Module Information
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
---|---|
Lecture | 21 x 1 hour |
Seminars / Tutorials | 8 hours. (8 x 1 hour) |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | 1 x 2,500 word essay | 40% |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours ( 1 x 2 hour exam) | 60% |
Supplementary Exam | exam | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Discuss the role and utility of force in International Relations
2. Outline some of the key elements in the evolution of modern warfare
3. Discuss theories of nuclear deterrence, revolutionary guerrilla warfare and terrorism
4. Outline the role of and some of the concerns surrounding intelligence
5. Demonstrate an awareness of some of the contemporary issues in strategic studies
Brief description
- The utility of force in the modern age
- The evolution of warfare from Napoleon to World War Two
- Strategy in the nuclear age
- The role of intelligence
- Contemporary issues in strategic & security studies
Content
Lectures
Introduction to the module
1. The Study of War and War in International Relations
2. European war in the 'age of the masses' (I): Levée en masse
3. European war in the 'age of the masses' (II): Total War
4. Sea and Air Power: from Salamis to Iraq
5. The History and Study of Espionage and Intelligence
6. Strategic Deception
7. Covert Action
8. Clausewitz and his successors (I)
9. Clausewitz and his successors (II)
10. Nuclear deterrence (I)
11. Nuclear deterrence (II)
12. Insurgency, guerrilla warfare and terrorism (I)
13. Insurgency, guerrilla warfare and terrorism (II)
14. Contemporary issues in security studies
15. The Privatisation of security
16. Ballistic Missile Defence
17. Africa: a case study in contemporary issues
18. The USA and the 'Global War on Terror'
Seminars
Seminar 1: War and Force
Seminar 2: Sea and Air Power
Seminar 3: Intelligence
Seminar 4: Clausewitz and Contemporary Strategic Studies
Seminar 5: Nuclear Weapons
Seminar 6: Conventional Power and Future Warfare
Seminar 7: Humanitarian Intervention and Peacekeeping
Seminar 8: Terrorism and New Wars
Transferable skills
Throughout the module students will practice and enhance their reading, comprehension and thinking skills, as well as self-management skills. In seminars, students will enhance listening, explaining and debating skills, as well as oral presentational skills. Preparing for and writing-up essays will encourage students to practice independent research skills including data retrieval, selection, assembly and organization, writing, IT and time management.
Reading List
Should Be PurchasedThe set text for the module is John Baylis, James J. Wirtz and Colin S. Gray (eds.), Strategy in the Contemporary World: An Introduction to Strategic Studies (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010). Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 4