Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 College of Liberal Arts (Admitted Fall 2019/Spring 2020) 
    
2019-2020 College of Liberal Arts (Admitted Fall 2019/Spring 2020) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PSCI 369 - Strategies of War and Peace

4 credits
This class examines how and why states have worked throughout history to wage both war and peace. Although it is often assumed that peace exists when there is an absence of war, closer inquiry shows that real peace is the product of effort and planning rather than a default status. Moreover, war is often not the result of purposeful policy, rather an accident of misperception, error, and ambiguity. The class will examine a wide variety of time periods, ranging from ancient Greece to current events in the Middle East, with special emphasis on understanding the objectives of and motivations for war as well as the requirements for peace. One question the class will pose is whether war leads to peace, as we might expect, or perhaps, paradoxically, whether peace can lead to war. It will also look at the contemporary challenge of terrorism and how that may change state behaviors. CLA-Writing Intensive



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