DSS 717 - Small Wars, Imperial Conflicts, and Guerrilla Warfare

Credit Hours: 3

This seminar examines some of the many forms of warfare that differ from “symmetrical” conflicts between great powers, with special attention to how great powers fight such wars and why they succeed or fail in bringing them to a satisfactory conclusion. Students will read a variety of literature written by authors such as C. E. Calwell, Victor Davis Hanson, and Colin Gray, as well as insurgents such as Che Guevara. The class will include a number of historical case studies, with an emphasis on the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries.

Lecture Contact Hours: 3

Typically Offered: Demand