Introduction to Tactics
Strategic Studies 155 - Introduction to Tactics[edit | edit source]
Welcome to Introduction to Tactics. This course is a first-year elective 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 discreet 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.
Course Content[edit | edit source]
The intent of this course is to give the student a rudimentary knowledge of the tactics that formulate greater strategic planning in combat.
By the end of this course, you should know:
- How tactics affect strategy.
- Rudimentary tactics.
- Why tactics are important.
Course Texts[edit | edit source]
Online Texts[edit | edit source]
- US Army, Field Manual 3-90, Tactics. Washington: Dept. of the Army, 2001.
- Other links in progress
Offline Texts[edit | edit source]
- Dawson, Doyne. The Origins of Western Warfare: Militarism and Morality in the Ancient World. Boulder: Westview Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8133-2940-X
- Griffith, Paddy. Forward Into Battle. Fighting tactics from Waterloo to the Near Future. Novato: Presidio Press, 1991 (1981). ISBN 0891414134
- Keegan, John. The Face of Battle. A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme. London: Penguin, 1978.
- Written texts in progress:
- FM 7-8
Classes[edit | edit source]
Unit 1: Introduction[edit | edit source]
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Unit 2: Tactics and Strategy[edit | edit source]
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Unit 3: Types of Tactics[edit | edit source]
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Unit 4: Tactical Formations[edit | edit source]
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Unit 5: Conclusion[edit | edit source]
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FINAL[edit | edit source]
In progress.
Followup courses[edit | edit source]
- STST 255 Infantry Tactics
- STST 256 Cavalry Tactics
- STST 257 Armor Tactics
- STST 355 Combined Arms Tactics
- STST 455 Seminar in Operational Warfare
External Links[edit | edit source]
- Google Map of the Battle of Waterloo
- Google Map of the Wars of Alexander the Great
- Google Map of the Conquering of Mexico by Hernan Cortés
- Google Map of the Pizarro's Conquering of Peru
- Google Map of the Battles of the 7th Portuguese India Armada
- Google Map of the Battles of Spartacus
- Google Map of the Battles of the War of 1812 - 1815
- Google Map of the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848
- Google Map of the WWII Battles: The Western Front
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