17.423
The Causes and Prevention of War
Spring 1998


Lecture Outlines



Topic 1

Course Overview

Topic 2
Military Policy and the Causes of War
Assigned Reading

Topic 3
Misperception and the Causes of War
Assigned Reading

Topic 4
Anglo-French Seven Years War, 1756-1763
Assigned Reading

Topic 5
The Crimean War, 1854-1856
Assigned Reading

Topic 6
The Wars of German Unification
Assigned Reading

Topic 7
The Origins of the First World War
Assigned Reading

Topic 8
The Causes of Limited or Intense War
Assigned Reading

Topic 9
The Nuclear Revolution and World Politics
Assigned Reading

Topic 10
The Origins of the Second World War
Assigned Reading

Topic 11
The Cold War and Korea
Assigned Reading

Topic 12
The Indochina War, 1945-1975
Assigned Reading

Topic 13
The Peloponnesian War, 460-404 BCE
Assigned Reading

Topic 14
The Future of War and Solutions to War
Assigned Reading



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