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• MLNG 420: Europe Lit Mvmt frm 1789

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  This course begins at the dawn of the Romantic movement on the Continent and continues through the important movements of Realism, Naturalism, Symbolism, Surrealism, and Existentialism. Significant works of writers such as Hugo, Flaubert, Zola, Galdós, Rilke, Mann, Proust, D'Annunzio, Pirandello, Sartre, and Hesse, among others, will be studied against the background of their times.
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• MLTH 500: Methods & Historiography

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  An introduction to the methodologies of military history and the nature of historical sources pertaining to warfare (e.g., archaeological, geophysical, archival, and technological). It also introduces students to the broader questions, historiographical debates, and epistemological questions regarding the study of war and militaries as institutions.
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• MLTH 501: Strategic Thinkers& Mlty Intel

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  An examination of the masters of the military art and key military strategists and intellectuals throughout history, including Thucydides, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Jomini, Clausewitz, Mahan, Douhet, Eisenhower, and Mao Zedong. It introduces students to the theories and practices of war; the interrelationships among politics, strategy, technology, and society; and current thought on the future of war.
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• MLTH 502: Leadership in Crucible of War

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  An examination of the long history of military leadership in world history. It will examine leadership across time and the different ranks, while also placing leadership within societal contexts. This course considers models and exemplars of military leadership at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels across select epochs in history, from warrior-kings and four-stars to centurions and lieutenants.
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• MLTH 503: U.S. Military History

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  This course examines patterns in U.S. military history from the colonial era to the present day. Significant attention is placed on operational military history and the larger strategic, political, social, and cultural conditions that have shaped American military history. The course also highlights how and why Americans have waged war; the common soldier's experience, uniforms, and weaponry in different conflicts; civil-military considerations; and the dynamic ways that technology has affected warfare.
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• MLTH 504: Non-Western Military History

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  This course examines patterns in military history in the non-western world in Africa, the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia. While significant attention will be devoted to operational history and larger issues of strategy, the course will examine how and why these societies waged war. It will also explore the experience of warfare throughout the non-western world as it affected native peoples, common soldiers, governments, and military institutions.
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• MLTH 505: Irregular Warfare

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  This course examines the history of irregular, or guerrilla, warfare from the ancient world to the present day. Attention will be devoted not only to the tactical experience of guerrilla war, but also to the social, economic, and political contexts that have fostered these wars. No less important, the course will examine counter insurgent operations and the strategic and grand strategic considerations that have guided them.
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• MLTH 506: Naval & Amphibious Warfare

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  A history of warfare at sea from ancient times to the present with emphasis on the historical development of naval architecture, technology and organization; the evolution of naval tactics and strategy, and the influence of seapower upon world affairs. The origins and development of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and upon the role of joint operations and amphibious warfare, are also examined.
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• MLTH 507: Airpower History

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  An examination of the development of manned flight and the emergence of air power in military history in the 20th century to the present. Air power theorists and practitioners such as Douhet, Mitchell, Trenchard, de Seversky, Harris, LeMay, and Warden are examined, as well as technological developments in aeronautical engineering and its effects on both the doctrine and application of air power. The course also examines the possibilities and limits of air power and its offensive, defensive, and deterrent capabilities in national strategy.
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• MLTH 511: Greek & Roman Warfare

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  A survey of warfare in the ancient Mediterranean, particularly among the Greeks and Romans, from the era of the Trojan War to the height of the Roman Empire. It addresses cultural attitudes toward war, military service, and violence, the institutions that supported the waging of war and raising of armies, the actual progress of campaigns and battles, the impact of plunder and war losses on ancient societies, and the role of technological and tactical innovations in the changing practice of war. It also considers in what ways or to what extent the warfare of the Greeks and Romans represents the heritage of modern war.
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