Experiences and perceptions of both military and civilian participants in different kinds of wars around the world over the past 500 years. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

A study of the origins, development, and legacy of World War II from a global perspective. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

Selected topics analyzing the interactions of warfare, military theories and practice with social, economic and technological developments since 1815.

The social, economic and cultural forces that shaped the Civil War and its aftermath. Sectional conflict, industrialization, reform and abolitionism, race relations, and class, gender and constitutional issues from the 1830s to the 1880s.

Also offered as AAAS 3531 and AMST 3531.

The events leading to martial law and executive order 9066, the wartime experience of Japanese Americans, and national consequences. Formerly offered as AASI 3531. CA 1. CA 4.

Twentieth-century issues in the Middle East heartland with analysis focusing on the Ottoman heritage, nationalism, Arab-Israeli and other conflicts, Islam, oil, water, rapid sociopolitical change, trends in development, super-power rivalries, and the search for identity, independence, and peace with justice.

Also offered as AAAS 3845.

Origins, evolution, and aftermath of the Vietnamese conflict: the prewar history of colonialism, nationalism, communism, and anticommunism; the formation and development of the three main Vietnamese belligerents; American intervention; culture and politics in wartime Vietnam; escalation and de-escalation of the war; the postwar legacy.