Description
This course explores warfare from earliest times to the present, viewing war as a social institution that must be seen in its fullest cultural context to be understood. Attention will be given not only to the historical development of war, but also to its interrelationships with society, economics, religion, and technology. Although the course focuses mainly on the West, it will have a global component in that the military experience of other world cultures will serve as a vehicle for comparisons. Required research paper.