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HI358 POLICY, STRATEGY & GENERALSHIP

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Offerings are listed from 2027-1 Fall through 2031-1 Fall.

Scope: This course focuses on the evolution of generalship in the western military experience and the performance of general officers who have sought to translate success at different levels of war into achieving policy & strategic goals. The course examines how generals have crafted and executed military strategy from the early modern era to the present. It explores various factors that shaped strategic thinking and influenced the way generals commanded their forces in these different historical eras and analyzes the application of those ideas and systems in selected case studies.
Lessons: 30 @ 75 min (2.000 Att/wk)
Labs: 0 @ 0 min
Special requirements: A 1500-word research paper.

Scope: This course examines how political and military leaders develop and execute policy and strategy. The course begins with an examination of the rise of military professionalism and the creation of military staffs in the nineteenth century. It explores how political and military leaders integrate not only military power, but also diplomatic, economic, technological, social, and political resources to achieve a nation's goals. In particular, the course examines the often contentious issues of civil-military relations, joint and coalition warfare, and organizational and doctrinal change. Cadets study the strategic challenges faced by senior civilians and military leaders, thus allowing them to analyze warfare within a broader political-military context.
Lessons: 30 @ 75 min (2.000 Att/wk)
Labs: 0 @ 0 min
Special requirements: A 1500-word research paper.

HI358 STRATEGY, POLICY & GENERALSHIP

Scope: This course examines how political and military leaders develop and execute policy and strategy. The course begins with an examination of the rise of military professionalism and the creation of military staffs in the nineteenth century. It explores how political and military leaders integrate not only military power, but also diplomatic, economic, technological, social, and political resources to achieve a nation's goals. In particular, the course examines the often contentious issues of civil-military relations, joint and coalition warfare, and organizational and doctrinal change. Cadets study the strategic challenges faced by senior civilians and military leaders, thus allowing them to analyze warfare within a broader political-military context.
Lessons: 30 @ 75 min (2.000 Att/wk)
Labs: 0 @ 0 min
Special requirements: A 1500-word research paper.

Scope: This course examines how political and military leaders develop and execute policy and strategy. The course begins with an examination of the rise of military professionalism and the creation of military staffs in the nineteenth century. It explores how political and military leaders integrate not only military power, but also diplomatic, economic, technological, social, and political resources to achieve a nation's goals. In particular, the course examines the often contentious issues of civil-military relations, joint and coalition warfare, and organizational and doctrinal change. Cadets study the strategic challenges faced by senior civilians and military leaders, thus allowing them to analyze warfare within a broader political-military context.
Lessons: 40 @ 55 min (2.500 Att/wk)
Labs: 0 @ 0 min
Special requirements: A 1500-word research paper.