Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Module Identifier
IP10320
Module Title
WAR, STRATEGY AND INTELLIGENCE
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 2
Mutually Exclusive
GW10320
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 16 x 1 hour |
| Seminars / Tutorials | 8 Hours. (8 x 1 hour) |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | 1 x 2,500 word essay | 30% |
| Semester Exam | 2 Hours Exam | 70% |
| Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours - (Students may, subject to Faculty approval, have the opportunity to resit this module, normally during the supplementary examination period. For further clarification please contact the Teaching Programme Administrator in the Department of International Politics.) | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
By the end of this module students will:
- have been introduced to the key issues and ideas concerning the role of force in International Relations, including its evolution, modern strategic thought and a number of contemporary issues in strategy;
- have a basic familiarity with the concepts utilized in contemporary strategic discourse;
- be able to apply these concepts to a range of issues and problems.
- Effectively deploy skills of: identification and location of appropriate sources; independent study; writing (essays and examinations); IT skills plus time-management.
10 ECTS credits
Brief description
This module is intended to provide an introduction to the study of strategy, the evolution of warfare and to the study of intelligence. Its focus is on the role of force in international relations, the manner of its use and how assessments are made over its possible use. It consists of five key elements:
- 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 strategy
- 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 strategy
Content
The module is in five linked sections. The module begins with a discussion of the utility of force in the modern age, including debates over the use of force and the obsolescence of war. It then considers the evolution of modern warfare from Napoleon to the nuclear age, covering the Napoleonic revolution and the birth of modern warfare, the emergence of total war and the impact of technology upon war, bringing students up to the advent of the nuclear age. The third section is concerned with strategic thought in the nuclear age, including deterrence theory, nuclear strategy, arms control, revolutionary-guerrilla warfare and terrorism. Fourthly the role of intelligence is considered, including the legitimacy of intelligence gathering activities, intelligence and the state, and counter-espionage. Finally the module addresses a number of contemporary issues in strategy, including humanitarian intervention, nuclear proliferation and the war against terrorism.
Lectures:
1. War, Strategy, Intelligence: Introduction
2. European war in the 'age of the masses' (part I): Levee en masse
3. European war in the 'age of the masses' (part II): Total War
4. Insurgency, guerilla warfare and terrorism
5. The USA and the `War on Terror'
6. Introduction to the History and Study of Espionage and Intelligence
7. Strategic Deception
8. Covert Action
9. The Study of War
10. War in International Relations
11. Clausewitz and his successors (part I)
12. Clausewitz and his successors (part II)
13. Nuclear deterrence (part I)
14. Nuclear deterrence (part II)
15. RMA and Information Warfare
16. HIV/ AIDS: Health and global security
Seminars
Seminar One: War and force
Seminar Two: Air Power
Seminar Three: Nuclear Weapons
Seminar Four: Terrorism
Seminar Five: Intelligence
Seminar Six: Intervention and Wider Peacekeeping
Seminar Seven: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Seminar Eight: The War on Terrorism
Lectures:
1. War, Strategy, Intelligence: Introduction
2. European war in the 'age of the masses' (part I): Levee en masse
3. European war in the 'age of the masses' (part II): Total War
4. Insurgency, guerilla warfare and terrorism
5. The USA and the `War on Terror'
6. Introduction to the History and Study of Espionage and Intelligence
7. Strategic Deception
8. Covert Action
9. The Study of War
10. War in International Relations
11. Clausewitz and his successors (part I)
12. Clausewitz and his successors (part II)
13. Nuclear deterrence (part I)
14. Nuclear deterrence (part II)
15. RMA and Information Warfare
16. HIV/ AIDS: Health and global security
Seminars
Seminar One: War and force
Seminar Two: Air Power
Seminar Three: Nuclear Weapons
Seminar Four: Terrorism
Seminar Five: Intelligence
Seminar Six: Intervention and Wider Peacekeeping
Seminar Seven: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Seminar Eight: The War on Terrorism
Aims
To provide an introduction to the role of force and of intelligence in International Relations and to some of the oncerns and debates surrounding these.
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
Recommended TextBaylis Strategy in the contemporary world Introductory readings - This is the set-text for this module. All students should purchase a copy. This will act as an introduction to most of the seminars as well as supplementing some of the lectures. Oxford University Press Primo search Supplementary Text
Baylis Strategy in the contemporary world Seminar One: War and force Read: Chapters 2 and 3 Oxford University Press Primo search Baylis, John Contemporary strategy Introductory reading: Read 2nd edition of Vol. I Holmes Primo search Baylis, John Contemporary strategy Seminar One: War and force Read: Chapter 3 - John Garnett, The Role of Military Power Holmes Primo search Booth, Ken New thinking about strategy and international security Introductory readings Harper Collins Primo search Booth, Ken New thinking about strategy and international security Seminar One: War and force Read the Conclusion especially Harper Collins Primo search Brown, Seyom The causes and prevention of war Seminar One: War and force St. Martin's Press Primo search Buzan, Barry The arms dynamic in world politics Introductory readings Lynne Rienner Primo search Buzan, Barry The arms dynamic in world politics Seminar One: War and force Read: Chapter 9 Lynne Rienner Primo search Freedman, Lawrence War Introductory readings Oxford University Press Primo search Freedman, Lawrence War Seminar One: War and force Read: especially Part C, War and the Military Establishment. Oxford University Press Primo search Gray, Colin S. Modern strategy / Introductory readings Oxford University Press Primo search Holsti, K. J. Peace and war Seminar One: War and force Read: 1991 edition Cambridge University Press Primo search Holsti, K. J. The State, war, and the state of war Seminar One: War and force Cambridge University Press Primo search Keegan, John A history of warfare Seminar One: War and force Pimlico Primo search Knorr, Klaus On the uses of military power in the nuclear age Seminar One: War and force Read: 1966 edition Princeton U.P. Primo search Luard, Evan The blunted sword Seminar One: War and force New Amsterdam Books Primo search Luard, Evan War in international society Seminar One: War and force Read: 1986 edition Tauris Primo search Mueller, John E Retreat from doomsday Seminar One: War and force Basic Books Primo search Paret, Peter Makers of modern strategy from Machiavelli to the nuclear age Introductory readings Clarendon Primo search Seabury, Paul War Seminar One: War and force Read: esp. Preface, Introduction and Part I. Basic Books Primo search Snyder, Craig A. Contemporary security and strategy Introductory readings Macmillan Primo search Snyder, Craig A. Contemporary security and strategy Seminar One: War and force Read: Craig A Snyder, Developments in modern warfare Macmillan Primo search Toffler, Alvin War and anti-war Seminar One: War and force Read: Chapter 25 Warner Books Primo search Van Creveld, Martin On future war Seminar One: War and force Read: Chapter VII Brassey's Primo search International security http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=international+security&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Seminar One: War and force Read: Karl Kayser, Is war obsolete? International Security 14/4 (1990). Article not available online. International security http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=international+security&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Seminar One: War and force Read: Richard Betts, Must war find a way? International Security, 24/2 EJ Orbis http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=orbis&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Seminar One: War and force Read: On the International Uses of Military Force in the Contemporary World, Orbis, Spring 1977. Article not available online. Survival http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=survival&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Seminar One: War and force Donald Kagan et al., Is major war obsolete? Survival 41/2 (1999) Survival http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=survival&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Seminar One: War and force L Freedman, The changing forms of military conflict, Survival 40/4 EJ Survival http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=survival&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Seminar One: War and force Michael Howard When are wars decisive?, Survival 41/1 EJ Survival http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=survival&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Seminar One: War and force Read: 'Is major war obsolete? An exchange, Survival 41/2 (1999). Article not available online Survival http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=survival&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Seminar One: War and force Read: Carl Bildt, Force and diplomacy, Survival 42/1 (2000) Survival http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=survival&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Seminar One: War and force Read: L Freedman, The changing forms of military conflict Survival 40/4 1998/9) Survival http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=survival&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Seminar One: War and force Read: Michael Mandelbaum, Is major war obsolete?! 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Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 4