Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Lecture | 15 Hours. (15 x 1 hour) |
Seminars / Tutorials | 7 Hours. (7 x 1 hour) |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | Seminar Presentation | 10% |
Semester Assessment | 1 x 2,500 word essay | 40% |
Semester Exam | 3 Hours Exam | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
On completion of the module, students should be able to:
- Critically assess the literature on the causes of war
- Discuss a range of key concepts and historical and contemporary events in relation to the evolution of war
- Understand the role of legal and moral restraints on war
- Assess the conflicting theories on whether force can be controlled or abolished as a tool of inter-state relations
Brief description
This module provides an analytical foundation to the critical study of war, politics and strategy.
Aims
This module aims to provide a comprehensive basis (concepts, theories, history) for understanding and explaining the most salient issues of war, politics and strategy in the contemporary world.
Content
(1) the causes of war;
(2) the changing character of warfare;
(3) legal and moral restraints on war;
Transferable skills
10 ECTS credits
Reading List
Should Be PurchasedVon Clausewitz, Carl (1832) On War Various translations & editions in print. Recommended editions: Everyman's Library, 1993 or Princeton University Press, 1989 Primo search Waltz, Kenneth Neal. (1959.) Man, the state and war :a theoretical analysis. Any reprint is good. Columbia U.P.; Primo search War, Politics and Strategy study pack. (to be purchased from InterPol office) Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6