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Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students:
1. will be able to critique texts on war drawing on the methods used by historians, sociologists, and political scientists, among others;
2. understand the major historical changes in the nature and context of war since the earliest times of human history;
3. will appreciate a variety of analytic techniques used by researchers investigating human conflict;
4. will have improved their academic writing skills.

Indicative Module Content:

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Warfare in Ancient Greece: From Citizen Soldiers to Hellenistic
Kingdoms

Lecture 3: The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

Lecture 4: War in the Medieval World

Lecture 5: The Wars of Religion and the Military Revolution

Lecture 6: Napoleonic Warfare: Change and Continuities

Lecture 7: ‘Savage Warfare’: The Colonial Context of Counterinsurgency

Lecture 8: From Cabinet War to Total War, 1870-1945

Lecture 9: What Makes a Civil War?

Lecture 10: Why Soldiers Fight: Cohesion and Combat Motivation since the
Second World War

There will be a reading week in each semester.

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Individual feedback is offered by email or in person throughout the semester and after the research essay.