Unit name | War and Society |
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Unit code | HIST10045 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Grace Huxford |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of History (Historical Studies) |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit explores the relationship between war and society across time, introducing students to a range of different wars and conflicts - including inter-state, civil and asymmetric warfare. Through a series of lectures and source-focused seminars, this unit investigates the ways in which societies shape war and conflict, and helps students to understand the dynamics of this relationship over time as well as draw comparisons across different time periods. It will explore themes such as the intellectual, social, religious and/or political frameworks which shape warfare; the practice and technologies of warfare; methods of communication and information-sharing in wartime; the militarization of gender; identity construction (of self, other, victim, nation, the enemy) in wartime; and the legacy of warfare and memory practices and cultures.
Successful students will be able to:
Weekly:
2 x one-hour lecture
1 x one-hour workshop
1 x one-hour seminar
One summative essay (50%) (3000 words) [1-4]
One two-hour exam (50%) [1-4]
Miguel A. Centeno and Elaine Enriquez, War and Society (Cambridge, Polity Press, 2016)
Matthew Hughes and William J. Philpott (eds.) Palgrave Advances in Modern Military History (Basingstoke, 2006)
Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (London, 1988, reprinted by Collins 2017)
Geoffrey Parker, The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800, 2nd. ed. (CUP: Cambridge, 1996; f.p. 1988)
Timothy Ashplant, Graham Dawson, Michael Roper. Commemorating War: The Politics of Memory (London: Transaction, 2009)