HUX 530 - WAR & HUMAN EXPERIENCE

HUX 530 - WAR & HUMAN EXPERIENCE

This course is divided into five sections, covering the following areas:

General introduction and readings on the nature of war
Ancient Greece
Medieval Europe and the Hundred Years War
World War I
Vietnam
Each section occupies three weeks of the term; you are to complete the assigned readings and then write a 4-5 page paper on one of several possible topics, due at the end of the three-week period for that section (see the schedule of readings and assignments for specific details). Note: the lengths of the reading assignments for each section are not necessarily equal, so you might try to read ahead when possible in order to meet the writing assignment deadlines.

SCHEDULE OF READINGS

Due: Read:

NATURE OF WAR

Weeks 1-3 Course Guide, pp. 8-36
Keegan, The Face of Battle, Chapter 1 (pp. 13-77)
Keegan, A History of Warfare, pp. 79-177
Additional Required Reading:
CAPCO, "War and Human Experience": Kennedy, "Ritual and Intergroup Murder: Comments on War, Primitive and Modern", Schmookler, "The Parable of the Tribes"

ANCIENT GREECE

Weeks 4-6 Course Guide, pp. 37-52
Keegan, A History of Warfare, pp. 177-257
Homer, The Iliad, (especially the Introduction, Books 4-9, 12, 15-17, 20-23)
Additional Required Reading:
CAPCO, "War and Human Experience": Herodotus, "The Battles of Marathon and Plataia," "Greek Poetry."
Thucydides, On Justice, Power, and Human Nature (including the Introduction)

MEDIEVAL EUROPE

Weeks 7-9 Course Guide, pp. 53-66
Keegan, A History of Warfare, pp. 257-298
Additional Required Reading:
CAPCO, "War and Human Experience": Froissart, "The Battles of Crecy and Poitiers"
Keegan, The Face of Battle, Chapter 2 (pp. 78-116)
Shakespeare, Henry V (including the Introduction and Notes on Sources, i.e., pp. vii-210)

WORLD WAR I

Weeks 10-12 Course Guide, pp. 67-79
Keegan, A History of Warfare, pp. 301-366
Keegan, The Face of Battle, Chapter 4 (pp. 207-288)
Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front
Additional Required Reading: CAPCO, "War and Human Experience":"World War I Poetry"

VIETNAM

Weeks 13-15 Course Guide, pp. 80-84
Keegan, A History of Warfare, pp. 367-392
Karnow, Vietnam: A History (especially Chapters 1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16)
O’Brien, The Things They Carried
Additional Required Reading: CAPCO, "War and Human Experience": Troung, "A Viet Cong Memoir", Levertov, "What Were They Like?"

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Due:	Read:
NATURE OF WAR
Weeks 1-3	Course Guide, pp. 8-36 Keegan, The Face of Battle, Chapter 1 (pp. 13-77) Keegan, A History of Warfare, pp. 79-177 Additional Required Reading: CAPCO, "War and Human Experience": Kennedy, "Ritual and Intergroup Murder: Comments on War, Primitive and Modern", Schmookler, "The Parable of the Tribes"
ANCIENT GREECE
Weeks 4-6	Course Guide, pp. 37-52 Keegan, A History of Warfare, pp. 177-257 Homer, The Iliad, (especially the Introduction, Books 4-9, 12, 15-17, 20-23) Additional Required Reading: CAPCO, "War and Human Experience": Herodotus, "The Battles of Marathon and Plataia," "Greek Poetry." Thucydides, On Justice, Power, and Human Nature (including the Introduction)
MEDIEVAL EUROPE
Weeks 7-9	Course Guide, pp. 53-66 Keegan, A History of Warfare, pp. 257-298 Additional Required Reading: CAPCO, "War and Human Experience": Froissart, "The Battles of Crecy and Poitiers" Keegan, The Face of Battle, Chapter 2 (pp. 78-116) Shakespeare, Henry V (including the Introduction and Notes on Sources, i.e., pp. vii-210)
WORLD WAR I
Weeks 10-12	Course Guide, pp. 67-79 Keegan, A History of Warfare, pp. 301-366 Keegan, The Face of Battle, Chapter 4 (pp. 207-288) Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front Additional Required Reading: CAPCO, "War and Human Experience":"World War I Poetry"
VIETNAM
Weeks 13-15	Course Guide, pp. 80-84 Keegan, A History of Warfare, pp. 367-392 Karnow, Vietnam: A History (especially Chapters 1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16) O’Brien, The Things They Carried Additional Required Reading: CAPCO, "War and Human Experience": Troung, "A Viet Cong Memoir", Levertov, "What Were They Like?"