MILS583 - Insurgency and Revolution

Course Code: MILS583 Course ID: 3220 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Graduate

This course is a critical analysis of the origins, structures, and contemporary importance of insurgency and revolution. Various theories and analytical frameworks will be considered and tested against the historical record. Students will acquire a fundamental knowledge as to how these theories and frameworks have assisted or hindered the study of the history of specific groups of insurgents and revolutionaries. These groups will include revolutionaries such as the Chinese Communists and other modern-day militant Islamist organizations.