American Ways of War
Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2024 - Full Term (01/23/2024 - 05/06/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Term: Spring 2024 - Full Term (01/23/2024 - 05/06/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:
35
CRN: 56826
CRN: 56826
"Is there an American way of war?" This commonly asked question will be the focal point of the course. To answer that we will study the interactions of both war and society in the United States from the Civil War onwards, addressing such issues as the causes, courses, diplomacy, homefront, legacy, and the art of the great and small wars. Course meets the History major requirement for Group I.
Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Cross listed with : HIST 813.01
Instructors: Marion Dorsey
Times & Locations
| Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/23/2024 | 5/6/2024 | TR | 9:40am - 11:00am | HORT 307 | |
| Final Exam | 5/14/2024 | 5/14/2024 | T | 8:00am - 10:00am | HORT 307 |
Additional Course Details:
Booklist
1. Joan Cashin’s War Stuff: The Struggle for Human and Environmental Resources in the American Civil War. Cambridge University Press. 2018. ISBN: 978-1-108-41318-3
2. Jennifer Keene’s Doughboys, the Great War, and the Making of America. Johns Hopkins. ISBN: 978-0801874468
3. Roeder’s Censored War. Yale. 1995. ISBN: 978-0300062915
4. Fussell’s The Boys’ Crusade. Modern Library. 2005. ISBN: 978-0812974881
5. Sebastian Junger’s War. Twelve. ISBN: 978-0446556224
*Any inexpensive cloth or paperback editions are fine.
**We will use a free, online textbook in addition to the required books listed here.