This course examines the history of warfare around the globe from the Congress of Vienna through World War I and its aftermath. It combines the study of military campaigns with the political, economic, social, and cultural factors shaping military developments. It explores the impact of changing technology on the conduct of war, the development of nationalism, wars between nation-states, and wars for national freedom. This course contains several themes particularly useful to any modern soldier. Among them are the nature and intensity of national wars and the effect of changing technology on society and the conduct of war.
