Module Identifier | IP36520 | ||
Module Title | WARFARE IN THE 20TH CENTURY:TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGY | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Professor Colin J McInnes | ||
Semester | Intended for use in future years | ||
Next year offered | N/A | ||
Next semester offered | N/A | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 18 Hours (18 x 1 hour) | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 7 Hours (7 x 1 hour) | ||
Assessment | Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 70% |
Semester Assessment | Essay: | 30% | |
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. |
- identify and discuss the key theories of naval warfare developed in the twentieth century.
- outline the impact of changing technology upon the conduct of war at sea.
- outline the evolution of thinking about land/air warfare from the First World War on, with particular attention to theories of
manoeuvre warfare and attritional warfare.
- discuss the impact of nuclear weapons and guided missile technology upon strategy and the battlefield.
- outline the development of air power and discuss the theory and practice of strategic bombing.
10 ECTS Credits