Course Details
Course Code: MILS563 Course ID: 3273 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Graduate
This course offers a series of case studies in joint warfare from World War II to the present. Students examine the U.S. military experience with joint operations, combined operations, and coalition warfare and assess the changing nature of joint warfare in the Cold War, post-Cold War, and post-9/11 global environments in light of specific operations against nation-states and non-state/transnational actors, such as terrorist networks. Special emphasis is on analysis of how joint and combined doctrine has evolved and influenced the American way of war.
Course Schedule
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Start Month | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/31/2021 - 02/04/2022 | 02/07/2022 - 04/03/2022 | February | Winter 2022 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 11/30/2021 - 04/29/2022 | 05/02/2022 - 06/26/2022 | May | Spring 2022 Session I | 8 Week session |
Current Syllabi
After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
CO-1: Assess the significance and implications of joint warfare.
CO-2: Analyze the evolution of joint operations doctrine.
CO-3: Evaluate the U.S. experience with joint and coalition warfare, as well as combined and peacekeeping operations.
CO-4: Critique the use of joint warfare in selected case studies.
CO-5: Combine the lessons the United States has learned from joint operations and hypothesize their impact on the future of joint warfare.
The course grade is based on the following assessments:
Discussion Forums – 20 percent
Each week, a discussion question is provided and posts should reflect an assimilation of the readings with appropriate citations and bibliography in all three of the mandatory posts. Students are required to provide a substantive initial post by Thursday at 11:55 pm ET and respond to 2 or more classmates by Sunday 11:55 pm ET. Forum posts are graded on timeliness, relevance, knowledge of the weekly readings, and the quality of original ideas.
Midterm Assignment – 25 percent
This assignment is a take-home essay assignment of 2 questions, 2-3 pages each, to test knowledge and assimilation of the course objectives. The exclusive use of required texts and readings from this course is mandatory.
Specialized Project – 30 percent
This project will demonstrate your ability to synthesize the course material and apply in to a real-world situation. This is a task based exercise. 12-15 pages.
Final Assignment – 25 percent
This assignment is a take-home essay assignment of 3 questions, 2-3 pages each, to test knowledge and assimilation of the course objectives. The exclusive use of required texts and readings from this course is mandatory.
After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
CO-1: Assess the significance and implications of joint warfare.
CO-2: Analyze the evolution of joint operations doctrine.
CO-3: Evaluate the U.S. experience with joint and coalition warfare, as well as combined and peacekeeping operations.
CO-4: Critique the use of joint warfare in selected case studies.
CO-5: Combine the lessons the United States has learned from joint operations and hypothesize their impact on the future of joint warfare.
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| ISBN: | 9780275972301 |
| Publication Info: | Praeger Publishers, Inc. Lib |
| Author: | Cordesman, Anthony H. |
| Unit Cost: | $87.40 |
| Book Title: | Air Power Against Terror (free for download on the RAND site at http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG166-1.html) |
| ISBN: | 9780833037244 |
| Publication Info: | Rand Corporation |
| Author: | Lambeth, Benjamin S. |
| Unit Cost: | $36.40 |
| Book Title: | Various resources from the APUS Library & the Open Web are used. Please visit http://apus.libguides.com/er.php to locate the course eReserve. |
| ISBN: | ERESERVE NOTE |
| Book Title: | The Albatross of Decisive Victory: War and Policy Between Egypt and Israel in the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli Wars (Ebook available through the APUS Online Library) |
| ISBN: | 9780313313028 |
| Publication Info: | Praeger |
| Author: | Gawrych, George |
| Unit Cost: | $86.00 |
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| ISBN: | 9780275969202 |
| Publication Info: | Greenwood Publishing Group Lib |
| Author: | Alan Levine |
| Unit Cost: | $87.40 |