Introduction to Strategic Studies

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Part of the Strategic Studies curriculum

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[edit] Strategic Studies 101 - Introduction to Strategic Studies

Welcome to Strategic Studies 101. This course is a first-year core course in the Strategic Studies curriculum. Its active learning content should be the equivalent of about 30 hours of classroom time, and it is organized into classes. Each class has a discrete learning objective and a way (or ways) to reach that objective. This will be complemented by readings that are prerequisites to each course. The course is presented in a logical order, and one class may be built upon in subsequent lessons. The order in which you perform these studies, however, is not important. If you feel you'd prefer a different order, that is up to you.

[edit] Course Content

This is the foundational course in the Strategic Studies curriculum and presents a broad overview of the subject matter. The main objective of this course is to gain familiarity with war, strategy, and the terminology that will be used throughout this degree program.

By the end of this course, you should know:

  • The differences between Tactics, Grand Tactics, Strategy, and Grand Strategy
  • The basics of military organization
  • A majority of the specialized words used in the study of warfare and strategy
  • Many of the major technical and technological innovations over the course of military history

[edit] Active participants

I will be studying this course from the notes. should anyone want to step into a mentoring role, that would be good. --Jolie 19:44, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

I will also be studying this course, among others, and am wondering if there is anyone who would want to share their expertise. Thanks --Iskid2astop 19:03, 15 February 2008

[edit] Course Texts

[edit] Collaborative Wikibook Project

The Study of Strategy

[edit] Online Texts

  • The art of war [1]

[edit] Offline Texts

  • Art, Robert J. & Waltz, Kenneth N. (Eds.), The Use of Force. Military Power and International Poitics. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004 (last edition). ISBN 0742525570
  • Baylis, John, Cohen, Eliot A., Gray, Colin S., Wirtz, James J. (eds.), Strategy in the Contemporary World, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002 (ISBN 0-19-878273-X) and 2006 (ISBN 978-0-19-928978-3).
  • Betts, Richard K. (Ed.), Conflict After The Cold War. New York: Pearson-Longman, 2006. ISBN 0-321-20946-X
  • Dawson, Doyne. The Origins of Western Warfare: Militarism and Morality in the Ancient World. Boulder: Westview Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8133-2940-X
  • Freedman, Lawrence. War. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN 0-19-289254-1
  • Fuller, J. F. C. Armament and History: The Influence of Armament on History from the Dawn of Classical Warfare to the End of the Second World War. New York: Da Capo Press, 1998 (originally published 1945). ISBN 0-306-80859-5
  • Keegan, John. A History of Warfare. New York: Vintage Books, 1994. ISBN 0-679-73082-6 (London: Hutchison and Knopf editions also available, but references will be taken from the Vintage Books edition)

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[edit] Unit 1: Introductions

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[edit] Unit 2: Concepts Useful to the Study of Strategy

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  • Strategic Resources
  • Geopolitics
  • The State as Rational Actor

[edit] Unit 3: Primitive Warfare: The Clash for Resources

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  • Territoriality and Warfare in the Animal Kingdom
  • Monkey Wars
  • Tribal and Ritualized Warfare

[edit] Unit 4: The Rise of Civilization

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  • Cities, Agriculture, and Early Military Organization
  • The Greek City States and Rome
  • China

[edit] Unit 5: Early Theories of Strategy and War

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  • From Ritual Warfare to Battle of Annihilation
  • The Greek and Roman traditions
  • Chinese Military Philosophy

[edit] Unit 6: Religion, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance

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  • The Crusades and Religious Conflict
  • Religion in the 30-Years' War
  • The Beginnings of Modern Warfare

[edit] Unit 7: The Colonial Period

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  • Colonialism and the Balance of Power
  • Re-Ritualization? Law and Positional Warfare
  • Genocide

[edit] Unit 8: Nations and Citizens

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  • Napoleon and the LevĂ©e en Masse - The Rise of National Armies
  • Guerrilla
  • The State of Military Philosophy

[edit] Unit 9: The Modern Era

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[edit] Unit 10: Schools of Strategic Thought

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  • Clausewitz vs. Jomini (and their respective ilks)

[edit] Course Final Project

Final - Introduction to Strategic Studies

[edit] Related lessons

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