NSEC502 - Concepts of National Security
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AS YOUR THIRD CLASS in National Security Studies. Students will appraise the contributions of classic philosophers to security strategy and assess the theoretical explanations for the causes of war and peace. In addition, they will compare differing strategies for the conduct and termination of war and appraise just and unjust war doctrines in light of international law. Students will also assess deterrence strategy and its use in the nuclear age; compare differing doctrines for guerrilla war, revolution, and terrorism; and assess strategies for peacekeeping and peacemaking. The student will complete a number of small writing assignments and a final research paper that develops contemporary strategy and operational art for some aspect of national security.
Prerequisites
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Corequisites
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Schedule of Classes
| 11/05/09 - 03/28/10 |
04/05/10 - 05/30/10 |
Spring 2010 Session B - 8 Week session |
| 11/30/09 - 04/25/10 |
05/03/10 - 06/27/10 |
Spring 2010 Session I - 8 Week session |
| 12/28/09 - 05/30/10 |
06/07/10 - 08/01/10 |
Spring 2010 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 01/25/10 - 06/27/10 |
07/05/10 - 08/29/10 |
Summer 2010 Session B - 8 Week session |
| 02/22/10 - 07/25/10 |
08/02/10 - 09/26/10 |
Summer 2010 Session I - 8 Week session |
| 03/29/10 - 08/29/10 |
09/06/10 - 10/31/10 |
Summer 2010 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 04/26/10 - 09/26/10 |
10/04/10 - 11/28/10 |
Fall 2010 Session B - 8 Week session |
| 05/31/10 - 10/24/10 |
11/01/10 - 12/26/10 |
Fall 2010 Session I - 8 Week session |
| 06/28/10 - 11/28/10 |
12/06/10 - 01/30/11 |
Fall 2010 Session D - 8 Week session |
Course Materials
| Book Title: |
Makers of Modern Strategy
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| ISBN: |
0691027641
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| Book Title: |
Ways of War and Peace, Realism, Liberalism, and Socialism
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| ISBN: |
0393969479
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| Publication Info: |
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997
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| Book Title: |
Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace (revised)
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| ISBN: |
0674007034
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| Publication Info: |
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1987
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| Book Title: |
Just and Unjust Wars, 4th Ed
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| ISBN: |
0465037070
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| Publication Info: |
Basic Books, Inc., 2007
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