put one’s own analysis and thoughts into a paper rather than relying on others. When in doubt as to whether
you should cite something, always do it. Citations are required for ideas as well as facts, and are imperative even if you are not directly
quoting authors. Make sure that you provide as specific a citation as possible; if an author discusses an idea in one
section or one page, cite the specific section or page instead of the full article or book. I usually recommend that
students use in-text author-date citation with full Chicago Manual of Style citations; see their Citation Quick Guide: <http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools˙citationguide.html>.
However, style is less important than the cites being present. If you use an idea or a fact without attribution, you are plagiarizing
someone else’s work. Plagiarism and cheating are violations of academic integrity and thus violations of Reed’s Honor Principle. As
specified by Reed’s academic conduct policy, such violations will result in disciplinary actions, including suspension or permanent
dismissal from the College. Plagiarism is submitting a piece of work which in part or in whole is not entirely the student’s
own work without attributing those same portions to their correct source. For examples of plagiarism and how to
avoid it, see <http://www.csub.edu/ssric-trd/howto/plagiarism.htm> For more information on Reed’s policies see: <http://www.reed.edu/academic/gbook/comm˙pol/acad˙conduct.html>.
Accommodations
If you’d like to request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact Learning Resources Director Libby Rapkoch,
Psy.D., Dorothy Johansen House, 503-517-7921, rapkoche@reed.edu. If you have a letter from Student Services, please let me know
so we can discuss those accommodations.
Theories of Outcomes, Conduct, and Technology
25-Jan: 01.1. Introduction
27-Jan: 01.2. Outcomes (105 Pages)
-
Stephen D.
Biddle (2004)
Introduction. In
Biddle
Military
Power. chapter 1,
1–13
-
Stephen D.
Biddle (2004)
A
Literature
Built
on
Weak
Foundations. In
Biddle
Military
Power. chapter 2,
14–27
-
Russell F.
Weigley (1988)
The
Political
and
Strategic
Dimensions
of
Military
Effectiveness. In
Millett
and
Murray
Military
effectiveness. chapter 10,
341–364
EReading
-
Allan Reed
Millett,
Williamson
Murray,
and
Kenneth H.
Watman (1988)
The
Effectiveness
of
Military
Organizations. In
Millett
and
Murray
Military
effectiveness. chapter 1,
1–30
EReading
-
D. Scott
Bennett
and
Allan C.
Stam (1998)
The
Declining
Advantages
of
Democracy:
A
Combined
Model
of
War
Outcomes
and
Duration. Journal
of
Conflict
Resolution. 42(3)June,
344–366
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022002798042003007>
EReading
-
Kenneth N.
Waltz (2003)
Fair
Fights
or
Pointless
Wars?
International
Security. 28(3)Winter,
181–181
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/016228803773100129>
EReading
1-Feb: 02.1. No Class
3-Feb: 02.2. Conduct (137 Pages)
-
Richard M.
Price
and
Nina
Tannenwald (1996)
Norms
and
Deterrence:
The
Nuclear
and
Chemical
Weapons
Taboos. In
Katzenstein
The
Culture
of
National
Security. chapter 4,
114–152
EReading
-
Beth
Kier (1996)
Culture
and
French
Military
Doctrine
before
World
War
II. In
Katzenstein
The
Culture
of
National
Security. chapter 6,
186–215
EReading
-
Barry
Posen (1984)
Chap. 1-2
in
The
Sources
of
Military
Doctrine:
France,
Britain,
and
Germany
between
the
World
Wars. Ithaca,
NY:
Cornell
University
Press,
Cornell
studies
in
security
affairs,
13–80,
ISBN
0801416337
EReading
Further
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
The
Rise
of
Professionalism. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 10,
137–152
-
John
Keegan (1976)
Old,
Unhappy,
Far-off
Things. In
Keegan
The
Face
of
Battle. chapter 1,
15–78
-
Dan
Reiter
and
Curtis
Meek (1999)
Determinants
of
Military
Strategy,
1903-1994:
A
Quantitative
Empirical
Test. International
Studies
Quarterly. 43(2)June,
363–387
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0020-8833.00124>,
ISSN
00208833
EReading
-
Theodore
Ropp (1962)
Introduction. In
Ropp
War
in
the
Modern
World,
11–18
8-Feb: 03.1. Technology (96 Pages)
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Irrational
Technology. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 5,
67–80
EReading
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
The
Invention
of
Innovation. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 15,
217–234
EReading
-
Bernard
Brodie
and
Fawn McKay
Brodie (1973)
Introduction. In
Brodie
and
Brodie
From
Crossbow
to
H-Bomb,
7–13
-
Irving Brinton
Holley (1953)
The
Development
of
Weapons:
Procedures
and
Doctrine. In
Ideas
and
Weapons.
Washington,
DC:
Yale
University
Press,
ISBN
0912799110. chapter 1,
4–22
EReading
-
Mark C.
Suchman
and
Dana P.
Eyre (1992)
Military
Procurement
as
Rational
Myth:
Notes
on
the
Social
Construction
of
Weapons
Proliferation. Sociological
Forum. 7(1),
137–161
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01124759>
EReading
-
Andrew F.
Krepinevich (1994)
Cavalry
to
computer;
the
pattern
of
military
revolutions. National
Interest.(37)Fall,
30–42
EReading
Further
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Introduction. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War,
1–8
EReading
War before 1900
10-Feb: 03.2. War Before 1450 (86 Pages)
-
Bernard
Brodie
and
Fawn McKay
Brodie (1973)
Antiquity. In
Brodie
and
Brodie
From
Crossbow
to
H-Bomb. chapter 1,
14–27
-
Bernard
Brodie
and
Fawn McKay
Brodie (1973)
The
Middle
Ages. In
Brodie
and
Brodie
From
Crossbow
to
H-Bomb. chapter 2,
28–40
-
Lynn
White (1962)
Stirrup,
Mounted
Shock
Combat,
Feudalism,
and
Chivalry. In
Medieval
Technology
and
Social
Change.
Oxford
University
Press. chapter 1,
1–37
EReading
-
Ronald
Hilton (1963)
Technical
Determinism:
The
Stirrup
and
the
Plough. Past
and
Present. 24,
90–100
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/past/24.1.95>
EReading
-
Robert D.
Luginbill (1994)
Othismos:
The
Importance
of
the
Mass-Shove
in
Hoplite
Warfare. Phoenix. 48(1)Spring,
51–61
<http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1192506>,
ISSN
00318299
EReading
Further
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Field
Warfare. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 1,
9–24
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Siege
Warfare. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 2,
25–36
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
The
Infrastructure
of
War. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 3,
37–50
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Naval
Warfare. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 4,
51–66
15-Feb: 04.1. Agincourt 1415 and the Hundred Years War (88 Pages)
-
John
Keegan (1976)
Agincourt,
October
25th,
1415. In
Keegan
The
Face
of
Battle. chapter 2,
79–116
-
M. M.
Postan (1942)
Some
Social
Consequences
of
the
Hundred
Years’
War. Economic
History
Review. 12(1/2),
1–12
<http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2590387>,
ISSN
00130117
EReading
-
Clifford J.
Rogers (1993)
The
Military
Revolutions
of
the
Hundred
Years’
War. Journal
of
Military
History. 57(2)April,
241–278
<http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2944058>,
ISSN
08993718
EReading
17-Feb: 04.2. No Class
22-Feb: 05.1. War 1450-1830 (124 Pages)
-
Theodore
Ropp (1962)
Land
Warfare
from
the
Renaissance
to
the
Neoclassical
Age
(1415-1789). In
Ropp
War
in
the
Modern
World. chapter 1,
19–59
-
Bernard
Brodie
and
Fawn McKay
Brodie (1973)
The
Impact
of
Gunpowder. In
Brodie
and
Brodie
From
Crossbow
to
H-Bomb. chapter 3,
41–73
-
Bernard
Brodie
and
Fawn McKay
Brodie (1973)
War
and
Science
in
the
17th
Century. In
Brodie
and
Brodie
From
Crossbow
to
H-Bomb. chapter 4,
74–99
-
Bernard
Brodie
and
Fawn McKay
Brodie (1973)
The
18th
Century
and
Napoleonic
Wars. In
Brodie
and
Brodie
From
Crossbow
to
H-Bomb. chapter 5,
100–123
Further
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Field
Warfare. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 6,
81–98
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Siege
Warfare. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 7,
99–110
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
The
Infrastructure
of
War. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 8,
111–124
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Command
of
the
Sea. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 9,
125–136
-
Philip A.
Crowl (1986)
Alfred
Thayer
Mahan:
The
Naval
Historian. In
Paret,
Craig
and
Gilbert
Makers
of
Modern
Strategy. chapter 16,
444–480
-
Theodore
Ropp (1962)
Naval
Warfare
from
the
Renaissance
to
the
Neoclassical
Age
(1417-1789). In
Ropp
War
in
the
Modern
World. chapter 2,
60–75
-
Theodore
Ropp (1962)
The
Anglo-American
Military
Tradition. In
Ropp
War
in
the
Modern
World. chapter 3,
76–97
24-Feb: 05.2. Waterloo 1815 and the Napoleonic Wars (132 Pages)
-
Theodore
Ropp (1962)
The
French
Revolution
and
Napoleon. In
Ropp
War
in
the
Modern
World. chapter 4,
98–142
-
John
Keegan (1976)
Waterloo,
June
18th,
1815. In
Keegan
The
Face
of
Battle. chapter 3,
117–203
1-Mar: 06.1. War 1815-1914 (131 Pages)
-
Peter
Paret (1986)
Clausewitz. In
Paret,
Craig
and
Gilbert
Makers
of
Modern
Strategy. chapter 7,
186–216
EReading
-
Theodore
Ropp (1962)
The
First
Half
of
the
Nineteenth
Century
(1815-1853). In
Ropp
War
in
the
Modern
World. chapter 5,
143–160
-
Theodore
Ropp (1962)
The
Wars
of
the
Mid-Nineteenth
Century
(1854-1871). In
Ropp
War
in
the
Modern
World. chapter 6,
161–194
-
Bernard
Brodie
and
Fawn McKay
Brodie (1973)
The
19th
Century. In
Brodie
and
Brodie
From
Crossbow
to
H-Bomb. chapter 6,
124–171
Further
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Mobilization
Warfare. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 11,
153–166
EReading
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Land
Warfare. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 12,
167–182
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Command
of
the
Air. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 13,
183–198
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Sea
Warfare. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 14,
199–216
3-Mar: 06.2. Gettysburg 1863 and the American Civil War (98 Pages)
-
Williamson
Murray (2001)
What
Took
the
North
So
Long?
In
Donald
and
Cowley
With
My
Face
to
the
Enemy:
Perspectives
on
the
Civil
War:
Essays,
59–71
EReading
-
Gideon
Rose
and
Glenn W.
LaFantasie (2001)
The
Antagonists
of
Little
Round
Top. In
Donald
and
Cowley
With
My
Face
to
the
Enemy:
Perspectives
on
the
Civil
War:
Essays,
218–237
EReading
-
Timothy H.
Donovan (1982)
Gettysburg. In
The
American
Civil
War.
Wayne,
NJ:
Avery
Pub.
Group,
The
West
Point
military
history
series,
ISBN
0895293188. chapter 8,
225–260
EReading
-
Craig L.
Symonds (1992)
Gettysburg,
a
battlefield
atlas. Baltimore,
MD:
Nautical
and
Aviation
Pub.
Co.
of
America,
29.
Pages
0-1,
14-15,
22-23,
30-31,
48-51,
56-57,
68-73,
84-90,
96-97,
ISBN
187785316X
EReading
War between 1900 and 1945
8-Mar: 07.1. War at the turn of the Century (114 Pages)
-
Theodore
Ropp (1962)
The
Years
of
Uneasy
Peace
(1871-1914). In
Ropp
War
in
the
Modern
World. chapter 7,
195–238
-
Ernest Dunlop
Swinton (1986)
The
defence
of
Duffer’s
Drift. Wayne,
NJ:
Avery
Pub.
Group,
3–72,
ISBN
0895293234
EReading
10-Mar: 07.2. War after the turn of the Century (77 Pages)
-
Edward L.
Katzenbach,
Jr. (1958)
The
Horse
Cavalry
in
the
Twentieth
Century. Public
Policy. 7,
120–149
EReading
-
Karl
Lautenschlager (1986-1987)
The
Submarine
in
Naval
Warfare,
1901-2001. International
Security. 11(3)Winter,
94–140
<http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2538886>,
ISSN
01622889
EReading
Spring Break
22-Mar: 09.1. World War I Part 1 (153 Pages)
-
Stephen D.
Biddle (2004)
The
Modern
System,
Preponderance,
and
Changing
Technology. In
Biddle
Military
Power. chapter 4,
52–77
-
Theodore
Ropp (1962)
The
First
World
War. In
Ropp
War
in
the
Modern
World. chapter 8,
239–274
-
Bernard
Brodie
and
Fawn McKay
Brodie (1973)
World
War
One,
the
Use
and
Non-Use
of
Science. In
Brodie
and
Brodie
From
Crossbow
to
H-Bomb. chapter 7,
172–199
-
Stephen D.
Biddle (2004)
The
Modern
System. In
Biddle
Military
Power. chapter 3,
28–51
-
Paul M.
Kennedy (1988)
Military
Effectiveness
in
the
First
World
War. In
Millett
and
Murray
Military
effectiveness. chapter 9,
329–350
EReading
-
Michael
Howard (1984)
Men
against
Fire:
Expectations
of
War
in
1914. International
Security. 9(1)Summer,
41–57
<http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2538635>,
ISSN
01622889
EReading
24-Mar: 09.2. World War I Part 2 - The Somme (111 Pages)
-
Stephen D.
Biddle (2004)
Operation
Michael—the
Second
Battle
of
the
Somme,
March
21–April
9,
1918. In
Biddle
Military
Power. chapter 5,
78–107
-
John
Keegan (1976)
The
Somme,
July
1st,
1916. In
Keegan
The
Face
of
Battle. chapter 4,
204–284
29-Mar: 10.1. World War II Part 1 (155 Pages)
-
Theodore
Ropp (1962)
The
Second
World
War. In
Ropp
War
in
the
Modern
World. chapter 10,
314–392
-
Bernard
Brodie
and
Fawn McKay
Brodie (1973)
World
War
Two. In
Brodie
and
Brodie
From
Crossbow
to
H-Bomb. chapter 8,
200–232
-
Earl F.
Ziemke (1988)
Military
Effectiveness
in
the
Second
World
War. In
Millett
and
Murray
Military
effectiveness. chapter 8,
277–319
EReading
-
Phillip A.
Karber et al. (1979)
Assessing
the
Correlation
of
Forces:
France,
1940. BDM
Corporation
Technical
report
EReading
Further
-
Jeffrey W.
Legro (1997)
Which
Norms
Matter?
Revisiting
the
”Failure”
of
Internationalism. International
Organization. 51(1)Winter,
31–63
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/002081897550294>
EReading
-
Theodore
Ropp (1962)
The
Long
Armistice
(1919-1939). In
Ropp
War
in
the
Modern
World. chapter 9,
275–313
31-Mar: 10.2. World War II Part 2 - Normandy (80 Pages)
-
Stephen D.
Biddle (2004)
Operation
Goodwood—July
18–20,
1944. In
Biddle
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Power. chapter 6,
108–131
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Carlo
D’Este (1983)
Chap.
20-23
in
Decision
in
Normandy.
1st edition.
New
York,
NY:
Dutton,
352–407,
ISBN
052524218X
EReading
War After World War II
5-Apr: 11.1. Conflict Post-WWII (103 Pages)
-
Bernard
Brodie
and
Fawn McKay
Brodie (1973)
Operations
and
Systems
Analysis,
the
Science
of
Strategic
Choice. In
Brodie
and
Brodie
From
Crossbow
to
H-Bomb. chapter 10,
268–278
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Bernard
Brodie
and
Fawn McKay
Brodie (1973)
Recent
Weaponry
Changes
(1962-1972). In
Brodie
and
Brodie
From
Crossbow
to
H-Bomb. chapter 11,
279–308
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Andrew
Mack (1975)
Why
Big
Nations
Lose
Small
Wars:
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Politics
of
Asymmetric
Conflict. World
Politics. 27(2)January,
175–200
<http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2009880>
EReading
-
Ivan
Arreguin-Toft (2001)
How
the
Weak
Win
Wars
:
A
Theory
of
Asymmetric
Conflict. International
Security. 26(2)Fall,
93–128
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/016228801753212868>
EReading
Further
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Computerized
War. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 16,
235–250
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Integrated
War. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 18,
265–284
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Make-Believe
War. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 19,
285–296
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Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Real
War. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 20,
297–310
7-Apr: 11.2. Vietnam (104 Pages)
-
James M
Fallows (1981)
Two
Weapons. In
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defense.
New
York,
NY:
Vintage
Books,
ISBN
0394753062. chapter 4,
76–106
EReading
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Harry G.
Summers (1982)
Chap. 8-9
in
On
Strategy:
A
Critical
Analysis
of
the
Vietnam
War. Novato,
CA:
Presidio
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122–150,
ISBN
0891411569
EReading
-
Robert A.
Pape (1990)
Coercive
Air
Power
in
the
Vietnam
War. International
Security. 15(2)Autumn,
103–146
<http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2538867>
EReading
12-Apr: 12.1. Gulf War (145 Pages)
-
Stephen D.
Biddle (2004)
Operation
Desert
Storm—January
17–February
28,
1991. In
Biddle
Military
Power. chapter 7,
132–149
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Michael R.
Gordon
and
Bernard E.
Trainor (1995)
Chap.
18-20
in
The
Generals’
War:
The
inside
Story
of
the
Conflict
in
the
Gulf.
1st edition.
Boston,
MA:
Little
Brown,
375–461,
ISBN
0316321729
EReading
-
Darryl G.
Press (2001)
The
myth
of
air
power
in
the
Persian
Gulf
War
and
the
future
of
warfare. International
Security. 26(2)Fall,
5–44
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/016228801753191123>
EReading
Further
14-Apr: 12.2. Kosovo and Afghanistan (112 Pages)
-
Barry R.
Posen (2000)
The
War
for
Kosovo:
Serbia’s
Political-Military
Strategy. International
Security. 24(4)Spring,
39–84
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/016228800560309>
EReading
-
Andrew L.
Stigler (2002/2003)
A
clear
victory
for
air
power
-
NATO’s
empty
threat
to
invade
Kosovo. International
Security. 27(3)Winter,
124–157
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/01622880260553651>
EReading
-
Michael E.
O’Hanlon (2002)
A
flawed
masterpiece. Foreign
Affairs. 81(3)May/June,
47–63,
ISSN
00157120
EReading
-
Stephen
Biddle (2003)
Afghanistan
and
the
future
of
warfare. Foreign
Affairs. 82,
31–45,
ISSN
00157120
EReading
Further
19-Apr: 13.1. Lebanon and Gaza (157 Pages)
Further
Contemporary Issues
21-Apr: 13.2. No Class
26-Apr: 14.1. Who Suffers? (129 Pages)
Further
-
Lynda E.
Boose (2002)
Crossing
the
River
Drina:
Bosnian
Rape
Camps,
Turkish
Impalement,
and
Serb
Cultural
Memory. Signs. 28(1,
Gender
and
Cultural
Memory)Autumn,
71–96
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/340921>,
ISSN
00979740
EReading
28-Apr: 14.2. Who Fights? (83 Pages)
Further
-
Aaron
Belkin
and
Melissa Sheridan
Embser-Herbert (2002)
A
Modest
Proposal:
Privacy
as
a
Flawed
Rationale
for
the
Exclusion
of
Gays
and
Lesbians
from
the
U.S.
Military. International
Security. 27(2)Fall,
178–197
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/016228802760987860>
EReading
Further Reading
This Summer: 15.1. The Future of War (126 Pages)
-
John
Keegan (1976)
The
Future
of
Battle. In
Keegan
The
Face
of
Battle. chapter 5,
285–336
-
Stephen
Biddle (1998)
The
Past
as
Prologue:
Assessing
Theories
of
Future
Warfare. Security
Studies. 8(1)Autumn,
1–74
EReading
Further
-
Martin Levi
van Creveld (1989)
Conclusions:
The
Logic
of
Technology
and
War. In
van
Creveld
Technology
and
War. chapter 21,
311–320
This Summer: 15.2. A Revolution in Military Affairs? (76 Pages)
-
Stephen D.
Biddle (2004)
Conclusion. In
Biddle
Military
Power. chapter 10,
190–208
-
Stephen
Biddle (2005)
Military
Power:
A
Reply. Journal
of
Strategic
Studies. 28(3),
453–469
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402390500154403>,
ISSN
01402390
EReading
-
Eliot A.
Cohen (2005)
Stephen
Biddle
on
Military
Power. Journal
of
Strategic
Studies. 28(3),
413–424
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402390500137259>,
ISSN
01402390
EReading
-
Lawrence
Freedman (2005)
A
Theory
of
Battle
or
a
Theory
of
War?
Journal
of
Strategic
Studies. 28(3),
425–436
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402390500137275>,
ISSN
01402390
EReading
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Michael
Horowitz
and
Stephen
Rosen (2005)
Evolution
or
Revolution?
Journal
of
Strategic
Studies. 28(3),
437–448
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402390500137317>,
ISSN
01402390
EReading
-
Martin
Van Creveld (2005)
Less
Than
Meets
the
Eye. Journal
of
Strategic
Studies. 28(3),
449–452
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402390500137341>,
ISSN
01402390
EReading
Further
-
Stephen D.
Biddle (2004)
Statistical
Tests. In
Biddle
Military
Power. chapter 8,
150–180
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Stephen D.
Biddle (2004)
Experimental
Tests. In
Biddle
Military
Power. chapter 9,
181–189