GOVT 85.29 U.S. Military Interventions Since Vietnam

This class surveys prominent studies of United States military operations. We examine how scholars have attempted to inform public debates about these conflicts, and how those experiences have shaped broader conceptions of politics and war. How much (or how little) can scholars learn from armed conflict? What aspects of these experiences are academic methods best suited to address, and where have they come up short? We direct these questions towards scholarship on conflicts such as Vietnam, Grenada, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Ukraine. The goal of this class is to deepen students’ substantive knowledge of military affairs while engaging broader questions about the possibilities and limits of analyzing controversial events.  

Instructor

Friedman

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:INT or SOC

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