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American Military History
This course explores the American military experience from its origins in the colonial period to the present day. It is designed to view military history from a variety of angles, through multiple perspectives and formats, and to broaden your view of the American military establishment. In this course, we will examine traditional military topics, such as strategy and tactics, and combat operations, as well as exploring "new military history" topics, such as examining the interaction between war and society, civil-military relations, and the social history of soldiers. We will also explore how political, social, and cultural factors have influenced the nature of warfare and the military institution in American history.
There are a couple of extracurricular class activities required for this course, including a short field trip (to CowpensNational Military Park), and a Wargame (here on campus). For video presentations of the previous wargames, see the links below.
2007
Battle of Durham Park
2008
Battle of Durham Park
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