Modern Military History
HIS 360 Fall 2008
TimesTT1:00 to 2:15
Location: LAB 102
Kevin Dougherty
The University of Southern Mississippi
Phone: 601-266-4455 (leave a voice mail at your own risk)
Email:
Website
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OBJECTIVE:HIS 360 Modern Military History focuses on the global military experience from the Seven Years’ War to the current operational environment. It addresses the military as an instrument of policy, as a growing and evolving organization, and as a fighting force. This course will pursue these subjects from the viewpoints of military theory and strategy, diplomatic and political objectives, technology, tactics, and subjective and objective measures of social impact. Military operations will specifically be analyzed using tools such as the principles of war, military leadership and personality, and the writings of the great military theorists. Students will gain a working knowledge of these tools and then use them to analyze the leaders, battles, campaigns, and wars that define the modern global military experience.
TEXTS: Assigned articles
GRADING:
90 to 100A
80 to 89B
70 to 79C
60 to 69D
Below 60F
Exam200 points
Unannounced Quizzes (5 at 10 points each)50 points
Book review100 points
Student Presentation100 points
Writing Assignment First Paragraph50 points
Writing Assignment300 points
Final Exam200 points
The exam will be a combination of Identify and State the Significance (ID & SIG) Terms and Short Answer. The unannounced quizzes will focus on ID &SIGs. The writing assignment will be a 1,800 to 2,200 word battle or campaign analysis of a battle or campaign approved by the instructor and is due Lesson 19. First paragraphs are due Lsn 7. The student presentations will be a 7to 10minute presentation on one of the topics listed under selected lessons. The presentation will be done via powerpoint and will be graded on both content and effective communications. The book review is due Lesson 30 and will be a 500 to 750 review of a book available for review for On Point Magazine at Student will cc Mr. Dougherty on the email when the review is sent to On Point. It is the student’s responsibility to coordinate with On Point to get a book to review.
The final exam will be comprehensive and will be a combination of ID & SIGs, Short Answer, and Essay.
Grading rubrics for the book review, student presentation, writing assignment first paragraph, and writing assignment are at the end of the syllabus.
SCHEDULE:
Introduction.
Lsn 1 Aug 21: Introduction During this lesson we will go over the syllabus and the course requirements, identify the learning objectives, and outline the semester.
Block 1
Military Theory and Doctrine. During this block we will gain an understanding of the analytical tools associated with military theory and doctrine that we will use throughout the remainder of the course.
Lsn 2 Aug 26:Military Theory and Strategy. (“Clausewitz and his Works,” by Christopher Bassford FM 3-0, pages 4-11 thru 4-18, ID & SIG: Clausewitz, Corbett, Douhet, forms of maneuver, Jomini, Mahan, Mitchell, principles of war, Sun Tzu
Block 2
Early Modern Wars. During this block we will learn how some of the early great captains applied the military theories covered in Block 1 on the battlefield. We will examine the blending of military and politics in wars of revolution, the impact of technological, organization, and personnel changes, and the growth of total war.
Lsn 3Aug 28:Seven Years’ War ID & SIG: central position, Frederick the Great, French and Indian War, oblique order, Quebec, Quiberon Bay, Rossbach-Leuthen, Seven Years’ War, Wolfe
Student Presentations: Braddock, Nelson
Bring two blank blue books.
Lsn 4 Sept 2: The American Revolution and the French RevolutionID & SIG: American Revolution, ancient regime, civilians in the American Revolution, Cowpens, Enlightenment, French Revolution, Greene, Howe, Quartering Act, Trenton, Washington, Yorktown
Student Presentations: Howe, Lafeyette, Greene
Lsn 5 Sept 4: Napoleonic Wars ID & SIG:Aspern-Essling, Austerlitz, Continental System, corps d’armee, influences of Napoleonic warfare, Jena-Auerstadt, levee en masse,manoeuvre sur les derrieres,Marengo, Napoleon,Napoleonic soldiers, Nelson, Peninsular Campaign, pre-Revolution reforms, reverse slope, Rivoli, Russian Campaign, Trafalgar, Ulm, Wagram, Waterloo, Wellington
Student Presentations: Wellington, Murat
Lsn 6 Sept 9: Mexican War and Crimean War ID & SIG: West Point, Delafield Commission, Scott, turning movement, Cerro Gordo, Sevastopol, limited war, rifle, Crimean War, Mexican War, Nightingale
Student Presentations: Santa Anna, James Polk as a wartime president, Zachary Taylor
Lsn 7 Sept 11: Writing Lab. Bring in typed first paragraph.
Handout exam study guide.
Lsn 8 Sept 16:US Civil War:The Impact of Technology ID & SIG:breastworks, ironclads, Minie Ball, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, frontal attack, interior lines, railroads, telegraph, First Manassas, Chattanooga, steamships, Port Royal
Student Presentations:The Blockade, Trent Affair, Confederate diplomatic efforts in Europe
Lsn 9 Sept 18:US Civil War: Moves Toward Total WarID & SIG:objective, McClellan, Peninsula Campaign, Antietam, conciliation, Emancipation Proclamation, Pope, Harrison Landing letter, Stuart, Anaconda Plan, Lee, Second Manassas
Student Presentations:St. Albans Raid, The CSS Alabama, Jefferson Davis as a wartime president
Lsn 10 Sept 23: US Civil War: Grant’s Grand Strategy ID & SIG: Appomattox, Atlanta, Banks, Butler, Grant, Kennesaw Mountain, Meade, Petersburg, Sherman’s March to the Sea, Spotsylvania, total war, unity of effort, Wilderness
Student Presentations:Vicksburg, Gettysburg
Lsn 11 Sept 25:Exam
Lsn 12 Sept 30:Writing Day: No class
Block 3
Imperialism,World War I, and World War II. During the 20th Century, warfare became much more lethal as the results of new technologies, institutions, and ideas. Military advances allowed the US,Japan, and Europe to practice imperialism against weaker nations. Military capability became not only an enabler but a reason for imperialism. World War I presented unexpected challenges to military leaders accustomed to 19th Century battles that now appeared almost quaint in comparison. New methods of organizing, supplying, and fighting armies slowly developed, but at the costs of huge casualties. The harsh Treaty of Versailles caused the Germans to turn their attention to doctrinal development and the result was an extremely mobile, combined arms form of warfare that would initially catch the Allies unaware. World War II also showed the implications of the military-industrial complex and mobilized societies in the era of total war. Finally, the introduction of the atomic bomb took warfare to a new level of lethality and inaugurated an arms race that would shape the Cold War.
Lsn 13 Oct 2:Wars of ImperialismID & SIG:Berlin Conference, Boer War,Boxer Rebellion, imperialism, Mahan, Meiji’s Reforms, Opium War, Panama Canal, Perry, Rape of Nanjing, Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, Russo-Japanese War, Spanish-American War, Unequal treaties, Western advantages, Zulus
Student Presentations: Rough Riders, Dewey
Lsn 14 Oct 7: World War IID & SIG:attempts to break the stalemate, central position, Hindenburg and Ludendorff, Marne, militarism, Schlieffen Plan, tanks, Tanneberg, technological advances of WWI, trench warfare, Triple Alliance, Triple Entende
Student Presentations: Moltke, First Battle of the Marne
Lsn 15 Oct 9: World War I: ID & SIG:AEF, auftragstaktik, Fourteen Points, isolationism, Meuse-Argonne, Nivelle, Petain, Pershing, Russian Revolution, Treaty of Versailles,unrestricted submarine warfare, York, Ypres (Third Battle)
Student Presentations: Haig, French Mutinies
Lsn 16 Oct 14:Beginning of World War IIID & SIG:appeasement, Bataan Death March, blitzkrieg, Finland, Hitler’s rise to power, Japanese imperialism, Manchuria, Poland, Russian-Germany Non-aggression Pact, Pearl Harbor
Student Presentations:Rommel, Marshall
Lsn 17 Oct 21: World War II: Blitzkrieg and the Eastern FrontID & SIG: Ardennes, aufstragtaktik, Barbarossa, Battle of Britain, Dunkirk, Eastern Front, Maginot Line, Moscow, Stalingrad, Vichy France, Zhukov
Student Presentations:Zhukov
Lsn 18 Oct 23: World War II: North Africa and Italy ID & SIG: Anzio, Clark, Gustav Line, Kasserine Pass, Kesserling, LSTs, Lucas, Montgomery, Operation Torch, Rome, Rommel, Salerno, Sicily, “soft underbelly”
Student Presentations:Kesserling, Alexander
Lsn 19 Oct 28:World War II:NormandyID & SIG: airborne forces, amphibious forces, coalition warfare, Cobra, Eisenhower, mass, Montgomery, objective, Rommel, Runstedt, surprise
Student Presentations: Bradley, Montgomery
Writing Assignments due
Lsn 20Oct 30:World War II: Pacific ID & SIG: atomic bomb, China-Burma-India Theater, Hiroshima, Holocaust, island-hopping, MacArthur, mutual assured destruction, Operation Cartwheel, Pearl Harbor,roles of women, Stilwell, total war, Truman
Student Presentations: King, Slim, Nimitz
Block 4
Early Cold War, Korea, and Vietnam. With the end of World War II, the US-Soviet wartime alliance collapsed and an era of bipolar competition between the two superpowers ensued. This period is known as the Cold War. The idea of the potentially catastrophic results of a superpower confrontation led to the US and the Soviets avoiding direct military contract. Instead they often fought through surrogates. The limited wars of the Cold War era provided a challenge to conventional armies and gave many advantages to insurgent and guerilla groups.
Lsn 21 Nov 4:Early Cold War ID & SIG: Bay of Pigs, Berlin Airlift, Berlin Wall, Cold War, containment,Cuban Missile Crisis, Greek Civil War, Hungarian Revolt, Kennan, NATO, Potsdam Conference, Prague Spring, Stalin, Warsaw Pact
Student Presentations: Van Fleet,Lucius Clay
Lsn 22 Nov 6: Korean War ID & SIG:Inchon, limited war, MacArthur, Pusan Perimeter, Seoul, Task Force Smith, United Nations, Chinese intervention
Student Presentations: Ridgway, MacArthur, Airborne operations in Korea
Book reviews due.
Lsn 23 Nov 11:Vietnam: Origins and Guerrilla War ID & SIG:Dien Bien Phu, Diem, domino theory, French in Vietnam, guerrilla war, Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Mao, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Navarre, Viet Cong
Student Presentations: Giap,Che Guevara,
Lsn 24 Nov 13:Vietnam: Pacification and the Big War ID & SIG:air mobility, attrition, Ia Drang, Kennedy, limited war, NVA, Operation Rolling Thunder, pacification,Special Forces (Green Berets), strategic hamlet program, Westmoreland
Lsn 35: Student Presentations:Westmoreland, Operation Power Pack (Dominican Republic)
Lsn 25 Nov 18: Vietnam: The Big War (cont) and the Vietnam SyndromeID & SIG Abrams, Cambodia, Cronkite, Johnson, Operation Junction City, Kent State, search and destroy,Tet Offensive, Vietnam Syndrome, Vietnamization
Student Presentations: Abrams,Johnson as a wartime president
Block 5
Post-Vietnam to Present
Cold War tensions complicated international relations in the Middle East and elsewhere as the US and the USSR sought to exercise influence without risking direct superpower confrontation. The difficult experience in Vietnam resulted in a period of declining US military capability and a reluctance for the US to militarily intervene in international affairs, but the end of the Cold War and the rise of the US as the world’s only superpower ushered in a new world order. The end of bipolar competition resulted in an emphasis on multinational operations, and the elimination of the fear of a superpower confrontation brought about a new willingness to use military force. However, the euphoria for this new world order soon waned in the aftermath of Somalia and the introduction of a new threat in the form of global terrorism.
Lsn 26 Nov 20:Arab-Israeli WarsID & SIG Camp David Accords, Golan Heights, Israel, Nasser, OPEC, PLO, preemptive strike, Sadat, Sharon, Sinai, Six Day War, Suez Canal, unity of command, Yom Kippur War, War of Israeli Independence
Student Presentations: Sharon, Iranian Hostage Crisis and Desert One
Handout final exam study guide.
Lsn 27 Nov 25: Soviet-Afghan War and Falklands WarID & SIG Argentina, Falklands War, Goose Green, Karmal, maritime exclusion zone, mujahideen, Port Stanley, Soviet-Afghan War, Stinger missiles
Lsn 28 Dec 2: Iran-Iraq War and Operation Desert Storm ID & SIG chemical weapons, coalition, Desert Storm, human wave attacks, Iran-Iraq War, “left hook”, Khomeini, objective of Desert Storm, Republican Guards, Saddam, Schwarzkopf, shaping operations (deception and air war), Tanker War, War of the Cities
Student Presentations: Schwarzkopf, Operation Just Cause
Lsn 29 Dec 4:Late 20th Century Wars of Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Humanitarian CrisisID & SIG Bosnia, “Chapter VI and a half,”Haiti, Kosovo, nationbuilding, peacekeeping, post Cold War environment, role of the media, Rwanda, Somalia, United Nations and peacekeeping
Student Presentations: Milosevic
Final Exam. The final exam will be comprehensive and will focus on the five blocks presented throughout the course.
Final Exam
OFFICE HOURS: Except on rare occasions, I will be in my office on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 8:30 to 9:30for walk-ins and would be happy to meet with you by appointment at other times.
ACADEMIC HONESTY: Refer to the Student Handbook and Undergraduate Bulletin for specific guidance on academic honesty and plagiarism. Suffice it to say that any representation of another’s work as your own or other form of cheating will not be tolerated and may result in getting an F for the work involved or in the course as well as other disciplinary action to include probation, suspension, and/or expulsion. Papers will be documented using MLA parenthetical documentation. Among other places, the MLA format may be obtained at the USM library’s website Upon request, students will turn in a disc copy of the paper, and the instructor reserves the right to use plagiarism detection software on any product a student submits for a grade.
CLASSROOM CONDUCT: The goal is to have an environment that facilitates learning, respects both students and the instructor, and fosters an atmosphere of civility and proper decorum. Students who create disturbances by arriving late, talking, having cell phones ring, engaging in activities unrelated to the academic subject matter, interrupting, distracting other students, being rude, or any other conduct inappropriate for a learning environment will be told to leave the classroom and will receive an F for that day’s grade.
ABSENCES: It is the student’s responsibility to make necessary arrangements with the instructor surrounding absences. Excused absences must be verified by a note from student services, the clinic, a doctor, a parent, the police, the Student Academic Enhancement Program, or some other authority. It is the student’s responsibility to provide the note, coordinate with the instructor, and make up any missed work within five days of the absence. If the student does not do this or if the absence is unexcused, the student will receive a 0 for the missed work.
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HIS 360
Student Presentation Grade Sheet
(100 points total)
Student Name:
Topic:
Date:
Content:
Accuracy (15 points)
Completeness (15 points)
Expands on lesson (20 points)
Presentation:
Quality and use of visual aids (20 points)
Oral communication skill (20 points)
Adheres to time limit (10 points)
HIS 360 Writing Assignment First Para
Grading Rubric (50 points total)
Thesis
Represents a statement that can be argued15
Is the first sentence of the paragraph5
Follows the rules of correct English5
Proofs
Prove the thesis15
Follow the rules of correct English5
Conclusion
Summarizes the paragraph and restates but is 5
not excessively redundant of the thesis
HIS 360Writing Assignment
Grading Rubric (300 points total)
Introduction
___/10pts. Thesis: Articulation of clear, coherent, and forceful thesis statement. Thesis is first sentence.
___/10pts. Proofs: Paragraph clearly states three proofs that best prove the thesis. Selection of proofs reflects an understanding of the analytical tools used in the course.
___/5pts. Conclusion: Concluding sentence summarizes introductory paragraph.
Body
___/50pts. Cause and Effect: Discussion of proofs demonstrates cause and effect.
___/25pts. Factually Correct: Paper is historically correct, includes necessary relevant facts, and does not become an editorial or opinion piece.
___/25pts. Vocabulary and Development: Paper shows familiarity with the vocabulary associated with the subject. Uses ID & SIGs as appropriate. Student demonstrates ability to put thoughts in his own words. Sufficiently develops the subject. Conforms to length requirement in syllabus.
Conclusion
___/25pts. Conclusion: Concluding paragraph is a restatement of thesis/argument without sounding redundant or introducing new material beyond the scope of the paper.
Writing
___/25pts. Grammar: Punctuation, capitalization, spelling, verb tense, sentence structure, voice, etc conform to rules of standard English.
___/50pts. Structure/Organization: Ideas flow logically from one another and all point back to the thesis statement. Paper can be read in a single rapid reading. Each paragraph has a topic sentence that reflects the main idea of the paragraph. BLUF.
___/25pts. Citations and Format: Proper formatting and use of citations IAW prescribed format.
___/50pts. Sources: Reliable, college level, and expert sources. No overreliance on a single source. Not a simple regurgitation of material presented in class. Reflective of significant outside research.
HIS 360Book Review Grade Sheet
(100 points total)
20 points Author. Identifies the author with a brief biographical sketch of the intellectually-significant aspects of the author’s life
10 points Assessment. Discusses the relationship between the book being reviewed and other works in the field
25 points Summary. Summarizes the book, including the use of short quotations from the book that are representative of the theme, tone, and style
25 points Evaluation. Evaluatesin a clear and well-supported wayhow well the author accomplished his purpose in writing the book
20 points Readability. Uses standard English and maintains an easy-to-follow organization