Module Identifier | IP35320 | ||
Module Title | FROM GLOIRE TO GORE:MILITARY HISTRY SINCE NAPOLEON 1815-1918 | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Professor Martin S Alexander | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 11 Hours (11 x 1 hour) | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 Hours (5 x 2 hours) | ||
Assessment | Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 60% |
Semester Assessment | Essay: 1 x 2,500 word coursework | 40% | |
Supplementary Exam | 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. |
- critically assess the legacies of Napoleonic warfare for a range of European countries and their armed services
- discuss the challenges encountered by European forces in operating in non-European contexts in the age of imperialism
- describe and analyze the key factors, agents historical trends and structural dynamics that influenced the changing shape, doctrines and fighting styles of various European and non-European armed forces in the period examined
- evaluate critically the roles of naval and land forces and their structure and recruitment in relation to differing national politico-strategic cultures and ways of war.
10 ECTS credits