Saturday, December 19, 2024

Defense Statecraft Syllabus Crowdsourcing

I'm in the midst of putting together my syllabus for Diplomacy 750: Defense Statecraft. It is, broadly conceived, a course focused on what civilians need to know about defense affairs. The course blog is here, and last year's syllabus is here. I have only one week specifically reserved for naval warfare; this is what I listed last year:

Wayne Hughes, Fleet Tactics and Coastal Combat, 2nd edition (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1999), pp. 1-44, 145-168, 266-309

US Naval Strategy in the 1990s, Chapter 3 “From the Sea”, Chapter 5 “Forward… From the Sea”.

Hoffman, Frank, The Fleet We Need, Armed Forces Journal, August 2006


This year I was planning on adding CS 21. I'm curious, however, about other thoughts; given that I can't really pile much more on top of this, what would people suggest keeping and cutting? My students are MA seeking, policy oriented graduate students; they're interested in the topic and have good academic skills, but know little if anything about maritime affairs. As it's not possible to fit everything in, I like to include documents that give part of the picture, and will spark discussion.

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