HIST 212: American Military History from the Colonial Period to the Present [S/B]

This course covers the development of American military policies, organizational patterns, tactics, and weaponry, from beginnings as a seventeenth-century frontier defense force to the global conflicts and military commitments of the twenty-first century. Explores the interaction and tension between need for an effective military force and concept of civilian control of that force as well as the impact of culture and society upon the military and vice versa.