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Course Objectives
The successful student will gain the historical foundation and framework to support informed discussion and analysis of modern warfare, its causes, conduct, and consequences.
Course Objectives
• Understand and trace the historical roots of the strategies, operational concepts, and weapons employed in modern wars.
• Trace key technological threads in the history of warfare and appreciate their continuing significance in modern war.
• Understand the concept of revolutions in military affairs and their impact on warfare in the 20th century and beyond.
• Understand the impacts of modern war on society and society on modern war.
• Develop an historical appreciation for the moral and ethical issues of modern war.
• Understand historical trends in the Law of Armed Conflict and other initiatives to limit the impact of war on society.
Specifically, the successful student will be able to:
Threads & Themes
• The Circle of Modern War: Society < = > Technology < = > Military Science < = > Society
• Match/Mismatch between national objectives and national strategy
• Core technologies: metallurgy, chemistry, physics, mechanics, electronics
• Core Weapons: Infantry weapons, artillery, naval armament, aircraft
• Logistics as the lynchpin of modern war
• Offense vs. defense
• Revolutions in Military Affairs (RMA)
Points of Emphasis
Levels of War
Instruments of National Power
Weinberger’s Six Tests for Going to War
Total War
Causes, Conduct & Consequences of Wars
Course Review
Focus your review on the highlight slides for each of the three blocks of instruction
• These are grouped at the end of the Lectures page (click)
The material for Lessons 22-30 (starting with the A-bomb lecture) will be on the exam in questions much like these in Exams 1 & 2 (short answers, identification, chronology, etc.)
The material from Lessons 1-9 and 11-21 will be used in broader concept questions addressing the major themes of the course.
• There will be a few repeat detail questions from Exams 1 & 2
• Be sure the review the ones you missed!
Rite of Passage
I pass you the keys to the History of Modern War:
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~tpilsch/history.html
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