MILS560  - Joint Warfare Theory and Practice

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This course covers the theory and practice of joint warfare, by examining major conflicts since the mid-19th and joint warfare in the 1980s and 1990s. Students assess, through case studies, the impact of the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 on the Department of Defense and U.S. national security strategy.

 

Prerequisites

N/A

Corequisites

N/A

Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
10/31/11 - 03/25/12 04/02/12 - 05/27/12 Spring 2012 Session B - 8 Week session
03/26/12 - 08/26/12 09/03/12 - 10/28/12 Summer 2012 Session D - 8 Week session
05/28/12 - 10/28/12 11/05/12 - 12/30/12 Fall 2012 Session I - 8 Week session

Course Materials

Book Title: Waging Modern War: Bosnia, Kosovo & the Future of Combat
ISBN: 158648043X
Publication Info: New York, NY: PublicAffairs LLC, 2001
Author: Clark, Wesley
Unit Cost: $30.00

Book Title: How Effective is Strategic Bombing?: Lessons Learned from World War II to Kosovo
ISBN: 081473135X
Publication Info: New York, NY: New York University Press, 2001
Author: Gentile, Gian
Unit Cost: $65.00

Book Title: Generals' War: The Inside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf
ISBN: 0316321001
Publication Info: New York, NY: Little, Brown & Company, 1996
Author: Gordon, M.R.
Unit Cost: $19.99

 
 
 

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