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What’s Ahead

What’s Ahead. Substantive Overview Procedural and Administrative Aspects. Substantive Overview -- Three Wars and the US. World War I World War I I “The Yugoslav Wars” Bosnia Kosovo. Excluded US Wars (19th Century). American Revolutionary War War of 1812 Mexican-American War

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What’s Ahead

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  1. What’s Ahead • Substantive Overview • Procedural and Administrative Aspects

  2. Substantive Overview -- Three Wars and the US • World War I • World War I I • “The Yugoslav Wars” • Bosnia • Kosovo

  3. Excluded US Wars(19th Century) • American Revolutionary War • War of 1812 • Mexican-American War • American Civil War • Spanish-American War

  4. Excluded US Wars(20th Century) • Korean War • Vietnam War • Gulf War

  5. Why Include (Just) Those Three Wars? • Similarities • All in 20th Century • All in Europe • All seen by at least some as ends of an era • Differences -- Including a Mix of Old and New • Not Covered Elsewhere in Upper-Level Curriculum • Cf. Vietnam (Indochina War seminar) • Cf. Gulf War

  6. Just Ahead • Brief Description of Each War • Comparisons and Contrasts • Summary Analytical Question

  7. World War I • August 1914 to November 1918 • Central Powers vs. Allied Powers • The “Associated” Power – the United States • Trenches, Machine Guns and Mustard Gas • The End of Emperors, not Empires

  8. World War II • September 1939 to May 1945 (in Europe) • {September 1931 to August 1945 (in Asia) } • (Western Allies and Soviets) vs. Axis • Blitzkrieg, Strategic Bombing, and Auschwitz • The End of Germany, not Europe

  9. The Yugoslav Wars – Bosnia and Kosovo • April 1992 to June 1999 (?) • Serbs vs. Croats, Muslims, and NATO • Ethnic Cleansing, Peacekeeping, and Douhet’s Dream Realized • The End of Sovereignty?

  10. The Three Wars Compared • Started in eastern Europe • Initially involved European nation(s) only • Eventually involved US armed forces in Europe • Involved US ground troops in occupation • Fought by Democratic Presidents

  11. The Three Wars Compared (continued) • Involved alliances • Spawned or involved collective-security organizations • Caused extensive civilian suffering

  12. The World Wars Did, But the Yugoslav Wars Did Not ... • Cause extensive civilian suffering across Europe • Involve combat across Europe (and beyond) • Begin with German troops invading other nations • Involve hundreds of thousands of US combat deaths • Topple multiple governments • Involve Russian troops in combat

  13. Summary Analytical Question:Did the Cold War Matter? • World Wars Preceded Cold War • Yugoslav Wars Followed Cold War • Are the World Wars Different from the Yugoslav Wars, and If So How and Why?

  14. Subsidiary Analytical Questions • How Do Nations Get Into Wars? • How Do We Get Into Wars? • What Is a Good Peace? • Does Law Matter?

  15. Does Law Matter? • Does International Law Matter? • Alliance Treaties • Collective-Security Organizations • War Crimes • Does Domestic Law Matter? -- Congress and the President • Woodrow Wilson and the Versailles Treaty • FDR and the Neutrality and Lend-Lease Acts • Bill Clinton and the War Powers Act

  16. Procedural and Administrative Aspects of the Course • As a Seminar • Simulations • Projects (typically Papers)

  17. Usual Aspects of the Course (as a Seminar) • Small Size • Weekly Meetings • Discussion • Research Papers

  18. Grades • 50% Class Participation • Mostly quality of comments • Mere attendance counts for something • Trying counts for something • 50% Written Project

  19. Written Project • Typically a Research Paper • Two Alternatives • Web project • Simulation project

  20. Substance of Research Papers • Analytical • Substantial Research • Some Originality • Ideally blend law, history, and politics

  21. Form of Research Papers • 22-27 pages • Pages have 1-inch margins top, bottom, left, and right • Double spaced • 12 pt. Type in Times New Roman • Endnotes • don’t count towards page limit • citations only

  22. Schedule for Research Papers • Topic Sentence Due: Friday, September 17th • Topic Paragraph Due: Monday, September 27th • One-Page Summary Due: Monday, October 4th • Outline Due: Monday, November 1st • Papers Due: Tuesday, November 23rd by 5 p.m. • Classes End: Friday, December 3rd

  23. Alternatives to a Research Paper • Web Project • Original content • Hypertext • Annotated Links

  24. Alternatives to a Research Paper (continued) • Simulation Projects (cf. Whole-Class Simulations) • Evaluation of Historical Accuracy • “Controlled” Experiments • Rules Additions

  25. Scheduling (Generally) • Regular Meetings • Project (Papers or other projects) • Simulations

  26. Scheduling (Simulations) • Two or Three Sessions (total of around 8 hours) • Flexible Scheduling • Nights or Weekends

  27. Simulations • Historical • Complex • Games

  28. Description of Simulations • Like a much-developed version of Chess or Risk or Stratego • Board games, with a map as the board • Pieces, with abstractions of military units or diplomatic influence as pieces

  29. Why Use Simulations? • Unusual • Active Learning • Interactions with Other People in the Class

  30. Candidate Simulations (Tried and True) • Diplomacy • Origins of World War II

  31. Candidate Simulations (Experimental) • World War I • Origins of World War I • World War One • World War II • Atlantic Storm (WWII convoys) • War at Sea (WWII) • Tito

  32. Candidate Simulations (Experimental) (continued) • Post-World War II • Among Nations (general international relations) • Bosnian Hell • Bosnian Storm

  33. World War I Paper Topics • Belgian Neutrality and British Entry • The British, the Germans, and the Law of the Sea • The Armistice and the Versailles Treaty Compared • Alliance Compliance Before and During World War I

  34. Interwar Paper Topics • The Non-Versailles Peace Treaties • Inter-Allied Commissions in Germany • The German Program of Secret Rearmament • The League of Nations and United Nations--Covenant and Charter Compared

  35. Interwar Paper Topics (continued) • Inter-War Naval Disarmament • The Economic Effect of Reparations on Germany • International Economic Cooperation Between the Wars • Alliance Compliance before World War II

  36. World War II Paper Topics • The Undeclared Naval War: Authorization and Constitutionality • The 1944 Election, the UN, and Constitutional Moments • Coordination between Britain and the US in World War II: Legal, Moral, or Personal? • Compliance with Three-Power Declarations from World War II

  37. Yugoslav Wars Paper Topics • The Balkans from 1389 to 1992 • Ethnic Cleansing in Bosnia: Who’s to Blame? • The US, the UN Charter, and the Kosovo Conflict • The UN in Bosnia and Kosovo • NATO Air Operations in the Former Yugoslavia and the laws of war

  38. Yugoslav Wars Paper Topics (continued) • Comparing the ICTFY and the ICTR • SFOR, IFOR, the Contact Group, NATO, and the UN: International Organizations in Bosnia 1990-1996 • Compliance with the Dayton Accords • Recognizing Disunion: The Case of the Former Yugoslavia

  39. Computers and the Course • Web page • Electronic Distribution of Next Week’s Materials • Centennia Historical Atlas

  40. The Centennia Historical Atlas • Electronic atlas • Animated border changes in Europe and the Middle East • Installation • Use

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