MILH531  - Strategy, Tactics & Leadership of the American Revolution

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This course is an examination of the American Revolution with emphasis on the operational contributions of American and British military leadership. Students assess the basic concepts and principles of the war’s strategic and operational levels, the tactical employment of forces, and the element of leadership to the planning and execution of the war by both sides. Special emphasis is on comparing and contrasting American and British peer-level commanders.

 

Prerequisites

N/A

Corequisites

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Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
10/31/11 - 03/25/12 04/02/12 - 07/22/12 Spring 2012 Session A - 16 Week session

Course Materials

Book Title: War for America, 1775-1783-E-book available in the APUS Online Library to be used while awaiting text
ISBN: 0803281927
Publication Info: Univ. of Nebraska Reprint, 1993
Author: MacKesy, Piers
Unit Cost: $29.95

Book Title: Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolution Throught the Eyes of Those Who Fought and Lived It
ISBN: 0306803070
Publication Info: Da Capo Press, 1988
Author: Scheer, George
Unit Cost: $22.50

Book Title: Battles of the Revolutionary War: 1775-1781
ISBN: 0306813297
Publication Info: Reprint Edition. New York: Da Capo Press, 2003
Author: Wood, W. J. and John S. D. Eisenhower
Unit Cost: $20.00

 

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